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A call for bids for small-scale public contract "Evaluation of the Czech Republic development cooperation projects in the sector of government and civil society services/general environment protection in Georgia"  in 2018 as published at the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic here

More information about both Czech Republic development cooperation projects that will be evaluated can be found at the website of the Czech Development Agency:    
"Preparation of Management Plan for Tusheti Protected Landscape" here
"Implementation of Selected Measures of the Management Plan for Tusheti Protected Landscape here

The time limit for receipt of bids is 3^rd May 2018, 14:00 (CET) - bids may be submitted in Czech, Slovak or English languages.

Any questions or requests for supporting project documentation must be sent by e-mail to the contract award procedure representative: [email protected] and copied to email: [email protected] by 25^th April 2018.

For more information please read the attachment below. 

The United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invites qualified companies/individuals to submit proposals to conduct an Evaluation of the Networks of Mediterranean Youth (NET-MED Youth) Project.

The time schedule for the evaluation is planned between May 2018 – October 2018.  The evaluation team leader should possess the following profile:

• At least 15 years of professional experience in designing and leading programme and policy evaluations
• Extensive experience in managing evaluation teams
• Proven advanced knowledge of the international research/studies in the field of youth
• An advanced university degree (PhD preferred) in the field of social sciences, public policy or related field
• Excellent oral communication and writing skills in English
• Excellent communication skills in either French or Arabic
• Knowledge of the UN system and other international organisations
• No previous involvement in the design or implementation of the project under review

You may obtain the Procurement Notice at the Documents tab at the following link: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/69857

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic calls for bids for a small-scale public contract "Evaluation of the Czech Republic development cooperation projects in the sector of government and civil society services in Bosnia and Herzegovina".

The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) is calling for tenders, in order to select a service provider implementing an evaluation of the project “CAPAQUA - Development of Educational and Research CAPacity in Eastern Africa for the Sustainable Management of AQUAatic Ecosystems”, which is funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC).

The main objective of the evaluation is to assess the CAPAQUA project achievements, to identify lessons learned and to provide recommendations to improve the project. The evaluation shall focus on the OEACD-DAC criteria relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability and includes a field work period in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.

You are very much invited to present an offer in accordance with the requirements set out in the appended Terms of Reference (ToR).

The evaluation is expected to start on the 9^th of April 2018 and the delivery of the final evaluation report is expected by the end of July 2018 at latest.

The deadline for the submission of bids is 22^nd March 2018, by sending the bid to the e-mail address: [email protected]

Bids need to be sent by postal service till 27^th March 2018 to the following postal address:

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management
Att: Mr Gerold Winkler
Gregor Mendel Strasse 33
1180 Vienna
Austria

Kindly find the following documents attached:

(1) Terms of Reference document, including the "results assessment form" to be filled by the evaluator

(2) Project proposal document CAPAQUA 2015-2018

(3) Logical framework CAPAQUA 2015-2018

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For more information please check the website: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=43379 

For more information please download the attachment and under this link https://www.coe.int/en/web/kyiv/news-event/news/-/asset_publisher/9W803G4ii38m/content/call-for-application-for-the-provision-of-evaluation-consultancy-services?_101_INSTANCE_9W803G4ii38m_viewMode=view/ 

Call for expression of interest, ILO evaluation consultancy: ILO-Sida partnership agreement on outcome 1: “More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects”

The International Labour Office (ILO) is looking for a consultant to conduct the “final independent evaluation of Sida’s support to ILO projects in the field of employment promotion with an emphasis on youth employment with particular focus on phase II (2016-17) of the ILO-Sida partnership agreement (2014-2017) on outcome 1: “More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects”.

The assignment is for approximately 35-40 days duration. The assignment is to be started as soon as possible for it to be completed by the end March 2018 the latest. The assignment will include 3-4 evaluation missions to selected project countries.

Academic and professional experience required:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, economics, development studies or related fields;
• solid team work skills;
• excellent written and oral communication skills in English (ability to review and analyse documents and sources in French and Spanish is an asset);
• a minimum of 8 years of experience in conducting evaluations
• prior knowledge of the ILO’s roles and activities, and solid expertise on employment policies and youth employment issues (essential);
• familiarity with the ILO mandate and its tripartite and international standards foundations is an advantage.

More details on the project to be evaluated, the evaluation assignment can be found in the attached call for expressions of interest.

Interested parties are request to submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) by cob 22 December 2017. The EoI should include: a cover letter explaining what kind of expertise would be mobilized to undertake the evaluation, how the candidate(s) meet(s) the desired profile, CV(s), fee structure and availability, dated and signed declaration of confidentiality and conflict of interest. EoIs should be sent to the ILO Evaluation Office ([email protected]) with copy to Ulrich Eisele ([email protected]).

For further information on the position, please see the website here. 

For further information on the tender, please see the english or french versions or see the text below:

Solicitation Number: 2018-EVAL-UKRAINE

NOTICE TO INDUSTRY

1. PURPOSE

To provide information to industry regarding an upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Ukraine International Assistance Evaluation.

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Canada considers Ukraine to be an important country in terms of Canada’s foreign policy and international assistance priorities and has been among the strongest international supporters of Ukraine’s democratic and economic reform efforts.

The International Assistance Evaluation Division (PRA) of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is undertaking an evaluation of GAC’s development, humanitarian assistance, and peace and stabilization programming in Ukraine to fulfill the accountability requirements set out in the Financial Administration Act, and the Treasury Board Policy on Results, and to provide information to improve the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the program. The main focus of the evaluation is expected to be development, and peace and stabilization programming.

PRA is undertaking this evaluation for accountability and learning purposes to:

• Examine the results achieved by GAC’s international assistance in Ukraine between 2009 and 2017 based on relevance, effectiveness, sustainability, cross-cutting themes, efficiency and coherence;
• Assess and disseminate findings, lessons and conclusions; and
• Formulate recommendations for improvement to strengthen the effectiveness of Canada’s international assistance and broader foreign policy priorities, particularly in the context of Canada’s new international assistance priorities, following the International Assistance Review.

The intended users are senior management, the program at headquarters, and the Head of Mission in Ukraine.

The proposed evaluation questions are the following:

Relevance

1. To what extent were international assistance programming strategies and priorities in Ukraine aligned with Ukraine’s development needs and priorities?

Effectiveness

1. To what extent did Ukraine international assistance programming achieve its immediate outcomes?
2. To what extent did Ukraine international assistance programming contribute to intended intermediate and ultimate outcomes?
3. To what extent has development, and peace and stabilization programming in Ukraine assisted in the achievement of other results in the context of the amalgamated department (i.e. diplomacy, foreign policy, trade and security)?

Sustainability

1. What is the likelihood that the results and benefits will continue? Is there evidence that benefits have been sustained in areas where GAC funding has ended?

GAC’s Cross-Cutting Themes

1. To what extent have GAC partners integrated gender equality, environmental sustainability and good governance considerations in their programming? Have expected results been achieved?

Efficiency

1. Are there opportunities to improve efficiency?
   
   1. Did the Program disburse funds in a timely manner?
   2. Did the Program disburse funds (dollar value) as planned?
   3. What factors, internal and external, affected Program efficiency?
   4. Was the programming timely and was the best fit modality used (multi-bi; multi etc.)?

Coherence

1. What was the degree of internal coherence and coordination among Departmental actors involved in Ukraine? How could internal coherence and coordination be improved?

1. EVALUATION TEAM REQUIREMENTS

The following information is only provided as guidance for potential bidders.  Details of specific evaluation requirements shall be made available in the respective Request for Proposal (RFP).  Any information made available in the Request for Proposal document shall take precedence over this Notice to Industry.

Bidders will be invited to propose an evaluation team. The members of the evaluation team should possess a mix of evaluative skills and thematic knowledge appropriate to the needs of this evaluation. The Bidder should propose Sector Specialists who have evaluated international assistance programming in the following areas: governance, sustainable economic growth, and peace and stabilization operations. The team must also have some expertise in the areas of humanitarian assistance, agriculture development, and gender equality. The Evaluation Team Leader may double as one of the Sector Specialists. A Sector Specialist may cover up to two specialist areas. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to determine the composition of the team (i.e. sector specialists, other supporting staff). The evaluation team will be responsible to conduct the following activities:

• Complete field assignments, where required;

• Conduct interviews with relevant personnel;
• Produce analytical reports in their areas of speciality;
• Produce recommendations for appropriate action, based on analytical findings;
• Support the Evaluation Team Leader; and
• Provide specialized advice on key issues of the evaluation.

The Evaluation Team Leader and the Sector Specialists are expected to have:

• Experience in performing international assistance program evaluations from conceptualizing the overall approach to work assignments and to planning, managing and conducting complex evaluations;
• Knowledge of evaluation design and methodology;
• Experience in conducting evaluations in Eastern Europe or Fragile States,

• Experience as team members on multi-disciplinary teams;
• Experience and knowledge of the principles of governance, sustainable economic growth, agriculture development, peace and stabilization operations,  gender equality; and the international humanitarian system and best practices; and
• Relevant higher academic degrees.

1. GENERAL

It is expected that the price of the contract will be between $300,000 and $400,000 CAD.

This notice is for industry information and planning purposes only. All detailed requirements, certifications and instructions will be specified in the resulting Request for Proposal (RFP). 
It should be noted that the descriptions of the Requirement and Evaluation Team Requirements are subject to change between now and the official publication of the RFP, if necessary.

This notice must in no way be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government of Canada to publish an RFP.  This notice does not in any way authorize prospective Bidders to undertake work, the cost of which could be claimed from Canada.

For guidance, the RFP is anticipated to be released in the Fall of 2017, and it will be made available electronically upon its release to www.buyandsell.ca.  Several factors may influence this date, or even lead to the cancellation of such a publication.

Canada is not seeking any information from potential Bidders at this time.   Any requests made to Canada by potential Bidders seeking clarification, or additional information regarding the requirement prior to the publication of the formal RFP shall go unanswered.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to manage and conduct an evaluation of its UN Development Account Project - 1415O "Climate change impacts on coastal transport infrastructure in the Caribbean: enhancing the adaptive capacity of Small Island Developing States." Please find the details in the attached the Terms of Reference.

Applications must be sent by email to [email protected] by Tuesday, 31 October 2017. Please indicate the post number (EVAL-17-03) the subject of the application email.

ACF-UK is currently recruiting an independent consultant with experience in gender in the humanitarian/development sector to conduct research on women as leaders in disaster preparedness, with a particular focus on the experience of the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme.

The start date of the evaluation is intended for November 2017 and should run through to February 2018. This will comprise of approximately 22 days of work.

The deadline to submit applications for the evaluation is by 6pm on Tuesday 24^th October, 2017. Applicants should submit their application via e-mail to [email protected] and indicate: ‘Research consultancy on women as leaders in preparedness’ in the e-mail’s subject line.

For further information on the position, please read the ToR below. 

For further information on the tender, please visit the website here. 

The objective of this consultancy is to further implement Results Based Management (RBM) in UNV and to fully incorporate RBM into the next UNV Strategic Framework 2018-2021. The work of this consultancy will continue the work of the UNV RBM Assessment and UNV RBM Framework which were completed last year.

This is a home-based consultancy with two visits to UNV HQ in Bonn, Germany.

The two specific deliverables of the consultancy project are:

• Undertake an evaluability assessment of the UNV Strategic Framework 2018-2021
• Develop a UNV specific monitoring, reporting and evaluation handbook, including guidance, processes and tools

Application deadline is 13 October, 2017. For more information and how to apply, follow this link: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=74933

For further information, please follow the link here. 

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to join the team for the Evaluation of FAO’s contribution to increasing and improving provision of goods and services from agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a sustainable manner (Strategic Objective 2), scheduled from November 2017 until July 2018.

For further infomation, please refer to the file below. 

Brooke is looking to commission a participatory review of its Theory of Change. This is a 21 days consultancy with the following schedule:

• 15 working days for Phase 1 (between 4^th September 2017 and 4^th November 2017; with 15^th September being fixed for the research forum and one day on week of 18^th September for ISLT meeting, exact date to be confirmed):
  • 3 days desk review
  • 6 days to collect inputs
  • 3 days to deliver the three outputs
  • 3 days for peer review
• 6 working days for phase 2 (between 4^th November 2017 and 31^st March 2018):
  • 2 days preparation
  • 4 days to deliver coms (1 day for each workshop/session)

Attached are the TORs for this piece of work. Application should include:

• Expected daily fee rate
• Availability for the above mentioned dates
• Sample of similar work previously delivered
• 2 references

Please submit your application to Alexia Deleligne ([email protected]) by COB on Tuesday 29^th August 2017.

The United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invites qualified companies/individuals to submit proposals to conduct an external evaluation of UNESCO’s extra budgetary project: Promoting Democracy and Freedom of Expression.

The time schedule for the evaluation is planned between 20 November 2017 until 20 July 2018.

Interested companies / individuals may obtain more information by clicking on the following link: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/58751

For further information, please refer to the enclosed file. 

Summary:

Brooke is an equine welfare charity, founded in 1934. We currently fund programmes to promote equine welfare in ten countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A key element of our work includes activities to influence the behaviour of people who own or use equine animals, so that they treat their animals in ways which minimise harm and maximise welfare. To assess how successful this work is, we have developed a survey tool called Owner Behaviour Monitoring (OBM). The tool is designed to be used on an annual basis, so that progress in promoting desired behaviours can be tracked over time.

While the results provided by OBM so far have proved useful, Brooke would like to review its design and use. Specifically, we would like to ensure that is it adequate and appropriate for the tasks it is intended for, and to assess if it could be improved.

Full details:

Please see attachment

The United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invites qualified individuals to respond to the call for Expressions of Interest.   
The main objective of the assignment is to carry out a feasibility study in view of establishing a new UNESCO Prize in the field of youth.

Expressions of Interest are due by 4 August 2017.  

See the attached Terms of Reference for more details.   
 

For further information, please refer to the enclosed file. 

