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Objectives

1. To share and exchange experiences on country level policy analysis. Selected international development partners and consultancy companies are invited to share why they carry out country policy analysis; what they focus on; how such analyses are carried out; and how they ensure relevance of country policy analysis products.

2. To provide an external perspective on the ILO as a member of the UN Country Team, based on the experience of two ex-ILO officials who have served as UN Resident Coordinators, and with inputs from the partner agencies.

3. Exposure to these international good practices and to the external perspectives on the ILO will allow the ILO participants to learn from the international experience and to build on these experiences for a more efficient development of Decent Work country policy analysis.

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Introductions: resource personsPartner organization representatives:

•Ms. Charita Castro, US Department of Labor

•Mr. Ralf Chami, IMF

•Ms. Gabriela Inchauste, WB

•Mr. Peter Jarrett, OECD

•Mr. Peter Mertens and Dr. Susan Bassiri, WHO

•Mr. Tony Nash, IHS; Mr. Angelo Silvy, WTO

•Ms. Jessica Slattery-Karich, US Department of State

•Mr. Paul Vandenberg, ADB

UNCT:

•Mr. Jan Sand Sorenson

•Ms. Leyla Tegmo-Reddy

ILO:

•Mr. Jürgen Schwettmann, Department of Partnerships and Development Cooperation

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Introductions

ILO colleagues from the fieldILO colleagues from HQOrganizing team

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Programme

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Agenda

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Introduction to the country analysis approaches of the partner organizations

Why is the analysis conducted?Who uses the analysis, and for what?What does the analysis focus on?Who conducts the analysis?How is the analysis carried out?How frequently is the analysis conducted?

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Understanding the country analysis approaches of the partner organizations

Ownership, participation and impact; methodology and content; institutional coherence, integration and capacity building

Discussion tables:

1.WTO, IMF

2.ADB, WB

3.USDoL/US State, IHS

4.WHO, OECD

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Challenges and opportunities in developing country analysis

How do you strike the right balance between country-specific (tailor-made) methodology v. standardization?

Between depth vs. width? How do you make a difference (how do you help

ensure that country policy analysis leads to informed policy development)?

How do you ensure quality, coherence and sustainability within your organization?

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Day 2

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Looking at ILO from the outside

How does the ILO look from the outside?How has the ILO worked as a member of the UN team (in the past and present)?How do our international development partners perceive the ILO?

What role can and should the ILO have?: Where is the ILO needed? What expectations do our international development partners have of the ILO? What role and comparative advantage can and should the ILO have?

Panelists: Jan Sandsorensen, Leyla Tegmo-Reddy, Jürgen Schwettmann, partner organization representatives

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Lessons Learned in Conducting Country Diagnostics and Policy Analysis

Final words of advice from the partner organization representatives

What do participants take from the experiences of partner agencies?

Concluding remarks by Jose Manuel Salazar, Transition-Senior Management Team member, Executive Director on Employment

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