Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
ILAB closely monitors the performance of our projects, assesses their effectiveness, and ensures good stewardship of public funds. Our projects begin by developing a Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (CMEP) or Results Framework, which define the intended project objectives and outcomes and the benchmarks for measuring achievement.
Independent external evaluators and auditors review project performance and compliance with required regulations at various stages during project implementation. We work in collaboration with our implementers to address any challenges identified and contribute to project success. These assessments help both ILAB and our implementers to improve current projects and to implement effective approaches in future projects.
Title | Evaluation Type | Location | Grantee | Start | End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pilares: Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Combat Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in ColombiaThis project will build the capacity of civil society organizations to more effectively detect and combat child labor and unacceptable working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines in Colombia. It will form networks of civil society organizations and empower local communities to build a grassroots movement to improve working conditions and reduce the risk that children will be used in this harmful work. |
Midterm Evaluation | Colombia | PACT | 12/15/2017 | 12/15/2021 |
Implementing a Culture of Labor Compliance in Costa Rica's Agricultural Export SectorThis project will improve enforcement of minimum wage, hours of work and occupational safety and health laws in the agricultural export sector in Costa Rica. By strengthening legal and administrative mechanisms of enforcement while engaging employers and workers to improve compliance in the workplace, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
Interim Evaluation | Costa Rica | Foundation for Peace and Democracy (FUNPADEM) | 12/01/2017 | 11/30/2021 |
Combating Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking of Adults and Children in Ghana and Côte d’IvoireThis project will build the capacity of the government and businesses to expand and better coordinate ongoing labor trafficking enforcement efforts in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. By putting the right tools in the hands of labor inspectors, business owners, organizations providing social services and workers, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the United States around the world. |
Midterm Evaluation | Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana | Verité | 12/01/2017 | 12/07/2021 |
Leveraging Data to Build an Efficient Labor Market in the Northern TriangleAll economies, whether in the United States or in Central America’s Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras), need timely, accurate information to fuel efficiencies in their labor markets. These efficiencies, in turn, help ensure social stability and contribute to economic growth – both within countries and beyond. This project will seek to strengthen labor market information systems in the Northern Triangle to create useful labor market intelligence -- helping workers to find jobs, employers to fill the skills gap and economies to grow. |
Midterm Evaluation | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras | IMPAQ International | 10/01/2017 | 09/30/2021 |
Worker Rights Centers for the Greater Protection of Labor Rights in ColombiaThis project supports the government of Colombia in meeting its commitments to the U.S. under the Action Plan associated with the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. |
Impact Evaluation | Colombia | Escuela Nacional Sindical (ENS) | 12/26/2016 | 09/30/2023 |
Worker Rights Centers for the Greater Protection of Labor Rights in ColombiaThis project supports the government of Colombia in meeting its commitments to the U.S. under the Action Plan associated with the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. |
Interim Evaluation | Colombia | Escuela Nacional Sindical (ENS) | 12/26/2016 | 09/30/2023 |
Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope)Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope) is a project in Mexico that involves multiple stakeholders in government, the private sector and civil society working together to reduce child labor in migrant agricultural communities, particularly in the coffee and sugarcane sectors in Veracruz and Oaxaca. The project will link children and youth to existing educational programs and refer vulnerable households to existing government programs to improve income and reduce the need for child labor. |
Midterm Evaluation | Mexico | World Vision | 11/11/2016 | 04/30/2022 |
Project to Promote Workplace-Based Training for Vulnerable Youth in ArgentinaThe project is helping bridge the skills gap in Argentina by increasing the number and quality of on-the-job training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships, while ensuring these opportunities are accessible to the youth who need them the most. The project is supporting improvements in the legal and policy framework surrounding youth training, raising awareness about the benefits of work-based training, documenting and disseminating good apprenticeship practices in Argentina, and helping both public and private-sector youth training programs to increase their effectiveness. |
Final Evaluation | Argentina | Desarrollo y Autogestión (DYA) | 11/09/2016 | 07/31/2021 |
Project to Promote Workplace-Based Training for Vulnerable Youth in ArgentinaThe project is helping bridge the skills gap in Argentina by increasing the number and quality of on-the-job training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships, while ensuring these opportunities are accessible to the youth who need them the most. The project is supporting improvements in the legal and policy framework surrounding youth training, raising awareness about the benefits of work-based training, documenting and disseminating good apprenticeship practices in Argentina, and helping both public and private-sector youth training programs to increase their effectiveness. |
Midterm Evaluation | Argentina | Desarrollo y Autogestión (DYA) | 11/09/2016 | 07/31/2021 |
EMPOWER: Increasing Economic and Social Empowerment for Adolescent Girls and Vulnerable Women in ZambiaThe EMPOWER project will reduce child labor in Zambia’s eastern province by increasing adolescent girls and vulnerable women’s access to acceptable work and high-quality training opportunities. In addition, the project will increase public awareness on the importance of addressing child labor and strengthen efforts amongst government and the private sector towards gender equality through the promotion of acceptable work for adolescent girls and vulnerable women. |
Midterm Evaluation | Zambia | Winrock International | 11/01/2016 | 10/31/2020 |