Title: Evaluation of the Nepal Earthquake Response Programme

Organization: Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe / Brot für die Welt

Deadline: 30.06.2017

Short description:

The massive earthquakes in Nepal in April and May 2015, affected more than 8 million people, resulted in 8,891 deaths and more than 22,000 injured, destroyed houses, socio-economic infrastructure and 2 of 7 public facilities (schools, hospitals etc.). More than 600,000 houses were destroyed and over 288,000 were damaged by the April and May earthquakes. Large parts of the affected population did not dispose of necessary coping strategies and protective mechanisms. Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) decided immediately to join the international emergency response. As Nepal is not defined as a focus country by DKH, no relations and structures with local partner organizations were established in the country. As Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service has been working in Nepal since 1971 with local partner organizations, DKH could for the start rely on some of these partners although they had very limited experience in emergency assistance. In order to support the partner organizations in their relief efforts, to initiate new partnerships, to set up an own operational structure, and to develop a DKH response strategy a team of international consultants was sent to Nepal. The interest of DKH and Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service to commission this evaluation is to learn from the Nepal earthquake response for similar large scale programmes following major natural disasters in the future. Additionally, special attention should be paid to the LRRD (Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development) approach, namely building “bridges” between disaster relief (short-term), reconstruction and rehabilitation (mid-term) and development assistance (long-term), including disaster risk reduction so that DKH and Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service can improve the coordination and cooperation between them – also before disaster strikes – and to create most of possible synergies.

For further information, please see the file below. 

The UNESCO Accra Office is looking for an external evaluator to conduct the Evaluation of the project Green Economy in Biosphere Reserves (GEBR): A means to biodiversity conservation, poverty reduction and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. The deadline for submission of proposals is 9 June 2017, 23:59 GMT. Please see the attached Terms of Reference for more information and instructions, in addition to the Project Document.

This call for tenders is being launched as an interagency procurement, under the lead of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) (lead awarding authority based in Dublin, Ireland) and aims at providing to the participating EU Agencies a framework contract for evaluation and feedback services enabling them to comply with relevant evaluation related obligations envisaged in their respective regulatory frameworks.

For further reference, please see the link here. 

Deadlines:
Access to documentation: 
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 17:00

Submission of tenders: 
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 17:00

LDC Watch is requesting for proposals from qualified evaluators with experience in evaluating international advocacy projects to evaluate the project: Strengthening LDC Civil Society Voice in context of the IPoA for the Decade 2011-2020 and the Post-2015/SDG agenda. 

LDC Watch is a global network of national, regional and international civil society organisations (CSOs), alliances and movements based in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), defined by the United Nations (UN). It acts as a coordinating body for LDC civil society to advocate, campaign and network for the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for LDCs for the Decade 2011-2020 and other Internationally Agreed Development Goals (IADGs).

The FAO Office of Evaluation is seeking expression of interest from consultants in communication. For further information, please visit the website here. 

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to conduct the Evaluation of FAO’s Contribution to eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition (Strategic Objective 1)

The evaluation will be led by the appointed FAO-OED Evaluation Manager, and consist of a team of technical experts with relevant experience in evaluation. In addition to prior evaluation experience, OED will seek consultants with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Policy advisory, especially on food security, right to food and/or nutrition;
• Governance of land and water tenure;
• Gender and equity in development;
• Food security information and information systems;
• Agro-economy and development finance.

For more information, please refer to the call for expressions of interest available here.  Please note that the application deadline is Friday, 31 March 2017.

The United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invites qualified companies/individuals to submit proposals to conduct an Evaluation of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). For further information, please follow the link here. 

For further information on the tender, please follow the link here. 

For further information on the tender, please follow the link here. 

European Evaluation Society is seeking association and conference management service provider. 

For further information, please refer to the document attached. 

About GGGI

Based in Seoul, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is an intergovernmental organization founded to support and promote a model of economic growth known as "green growth", which targets key aspects of economic performance such a poverty reduction, job creation, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. GGGI works with countries around the world, building their capacity and working collaboratively on green growth policies that can impact the lives of millions. The organization partners with countries, multilateral institutions, government bodies, and private sector to help build economies that grow strongly and are more efficient and sustainable in the use of natural resources, less carbon intensive, and more resilient to climate change.

What we are looking for

GGGI seeks to recruit three independent qualified evaluators to conduct an Independent Evaluation of GGGI’ progress against the Strategic Plan 2015-2020. The evaluators are expected to work as evaluation team during the period March-July 2017 under the supervision of the Impact and Evaluation Unit at GGGI.

Please find the ToRs for each consultancy position at:

1. Evaluation Team Leader – Institutional Development expert: https://careers.gggi.org/vacancy/evaluation-team-leader-institutional-development-expert-consultant-300023.html

1. Green Investment expert – evaluator: https://careers.gggi.org/vacancy/evaluation-team-green-investment-expert-consultant-300210.html
2. Green Growth Policy Expert – evaluator: https://careers.gggi.org/vacancy/evaluation-team-green-growth-policy-expert-consultant-300209.html

Deadline to apply: 9 February 2017

Applications should be sent through GGGI website by using the above links. 

The UNIDO Independent Evaluation Division (ODG/EVQ/IEV)  seeks expressions of interest from qualified independent evaluators and evaluation consultants (international and national or teams of independent evaluators and others with experience in thematic, strategic and  impact level evaluations, in country and project level evaluations for the following assignments selected from its work in 2017:

1. Impact evaluation of UNIDO activities in the area of energy efficiency
2. Independent mid-term evaluation of the UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID)-Programmes for Country Partnership (PCP) framework, incl. UNIDO ISID global forum activities, status of the three PCPs pilots in Ethiopia, Peru, and Senegal
3. Independent country evaluation in the KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
4. Independent country evaluation in the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
5. Independent terminal project evaluations of UNIDO projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) related, inter alia, to energy (energy efficiency, renewable energy, mini-grids, biomass power plants, ethanol production (from cassava)), BAT/BEP, mercury emissions, persistent organic pollutants , waste management, clean technology, PCB management/disposal,  Stockholm Convention

[1] National evaluation consultants are sought from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Peru, and Senegal.

We ask interested candidates to submit to us their Expression of Interest by e-mail to [email protected] with an indication of the assignment for which they are applying in the e-mail’s subject line. Each Expression of Interest should contain an up-to-date CV, a one page outline that details how past experiences are of direct relevance to the assignment for which interest is expressed and to the areas of work of UNIDO.  

Please feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues and in your network.

The deadline to submit expressions of interest for the evaluations is by close of business on 14 February 2017.

IMPORTANT:  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the UNIDO Independent Evaluation Division.

Who are we looking for?

The UNIDO Independent Evaluation Division has a continuing programme of evaluations for which suitable evaluation consultants are sought.  Some of these assignments are Vienna-based and others involve missions to partner countries.  Please note that our consultant requirements are continuously changing, depending on the nature and type of evaluation.  The assignment duration is variable, but generally ranges from one month to three months.

General requirements

• Ability to write analytical, clear and concise reports
• Fluency in written and oral English and, depending on the country(-ies) covered by the evaluation, proficient in French and/or Spanish
• Excellen communication skills and social competence including cultural sensitivity
• Willingness to undertake extensive duty travel, including in hardship situations
• UNIDO’s standard of evaluation principles as stipulated in the UNIDO Evaluation Policy and in the guidance documents issued by the United Nations Evaluation Group (e.g., Norms and Standards for Evaluation) have to be met and followed

Essential technical skills and experience

• Sound knowledge of evaluation standards, methods and terminology
• Experience of evaluation of programmes and projects related to industrial development in developing countries and at global level
• Work experience in developing countries
• Academic qualifications relevant to the evaluation subject (e.g., natural sciences, economics, rural development, social sciences)
• Managerial capability in case of a team leder position.

Call for Proposals

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Gender Equality Policy  in Iceland’s International Development Co-operation 2013-2016

Date of publication: 6 January 2017
Date of closing: 10 February 2017 at 16:00 Icelandic time

The gender equality policy for Iceland’s development cooperation came into effect in March 2013, to provide guidance in Iceland’s development cooperation. In line with the Policy, efforts are made to promote gender equality and empower women in Iceland’s development co-operation through gender mainstreaming and through specific measures. According to the Policy, gender mainstreaming shall be a key focus in all official development assistance. Gender equality is considered a cross-cutting theme which means that all development projects and cooperation ventures shall be analysed with regard to gender equality.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs Iceland, Directorate for International Development Cooperation, now seeks qualified consultants to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Gender Equality Policy in Iceland’s International Development Co-operation 2013-2016 and efforts to promote and implement gender mainstreaming and gender specific activities in Iceland’s development cooperation.

Please refer to the Terms of Reference for this assignment for further information.

http://www.iceida.is/media/pdf/Gender-Evaluation_ToR_FINAL.pdf

the Rwanda UNCT is requesting proposals to undertake the final independent evaluation of the Rwanda United Nations Development Assistance Plan (UNDAP). The overall purpose of the evaluation is to:

• Support greater learning about what works, what doesn’t and why in the context of an UNDAP
• Support  greater accountability of the UNCT to UNDAP  stakeholders

Details can be found here. 

Please download the attached file for further information on the position. 

For further information, please see the enclosed file. 

Save the Children UK is seeking bids from consultants able to evidence the necessary experience, skills and capacity to deliver high quality, value for money evaluation of Save the Children post 2015 Advocacy work.

Details of the request for proposal can be found here (same docs attached)

If you have any questions or queries please contact me on [email protected] 

UNICEF is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from institutions for the provision of services to conduct an independent Outcome Evaluation of the Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF) Phase II.

The evaluation is scheduled for implementation from July to December 2017. It is foreseen that the evaluation will be carried out by a team of four consultants with strong background in evaluation and relevant subject matter expertise.

Interested institutions are encouraged to complete the EOI form in attachment and available at: https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/overview_17867.html or https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/52226. EOIs should be sent to [email protected], no later than 5:00 pm (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) on 30 December, 2016. Please quote “Outcome Evaluation CDPF Phase II” as the subject in your correspondence. 

Kindly note that this EOI does not constitute a solicitation. We do not require bids or proposals at this stage; we merely seek your expression of interest in participating in the tender.

If you have any additional questions about this EOI, please email Ms. Sok Keang ([email protected]). Emails only, please; calls will not be returned. 

For detailed information, please see the documentation attached below. 

For further information on the tenders, please see the file below. 

ILO is seeking an Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to conduct an independent final evaluation of its Project entitled “Business Opportunities and Support Services (BOSS) project in Timor Leste”  – the project has been jointly funded by Irish Aid and NZAid.    Please find attached the call for expressions of interest.

For further information, please follow the details provided in the links below.

UNAIDS
UNGM

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to conduct the independent evaluation of the “Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) Programme”.

The evaluation will be led by the appointed FAO-OED Evaluation Manager, and consist of a team of technical experts with relevant experience in evaluation. The FAO Office of Evaluation is currently seeking the following technical experts to join the evaluation team:

• Epidemiologist specialized in transboundary animal diseases with experience in developing countries;
• Acridologist/Entomologist, possibly specialized in desert locusts with experience in developing countries;
• Plant pathologist, specialized in transboundary crops and plants diseases with experience in developing countries;
• Food safety specialist with experience in developing countries;
• Forest pathologist with experience in developing countries; and
• Specialist in Aquatic/ Fisheries transboundary diseases with experience in developing countries.

For more information, please refer to the attached call for expression of interest, also available at this link. Please note that the application deadline is Sunday, 11 September 2016.

We are pleased to announce that the European Commission - Directorate-General for Communication - has launched an Invitation to tender PO/2016-06/01 concerning an interinstitutional open procedure for the provision of Impact Assessment, Evaluation and Evaluation-related services in the field of Communication activities.

Contract notice published in EU O.J. 2016/S 115-204058 on 16/06/2016.

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:204058-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML&tabId=0

Tender documents available on e-Tendering at https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-documents.html?sort=files.title&cftId=1475&dir=asc

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to conduct the independent evaluation of the “Global Programme to Support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT)”.

Two Team Leaders are sought, who will co-lead the evaluation and supervise 2-3 country missions each. Their mandate will derive from and must fully comply with the overall Terms of Reference for the Evaluation.  The evaluation Team Leaders should have an appropriate balance of evaluation experience and expertise in two or more of the following areas:

a) Tenure rights

b) Legal, policy and institutional tenure frameworks;

c) Governance of tenure;

d) Administration of tenure;

For more information, please refer to the call for expression of interest available at this link: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VA/pdf/IRC3504.pdf.

Please note that the application deadline is  31 August 2016.

For more information about the EOI: Provision of Professional Services to conduct evaluations and evaluative studies for the following UN entities:
(1) the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF);
(2) the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS); and
(3) the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

please download the attachment below. 

The deadline was extended until 22 August 2016.

DCPSF Phase II Evaluation

Organization: UNDP

Location: Khartoum, Sudan

Deadline 16 August 2016

The Darfur Community Peace and Stability Fund (DCPSF), a multi-donor trust fund, began in 2007, and Phase II began in 2012. The DCPSF Phase II intended to support inclusive and sustainable Darfur-wide peace negotiations through local level peace and stability.

The Fund supported UN agencies, international, and national NGOs to implement projects in line with the theory of change.

A two-pronged Theory of Change was considered:

I. IF processes of dialogue and consultation are independently brokered, THEN trust and confidence amongst diverse communities is restored.
II. IF targeted material inputs (programmes and services) are delivered, THEN community needs are responded to and processes of dialogue and consultation underpinned.

It is understood in this ToC that in order to enable dialogue and consultation, existing community based resolution mechanisms must be revitalized or alternatively new platforms established. Further, material inputs must respond to root causes and triggers of conflict in order to contribute to conflict prevention and to create conditions conducive towards trust and confidence-building.

To assess the impact of DCPSF Phase II, the evaluator/evaluation team will deliver:
• A desk review and summary of reviewed documents
• An evaluation framework and work plan
• Conduct meetings with stakeholders
• Inception report and presentations
• Conduct field visits and data collection
• Summarize main findings
• Draft and finalise report.

For more information the the TOR and how to apply, visit: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=31786

The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance Programme (ACCRA) has been running for six years (November 2009 – March 2016) and has been funded by DFID CHASE PPA funds. It is implemented by a consortium made up of Oxfam Great Britain (Oxfam GB), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Save the Children, CARE International and World Vision International. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is a collaborating partner.

ACCRA is a multi-country programme with projects implemented in three countries - Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia and a regional and global presence where it shares learning to influence climate resilience policy and practice.  

Oxfam GB is looking for an external evaluation team to carry out a final evaluation of the ACCRA, covering the period from November 2011 to March 2016 (the second phase of the programme). The details on the specific objectives and scope of the assignment are enclosed in the attached TOR.

Important dates to note:

There will be an open session for Q&A about this evaluation on 19^th July, 1pm BST (UTC+1). If you are interested in participating in the open session for Q&A please contact Paula O’Connor at [email protected]  providing your name, contact details and the questions you have.

Tenders should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected] by 11.59pm BST (UTC+1) of Sunday 7^th August 2016.

Short-listed candidates will be invited to make an online presentation or interview with the evaluation reference group on Monday the 15^th of August. 

For more information please download the attachment. 

The Power of Nutrition is a new independent charitable foundation that seeks to raise private and public sector financing to save thousands of children’s lives and protect millions of children from the lifelong developmental and economic consequences of stunting. Anchor investors are DfID, CIFF, and UBS Optimus. The Power of Nutrition channels funds into programs in low- and middle-income countries. Current implementing partners are the World Bank and UNICEF. Anchor funders and implementing partners match new donations, offering new donors the guaranteed matching of up to at least four times for each $1 that they contribute.

On behalf of the Board of The Power of Nutrition, CIFF invites proposals for an external prospective evaluation of The Power of Nutrition. Please see attached Terms of Reference (TOR) for more information.  (The TOR is also available here: https://ciff.org/evaluation-rfps/ )

The purposes of the evaluation are to inform course-correction during The Power of Nutrition’s lifecycle, to learn lessons for expanding or replicating the model, and to serve as an accountability tool for measuring the effectiveness of The Power of Nutrition.

The Power of Nutrition has four main objectives, which the prospective external evaluation of The Power of Nutrition should be designed to assess:

• To raise new funds;
• To invest in ambitious programmes that deliver results at scale;
• To co-finance (leverage) funders’ investments; and
• To reinforce the prioritisation of nutrition in partner countries and in key institutions.

Interested evaluators are kindly asked to submit an expression of interest by 5 August to [email protected]. (The expression of interest may be a brief email with the name of the interested individual, organisation, or for a consortium -- the full or partial list of consortium members.) Full proposals are due Friday 16 September 2016 to [email protected]. Please see the TOR for more information and for proposal format specifications.

For more details and ToR please visit http://www.transparency.org/whoweare/work/research_review_and_evaluation...

We are looking for an evaluation consultant to carry out a final evaluation in Nigeria. Please kindly find attached the expression of interest.

The deadline to apply is July 31^st . 

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland is looking to hire a consultant or a team of consultants to conduct an external evaluation of the UNU Training Programs in Iceland. 

For more information please view this link: http://www.rikiskaup.is/fraedsla/frettalisti/nr/880 

Bread for the World: Evaluation of Human Rights Project Area

Evaluierung des Förderbereiches Menschenrechte

Terms of Reference

1. Einleitung

Brot für die Welt ist das weltweit tätige Entwicklungswerk der evangelischen Landesund Freikirchen in Deutschland, das in fast 100 Ländern rund um den Globus arme und ausgegrenzte Menschen befähigt, aus eigener Kraft ihre Lebenssituation zu verbessern.

Schwerpunkte der Arbeit sind die Ernährungssicherung, die Förderung von Bildung und Gesundheit, die Achtung der Menschenrechte sowie die Bewahrung der Schöpfung.

Durch Lobby-, Öffentlichkeits- und Bildungsarbeit in Deutschland und Europa wird versucht, politische Entscheidungen im Sinne der Armen zu beeinflussen und ein Bewusstsein für die Notwendigkeit einer nachhaltigen Lebens- und Wirtschaftsweise zu schaffen.

2012 schlossen sich der Evangelische Entwicklungsdienst e.V. (EED) und das Diakonische Werk der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland e. V. zum Evangelischen Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e.V. (EWDE) zusammen. Die Ökumenische Diakonie (OED), früherer entwicklungspolitischer Teilbereich des Diakonischen Werks, wurde hierbei mit dem EED zusammengelegt und bildet nun den Bereich Brot für die Welt in der neuen Organisation.

Im Rahmen der zwischen den kirchlichen Zentralstellen und dem Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) im Jahr 2009 vereinbarten „Leitlinien zur ziel- und wirkungsorientierten Erfolgskontrolle im Bereich der Förderung entwicklungswichtiger Vorhaben der Kirchen“ führt Brot für die Welt zum vierten Mal eine Evaluation eines Förderbereiches durch. Gegenstand der diesjährigen Förderbereichsevaluierung (FBE) ist der Förderbereich Menschenrechte.

Die Förderbereichsevaluierung Menschenrechte findet bei Brot für die Welt als auch Misereor als paralleler Prozess statt.

2. Förderbereich Menschenrechte bei Brot für die Welt

Brot für die Welt unterstützt zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen bei ihrem Eintreten für Rechte, Würde und Beteiligungschancen aller Menschen. Zentraler Schwerpunkt ist der Kampf gegen Hunger und Armut. Dabei setzten sich Brot für die Welt und seine Partner dafür ein, dass die Ursachen von Unterdrückung, Diskriminierung und Gewalt überwunden werden. Die Verwirklichung der bürgerlichen und politischen wie der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Menschenrechte ist eine wichtige Strategie hierfür.

Um die vielen Formen von Armut zu überwinden, die durch Diskriminierung, Marginalisierung und Rechtsverletzungen von Menschen verursacht werden, ist es notwendig, Betroffene in die Lage zu versetzen, ihre Rechte zu verteidigen bzw. die Verursacher von Unrecht zur Verantwortung zu ziehen. Ohne Rechtssicherheit im Zugang zu produktiven Ressourcen beispielsweise fällt es Kleinbäuerinnen und -bauern schwer, ein angemessenes Einkommen zu erzielen. Soziale Entwicklung kann ohne Umsetzung der Menschenrechte nicht gelingen. Entwicklungsbemühungen sind nicht erfolgreich, wenn nicht auch Teilhaberechte, Mitbestimmung und Zugang zu Beschwerdeverfahren und Gerichtsbarkeit, Rechtsstaatlichkeit und entsprechende Formen von Staatlichkeit existieren.

Entwicklung darf nicht an den Menschen vorbei geplant werden und kann nicht ohne staatliches Engagement für die Umsetzung der Menschenrechte funktionieren.

Eine lebendige Demokratie, die die Bekämpfung von Armut, Gerechtigkeit und Frieden im Blick hat, braucht eine starke und eigenständige Zivilgesellschaft, die sich einmischt und diese kritisch begleitet.

Der Schutz vor Menschenrechtsverletzungen und die Unterstützung von Menschenrechtsverteidigerinnen und Menschenrechtsverteidigern ist wichtiger Teil der Arbeit von Brot für die Welt. Gewaltsame Konflikte um politische Macht, knapper werdende Ressourcen und die Zerstörung der Umwelt gehören weiterhin zu den größten entwicklungspolitischen Herausforderungen. Deshalb setzt sich Brot für die Welt dafür ein, dass zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen weltweit handlungsfähig bleiben, in der Entwicklungspolitik gehört werden und sie mitgestalten können.

Menschenrechtsarbeit findet bei Brot für die Welt auf verschiedenen Ebenen statt. Brot für die Welt unterstützt lokale Partnerorganisationen bei der Nutzung nationaler, regionaler und internationaler Menschenrechtssysteme und juristischer Verfahren sowie durch Beistand und politische Interventionen in Situationen akuter oder anhaltender Bedrohung von Menschenrechtsverteidigerinnen und Menschenrechtsverteidigern. In Deutschland und Europa setzt Brot für die Welt menschenrechtliche Anliegen auf die politische Agenda und verdeutlicht die Zusammenhänge zwischen der Politik in Europa und der Menschenrechtssituation im globalen Süden.

Unter Berücksichtigung des Mehrebenenansatzes ist die Vielzahl der Förderungen von Brot für die Welt auf der Mikroebene angesiedelt. Auf der Meso- und Makroebene finden Kooperationen mit relevanten nationalen, internationalen und transnational tätigen Menschenrechtsorganisationen und –institutionen statt.

3. Beschreibung und Auswahl der Grundgesamtheit

Gegenstand der Evaluation sind Maßnahmen im Bereich Menschenrechte. Die Förderung der Menschenrechte durch Brot für die Welt geschieht durch finanzielle und durch personelle Förderung. Evaluiert werden Maßnahmen, die durch Mittel des BMZ, durch Spenden sowie durch Mittel des Kirchlichen Entwicklungsdienstes der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (KED) finanziert wurden. Rund 55% aller Projekte haben einen Rechtebezug, die Hälfte von ihnen sind explizite Menschenrechtsprojekte. Die anderen Projekte haben andere Projektziele, die sie mit einem rechtebasierten Ansatz verfolgen.

Solche Projekte können aufgrund des Umfangs nicht Gegenstand dieser Evaluation sein.

Voraussetzung für die Einbindung in die Grundgesamtheit (GG) sind die folgenden

Kriterien:

· Bewilligungszeitraum von 2013 bis 2015.

· Die Fördermaßnahmen können, müssen aber nicht abgeschlossen sein.

· Die Fördermaßnahmen sind explizite Menschenrechtsprojekte, d.h. sie thematisieren

in ihren Zielen oder den Indikatoren die Menschenrechte.

Die Inlands- und Stipendienförderung wird nicht berücksichtigt.

Die Grundgesamtheit setzt sich aus folgenden Projekttypen zusammen:

Finanzielle Förderung:

Die Maßnahmen der finanziellen Förderung stellen die große Mehrheit dar. Sie finden in allen Förderregionen statt. Sie werden in ihrer Mehrheit durch den Vorstandsbereich Internationale Programme bzw. die Regionalabteilungen gefördert. Weitere Projekte werden von der Abteilung Politik des Präsidialbereichs unterstützt.

Auswahl der GG der finanziellen Förderung:

1. Insgesamt 149 BMZ-finanzierte Maßnahmen: sie sind in den CRS Schlüsseln 15130 (Entwicklung von Recht und Gerichtswesen), 15150 (Demokratische Teilhabe und Zivilgesellschaft), 15160 (Menschenrechte) und 15170 (Organisationen und Institutionen zur Förderung der Gleichberechtigung der Frau) kodiert. Hiervon befinden sich 112 Projekte mindestens in der dritten Förderphase, wobei eine Förderphase drei Jahre umfasst und 37 Projekte sind Neuanträge.

2. Insgesamt 83 spendenfinanzierte Maßnahmen: sie sind in den Handlungsfeldern 1 (Zivile und politische Menschenrechte verwirklichen), HF 2 (Wirtschaftliche, soziale und kulturelle Menschenrechte verwirklichen), HF 4 (Zivilgesellschaft stärken, politische Partizipation fördern), HF 11 (Frauen fördern) und HF 12 Geschlechter-Gerechtigkeit fördern) kodiert. Für das Jahr 2015 werden die analogen Sektorkodierungen verwandt. Hiervon befinden sich 74 Projekte mindestens in der dritten Förderphase, wobei eine Förderphase drei Jahre umfasst und 9 Projekte sind Neuanträge.

Für die Projekte gilt eine Mindestfördersumme von 100.000 €.

3. Projekte, die durch die Politikabteilung, Referat Menschenrechte und Frieden, gefördert werden. Für diese Projekte gilt eine Mindestfördersumme von 25.000 €.

Auswahl der GG der personellen Förderung:

Insgesamt 14 Fachkräfte sind 2013, 2014 und 2015 im Menschenrechtsbereich aktiv gewesen.

Sieben Personen sind in Lateinamerika beschäftigt gewesen, drei in Südostasien, zwei in Nahost und zwei in Afrika.

4. Ziele der Förderbereichsevaluation

1) Die dem Förderbereich Menschenrechte zu Grunde liegende Wirkungslogik und die Wirksamkeit der geförderten Projekte sind überprüft. Hemmende und fördernde Faktoren der Planung und Durchführung von Menschenrechtsprojekten sind erfasst und Lessons learnt identifiziert.

2) Die Spezifika der unterschiedlichen Projekttypen und die Synergien sind herausgestellt hinsichtlich

1) finanzieller Förderung (VIP), insbesondere Langzeitförderung und neue innovative Projekte 

2) Förderung durch das Referat Menschenrechte und Frieden

3) personeller Förderung.

3) Empfehlungen für eine organisatorische und institutionelle Weiterentwicklung der Förderlogik von BfdW werden gegeben, um gemeinsam mit den Partnerorganisationen die Wirksamkeit von Entwicklungsmaßnahmen zu verbessern.

4) Eine unabhängige Grundlage zur Rechenschaftslegung gegenüber der Öffentlichkeit und dem BMZ liegt vor.

5. Aufgabenbeschreibungen

Die Darstellung und Bewertung der Förderpraxis im Bereich Menschenrechte von Brot für die Welt umfasst die in der Grundgesamtheit (siehe Punkt 3) dargestellten Maßnahmen der finanziellen Förderung von Projekten durch BMZ-, KED- oder Spendenmittel.

Konkret sollen folgende Aspekte in der Evaluation bearbeitet werden:

1) Beschreibung und Darstellung des Förderbereichs Menschenrechte, auf Grundlage der bereits definierten Grundgesamtheit und einer vorzunehmenden Dokumentenanalyse.

2) Bewertung in Bezug auf die folgenden Punkte:

a) Einbettung in die nationalen und internationalen Menschenrechts-Debatten bzw. State of the Art der Menschenrechts- und Frauenrechtsarbeit.

b) Umfeldanalyse der implementierten Projete (personelle und finanzielle Förderung) des Förderbereiches aufgeteilt in

·Risikoanalyse: Einfluss von Konflikt, Kriminalisierung, Fragilität und Gewalt auf Wirksamkeit von den geförderten Menschenrechtsprojekten,

·Partneranalyse der Zusammenarbeit bezüglich

- der Organisationsentwicklung der Partnerorganisation,

- ihrer Rolle in der Akteurs- und Geberlandschaft sowie ihres Einflusses auf der Implementierungsebene ·und Zusammenarbeit der Partner mit Brot für die Welt bezüglich

- Kommunikation, Verfahren und Unterstützungsprozesse.

c) Erstellen eines Wirkungsgefüges für den Förderbereich Menschenrechte und auf dieser Basis Durchführung einer Erfolgskontrolle

· Darstellung eines Wirkungsgefüges für Projekte des Förderbereichs Menschenrechte auf Grundlage der Ursache- Wirkungszusammenhänge und der zugrunde liegenden Annahmen (Theory of Change)

· Zielerreichungs-, Wirkungs- und Wirtschaftlichkeitskontrolle der Maßnahmen

d) Die Identifizierung von projektübergreifenden Wirkfaktoren in Entwicklungsmaßnahmen des Förderbereichs Menschenrechte, insbesondere Identifizierung wiederkehrender Stärken und Schwächen, Trends und Muster bzw. Erfolgs- und Misserfolgsfaktoren. Darstellung der Ursachen für Wirksamkeit und Nichtwirksamkeit der in 4.2 genannten unterschiedlichen Projekttypen in Rückkopplung mit den Analysen unter c) in Bezug auf

- die ökonomischen, politischen, kulturellen, institutionellen und rechtlichen Hindernisse

- die Partizipation der Zielgruppen

- die Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter (sowohl durch Frauenrechtsprojekte als auch durch Gender Mainstreaming) als auch den Respekt der Genderidentitäten

- den Einfluss von Konflikt, Repression, Fragilität und Gewalt,

- und die Finanzierungsmodelle der Partnerstrukturen

- die Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Akteuren der Zivilgesellschaft.

e) Darstellung von Verbesserungspotentialen sowie handlungs- und umsetzungsrelevanter Empfehlungen zum einen für die Partner und zum anderen für Brot für die Welt

f) Darstellung von Empfehlungen für die Durchführung weiterer Förderbereichsevaluationen

6. Untersuchung nach DAC Kriterien

Die nachfolgenden Fragestellungen sind untergliedert nach den fünf Evaluierungskriterien des OECD-DAC und wurden für die Thematik dieser Förderbereichsevaluation entsprechend präzisiert. Sie sind vor dem Hintergrund einer übergreifenden Bewertung des von Brot für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst verfolgten Förderbereichs zu verstehen.

Die unten aufgeführten Evaluationsfragen dienen als Grundlage für die Evaluation.

6.1 Relevanz

a) Inwieweit zielen die Projekte auf relevante Menschen- und Frauenrechtsprobleme und ihre Ursachen in den jeweiligen Ländern ab? Inwieweit sind Genderanalysen und Analysen im Bereich Menschenrechte der Konzeption der Projekte zur Bekämpfung von Menschen- und Frauenrechtsverletzungen vorausgegangen?

Inwieweit sind die Projekte strategisch darauf ausgerichtet, diese strukturellen Ursachen zu überwinden?

b) Inwieweit zielen die Projekte auf Bedürfnisse und strategische Interessen der Zielgruppen bzw. auf eine Ermächtigung der Zielgruppe ab, damit diese sich für ihre Rechte einsetzen kann? Wer gibt der Partnerorganisation ihr Mandat? Wie war und ist die Beteiligung der Zielgruppe und anderer Interessensgruppen und Stakeholder an der Planung und Umsetzung der Maßnahmen?

c) Inwieweit werden Minderheiten als Zielgruppe durch die Partnerorganisationen wahrgenommen bzw. vertreten, z.B. Menschen mit Behinderungen, Indigene, sexuelle Minderheiten auch mit Bezug auf Intersektionalität? Werden in den Projekten die Ärmsten der Armen erreicht? Sind dies die stark Marginalisierten? Wie ist die geschlechtliche Verteilung?

d) Arbeiten die Partnerorganisationen mit einem Genderansatz im Bereich Menschenrechte?

e) Inwieweit sind nationale und internationale Rechtskonventionen, Verträge und Abkommen in den von Brot für die Welt geförderten Ansätzen/Strategien berücksichtigt bzw. inwieweit werden Menschenrechtsinstrumente genutzt?

f) Fördert Brot für die Welt im Menschenrechtsbereich on-demand oder wird aktiv Partner- bzw. Projektsuche betrieben? In wie weit nimmt Brot für die Welt-Einfluss auf Projektinhalt und Strategie? Erfolgt ein Agenda Setting durch die Partnerorganisationen oder die Geberstrukturen?

g) Welchen Beitrag leistet Brot für die Welt für die Realisierung der Menschenrechte im Hinblick auf die zunehmende Gefährdung für MenschenrechtsverteidigerInnen weltweit (shrinking space)?

h) Wie ist die Rolle der Partner in der Akteurslandschaft und in wie weit sind sich die Partner ihrer Rolle bewusst? Welche Potentiale haben die Partner?

i) Gibt es Spezifika von glaubensbasierten bzw. kirchlichen Partnerorganisationen?

Wenn ja, welche? Wie wirken sie sich aus (positiv und negativ)? Werden potentielle Einflussmöglichkeiten der Kirche ausreichend genutzt?

6.2 Effektivität

a) Inwieweit werden die Ziele der Maßnahmen erreicht? Inwieweit haben die Projekte dazu beigetragen, dass Zielgruppen sich für ihre jeweiligen Rechte effektiv einsetzen bzw. diese wahrnehmen können oder erfolgt die Arbeit vorwiegend anwaltschaftlich? Inwieweit gibt es genderspezifische Unterschiede, auch in Bezug auf marginalisierte Gruppen wie Menschen mit Behinderungen, Indigene, sexuelle Minderheiten, auch mit Bezug auf Intersektionalität, in der Zielerreichung?

b) Gibt es „Etappensiege“ im Wirkungsgefüge? Wenn ja, wann und wodurch werden sie erreicht?

c) Inwieweit haben die Projekte dazu beigetragen, dass Staaten ihren Rechtsverpflichtungen gegenüber den Zielgruppen nachkommen? Wie realistisch ist das Ziel der gesetzlichen Verbesserung?

d) Inwieweit gibt es RechterinhaberInnen, die durch die Entwicklungsmaßnahme benachteiligt oder gar nicht erst miteinbezogen wurden? Wenn ja, warum?

e) Welcher Mehrwert ergibt sich aus den unter 4.2. dargestellten Projekttypen und wie ergänzen sie sich?

f) Inwieweit wirkt sich die Verknüpfung von finanzieller und personeller Förderung positiv auf die Erreichung der Projektziele aus?

g) Wo ist der Einsatz einer Fachkraft im Bereich Menschenrechte besonders effektiv, wo sind Chancen für weitere Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Fachkräften? Welche Einsatzmodelle haben sich weniger bewährt?

h) Haben die Partnerorganisationen eine Theory of Change formuliert? Ist die Projektplanung in einem Wirkungsgefüge mit den zugrundeliegenden Annahmen dokumentiert?

i) Existiert einWirkungsmonitoring mit aussagekräftigen Indikatoren und einem Rückfluss in die Projektsteuerung? Werden auf Basis dieser Indikatoren regelmäßig Daten erhoben und ausgewertet? Handelt es sich um genderdesaggregierte Daten? Wenn nicht, warum werden keine gender-desaggregierten Daten erhoben? Wie ist die Organisation für die Datenerhebung personell und technisch aufgestellt? Werden neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien genutzt?

j) Inwieweit gelingt es, Menschenrechtsverletzungen angemessen zu dokumentieren? Erhalten die Projektberichte mit Daten unterfütterte Aussagen zu Wirkungen und Nachhaltigkeit? Wo sind die Herausforderungen z.B. bei der Messung der Zielerreichung der Bewusstseinsbildung? Gibt es hierfür Good Practices?

k) Welchen Zugang haben die Partnerorganisationen zu EntscheidungsträgerInnen und wie nutzen sie diesen? Sind die Organisationen in der Lage, Medien und Öffentlichkeit für ihre Anliegen zu mobilisieren?

l) Welche langfristige(n) Strategie(n) verfolgen die Organisationen? Wie realistisch sind diese?

m) Wie flexibel reagiert die Organisation auf politische Veränderungen, erkennt und nutzt Windows of Opportunity?

n) Wie wird Menschenrechtsarbeit in Kontexten von gewaltsamen Konflikten gestaltet?

Gibt es strategische Schnittstellen zwischen Methoden der Konflikttransformation und der Menschenrechtsarbeit? Wie werden diese von Partnern gestaltet?

o) Inwieweit nutzen Partnerorganisationen sowohl Brot für die Welt als auch Netzwerke vor Ort für einen Austausch? Potenzieren sich die Wirkungen der Projekte durch Netzwerke?

6.3 Effizienz

a) Inwieweit ist es den Projektpartnern gelungen, Projektziele in der anvisierten Zeit zu erreichen?

b) Gibt es Unterschiede in den Kosten der Menschenrechtsprojekte für identische Aktivitäten, die nicht kontextabhängig sind?

c) Sind die Partner mit ausreichenden Kapazitäten und finanziellen Ressourcen für die Menschenrechtsarbeit ausgestattet? Sind die Partnerorganisationen für den notwendigen Datenschutz in ihrer Arbeit technisch ausgestattet?

Werden neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien genutzt und deren Risiken realistisch eingeschätzt?

d) Inwiefern werden die verschiedenen Förderinstrumente von Brot für die Welt kosteneffizient eingesetzt?

e) Wurden genug Ressourcen für ein Gendermainstreaming und die Erreichung marginalisierter Gruppen wie Menschen mit Behinderung, Indigene , sexuelle Minderheiten, auch mit Bezug auf Intersektionalität eingeplant? Inwieweit kamen die Ressourcen vor allem marginalisierten Gruppen zugute?

f) Inwieweit behindert die Konkurrenz um die Fördermittel die Netzwerkarbeit der Partner?

g) Erlauben die Standards der Projektarbeit von Brot für die Welt, dass Partnerorganisationen mit veränderten politischen Ereignissen flexibel umgehen können? Entsprechen unsere Forderungen nach Planungssicherheit (für Zeiträume bis zu drei Jahren) dem Aktionsbedarf der Menschenrechtsorganisationen?

Wieviel Flexibilität kann Brot für die Welt einbauen? Wieviel sollte einbaut werden?

6.4 Übergeordnete entwicklungspolitische Wirkungen

a) Inwiefern waren die Projekte modelhaft, strukturbildend oder breitenwirksam?

b) Welche sonstigen Effekte (auch negative) sind auf der Ebene der übergeordneten Wirkungen feststellbar?

c) Wie wäre die Entwicklung ohne das Projekt verlaufen?

d) Gibt es Projekte, die einen Beitrag im übergeordneten Wirkungsbereich erreicht haben hinsichtlich der

· effektiven Ausübung/Schutz von Menschenrechten

· Verabschiedung und Umsetzung von Gesetzen

· politischen Teilhabe

· Stabilisierung der Situation in Bezug auf Konflikt, Fragilität und Gewalt,

· sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und politischen Gleichberechtigung der Frau

· Armutsminderung der Familien der Zielgruppen bzw. Familienmitglieder

(Frauen, Männer, Kinder/Jugendliche) durch einen verbesserten Lebensstandard (z.B. Zugang zu Gesundheit, Bildung, Nahrung),

· Einflussnahme auf andere Akteure (hier vor allem institutionelle und staatliche auf Meso- und Makroebene)?

e) Lassen sich weitere langfristig übergeordnete Wirkungen (positive, negative, intendierte, nicht intendierte) darstellen, zu denen die Maßnahmen einen Beitrag geleistet haben können?

f) Wie viele Förderphasen erscheinen im Menschenrechtsbereich als notwendig, um Wirkungen zu erzielen? Erkennt Brot für die Welt den Moment eine Exit Strategie zu formulieren? Gibt es ein Abhängigkeitsrisiko?

g) Welche Langzeitwirkungen lassen sich bei den Projekten mit mindestens zwei Vorphasen messen?

6.5 Nachhaltigkeit

a) Wie nachhaltig sind die erreichten Wirkungen der Projekte, nachdem diese beendet wurden?

b) Inwieweit wurden Zielgruppen befähigt, selbstständig für ihre Rechte einzutreten?

c) Inwieweit wurden Basisorganisationen nachhaltig aufgebaut?

d) Inwieweit wurden strategische Allianzen und Synergien mit Strukturen des Staates aufgebaut, inwieweit war dieses möglich?

e) Auf welche Art wurden nationale, lokale und traditionelle Führungskräfte in die Projekte miteinbezogen? Spielen sie eine aktive Rolle nach Beendigung des Projektes?

f) Welche langfristigen externen kulturellen und politischen Faktoren beinträchtigen die Nachhaltigkeit im Förderbereich Menschen/Frauenrechte?

g) Welche Form, Instrumentenmix und welcher Zeitraum der Förderung ist notwendig für die Erzielung von nachhaltiger Wirkung?

7. Methoden und Standards

Es wird vorausgesetzt, dass die Evaluationsstandards der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Evaluation (DeGEval) sowie die Prinzipien und Standards der OECD-DAC für eine partizipative, glaubwürdige, gendersensitive und faire Evaluierung berücksichtigt werden.

Es ist darauf zu achten, dass sowohl quantitative als auch qualitative Methoden genutzt werden. Die Erhebung in den Feldphasen sollten einen partizipativen Charakter haben und Selbstreflexion vor allem bei den stark marginalisierten und diskriminierten Zielgruppen befördern. Die angewandten Methoden sollten inklusiv sein und die sozial kulturellen Kontexte respektieren. Zu der Durchführung von Evaluierungsworkshops mit Partnerorganisationen wird ermutigt.

Die Dokumentation der methodischen Vorgehensweise ist elementarer Bestandteil eines jeden Evaluationsberichts von Brot für die Welt.

In der Methodenauswahl muss forschungsethisch korrekt vorgegangen werden. Der Feldzugang erfolgt mit Respekt für kulturelle Traditionen. Die Evaluierung unterliegt dem do no harm Prinzip.

8. Ablauf

Die Evaluation setzt sich aus folgenden Phasen zusammen:

1. Einer Desk-Phase, in der unter Punkt 5 beschriebene Aufgaben erfüllt werden. Eine erste Bestandsaufnahme zur Grundgesamtheit liegt vor. Die Desk-Studie kann sich auf eine repräsentative Stichprobe beziehen, für die ausführliche Projektunterlagen gesichtet werden sollen, insbesondere die

- Projektanträge, Bewilligungsvorlagen und fachlichen Stellungnahmen,

- Sach- und Endberichte, PME Bögen

- Beratungs- und Reiseberichte,

- sowie vorhandenen Studien und Evaluationsberichte.

