The Role of Labour Market Policies in Poverty Alleviation

2.1.1 Global and regional strategies for livelihoods with attention to social inclusion

Recommendation: Develop clear strategies to establish national and international networks on the IE and formalising.

Evidence sample: The evaluation noted that in SIDA’s International Training Programme (ITP), apart from the networking that took place during the training programme itself, the networks that were formed were only done so on an ad-hoc basis. A clear strategy and purpose for the networking had not emerged. The opportunity to strengthen national networking through an active support from the SIDA representation at the Swedish Embassies in the participating countries was missed as did the opportunity to have a more frequent presence in the participating countries through follow-up missions. One of the main benefits of networking is access to information, through for example, improving the research and information management skills of the participants, e.g. by improving Internet based research skills.

Reference: Buhl-Nielsen Eric, Oskarsson Bertil, 2015, Evaluation of Swedish International Training Programme (ITP) 288, “The Role of Labour Market Policies in Poverty Alleviation” 2009-2015, Final evaluation, SIDA, Stockholm, Covered countries: Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique.