Youth Employment Partnership in Serbia (YEPS), Final evaluation

2.1 ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

2.1.4. Identification of relevant policy frameworks and development of appropriate actions

Recommendation: 2. Study past and current public policies in diverse areas which impact on employment creation including for people dependent on the informal economy.  Include analysis in the areas of fiscal, enterprise development, education, social protection, reasons for unemployment, poverty reduction areas.

Reference: Kavanagh, Frank; Ognjanov, Galjina; Petrera, Francesco, 2010, Youth Employment Partnership in Serbia (YEPS), Final evaluation, Evaluation Summary, ILO, Geneva.

Sample evidence: The evaluation concluded that it is required to conduct detailed exploration of past and current public policies in very diverse areas (education, fiscal, enterprise development, social protection, poverty reduction, etc.)

A correct diagnosis of the causes of unemployment among young people (mismatch between labour supply and demand, sluggish labour demand, low job search intensity or wage reservation mechanisms) is of the essence for the design and targeting of effective interventions.

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2.1.11 Coordination and sustainability planning

Recommendation: 5. Work with governments to strengthen coordination between relevant ministries at national and/or subnational level (as appropriate) on the subject of the IE. Ensure that relevant government entities are involved from the project design and initiation phase. This may be accomplished through advocacy for the establishment of permanent coordinating committees and capacity strengthening of responsible persons/groups.

Reference: Kavanagh, Frank; Ognjanov, Galjina; Petrera, Francesco, 2010, Youth Employment Partnership in Serbia (YEPS), Final evaluation, Evaluation Summary, ILO, Geneva.

Evidence sample: the evaluation concluded that coordination among different ministries remains the most difficult area to be tackled – especially so during a labour market crisis – with coordination among line ministries fragmented and with too few initiatives taken in concert.

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2.4 APPROACHES TO ENHANCE LIVELIHOODS, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

2.4.3. Social protection

Recommendation: 13) Project design in projects directed to people dependent on the IE need to analyse past and current policies in diverse subject areas that include attention to issues such as social protection even if these are not included in the explicitly stated outputs and activities.

Reference: Kavanagh, Frank; Ognjanov, Galjina; Petrera, Francesco, 2010, Youth Employment Partnership in Serbia (YEPS), Final evaluation, Evaluation Summary, ILO, Geneva.

Evidence sample: the evaluation noted that technical cooperation projects often need to go beyond the specific outputs and activities designed in the project document to actually achieve the stated objectives. That is they need to achieve the detailed exploration of past and current public policies in very diverse areas (education, fiscal, enterprise development, social protection, poverty reduction and so on). Such work often requires that technical cooperation projects go beyond the specific outputs and activities designed in the project document to actually achieve the stated objectives.