Zudem erfolgt eine Befragung von Schlüsselpersonen bei Brot für die Welt und ggf. externen relevanten Stakeholdern Gewonnene Erkenntnisse werden in Relation gesetzt zu:

- Grundsatzpapieren von Brot für die Welt

- und Positionspapieren, Konzeptpapieren und Strategiepapieren zur Einordnung von Menschenrechten in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit der internationalen Gemeinschaft, nationalen Stakeholdern (staatliche und nichtstaatliche Organisationen) und der wissenschaftlichen Debatte.

Das genaue methodische Vorgehen zur Auswertung der Dokumente (Stichproben, Verwendung von PC Software, etc.) sowie der Befragungen von Schlüsselpersonen bei Brot für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst wird im Rahmen eines Inception Reports vom GutachterInnenteam vorgeschlagen und mit Brot für die Welt vereinbart.

Am Ende der Desk-Phase erfolgt ein ausführlicher Bericht, der auch Handlungsschritte für die nachfolgende Feldphase aufzeigt. Die Desk-Phase ist für September 2016 bis Februar 2017 geplant.

2. Einer Feldphase, die auf den Ergebnissen der Desk-Phase aufbaut. Sie erfüllt die Aufgaben beschrieben unter 5.2, indem

- im Rahmen eines Stichprobenverfahrens anhand von Kriterien ausgewählte Länder und ihre Projekte besucht werden,

- quantitative und qualitative Erhebungen bei den Partnerorganisationen, Fachkräften, Stakeholdern und Zielgruppen vor Ort durchgeführt werden, 

- offene Fragestellungen aus der Desk Studie näher untersucht werden.

Für jede Fallstudie liegt ein Bericht in der jeweiligen Projektsprache vor, in welchem die Projekte nach DAC Kriterien analysiert werden. Eine angemessene und innovative Methodenauswahl wird vorausgesetzt.

Die Feld-Phase ist für das zweite und dritte Quartal 2017 vorgesehen. Es werden voraussichtlich Feldstudien in drei bis vier Ländern in unterschiedlichen Regionen mit mehreren Partnerorganisationen durchgeführt. Die Nutzung neuer Technologien zur Datenerhebung sollte wo möglich in Erwähnung gezogen werden.

3. Einer Synthese-Phase,

in der Ergebnisse der Desk- und Feldphase zusammengeführt und ausgewertet werden.

Sie dient vor allem der Erfüllung der Aufgaben 5.2. Die Synthese-Phase ist für das letzte Quartal 2017 und das 1. Quartal 2018 vorgesehen.

9. Produkte und Berichterstattung

a) Inception Report

Der Inception Report soll nach der Einarbeitungsphase die Rückmeldung geben, wie die in den ToR beschriebenen Ziele, Fragestellungen und Produkte im Rahmen der Evaluation bearbeitet werden. In diesem Zusammenhang werden das Evaluationsdesign und die anzuwendenden Methoden detailliert beschrieben. Es können Vorschläge unterbreitet werden, die die ToR ergänzen bzw. einschränken. Den Vorschlägen, insbesondere wenn es sich um Veränderungen von Zielen und zentralen Fragestellungen handelt, muss der Auftraggeber innerhalb einer vereinbarten Zeit zustimmen, da dies eine Vertragsänderung zwischen Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer/in darstellt.

Der Inception Report für die Förderbereichsevaluation wird zunächst für die Erstellung der Desk Study erarbeitet und vorgelegt und anschließend im Hinblick auf die Feldphase ergänzt und ausgearbeitet.

b) Workshop zur Erstellung des Wirkungsgefüges

Der Workshop findet mit Brot für die Welt statt.

c) Bericht und Präsentation der Ergebnisse der Desk Study in der ersten Phase.

Der Bericht beinhaltet die Bearbeitung der Aufgaben beschrieben unter Punkt 5. Er wird in einer Präsentation bei Brot für die Welt intern sowie dem BMZ zusammen mit Misereor vorgestellt. Ein gemeinsamer Austausch über das methodische Vorgehen der Feldphase ist vorgesehen.

d) Workshop zur Vorbereitung der Feldphase

Der Workshop zur Planung und Schwerpunktsetzung der Feldphase findet mit Brot für die Welt statt.

e) Workshops mit den Partnern

Im Rahmen der Fallstudien können mit den befragten Partnern einen Landes Erhebungsworkshops stattfinden.

f) Debriefing für die Partnerorganisationen

Am Ende eines jeden Feldaufenthaltes werden die beteiligten Partnerorganisationen im Rahmen einer Abschlussbesprechung durch das Evaluationsteam über die zentralen Ergebnisse der Untersuchung informiert und erhalten die Möglichkeit, die Ergebnisse zu kommentieren. Die zentralen Kommentare werden durch das Evaluationsteam dokumentiert.

g) Einzelne Fallstudienberichte und Präsentation

Die Fallstudienberichte sind sowohl in der Projektsprache des Partnerlandes zu erstellen als auch in einer Zusammenfassung in Deutsch. Der Umfang umfasst ca. 20-30 Seiten und Anhang. Sie werden Brot für die Welt vorgestellt.

h) Austausch und Diskussion als Vorbereitung der Synthesephase

Ein Austausch über die Planung der Synthesephase zwischen dem Team der Gutachter und Gutachterinnen und Brot für die Welt findet statt. Dieser erfolgt in Form einer Präsentation mit anschließender Diskussion.

i) Lernworkshops mit Partnerorganisationen

Im Rahmen der Förderbereichsevaluierung sollen Lernworkshops zur Auseinandersetzung mit den tentativen Ergebnissen der Evaluierung mit Partnerorganisationen erfolgen, um die Ergebnisse von den Partnerorganisationen validieren zu lassen und Ownership der Ergebnisse und kollektive Lernprozesse zu fördern. Die Lernworkshops werden inhaltlich von Brot für die Welt konzipiert und Teilbereiche durch die Gutachtenden gestaltet.

j) Synthesebericht / Endbericht

Der Synthesebericht soll auf Deutsch verfasst sein (ca. 40-50 Seiten und Anhang). Er wird in einer Präsentation bei Brot für die Welt intern sowie dem BMZ zusammen mit Misereor vorgestellt.

Die Formate des Berichtswesens erfolgen in Absprache mit Brot für die Welt.

10. Zeitrahmen

Für die Evaluation ist die Beauftragung einer unabhängigen Beratungsfirma / Organisation (oder auch Zusammenschlüsse von Gutachter/innen) auf der Grundlage mehrerer Angebote vorgesehen. Einzelheiten bezüglich des genauen Zeitablaufs sind noch festzulegen, ebenso wie das genaue Mengengerüst, das nach einem Klärungsgespräch mit den Gutachter/innen über das methodische Vorgehen vereinbart und in Verträgen fixiert wird.

Der vorläufige grobe Zeitplan sieht aus wie folgt:

Bekanntgabe der ToR 24. Juni 2016

Auswahlgepräche 21.-.22. Juli 2016

Bekanntgabe der Auftragsvergabe 25.-27. Juli 2016

Auftragsklärung Mitte September 2016

Inception Report der Desk Study Ende September 2016

Desk Study Ab Oktober 2016

Report und Präsentation der Desk Study Februar 2017

Überarbeiteter Inception Report zur Feldstudy März 2017

Workshop zur Vorbereitung der Feldphase März 2017

Feldphase April bis September 2017

Briefing und Debriefing Notes für die Partner (soweit möglich alle beteiligten

Partner) April bis September 2017

Übersendung der einzelnen Fallstudienberichte an Brot für die Welt Juli bis September 2017

Präsentation der Ergebnisse der Fallstudien September 2017

Synthesephase Oktober bis Februar 2017

Lernworkshops mit Partnerorganisationen November/Dezember 2017

Endbericht und Präsentation März 2018

11. Verantwortlichkeiten und Pflichten

a) Auftraggeber der FBE ist das Stabsreferat Programmkoordination von Brot für die Welt. Federführung in der Operationalisierung der FBE ist das Stabsreferat Ergebnismanagement und Verfahrenssicherung (StR EM-VS). Dies beinhaltet die Begleitung des Evaluationsprozesses und die Endabnahme von Berichten. Zusammen mit den zuständigen Arbeitseinheiten wird das StR EM-VS die relevanten Unterlagen für die Studie zusammenstellen und zugänglich machen. Inhaltliche Begleitung der Förderbereichsevaluierung erfolgt durch die Beraterin auf Zeit Menschenrechte und das Referat Menschenrechte und Frieden.

b) Begleitgruppe: Die interne Begleitgruppe der FBE von Brot für die Welt setzt sich zusammen aus Personen der Regionalreferate aus dem Vorstandsbereich Internationale Programme und dem Präsidialbereich sowie dem Stabsreferat Ergebnismanagement und Verfahrenssicherung und dem Stabsreferat Programmkoordination.

Die Begleitgruppe unterstützt die federführenden Einheiten der FBE in fachlicher Hinsicht in der Vorbereitung und Begleitung der Evaluierung und stellt die Zusammenarbeit mit den Referaten sicher. Sie nimmt an ausgewählten Workshops und Präsentationen der Evaluation teil.

12.Verbreitung der Evaluationsergebnisse

Eine Publikation und Darstellung der Ergebnisse der Evaluation auf der Internetseite von Brot für die Welt sind vorgesehen. Ein Umsetzungsplan wird von Brot für die Welt in Federführung der Beraterin Menschenrechte mit allen Beteiligten erarbeitet und implementiert.

Profil des Teams der Gutachter/innen

Das Team der Gutachter/innen sollte eine Teamleiterin bzw. einen Teamleiter, sowie zwei bis drei Hauptgutachter/innen umfassen. Diese sollten arbeitsteilig vorgehen. Für spezielle Aufgaben können weitere Gutachter/innen bzw. unterstützende Personen hinzukommen.

Die Zusammenarbeit in Teams mit Gutachter/innen aus dem globalen Süden während der Feldstudien wird vorausgesetzt.

Die Gutachter/innen sollen als Team die folgenden Anforderungen erfüllen:

- thematische Kompetenz, wobei alle HauptgutachterInnen einen für den Sektor relevanten Hintergrund haben sollten,

- Arbeitserfahrung in Lateinamerika, Asien und ggf. Afrika

- Erfahrung mit der Arbeit von zivilgesellschaftlichen Strukturen im Süden, insbesondere mit kirchlichen Strukturen,

- umfangreiche Evaluationserfahrungen,

- umfangreiche methodische Kompetenzen im Bereich der Wirkungserfassung von Entwicklungsmaßnahmen im Bereich Menschenrechte und sozialer Gerechtigkeit und mit Gruppen hoher Vulnerabilität, angemessene Methodenkenntnisse in der Erfassung schwer messbarer Wirkungen

- sehr gute Kennnisse von qualitativer und quantitativer Datenerhebung ggf unter Einsatz von ICT

- verhandlungssichere Beherrschung von Deutsch und den Verkehrssprachen Englisch, Spanisch und ggf. Französisch,

- Verständnis für das Partnerschaftsprinzip von Brot für die Welt

- und kulturell angepasstes respektvolles Auftreten bei den Feldbesuchen.

- Das Team soll sowohl Frauen als auch Männer, internationale und lokale Gutachter/ innen umfassen und umfassende Genderkompetenz aufweisen.

13. Angebote

Angebote müssen bis spätestens 17. Juli 2016 an das Stabsreferat Ergebnismanagement und Verfahrenssicherung von Brot für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst gesendet werden. Ein vollständiges Angebot besteht aus:

§ einem aussagekräftigen Lebenslauf pro Gutachter/in,

§ einem inhaltlichen Angebot, das den Zeitplan präzisiert und schlüssig darlegt, mit welchen Methoden die Ziele der Evaluation erreicht werden sollen. Der Zeitplan stellt differenziert die Tage der Gutachter und Gutachterinnen für die Deskphase und die jeweiligen Feldstudienaufenthalte dar. Es sind circa drei bis vier Feldstudien angedacht, § einem finanziellen Angebot unter Angabe des Honorars zzgl. Umsatzsteuer, der Reise- und Nebenkosten inkl. Umsatzsteuer und der Pauschalen. Alle notwendigen Kosten (inkl. Workshops, Feldphasen, Übersetzungen) müssen im finanziellen Angebot aufgeführt sein. Die Angaben zu den Kosten sind tentativ, da die Länder erst nach der Deskstudie festgelegt werden.

Das vollständige Angebot bitte per E-mail oder per Post an: 

Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung

Stabsreferat Ergebnismanagement und Verfahrenssicherung

z. Hd. Rosilin Bock

Caroline-Michaelis-Straße 1

10115 Berlin

E-Mail: [email protected]

For further information, please refer to the link here. 

UNICEF is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from well-established institutions for the provision of services to conduct an independent Formative Evaluation of UNICEF Myanmar’s Young Child Survival and Development Strategy and Programme Performance to reduce under-five mortality.

The evaluation is scheduled for implementation from September 2016 to February 2017. It is foreseen that the evaluation will be carried out by a team of 4-5 evaluation professionals.

Interested institutions are encouraged to complete the EOI form in attachment and available at: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice. EOIs should be sent to [email protected], no later than 5:00 pm (Yangon) on 8 July, 2016.  

If you have any additional questions about this EOI, please email Ms. Yin Win Khine at [email protected].  

For further information, please download the files enclosed or see the website here. 

For further details, please click the link here. 

Amity Foundation – a cooperation partner of Brot für die Welt is seeking 2 consultants for the evaluation of the general project concept of small scale project funds (basis of the evaluation will be 3 consecutive Small Scale Project funds). The funds are provided to Amity by Brot für die Welt to support small scale projects for urgent needs in Chinese communities as well as for innovative projects. They can also be used for testing new cooperation with small local partners. The decision which projects should be implemented is made by the Amity Foundation. The projects were and are implemented between 2005 and 2016 in different regions in China. The Chinese government and the benefiting communities contribute to the projects as well, financially and/or through their workforce. The small scale projects are implemented by local partners of Amity Foundation and their beneficiaries include villagers, teachers, health workers, patients, people living with HIV, etc.

The focus of the evaluation is on the general approach of the funds. The evaluation should elaborate on the specific value of the small scale project fund approach. It should furthermore provide information on achievements and challenges as well as recommendations for future funding possibilities.

For further details please see the attached Terms of Reference.

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to conduct the independent final evaluation of the project “Global Sustainable Management of Tuna Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation in the areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ)”.

