13TH AFRICAN REGIONAL MEETINGADDIS ABABA, 3 DECEMBER 2015

INFORMATION SESSION ON THE ILO DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION STRATEGY 2015-17

Session outline

• Introduction– Why a new Development Cooperation Strategy?– Highlights of the ILO Development Cooperation

Portfolio in the African region– Building blocks of the Development Cooperation

Strategy and implementation in the African region• Statements of constituents• Questions & Answers

Why a new Development Cooperation Strategy?

Changing global context:• SDGs: decent work is driver

of sustainable development• Financing for Development:

new actors and partnerships • UN system-wide

coordination effort

Internal processes:• Governing Body request• ILO reform and field review • Programme & Budget 2016-

17• Independent evaluation of

the TC strategy 2010-2015

GB Adoption of the DC Strategy 2015-17 in November 2015

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Approvals in Africa ± back to pre-2012 level, Africa has 2nd biggest portfolio after Asia

XBTC Approvals by Region, 2010-2014

2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

(US

$ t

ho

usa

nd

s)

Employment is a priority for ILO and its funding partners, followed by Standards, Social Protection

and Social Dialogue

2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

Standards Employment Social Protection Social Dialogue Policy Making

(US$

thou

sand

s)

XBTC expenditure by Strategic Objective in Africa (2010-14)

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Partnerships in Africa

Multi-bi53.0%

DDF9.2%

PPPs3.5% Social partners

0.1%

IFIs (Banks)2.1%

UN system22.8%

EU and OIGO9.4%

Total XBTC approvals in Africa by source of funding (2010-2014)

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5 of the top 10 recipient countries are also funding ILO’s technical assistance

Ranking123456789

10

2014Country US$Egypt 7,221Somalia 7,089South Africa 5,657United Rep. of Tanzania 4,534Zambia 4,492Madagascar 3,288Tunisia 2,841Benin 1,801Mozambique 1,724Dem. Rep. of the Congo 1,702

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TUNISIA

MOROCCO

SAHARA

ALGERIA

MAURITANIA

MALI NIGE

R

LIBYA

CHAD

EGYPT

SUDAN

ETHIOPIA

DJIBOUTI

ERITREA

SOMALIAKENYA

TANZANIA

DEMOCRATIC

(ZAIRE)

CENTRAL

RWANDA

GABON

EQUATORIAL

ANGOLA

CONGO

NIGERIA

BENIN

DTVOIRE

SIERRA

SENEGAL

GHANA

THE

GUINEA

LIBERIA

CAMEROON

MALAWI

ZAMBIA

MOZAMBIQUE MADAGASCARZIMBABWE

BOTSWANA

SWAZILANDLESOTHO

NAMIBIA

ANGOLA

WESTERN

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OF THE CONGO

REPUBLIC

BURUNDI

GUINEAREP. OF

TOGOCOTE

BURKINA

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BISSAU

SOUTH

REPUBLIC

AFRICAN

THE

AFRICA

ComorosSao Tome

Mauritius

Seychelles

Cape Verde

ILO in Africa

SOUTH SUDAN

TUNISIA

MOROCCO

SAHARA

ALGERIA

MAURITANIA

MALI NIGE

R

LIBYA

CHAD

EGYPT

SUDAN

ETHIOPIA

DJIBOUTI

ERITREA

SOMALIAKENYA

TANZANIA

DEMOCRATIC

(ZAIRE)

CENTRAL

RWANDA

GABON

EQUATORIAL

ANGOLA

CONGO

NIGERIA

BENIN

DTVOIRE

SIERRA

SENEGAL

GHANA

THE

GUINEA

LIBERIA

CAMEROON

MALAWI

ZAMBIA

MOZAMBIQUE MADAGASCARZIMBABWE

BOTSWANA

SWAZILANDLESOTHO

NAMIBIA

ANGOLA

WESTERN

UGANDA

OF THE CONGO

REPUBLIC

BURUNDI

GUINEAREP. OF

TOGOCOTE

BURKINA

GUINEA

LEONE

GAMBIA

BISSAU

SOUTH

REPUBLIC

AFRICAN

THE

AFRICA

ComorosSao Tome

Mauritius

Seychelles

Cape Verde

Not counted: Regional or subregional projectsWith allocation of some 50 million $

SOUTH SUDAN

160 ongoing projects

in 34 countries

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The four building blocks

• Quality• Constituents’ needs

and approaches

• Value for Money• Quality & Results• Decentralization• Staff development

• Resource integration and more balanced distribution

• Alignment• Fragility• Larger programmes

Focus Effectiveness

Capacity development

Resources & partnerships• Converging efforts

• Diversify & consolidate• Flexibility• Predictability

ILO DC Strategy 2015-17

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Highlights of the new DC StrategyFocus on priorities

• Alignment of P&B 2016-17 and DWCPs with:– 2030 SDGs

– National development strategies

– Regional agendas:• Agenda 2063• 2015 African Union Declaration and Plan of Action on Employment, Poverty

Eradication and Inclusive Development• Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2015-2024

• Aim for projects/programmes with a duration beyond the 2-3 year funding period that can be handed over to national counterparts.

• Fewer outcomes, 5 Flagships• DWCPs as the main vehicle for ILO support to national and regional

priorities’ implementation.• Greater agility to deploy to fragile situations (Ebola-hit countries, mass

migration and refugees, conflicts, natural disasters)– A framework strategy for ILO’s engagement in promoting DW in fragile states in Africa

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• Improved data accessibility, transparency and visualization• Incorporation of the Busan principles and Addis Ababa Action

Agenda (e.g. GPEDC)• Adherence to the Value for Money principle• Improve communication of results with national and regional

development partners• Strengthen institutional supervisory and monitoring mechanisms with

constituents• Consider establishing temporary ILO presence in non-resident

countries facing fragility and special situations

Highlights of the new DC StrategyEffectiveness for impact

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• Constituents’ needs and demands drive ILO’s capacity development activities (bottom-up approach)

• Capacity development of constituents for:– policy change/influence and monitoring of SDG implementation– mobilizing financial resources

• Simultaneously addresses technical, organizational and institutional competencies

• Implement a complementary capacity-building programme for the various categories of stakeholders as needed

• Facilitate the dissemination and sharing of information• Enhanced ILO focus on national ownership of the programmes

and projects and institution building (impact and sustainability)• South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Highlights of the new DC StrategyCapacity development for policy change

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• Step up resource mobilization for the implementation of DWCPs

• Integrated resource management (RB, RBTC, RBSA, XBTC + non-funding partnerships and modalities)

• Increase diversification of resources (PPPs, DDF, IFIs…)• Domestic development funding potential, with constituents• Policy coherence with regional development banks in resource

mobilization strategies.• Strengthen the strategic partnership around the

implementation of DWCPs, particularly in the UNDAF framework.

Highlights of the new DC StrategyShared resources and partnerships

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13TH AFRICAN REGIONAL MEETINGADDIS ABABA, 3 DECEMBER 2015

INFORMATION SESSION ON THE ILO DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION STRATEGY 2015-17