Decent Work country policy analysis Focal points workshop 24-26 October 2012 Turin

1. Decent Work country policy analysis Focal points workshop 24-26 October 2012 Turin Day 1: Bridging where we came from and where we are going

2. Objectives of FP Workshop To bring together and build a sense of community between Assignment 2 focal points To collectively present, discuss and shape the Assignment 2 implementation strategy To identify key areas for capacity building for ILO staff and for the ILO constituents To formulate key recommendations on how the Assignment can be most relevant to future directions of the ILO

5. Inputs to the debate • Stocktaking of Decent Work Country Programmepreparation process and practice (LottaNycander) • Stocktaking of existing methodologies within the house (Per Ronnas) • Global Learning Event outcomes (RieVejsKjeldgaard) • Global Jobs Pact Lessons Learned (RieVejsKjeldgaard)

6. Advancing the goals of the Director-General’s agenda through the Assignment • From your experience, expertise and perspective; from your “take away” from the Global learning event, lessons learnt from the Global Jobs Pact Scan, from the decent work country policy analysis, Good practices findings, the stocktaking of existing methodologies, and the DG’s strategic vision is there a use for and value-adding of a decent work country policy analysis methodology? • If so what do you see as the main use of and value-added of such a methodology?

7. Advancing the goals of the Director-General’s agenda through the Assignment, cont. Perspectives from the field: • Fabio Bertranou, ILO CO Buenos Aires • SuktiDasgupta, ILO Bangkok • Giovanni di Cola, ILO Trinidad and Tobago • David Lamotte, ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries • Peter Van Rooj, ILO Jakarta What validated what was already discussed? What added something new? What do you have to add? How could this information inform the ILO’s thinking on how to structure a country policy analysis?

8. Decent Work country policy analysis Focal points workshop 24-26 October 2012 Turin Day 2: What would a DW country policy analysis look like? How would we do it?

9. DW country policy analysis: objectives and content • If the ILO is to have a coherent Decent Work country policy analysis then please elaborate what such a country policy analysis should be used for? Who should use it? • What should be the main contents of such an analysis?

10. Review of objectives (Global Learning Event and FP Workshop) and evaluation • To learn from international experiences in conducting country policy analysis to build on these experiences; • To provide an external perspective on the ILO as a member of the UN Country Team in order to inform our thinking on what role and competitive advantage the ILO can and should have; • To bring together and build a sense of community between Assignment 2 Focal Points • To collectively present, discuss and shape the Assignment 2 Implementation strategy; • To identify key areas for capacity building for ILO staff and for the ILO constituents.

11. Tanzania case study • Table 1: Based on your field experience, how can the inter-relationship between the different aspects of different work be identified and analyzed in the country context? Highlight 3 examples. • Table 2: What generically would you always look at if asked to do a policy brief on social protection. In the case of Tanzania, what specific issues and linkages with other policy areas would need to be explored? (outcome could be draft template for policy linkages for social protection).

12. Options for producing DW country policy analysis and capacity requirements Table 1: How can the ILO be best prepared to produce the analysis? What are the key capacity requirements? How can we work together in multi-disciplinary teams, across sectors, and collaborate between field and HQ colleagues? How can we balance the need for a somewhat standardized product with the need to apply the approach in a flexible manner?Table 2: How should national partners be involved? (consultation and identifying problems for analysis, informing analysis, using analysis) Who would they be, what would they do, when would they come in?Table 3: What should be the steps and timeline for conducting the analysis? When should the Decent Work country policy analysis be conducted? What should be the key steps in the Decent Work country policy analysis preparation process, and how should they be sequenced? What should the overall timeline for conducting the analysis be?

13. Dinner in Turin city centre Bus leaves 19.30 (from reception) Dinner reservation at 20.00 Il Bacaro Via della Consolata, 310122 Torinowww.bacaropanevino.com/

14. Decent Work country policy analysis Focal points workshop 24-26 October 2012 Turin Day 3: Capacity development and enabling environment

15. Capacity development and knowledge sharing • What competencies, skills and knowledge would we (ILO: CO Directors, PO, specialists in DWT and HQ, managers) need in order to produce and use Decent Work country policy analysis? Please be specific in terms of competency and skills requirements for each role. How can decent work country policy analysis be used as a vehicle for strengthening the relevant competencies and skills? • What do we anticipate as changes (challenges and opportunities) constituents may be facing in the future ?How is the ILO equipped to provide them with support to their perceived needs? Can country policy analysis be helpful and relevant to them? What type of capacity development should be associated with the country policy analysis, if any?

16. Creating an enabling environment • If the ILO wants to do country policy analysis in a coherent way, what institutional requirements need to be in place? • What is needed to make it timely? • What is needed to make it light? • What is needed to make it cost-effective?