OED is looking to hire an evaluation team of 2 to 3 international and regional experts, with an appropriate balance of relevant technical expertise and experience in evaluation. Please find more information in the attached Call for Expression and at the following link: http://www.fao.org/employment/vacancies/consultants/en/. 

Deadline for applications is Friday, 20 May 2016

ILO is urgently seeking an Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to conduct an independent final evaluation of its Project entitled “ Increasing Workplace Compliance through Labour Inspection in Vietnam”.   Please find attached the call for expressions of interest.

The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) of the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)  is requesting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from qualified companies to conduct a final evaluation of the PBF's programmatic investments in Liberia for the period of 2011-2016.

Companies that answer this EOI need to have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in conducting evaluations of peacebuilding interventions. The contract for the evaluation is expected to last approximately four (4) months.

For more information on how to apply and respond to the EOI,  please refer to the following links:: http://www.un.org/Depts/ptd and http://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice, and UN Procurement Mobile Apps

The deadline is: 09 May 2016 at  1700 hours Eastern time (USA)  

FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified and experienced individuals to conduct the quality assurance of the evaluation work and deliverables for the evaluation of the CFS Reform. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was set up in 1974 as an intergovernmental body to serve as a forum for review and follow up of food security policies. In 2009, CFS went through an extensive reform process to enable it to more fully play its role in the area of food security and nutrition. The CFS Reform envisioned that "CFS constitutes the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for a broad range of stakeholders to work together in a coordinated manner towards the elimination of hunger and ensuring food security and nutrition for all human beings.

For more information about the position and its requirements, please refer to the following link: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VA/pdf/Consultancy-Template%20Plain_QA%20Advisor.pdf

Interested candidates should send their CV to [email protected] clearly indicating “Quality Assurance Advisor for the Evaluation of the CFS Reform” in the subject line, by 6 May 2016.

DSPR is looking for a team of international and local consultants for an organizational evaluation.
The evaluation will assess the organisational strengths and weaknesses of DSPR and the extent
to which its managerial and administrative competencies contribute to the effectiveness and
sustainability of its programs. The evaluation will provide DSPR with a vital learning resource
for the mid to long term future, ultimately enabling it to improve outcomes for the rights
holders it works with.

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to conduct the independent final evaluation of the project “Global Sustainable Management of Tuna Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation in the areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ)”.

OED is looking to hire an evaluation team of 2 to 3 international and regional experts, with an appropriate balance of relevant technical expertise and experience in evaluation. Please find more information in the attached Call for Expression and at the following link: http://www.fao.org/employment/vacancies/consultants/en/. 

Deadline for applications is Friday, 22 April 2016.

For further information, please see the files below.

The UNICEF Evaluation Office (New York) plans to commission a global evaluation of UNICEF's Drinking Water Supply Programming in Rural Areas and Small Towns. The evaluation will cover the period 2006-2015,with an emphasis on the period since 2010.  This major exercise will influence UNICEF’s strategy for Rural Water Supply programming as UNICEF prepares to define its next strategic plan for 2018 and beyond.

We wish interested parties to submit a full bid proposal (technical and financial proposals) in response to the Request For Proposal for Services [RFPS] for the Global evaluation of UNICEF's Drinking Water Supply Programming in Rural Areas and Small Towns [RFPS-USA-2016-502210].  Much of the precise information needed to develop the proposals will be found on the Terms of Reference in Annex 1 on page 19 of the RFPS.  The full RFPS may be found through this link: http://www.unicef.org/evaluation/index_90364.html

Potential bidders that feel the RFP/TOR has omitted essential information needed to compose a technically strong and cost-efficient bid may pose questions to help fill the gap.  All questions and replies will be publicly posted for equal bidder access, as described in the RFP.

Communicating an intention to bid must be sent via email by 16 March 2016. Any questions, requests for information/clarification must be sent no later than 25 March 2016. Contact names and addresses are given in the RFPS. 

Full proposals should be submitted in English and must be sent by email to [email protected] by 11 April 2016 no later than 16:00 hours New York time.  It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded in April and commence in May. 

For further information, please download the file attached.

UNICEF Evaluation Office (New York) plans to commission a two-country impact evaluation on UNICEF’s approach to supporting inclusive and equitable play opportunities for children ages 3 to 6 through the use of the Early Childhood Development Kit.

http://www.unicef.org/supply/index_25947.html

This is an invitation to eligible institutions (such as consulting/evaluation firms, research institutes and universities, or vendors with similar capacities) to submit “expressions of interest” to provide services to conduct the evaluation. The Expression of Interest can be downloaded from http://www.unicef.org/evaluation/files/EOI_ECD_Kit_Evaluation_2.24.pdf

The closing date for the Expression of Interest is 25 March 2016, 10:00 am (New York Time - Eastern Standard). Please send your Expression of Interest submissions (institution contact information using the form on page 5 and answers to the 6 mandatory question on page 6) to the email addresses below, with the stipulated subject:

Email:    [email protected]

For further information, please see the webpage here. 

All details, including how to apply are included in the attached CEI. Timelines are somewhat tight – interested consultants are invited to submit an Expression of Interest and an indication of their established daily honorarium rate to [email protected] by 20 March 2016.  Please indicate in the subject line “Expression of Interest- Ukraine Evaluation”.

The Expression of Interest should include:

·   cover letter describing:  interest in leading the Ukraine evaluation and any limitations to your availability over the next 10 month period;

·   curriculum vitae (CV) highlighting your experience leading programme evaluations.

For further informations, please download the file below. 

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest from qualified individuals to conduct the independent evaluation of FAO’s Strategic Objective 5: Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises.

The evaluation began in December 2015 and will carry through the summer 2016. OED is looking to hire 4 analyst and 4 technical experts (disaster risk reduction; food and nutrition security analysis; livelihoods support; and trans-boundary animal diseases) with an appropriate balance of relevant technical expertise and experience in evaluation. More information is available at: http://www.fao.org/evaluation/oed-consultancy-jobs/en/. Please send your application to [email protected] by February 26^th for the analyst positions and March 1^st for the technical expert positions.

For further information, please download the file attached. 

For further information please see the file below. 

UNICEF Evaluation Office (New York) plans to commission a global evaluation UNICEF’s Prevention of Mother to Child HIV transmission (PMTCT) and Paediatric care and support programme. This is an invitation to eligible institutions (consulting firms, research institutes universities, or vendors with similar capacities) to submit a full bid (technical and financial proposals) in response to the attached documents,  a request for proposal for services for the evaluation of UNICEF’s PMTCT and Paediatric HIV programme (RFPS-USA-2015-502141), and associated terms of reference (ToRs) are posted in the following link: http://www.unicef.org/evaluation/index_86081.html that is housed inside our Opportunities page: http://www.unicef.org/evaluation/index_68493.html

Both the technical and financial proposals are to be submitted no later than 7 December 2015, 16:00 pm New York time.  The bids will be opened on 8 December 2015.

Companies, firms and evaluation teams are requested to confirm receipt of this email. Please send an email to Dalma Rivero at [email protected] with copy to  Abdoulaye SEYE at [email protected].

Any questions, requests for information/clarification may be sent to Dalma Rivero at [email protected] with copy to  Abdoulaye SEYE at [email protected] no later than 1 December 2015. Please be informed that answers to questions that are of common interest to other bidders will be shared with all potential bidders (those who would have communicated their intention to bid). 

For further information, please download the file below. 

Job Start Date - November 2015 
Duration - Approximately 1 month
Location - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Contact person - Zoe Reiter [email protected] 

The Citizen Action Network for Safe and Effective Transportation (Red Acción Ciudadana para el Transporte Eficiente y Seguro, RedACTES) is a project by Transparency International in partnership with its Guatemalan chapter, Acción Ciudadana, to ensure that public funds for bus services and bus safety are effectively spent – so that bus commutes become safer and more efficient for poor and underserved communities, especially women and girls.
RedACTES aims to achieve two goals:
- increase public oversight of the public services responsible for delivering safe and efficient public transportation in Guatemala City, and
- make sure contracts made to the private sector for bus-related services are fulfilled as agreed, free of corruption.
The Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S) in Berlin, together with Accion Ciudadana, our national chapter in Guatemala, are seeking a Service Provider who is expected to conduct a face-to-face baseline survey of urban bus users’ perceptions, experiences and attitudes regarding the safety and efficiency of public transportation in Guatemala City along two specific bus routes in Guatemala City.
For more information please follow the link http://www.transparency.org/whoweare/work/baseline_commuter_survey_in_guatemala_city_guatemala/3

UNFPA Request for Proposal (RFP) for the provision of an end line evaluation of the H4+ Joint Programme Canada and Sweden (Sida) 2011 – 2016.

The UNFPA Evaluation Office seeks supply of services for an end line evaluation of the H4+ Joint Programme Canada and Sweden (Sida). The deadline for applications is 28 October 2015 (13.00 Copenhagen time). For all information, revisions, and updates of the RFP please refer to the United Nations Global Marketplace, through: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/37665

If you have any clarifications, please send them to [email protected] before 14 October, 2015, 13.00 Copenhagen time.

Action/2015 is seeking a consultant or team of consultants to carry out the final evaluation of the action/2015 campaign.

action/2015 is a movement of more than 2,000 organizations, networks and coalitions from over 150 countries coming together to raise awareness of how important 2015 is and to demand truly ambitious agreements on poverty, inequality and climate change in 2015. The action/2015 movement ensures that when political leaders meet and make decisions during two major United Nations summits convening in 2015, they will feel the pressure of millions and millions of people calling on them to take ambitious action to secure a better future for people and planet.

Purpose of the evaluation

The main purpose of the evaluation is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the action/2015 campaign, assess and describe the results and effectiveness of the action/2015 campaign (intended and unintended, positive and negative, as well as the major factors that influenced results), and draw lessons learned and provide recommendations for future campaigns and CSO coordination mechanisms.

Methodology

The evaluation will be conducted using a range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The following is a list of methodologies that are considered applicable; the list, however, should not be considered definitive and contractors are free to propose other methodologies.

1.Desk review of key project documents

2.Literature search and review of materials on the environment in which the project operates, as well as from past campaigns for overall background information and comparison regarding how the campaign performed versus past similar efforts

3.Review of existing data on the action/2015 campaign (overall actions taken, monitoring reports of mobilization activities, registration & distribution lists, grant reports, etc.). The evaluation team should plan on utilizing the existing data being collected by action/2015 and triangulate the data gathered from various sources.

4.Interviews with key campaign stakeholders – including but not limited to: action/2015 Reference Group members, action/2015 Global Hub and regional coordinators, action/team co-chairs, participating organizations, organizations that were expected to engage in the campaign but did not, leads of national coalitions

5.Focus group discussions with key campaign stakeholders (e.g. national coalition participants or global action/team participants)

6.Other participatory approaches, such as case studies, “stories of change” or “most significant change”

Application and selection details

Please find attached the Request for Proposals for this evaluation.

Per the application schedule, interested candidates should:

• Submit questions about this terms of Reference (TOR) by e-mail to [email protected] on or before October 2, 2015, at 12:00pm EST.  Action/2015 will return its responses to the questions on or before October 9, 2015.  Questions and responses will be shared with all participating Offerors without reference to the originator.
• Send applications to [email protected] no later than 16 October 2015, 11:59PM EST.

Each Proposal must clearly define the scope of services proposed by the Offeror in enough detail to allow the Evaluation Steering Committee to perform a proper evaluation of the TOR applicants. The proposal should include the following items:

A.Understanding of Project Specifications.  This is a statement that the Offeror has examined and understands the specifications and requirements set forth in this TOR. 

B.A One-page Summary of Experience. This summary of experience should be no more than one page and aim at illustrating past work on programs that are comparable in character to the work required by this TOR.

C.A Project Proposal that highlights the Offeror’s detailed plan to conduct this evaluation, provides suggestions how the Offeror would proceed with this evaluation project, and stresses key considerations the Offeror would see arising from a project of this nature. (3 pages maximum)

D.Detailed CVs of all professionals who will work on the evaluation. If there is more than one consultant on the proposed team, please attach a table describing the level of effort (in number of hours) of each team member in each of the evaluation activities.

E. Work sample exemplifying the consultant’s expertise with similar evaluation projects, and providing recommendations for similar projects in similar fields. (provide 2-3 work samples)

F.Professional references. Please provide two or three references of work accomplished by the Offeror that are comparable in character to the work required by this TOR.

G.Pricing. Each proposal must contain a pricing structure that offers the best value for this evaluation project. 

H.Availability, ability to meet fixed deadlines and expected number of hours to complete the proposed scope of work.

I.Validity of Proposal.  This is a statement that the Proposal will be valid for a minimum period of ninety (90) days following the Deadline.

J.Offeror’s Legal Status. This is a statement describing the Offeror's legal status, e.g., sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation, and state of incorporation.

Each Proposal received will be evaluated with respect to the proposed approach to the requirements, quality programs and backup production systems in place, experience, reliability, and reputation of the Offeror, price, and any other factor required.

The MasterCard Foundation is inviting tenders for an end-of-project evaluation of Camfed’s “Investing in the Leaders of Change” Program.

The program was a five year partnership (2010 – 2015) between Camfed and The MasterCard Foundation that aimed to support girls and women from some of the poorest rural districts in Ghana and Malawi through school and into a safer adulthood. The program comprised three components: Education Support, Financial Literacy Training and the Innovation Bursary Program. 

The evaluation will commence in late October 2015 and will be completed by the end of January 2016. The overall budget for the evaluation is $170,000, with up to $135,000 available for the evaluator’s fees and expenses.  Interested parties are requested to send a short email to [email protected] by 25 September, 2015 at 5pm EST expressing their intention to submit a proposal. Any questions should be submitted to [email protected] by 25 September, 2015 at 5pm EST.  Proposals must be submitted by 7 October, 2015 at 5pm EST to [email protected]. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a phone or skype interview on Monday 19th October.

For further information, download the file below. 

For further information, please download the file attached. 

The Evaluation Unit of the DG for International cooperation and development is launching a tender to set up an "Evaluation Support Services Team".

The Evaluation Support Services Team will contribute towards developing evaluation capacities of EU cooperation services, strengthening the co-ordination of the evaluation function across DEVCO (Headquarters and Delegations) and increase the quality and use of evaluations by internal and external stakeholders.

All the technical and contractual specifications are available here : https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=1005

The deadline for the submission of the offers if the 28^th of September.

