Newsletter and Think Pieces
2023
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i-eval Flash News, No. 38 - Mar/Apr 2022
24 April 2023
The 38th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since December. It announces newly completed studies, such as a Think Piece on assessing the effectiveness and results of ILO's work, new guidance on how to evaluate capacity development and a synthesis review on ILO's work related to labour protection. The newsletter also announces numerous planned studies, such as a ILO's new evaluation strategy for 2023-25 and guidance on evaluating environmental sustainability. Moreover, it highlights news from the Latin America and Caribbean region and the Department of Governance and Tripartism in terms of their experience of clustering evaluations. Finally, the newsletter concludes by illustrating interesting learning activities, events and more.
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Assessing the effectiveness and results of ILO’s work: Key proxies of performance
31 March 2023
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 23 - March 2023
This Think Piece reflects on the extent to which the current proxies of performance that areused for independent project evaluations effectively provide a picture of ILO’s overall performance. It also explores the extent to which meta-analysis reports present results in a format that informs decision-making in the ILO review and, therefore, continues to be valid.
2022
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i-eval Flash News, No. 37 - Nov/Dec 2022
02 December 2022
The 37th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since September. It announces newly completed studies, such as a meta-analysis on measuring the ILO's developmental effectiveness and announces numerous planned studies, such as a synthesis review on ILO's work on labour protection and a guidance note on environmental sustainability - to name a few. The newsletter also describes the results from two high-level evaluations that were discussed during the 346th Session of the Governing Body in November 2022: (1) ILO's COVID-19 response, and (2) ILO's programme of work in Central Asia. Finally, the newsletter highlights results from this year's Annual Evaluation Report, and concludes by illustrating interesting learning activities, events and more.
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Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of ILO evaluations, 2021
30 September 2022
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 22 - September 2022
This Think Piece analyses the results of 55 independent development cooperation project evaluations submitted in 2021, a sample of ten internal evaluations completed in 2020 and 2021 and the six high-level evaluations completed in 2020 and 2021. It presents a summary of the findings and conclusions.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 36 - Aug/Sept 2022
19 September 2022
The 36th edition of i-eval Flash news highlights new developments since our last newsletter this past April. It starts off with some reflections by the Director of ILO's Evaluation Office on results-based management. As has been the practice, the newsletter provides an update on completed and planned studies, such as a synthesis review of the ILO's employment interventions, and an ex-post quality review of impact evaluations - to name a few. It also customarily highlights regional and departmental evaluation perspectives: the International Labour Standards Department (NORMES) reflects on what evaluations tell us about how ILO's development cooperation can help fill normative gaps. Africa shares valuable insights on building capacity and learning from evaluation activities in the Africa region with particular focus on the ONEILO in Ethiopia cluster evaluation. The newsletter concludes by illustrating upcoming learning activities, events and more.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 35 - Mar/Apr 2022
07 April 2022
The 35th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since our last newsletter this past December. The newsletter highlights planned studies; the ongoing Independent Evaluation of the Evaluation Function; and an ambitious evaluation of ILO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sections on Departments and Regions provide noteworthy insights from the Social Protection Department's experience in evaluating the ILO's Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors For All as well as valuable experience from the Arab States region on how it has used evaluative results to inform the region's planning process. Finally, the newsletter concludes by illustrating upcoming learning activities, events and more.
2021
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i-eval Flash News, No. 34 - Nov/Dec 2021
15 December 2021
The 34th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since September. It announces newly completed studies, such as synthesis review on the ILO's response to the impact of COVID-19 on the world of work, and two Think Pieces on the ILO's contribution to SDG 8 and results from a quality appraisal of ILO evaluations. The newsletter also describes the results from three high-level evaluations that were discussed during the 343rd Session of the Governing Body in November 2021: (1) Promoting fair and effective labour migration policies, (2) Gender equality and mainstreaming efforts, and (3) DWCPs in South Asia. Finally, the newsletter highlights results from this year's Annual Evaluation Report, planned studies and concludes by illustrating interesting learning activities, events and more.
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Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of ILO evaluations, 2020
25 November 2021
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 21 - November 2021
This Think Piece analyses the results of 46 independent development cooperation project evaluations submitted to the ILO’s Evaluation Office between January 2020 and December 2020. It reports a summary of the 2020 findings, conclusions and recommendations.
