Expert-Grup

Reform of the State Labour Inspectorate: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Piața munciiMonday, 18 March 20247798 views
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Technical assistance to the Government and Parliament to promote just recovery and economic justice policies

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The Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup” presents a framework for monitoring and evaluating the performance of Moldova’s State Labour Inspectorate (ISM). The document, prepared with support from the Soros Foundation Moldova, proposes additional performance indicators for an institution covering labour relations, occupational safety and health, and labour migration.

Without a systematic approach to monitoring and evaluation, it is impossible to tell whether the ISM is moving in the right direction or whether progress in labour, safety and health can be attributed to it. Existing rules set performance indicators for state control bodies, but the reported data do not allow the efficiency of the institutional effort to be analysed. The national framework does not prevent additional indicators and gives priority to those used internationally or recommended by international bodies.

To identify such indicators, recent publications of international organisations and the practice of several states’ labour inspectorates were studied. The result is a set of indicators aligned with national strategic objectives, complementing the existing ones. The ISM operates under Law No. 140/2001 and Government Decision No. 788/2013, with a central office and ten territorial inspectorates, and pursues three objectives: enforcing legislation, disseminating information and informing the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of shortcomings.

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