Link to RFP: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/37791

Interested parties should submit their proposals according to the guidelines outlined in the request for proposals.

Deadline for submitting Intention To Submit A Proposal: 18 September 2015 at 17h00 CET

Deadline for submission of proposal: on or before 5 October 2015 at 17:00 hours CET

This fund (3F for short) has been established in order to facilitate and accelerate the develop­ment of the theory, practice, and profession of evaluation: the Faster Forward Fund is now open for proposals, and applications are due September 15, 2015, or April 15, 2016.

3F is based on the belief that explicit attention to the critical study of the methodology and foundations of a discipline and its applic­ations—especially in the case of an emerging or radically changing discip­line—can avoid many dead ends in its development, and nurture valuable new perspectives. To this end, 3F’s modest funds will be mainly devoted to support ‘new paradigm,’ a.k.a., ‘out of the box,’ critical studies of evaluation, or new models or applications for it, by contrast with evaluation studies of the usual applied kind on a variety of evaluands other than evaluation.

Since good evaluation is a vital tool for achieving social progress and in particular for meeting severe needs, 3F will also emphasize support for projects that show promise for significant social benefits. 3F is set up under the financial management of the Marin Community Fund, the third largest in the US, which is duly registered as a 501(c)(3) entity.

More details about this effort, including the distinguished Advisory Committee who will run it with Dr. Jane Davidson as the Chief Operations Officer, and some of its other work including the ‘Micro Pro Bono’ project, will be found at fasterforwardfund.org.

UNICEF Evaluation Office (New York) plans to commission a global evaluation of UNICEF’s response to the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.  This email serves as an invitation to eligible institutions (consulting firms, research institutes, universities, or vendors with similar capacities) to submit a full bid (technical and financial proposals) – for all details and conditions please refer to the request for proposal for services for the evaluation of UNICEF’s response to the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa (RFPS-USA-2015-502087), and associated terms of reference (ToRs), found in the link below.

http://www.unicef.org/evaluation/index_78196.html

For further reference, please download the file below. 

For further information, see the file below. 

The UN Women Independent Evaluation Office seeks a firm/institution specialized in evaluation with partnership and gender-responsive evaluation expertise, to assist in the design and conduct of a corporate evaluation of UN Women's Strategic Partnerships for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. The interested firms should submit their proposals according to the guidelines outlined in the request for proposals by July 26, 2015.

Link to RFP:

https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/35530

The T.R. North Anatolian Development Agency designs and manages grant programs for activities of both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations that contribute to the development in their Region. In partnership with the T.R. West Black Sea Development Agency it is seeking a technical partner for the conduct of an impact evaluation for one of its SME grants program related to a scheme designed for Chapter2 22: Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments (Civil Society Dialogue between EU and Turkey – IV Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments Grant Scheme (CSD - IV/REG) Reference: CFCU/TR2011/0135.15-06).

Should you be interested please contact [email protected]

Dear colleagues,

Please find attached TORs for the evaluation commissioned by UNICEF Argentina: Evaluation of safe and family centered maternity initiative

Evaluations will last 5 months starting August 2015

Knowledge and experience in Latin American context and Spanish language is a must

Deadline to receive proposals: June 24.

UNDP Vietnam seeks proposals from qualified firms/institutions/organizations for Evaluation of the One Plan (OP) 2012-2016.

The overall purposes of the OP Evaluation are:

• To support greater learning about what works, what doesn’t and why in the context of the One Plan. The evaluation will provide important information for strengthening programming and results at the country level, specifically informing the planning and decision-making for the next One Plan cycle (2017-2021) and for improving United Nations coordination at the country level.

• To support greater accountability of the UNCT to One Plan stakeholders. By objectively verifying results achieved within the framework of the One Plan and assessing the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions used, the evaluation will enable the various stakeholders in the One Plan process, including national counterparts and donors, to hold the UNCT and other parties accountable for fulfilling their roles and commitments.

The selection will be based on a competitive basis and will comply with UNDP procurement regulations.

Full solicitation documents can be obtained by visiting UNDP website:

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=22527 

Contact for inquiry:

Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen

Email: [email protected]

Submission deadline: 15 June 2015 (Hanoi time)

URS Australia Pty ltd in the Australian aid project called URS-Solomon Islands Partnership Facility is currently looking for individuals who are interested is submitting proposal for a Public Sector Satisfaction Survey.

For more information please download the attachment below.

Concern Worldwide invites proposals to undertake a final evaluation of its Irish Aid Funded Programme. Concern Worldwide is an Irish based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Concern Worldwide has been the recipient of three multi-annual funding grants from Irish Aid. The current Multi-Annual Irish Aid funded Programme which runs from 2012 to 2015, addresses extreme poverty and vulnerability in 18 countries, 14 in Irish Aid’s priority region of Sub-Saharan Africa, three in Asia and in Haiti.

Please see the attached Terms of Reference for a comprehensive guide as to the nature of this evaluation.

Proposal Requirements

All proposals must include the following:

• Information on the principal consultant/s (contact and background information, current curriculum vitae) and any co-evaluators, if applicable.
• Abstract of the proposed evaluation project (maximum 250 words)
• Technical proposal that addresses the following:
  - Understanding of evaluation topic
  - Overall approach
  - Methodologies to be applied to answer the key questions.  As indicated this should include a meta evaluation of individual programme evaluations and two country visits (to be identified)
• Detailed budget proposal

Submission of Proposals

Please submit proposals to Patricia McNamara ([email protected]) and Anne-Marie Campbell ([email protected]) by Friday 29th May. It is anticipated that proposals will be shortlisted. Those who submit proposals and who are shortlisted must be available for follow up discussion on proposals in the week beginning of June 1st. 

For more details please download the attachment below.

UN Women is seeking an evaluation firm or team of qualified consultants to undertake a final evaluation of its Global Progamme on "Increasing Accountability in Financing for Gender Equality." The programme supports national efforts to strengthen the accountability of governments and donors in implementing gender equality commitments in financing decisions and practices in 16 countries and is supported by the European Commission as well as the governments of Spain and Italy. 

Please refer to the RFP link below for further information and instruction at: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/33909.

The submission deadline is Tuesday, 12 May 2015 at 11:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time.

Please direct any queries on the solicitation materials to [email protected].

For more information please download the attachment below.

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) has a requirement for the professional services of an evaluation team to perform the meta-evaluation of the decentralized evaluations. 

DFATD therefore encourages professional evaluators to access the solicitation via the Government Electronic Tendering Services (GETS) commonly referred to as Buy and Sell / Tenders (https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders) as follows:

The Tender Notice for the Request for Proposal (RFP) with the solicitation number: 2015-CC77620-META-EVAL-1: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tender-notice/PW-15-00675027

Instruction to Bidders

Proposals should be presented following the instructions provided in the Request for Proposal document to be obtained through the GETS.

Please note, DFATD does not send out RFPs directly to interested Consultants.

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END OF NOTICE

Appel d’offres du Gouvernement du Canada

Équipe d’Évaluateurs pour une

Méta-évaluation des évaluations décentralisées

Le ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commerce et du Développement (MAECD) entend retenir les services d’une équipe professionnels en évaluation pour effectuer la Méta-évaluation des évaluations décentralisées du MAECD.

Le MAECD encourage les évaluateurs professionnels à accéder à l’appel d’offres via les services électroniques d’appel d’offres gouvernementaux (SEAOG) communément appelés Achats et Ventes / Appel d’offres (https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/donnees-sur-l-approvisionnement/appels-d-offres) comme suit :

L’Appel d'offre de la Demande de proposition ayant le numéro de demande de soumission : 2015-CC77620-META-EVAL-1: https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/donnees-sur-l-approvisionnement/appels-d-offres/PW-15-00675027

Instructions aux proposants

Les propositions devraient être présentées suivant les instructions décrites dans le document de demande de proposition, que l'on peut se procurer par l'entremise du service.

Veuillez prendre note que le MAECD n'envoie pas de document de demande de proposition formelle directement aux consultants intéressés.

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FIN DE L’AVIS

Below please find the request for proposals to conduct a Thematic Review on Market-Shaping.

Kindly find below the terms of reference (TORs) for a consultancy for the evaluation of a DFID-funded project with Oxfam in Lebanon.

The TORs can be viewed and downloaded from this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2ez5x6ua48tz1n/FINAL%20ToRs%20for%20evaluation%20of%20DFID%20Project.pdf?dl=0

All questions of a technical nature can be referred to Maria Ghazzaoui: [email protected]. The deadline to apply is Friday February 20th, 2015, at 5:00 PM Lebanon time.

For more information please click this link : https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/pages/public/viewPublicNotice.cmd?bm90aWNlSWQ9NjI1MDA%3D 

Please note that UNICEF Belgrade office is seeking for qualified company for research on quality of special education in Serbia.

You can find request for proposal on following link:​ http://www.unicef.rs/oglasi-za-posao.html and further information in the attachment below.

The Directorate of Internal Oversight of the Council of Europe is pleased to inform you that it intends to avail itself of consultants’ services for the evaluation of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe.

We hereby invite you to submit a proposal within an open consultation procedure, respecting the Terms of Reference. The deadline for receiving the proposals to the e-mail address [email protected] is 15 January 2015, midnight  (Central European time) at the latest.

Failure to submit a proposal containing all the required information and documentation within the deadline specified may lead to the rejection of the proposal.

Please note that all the services, material and reports related to this contract will have to be provided in English. On the basis of sections 9 and 10 of the Terms of Reference, a short description (up to 2 pages) of the approach combined with a CV and list of previous evaluations, references, and three recent examples of previous reports plus a budget proposal are required.

The final evaluation report is expected to be delivered no later than 30 April 2015.

The Evaluation Unit of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is looking for a firm to design and conduct the mid-term evaluation of MicroLead Expansion Programme “Support to Savings-led Microfinance Market Leaders to Enter Underserved Countries".

UNCDF is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 49 least developed countries. It creates new opportunities for poor people and their communities by increasing access to microfinance and investment capital. In September 2011, UNCDF and The MasterCard Foundation launched this six-year expansion programme with a budget of US$23.5 million to increase access to microfinance, particularly savings services, to a minimum of 450,000 low income people in Sub-Saharan Africa, at least half of whom are women and half of whom reside in rural areas.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) for this evaluation can be accessed at: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=19825

The calendar is as follows:

-          Deadline submission technical and financial proposals: 13 January 2015. 

-          Inception phase: February-March 2015

-          Field phase with visits to 8 countries: April-May 2015

-          Final report: July-August 2015.

Interested firms will find the instructions to apply in the RFP.
 

For more information please download the attachment (in French and English) below.

Call for proposals for evaluation of an EU-funded project in Angola, Huíla. Deadline for presentation 07/JAN/2015. The terms of reference can be downloaded in the following link: http://goo.gl/WvLMSU. Additional information:: http://adra-angola.org/ e https://lnkd.in/bvRKd5m.

For more information please download the attachment below.

For more information please download the attachment below.

For more information please click here.

UNICEF’s Evaluation Office is in the process of commissioning an end-of-programme evaluation for the Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme (PBEA). The evaluation will commence in the first quarter of 2015.

We are inviting EOIs from eligible institutions (consulting firms, research institutes universities)  or evaluation teams or vendors with similar capacities

The closing date for the EoI is 24 November, 2014 at 5:00pm (New York time).

Interested consultants should fill the attached EoI form as directed, and send it to the email address below, with the stipulated subject:

Email:    [email protected]

Subject: Expression of Interest: PBEA: End-of-programme outcome evaluation

For more information please download the attachment below. 

For more details please download the attachment below.

For more information please click here.

Appel d’offres du gouvernement du Canada
Pré-qualification - Évaluateurs - Développement International

À partir de Janvier 2015, Affaires étrangères, Commerce et Développement Canada (MAECD) utilisera les Services Professionnels Centrés sur les Tâches et les Solutions (SPTS) – Arrangement en matière d'Approvisionnement (AMA) de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada (TPSGC) pour ses besoins de service d’évaluation du développement.

En conséquence, le MAECD encourage les évaluateurs professionnels à participer aux occasions continues de se qualifier (mise à jour trimestrielle) ouvertes aux fournisseurs dans le but de vous pré-qualifier pour le SPTS. Ces demandes de soumissions sont accessibles via les services électroniques d’appel d’offres gouvernementaux communément appelés Achats et Ventes / Appel d’offres : https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/donnees-sur-l-approvisionnement/appels-d-offres, comme suit :

• Appel d'offres centré sur les tâches pour un accord en matière d'approvisionnement (DAMA)
  https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/donnees-sur-l-approvisionnement/appels-d-offres/PW-ZN-003-27168
• Appel d'offres centré sur les solutions pour un accord en matière d'approvisionnement (DAMA) https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/donnees-sur-l-approvisionnement/appels-d-offres/PW-ZN-017-27167

Les demandes de sollicitation sont présentement ouvertes fermeront le 14 novembre 2014. TPSGC estime que la date d'attribution sera le 31 décembre 2014. Le MAECD utilisera la catégorie de « Consultant en Services d’Évaluation » située sous Volet des services-conseils en affaires et services de gestion du changement de ces DAMAs.

Le DAMA SPTS offre des occasions continues de se qualifier avec des mises à jour trimestrielles. La future occasion de mises à jour fermera en mars 2015.

Toutes demandes d’information doivent être présentées à l'autorité compétente de TPSGC, selon les informations contenues dans la demande de sollicitation. TPSGC répondra à toutes les demandes de clarification de façon équitable, transparente et ouverte. 

For more information please download the attachment below. 

For more information please download the attachment below.

For more information please download the attachment below.

The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is seeking the services of a consultant to review the extent to which its information and communications efforts have promoted the visibility of the organisation's work.  This is an institutional-level evaluation which seeks to determine how the organisation's communications efforts can be tailored to ensure that key stakeholders in the region and beyond have greater awareness of the impact of UNECE's work. The full Terms of Reference for this evaluation is attached.

UNECE invites qualified and experienced evaluators to submit their curriculum vitae with cover note highlighting relevant technical expertise for this evaluation to  [email protected] by 31 October 2014.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate at least 7 years of conducting or leading evaluations, and a background in communications and outreach. The successful candidate will have completed an evaluation in the communications field for an organisation. Previous experience in countries of the UNECE region is a strong  asset. Fluency in English is required, fluency in Russian is desirable.