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The ILO contribution to SDG 8 in the time of COVID-19
07 October 2021
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 20 - October 2021
This Think Piece analyses the results of a synthesis review on the ILO’s work on SDG 8 against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. It critically compares the results of projects that were highly aligned to SDG 8 against those that were less aligned and enquires why that was the case. The Think Piece concludes by offering recommendations on how to best enhance ILO’s projects for alignment with the 2030 Agenda.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 33 - Aug/Sept 2021
16 September 2021
The 33rd edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since April. It announces completed studies, such as a new edition of our In-FOCUS learning series on ILO's response to the impact of COVID-19 on the world of work, and a meta-analysis on decent work results and effectiveness of ILO operations. The newsletter also highlights planned studies, in addition to noteworthy insights from ACTRAV and ACT/EMP on the experience of social partners with evaluation. Moreover, the newsletter includes valuable evaluative evidence from the Europe and Central Asia region that needs to be considered to address the Syrian refugee crisis. The newsletter concludes by illustrating interesting learning activities, events and more.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 32 - Mar/Apr 2021
28 April 2021
The 32nd edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since December. It announces new planned studies, such as EVAL's SDG evaluability assessments in the field, a report on collecting evaluative evidence on the ILO's COVID-19 response measures, a synthesis review on SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth) and a meta-study on decent work results that will feed into the upcoming Annual Evaluation Report 2020-21. The newsletter also highlights noteworthy evaluation news from the Governance and Tripartism Department on their experience with clustered evaluations for the Vision Zero Fund. It also includes valuable insight on the challenges and benefits of impact evaluation in the Asia & Pacific region. The newsletter concludes by illustrates interesting learning activities, events and more
2020
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i-eval Flash News, No. 31 - Nov/Dec 2020
14 December 2020
The 31st edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since September. It launches EVAL's Protocol on collecting evaluative evidence on the ILO's COVID-19 response; it presents two Think Pieces on the drivers of decent work results and ILO effectiveness and reflections of quality assessments of decentralized evaluations; and launches the 4th edition of the ILO Policy guidelines for results-based evaluation. The newsletter also introduces the three high-level evaluations and the Annual Evaluation Report 2019-20 that were approved by the ILO Governing Body in November 2020. Finally, the newsletter presents upcoming planned studies and highlights other noteworthy announcements.
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Quality assessments of ILO decentralized evaluations: Key results of the quality appraisal 2019 and way forward for the integration of gender equality and empowerment of women considerations into evaluation
11 December 2020
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 19 - December 2020
This Think Piece presents the results of the ILO’s ex-post quality appraisal of independent project evaluations (2019-20) undertaken by an external firm. In addition to summarizing the results, the study takes a closer look at the quality appraisal's findings related to gender by assessing them against the UN System-wide Action Plan.
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Drivers of decent work results and ILO effectiveness: A review of results for 2019-2020, and trends in the effectiveness of ILO development cooperation interventions since 2013
11 December 2020
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 18 - December 2020
This Think Piece presents key findings and trends that emerge from a review of three meta-analyses, covering 2013-2020. It focuses on learning opportunities and recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of ILO development cooperation interventions. The Think Piece concludes by reflecting on areas for consideration in improving the effectiveness of ILO interventions.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 30 - Aug/Sept 2020
24 September 2020
The 30th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since April. It launches EVAL's fifth meta-analysis of Decent work results and effectiveness of ILO operations; provides an update on progress being made in developing an evaluative framework to assess the ILO's performance in responding to COVID-19; and a call to step-up efforts in better integrating gender equality in evaluations. The newsletter also highlights planned studies, noteworthy evaluation news from the Employment Policy Department and the Africa region, in addition to learning activities, events and new guidance on adapting evaluation methods to the ILO's normative and tripartite mandate and how to strategically cluster evaluations.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 29 - Mar/Apr 2020
08 April 2020
The 29th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since the start of the year. It launches EVAL's 17th Think Piece on sustaining recent improvements to ILO project evaluations. The newsletter also highlights planned studies, noteworthy evaluation news from the Social Protection Department and the Europe and Central Asia region, in addition to learning activities, events and guidance on how to plan and manage evaluations during the global COVID-19 outbreak.
2019
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Quality assessments of ILO project evaluations: Sustaining recent improvements
20 December 2019
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 17 - December 2019
This Think Piece offers a reflection on the quality of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) decentralized evaluations appraised by Universalia in 2019 in the context of the Quality Appraisal (QA) exercises commissioned by ILO in previous years. This document succinctly presents and discusses ILO’s Quality Assurance system and tools and addresses the broader evaluation process on which ILO relies to operationalize its decentralized evaluation system.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 28 - Nov/Dec 2019
12 December 2019
The 28th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since September. The newsletter describes EVAL's annual reporting to the ILO Governing Body with respect to the Annual Evaluation Report 2018-19 and it's 3 high-level evaluations: ILO's strategy and actions towards the formalization of the informal economy, ILO's public-private partnerships and ILO's programme of work in Africa. It also launches EVAL's 16th Think Piece on RBSA-supported interventions, in addition to drawing attention to upcoming learning activities, events and more.
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Drivers of decent work results and ILO effectiveness: A meta-analysis of ILO RBSA interventions 2013-2017
12 December 2019
i-eval THINK Piece, No. 16 - December 2019
The ILO Evaluation Office (EVAL) initiated an independent review of the effectiveness of Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA)-supported interventions in attaining Decent Work (DW) Results, based on evaluation reports from 2013-2017. The review took a meta-evaluation approach, using EVAL’s existing development effectiveness measurement tool. This Think Piece presents the key findings emerging from the review and focuses on learnings and recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of RBSA-funded interventions. It also highlights areas that need further investigation for a more effective use of the RBSA funding modality.
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i-eval Flash News, No. 27 - Aug/Sept 2019
27 September 2019
The 27th edition of i-eval Flash news reflects on the various activities EVAL has been engaged in since May. The newsletter discusses new developments on evaluation in the SDG era. It introduces several completed studies, including a meta-study on Decent work results and effectiveness of ILO operations and a synthesis review of Decent Work interventions in global supply chains. The newsletter also launches planned studies, noteworthy evaluation-related news from the Governance and Tripartism Department and the Asia and the Pacific region, in addition to upcoming learning activities, events and more.