More information on UNECE's work can be found at www.unece.org.

The Evaluation Unit of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is looking for a firm to design and conduct the final evaluation of YouthStart Programme “Building Youth Inclusive Financial Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa”.

UNCDF is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 49 least developed countries. It creates new opportunities for poor people and their communities by increasing access to microfinance and investment capital. Launched in 2010 in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, YouthStart is a pilot program that aims to increase access to financial services, with a focus on savings, to 200,000 low-income youth (defined as ages 12 to 24) in 8 African countries.

We invite you to review the Request for Proposal (RFP) for this evaluation at: http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=18302

Please confirm if your company intends to submit a proposal by sending a confirmation email to [email protected] by 20 October 2014.

The calendar for this evaluation is as follows:

• Deadline for submitting requests for clarifications/ questions: 21 October 2014.
• Deadline submission technical and financial proposals: 31 October 2014.
• Selection process: November 2014
• Inception phase: December 2014 /January 2015
• Field phase (5 countries): January/February 2015
• Final report: June 2015.

UNCDF looks forward to receiving your Proposal and thanks you in advance for your interest in UNCDF procurement opportunities. 

For more information please download the attachment below. 

UNICEF Jordan Country Office is looking for an experienced institution or team of consultants (both international and national) to Evaluate UNICEF’s Psychosocial Response as per RFP and TOR below.  The deadline for submission of the technical and financial proposals is 30 September @ 12 noon (Amman time).  

Please note that managers for this evaluation will organise two online sessions (27 August and 10 September) to respond and clarify to some questions or comments that might arise from the interested applicants. The candidates interested in these sessions should sign up by providing additional information following this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C_X1jsz-tcBmjUknZH1P53aIGlJsZI4nJvaiXBN_SWQ/viewform?usp=send_form

Emailed proposals must be sent exclusively to [email protected], in a non-editable format (i.e. PDF), clearly marked with the tender number LRFP-2014-9111923 and dispatched to arrive NO LATER than 12.00 Hrs. Amman time on Tuesday 30 September 2014.  Offers received in any other manner will be INVALIDATED.

PLEASE NOTE: email should not exceed 5MB (5,000 kilo bytes). If bid response is larger than 5MB, please zip the files or divide response into separate files and send in multiple emails instead.

Full proposals should be submitted in ENGLISH and must be duly signed and dated. Bidders must submit a sealed proposal, ensuring separate emails for the Technical Proposal and the Price Proposal. Each email should indicate the Tender Number and Technical or Price Proposal in the subject line.  The Price Proposal must be submitted in an email separate from the rest of the proposal.  Prices or rates shall not appear in any other part of the proposal.            

Late bids will not be accepted.

Please note that UN Financial Rules and Regulations do not permit prepayment such as COD or LC.  The standard payment terms are net 30 days from the receipt of the invoice and proof of delivery.

For queries, please contact me by email: [email protected]. 

For more information please click here https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/28722 or download the attachments below.

For more information please download the attachment.

Evaluator(s) needed for the assessment of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region

27 August 2014 – UNESCO is seeking expressions of interest from one or more evaluators who could assess the performance of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI - Japan) with respect to its objectives and functions and its contribution to UNESCO’s strategic programme objectives and programme priorities and themes. The evaluator(s) will provide UNESCO with a review report presenting findings, conclusions and recommendations.

Complete call for expressions of interest: English
Deadline: 10 September 2014

Hand in Hand Eastern Africa (HiH EA) is a Kenya-based NGO and a member of the Hand in Hand Global family. HiH EA’s vision is to reduce poverty through enterprise development and job creation. We are planning to conduct an organizational risk assessment of HiH EA and would like to invite consultants to submit proposals. Kindly find the Terms of Reference attached, and also through this link: http://handinhand-ea.org/media/hih_docs/HiHEA_TOR_Organizational_risk_assessment.pdf.

Interested candidates are invited to submit proposals, comprising of a technical proposal, financial proposal with clear cost projection, methodology plan, work plan and CVs for the suggested work team. Deadline for submission of proposals is Friday 29 August 2014 at 18.00. These should be submitted over email to: [email protected].

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is looking for a consultant to coordinate the administration of the client surveys and workshops and support the conduct of the Member Country survey, under the Evaluation of FAO's contribution to knowledge on food, agriculture and natural resources. The assignment is foreseen to be conducted between mid-September and mid-December 2014.  

Interested candidates are invited to send their CV to [email protected], with copy to [email protected] by 26 August. The application should include:

• Information on sex, age, current residence and nationality;
• Expected daily fee rate (exclusive of expenses); and,
• Availability between mid-September and December 2014.

Attached you may find the vacancy announcement for the consultancy assignment.

IAOD is looking for qualified experts in the area of Intellectual Property and in Evaluation to assist in the forthcoming Country Portfolio Evaluation in Chile (for the years 2010-2014). A description of the assignment is given in the attached Terms of Reference.  Interested experts must submit their proposals to [email protected] copying [email protected]. Proposals must be received by the end of Sunday, August 17, 2014.  We would also appreciate if you circulate this within your networks.

Professional requirements for this evaluation:

A. One Intellectual Property Expert based in Chile

An IP expert based in Chile will assist the Evaluation Task Manager with the evaluation design and country visit. 

B. One Geneva-based Evaluation expert

An evaluation expert based in Geneva will assist the Task Manager with the evaluation design, inception report, country visit and evaluation reporting, as well as, administrative support to the evaluation.

UNICEF Mali is recruiting a consultant for the external evaluation of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program in schools. Notice and updated document attached. Deadline extended to 8 August, 2014

Consultants and consultancies are kindly invited to submit a technical and financial proposal. Please don’t hesitate to contact UNICEF-Mali staff mentioned in the bidding document may you require any additional information.

FAO Office of Evaluation is starting a new evaluation of FAO’s work in Genetic Resources.

We are looking for a Lead Consultant and 3-4 Experts with significant evaluation experience (preferably some in the UN system) and expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Sustainable use and development of genetic resources (in particular, plant and animal genetic resources, including in-situ conservation);
• Legal, political, economic, institutional etc. issues related to genetic resources work

Female candidates and candidates from developing countries are encouraged to apply. Please see attached call for Expressions of Interest.

CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY

Call for proposals to undertake an post-closure evaluation of VSO’s recently closed Sri Lanka office

VSO are commissioning this evaluation to contribute to our understanding of our global Theory of Change. Specifically, it will help us examine and test assumptions around our approach to building capacity of local partner organisations. We want to do this with reference to programming that already finished  in order to consider sustainability. This evaluation will ultimately inform future VSOs post-closure processes and evaluations moving forward and improve our ability to evidence the sustainability of our programmes.

This evaluation is being commissioned principally to contribute to our understanding of our global Theory of Change. Specifically, it will help us examine and test assumptions around our approach to building capacity of local partner organisations. We want to do this with reference to programming that has already finished in order to consider dimensions of sustainability. An additional advantage of this approach is to give us much-needed experience of post-closure evaluations. Thus, the aims of the evaluation are:

·         to interrogate some key assumptions in our global Theory of Change and provide evidence to support or refute them;

·         to provide evidence for and articulate the uniqueness and value of international volunteers in capacity development;

·         to give us experience in post-closure evaluations, and assessing the sustainability of our work.

After working in Sri Lanka for more than forty years, in March 2014 VSO closed its programme. This was a strategic decision recognising Sri Lanka’s middle income status, and reflecting a perception VSO resources could be deployed more effectively elsewhere in combating poverty. The last few years focused on improving mental health services island-wide, developing active citizenship and volunteerism, and developing civil society capacity to respond to the post-fighting context and the reconciliation agenda.

For more information, please download the attachment. 

The UNFPA Evaluation Office requires services for the Evaluation of UNFPA support to population and housing census data to inform decision-making and policy formulation.

A prospective bidder requiring any clarification on the RFPs may notify Lauren Knipping Bolinger, [email protected], in writing no later than 25 June 2014 at 17.00 Copenhagen time.

For more information please click this link.

FAO is looking for evaluation consultants for an evaluation in Central America. If you are interested in submitting your CV, please follow this link with the Call of Interest and forms to be filled in. 

http://www.fao.org/evaluation/oed-consultancy-jobs/en/

Hand in Hand Eastern Africa (HiH EA), a Kenya-based NGO, operates in Kenya and Rwanda with the mission to reduce poverty through job creation and income generation. We are planning to launch a regional baseline study of the Rift Valley Region in Kenya. We have developed Terms of Reference to identify a consultant for this assignment with deadline for applications on June 27.  For more information please click here or download the attachment below.

For more information please download the attachment below. Please be reminded that Proposals must be received by the OSCE at the address shown in point 1.3 of this Request for Proposal, no later than 11:00 hours (CET), on 17 June 2014.

The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) is looking for two full-time M&E positions as

1) Project Manager/Technical Director related to impact evaluation (fully funded for one year from 1 September 2014; and

2) Monitoring and Evaluation officer for a global country capacity project (pending funding, as of September 2014 for initially one year, with possibility of extension for up to three year)

Please see attached call for expressions of interest.

Please apply as indicated in the attached EoI.

Deadline: 16 June 2014

Mid Term Evaluation of ‘Increasing Early Opportunities for Children in Bosnia and Herzegovina’ Programme in BiH is planned to be conducted: The deadline for the application is the 25 May 2014 COB.  

All proposals should be sent to [email protected].

Technical inquiries about the scope or details of the assignment can be sent to [email protected] or [email protected].

All applications should include a short plan of action/methodology and the financial offer. 

FAO’s Office of Evaluation is looking for an Evaluation Team Leader for a thematic evaluation on FAO’s Work in Climate Change in Agriculture. Interested candidates can apply by 2nd May 2014 by sending their CV to Ashwin Bhouraskar ([email protected])and Faith Nilsson ([email protected]). Further queries can also be addressed to Ashwin and Faith. For more information please download the attachment.

For more information and further documents please view this link http://eige.europa.eu/content/eige-2014-oper-01.

For more information please view the link here. (English) or here (German).

UNICEF Evaluation Office (New York) plans to commission a developmental  evaluation for the PBEA. This is an invitation for an Expression of Interest (EOI) from eligible individuals to provide services to conduct the evaluation, planned to commence in April 2014. Please find attached the evaluation description and guidelines for application.

Date of EOI: 7 March 2014
Closing Date of EOI: 18 March and 14 April 2014 (see Section IX of the enclosed ToR)

The evaluation is managed by the UNICEF Evaluation Office.  

Interested individuals should complete the application packet, and send it to the email address below, with the stipulated subject:

Email: [email protected]

For further information please download the document below.

IOM is seeking for experienced international M&E experts to develop a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation methodology in the context of EU Readmission Agreements with Ukraine and Pakistan in the framework of the EU-funded Pilot Initiative to Monitor Readmission in Ukraine and Pakistan (MONITOR project). The methodology that is to be developed and piloted by the experts should allow for short- and long-term monitoring of the situation and prospects of readmitted individuals. For more information please download the attachment.

The African Development Bank is calling for Expressions of Interest, from consulting firms, for its forthcoming evaluation entitled " An Independent Evaluation of the Bank’s Implementation of its Commitments under the General Capital Increase (GCI) and the African Development Fund (ADF).”

The evaluation will assess the extent to which  commitments have been implemented and the results of the changes or reforms implemented and to provide lessons on what has driven positive change and why, as well as what barriers or constraints the Bank has faced in implementing its commitments. The evaluation will provide lessons on the factors that make commitments individually and collectively most useful, in order to inform future replenishment negotiations.

Please find attached Request for Expression of Interest and all necessary information including contact persons.

Please note the deadline for submission is 25/3/2014. For more information please download the attachment.

Consultancy Opportunity
 

Call for proposals
To Uundertake Mid Term & End of Project Evaluations
For The Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) Project

1.0. BACKGROUND

Voluntary Services Oversees (VSO) is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO’s high impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place. With funding from THET, VSO Malawi is currently implementing a three year Project (2012 – 2015), bringing together Midwives and Nurses to Improve Maternal Health in Malawi through Volunteerism and Partnerships Project

VSO Malawi would like to apply part of the funding to evaluate the project and is therefore seeking a suitably qualified consultant or a team of consultants to undertake Mid Term and End of Project Evaluations for the project.

2.0. OBJECTIVE OF THE EVALUATION

The main objective of this assignment is to review the implementation of the Project mid-way through its lifespan to see how it is fairing against objectives. It should also assess the project’s implementation strategies and approaches employed to achieve set goals and objectives. It is expected that the mid-term evaluation will provide decision makers in the project and funders with sufficient information to make an informed judgment about the performance of the project (its efficiency and effectiveness), and decisions about any required changes to project scope.

The Final evaluation will allow VSO, THET and strategic partners to assess the impact of this project. In addition, findings will contribute to a global evidence base examining the contribution volunteers make to development.

3.0. SCOPE OF THE CONSULTANCY

In collaboration with the project staff, the consultant will undertake the evaluation by collecting data from all the supported training institutions, health workers and any other relevant stakeholders as defined by the project scope guided by the evaluation criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability besides documenting learning that should inform the remainder of the project.

4.0. QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Interested consultants should prepare a detailed proposal indicating an understanding of the terms of reference, methodology, budget and work plan.
• The consultant(s) should have relevant academic qualifications and must be in possession of at least a Masters Degree in Health Systems Management or Public Health related field with a bias in Nursing and Midwifery.
• Proven experience of successfully undertaking Mid-Term and End of Project Evaluations of similar set-up, size and scope.
• Knowledge of participatory assessment / development approaches will be required.
• Knowledge and experience in organizational development approaches including organizational capacity assessment and development.
• Familiarity with the institutional set-up of the health sector as well as nursing training institutions.

Those interested should refer to the full terms of reference and submit their electronic applications by close of business on 14th February 2014 by email to the People Operations Manager, Mellifa Ng’oma on the following address.

The Country Director
VSO Malawi
P/Bag B300, Lilongwe 3.
Email: [email protected]

All technical queries/ clarifications should be addressed to the M&E Manager on [email protected] and copied to [email protected]

Interviews will be held on in the week beginning 24th February. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

EOIs should be submitted by midnight Geneva, Switzerland time (CET, GMT +2) on Thursday, 23 January 2014. The EOIs and any related questions should be sent to [email protected]. For more information please download the attachment below.