Country: Guinea-Bissau
Closing date: 15 Mar 2017
Purpose of the Assignment
This evaluation is undertaken to fulfil the UNICEF accountability to the donor, which is the European Union. The final evaluation of the project is a provision of the partnership agreement between European Union as the donor and UNICEF. The evaluation should be undertaken to provide the donor with a report on the assessment of the implementation of the project, its main results, constraints and lessons learnt. The evaluation will also constitute an opportunity of organizational learning for UNICEF as it intends to draw lessons to better inform its future interventions in the areas of women and girls' rights. In addition to UNICEF and the European Union, the findings of the evaluation are particularly important and useful to the Ministry of Woman, Children and Social Cohesion as a member of the project's steering committee and to the implementing NGOs (AMIC and ODHDC).
In order to respond to this double purpose of accountability to the main donor and learning by various stakeholders, the evaluation will be guided by the Norms and Standards issued by the United Nation Evaluation Group and will focus on the following criteria: relevance, effectiveness and efficiency. Given the elapsed time between the project completion and the evaluation, elements of the project impacts and sustainability could also be highlighted when possible.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this work is to conduct a summative evaluation to assess the extent to which and how the project has met its specific objectives and contributed to the overall objective. The final external evaluation of the project "Promoting Women and Girls' Rights in the regions of Bafatá, Gabu, Oio and Bolama/Bijagós" will be carried out during the first quarter of 2017 to:
Scope and focus of the evaluation
The overall final evaluation, planned in the project interventions, will have to analyse the implementation of all project results and objectives agreed in the EU/UNICEF project document. The evaluation will review the entire project period of implementation (2012-December 2015) and include the four (4) country regions covered by the project as well as the target groups and final beneficiaries of the implemented interventions, including communities. The evaluation will be carried out at a regional, sector and community level (village/tabanca) in the Bafatá, Gabú, Oio and Bolama/Bijagós regions, as a means of obtaining comprehensive information for measuring project's effectiveness, relevance and efficiency. The target groups to be considered for the evaluation include the implementing NGOs, communities' traditional and religious leaders, Child Protection regional institutional actors, CSOs and direct beneficiaries which are girls and women from the four (4) intervention regions. The evaluation should also focus on the main topics covered by the project especially the legal, institutional and socio-community frameworks that shape women and girl's rights and illustrates how and the extent to which the project integrates them and contribute to close identified needs gaps in the country and regions. The potential users of the evaluation are UNICEF and EU, the implementing NGOs, as well as the Ministry of Woman, Family and Social Cohesion, through the Institute of Woman and Child and the National Committee for the Abandonment of Harmful Practices.
Main questions of the evaluation
It is proposed that the evaluation focuses on relevance, effectiveness and efficiency. These criteria should be used to evaluate the project implementation, the logic of intervention and the integration of human rights and gender mainstreaming components into project activities.
The following key evaluation questions should be considered for this final evaluation; for each of these questions it will be relevant to also take into consideration issues of human rights and gender mainstreaming. Some sub-evaluation/monitoring questions are suggested for each key evaluation questions.
Relevance:
Key Evaluation Question: How relevant was the project to strengthen the legal, institutional and socio-community framework and capacities to trigger favourable behaviours to girls and women's rights?
Effectiveness:
Key evaluation question: How effective was the project in contributing to the implementation of the legal, institutional, social and community framework for girls and women's rights?
Efficiency:
Key evaluation question: How efficient was the project in using resources (inputs) to reach the project's specific objectives?
Gender and equity
Sustainability
Efficiency:
Key evaluation question: How efficient was the project in using resources (inputs) to reach the project's specific objectives?
Gender and equity
Sustainability
APPROACH AND METHODS OF THE EVALUATION
A mixed-method approach should be considered to develop data collection tools and to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to answer the outlined key evaluation questions. The quantitative component should consist of a secondary analysis of existing data. A systematic review of the existent data is thus required. The qualitative part of the mixed method should include observations, interviews based on a purposeful identification of informants and selected case studies. All regions should be systematically covered for the review of existing data for quantitative analysis. The purposeful sample for the interviews should be composed of informants from the four regions while case studies may be limited to two regions. The consultant should also use triangulation in order to assess the validity of information collected or data reviewed. The evaluation methods will be further fine-tuned during the inception phase.
Possible data sources are beneficiaries (women and girls), major stakeholders and the Regional Intervention Units (URIs) responsible for providing shelter, care, referral and follow-up on cases of violence against women and girls.
ACTIVITIES, TASKS, DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES
After the consultant be selected, a working session with the major stakeholders (UNICEF, EU and implementing NGOs) shall be conducted in order to present the evaluation purpose and questions, the methodology and agree on a work plan and timeline if necessary. Project implementing partners will facilitate desk research by providing the project documentation and other information necessary to carry out the final evaluation
DELIVERABLES, TIMEFRAME AND PAYMENT:
The consultant will be expected to deliver on the following:
The work being developed under the framework of this TOR will have a maximum duration of 6 weeks, until the presentation of the evaluation's final report.
After signature of the contract, the consultant has to submit the inception report within 3 days, and execute the following tasks as described in the table below:
Date
Length/
Timeframe
Activities
Deliverables and Payments
March 2017
3 days
Activity 1:
Develop the technical proposal with methodology and work plan for the elaboration of the evaluation (This should be done remotely).
· The inception report submitted and approved.
· 20% of payment
March 2017
3 days
Activity 2:
Review existing and related documents available, desktop review (This should be done remotely).
· Desktop review document
April 2017
8 days
Field Work and data Collection
· Field Work completed and data collected
· 30% of payment
April 2017
12 days
Activity 3:
Conduct the final evaluation of the EU/UNICEF project, in collaboration with implementing organizations (AMIC and ODHDC).
· Draft of final evaluation report available and submitted to UNICEF and EU as well as to implementing partners.
· 20% of payment
April/May 2017
5 days
Activity 4:
Review draft of report in line with contributions and feedbacks provided by implementing partners and share.
Jointly with UNICEF and EU, prepare and conduct (including preparation of agenda, program, and facilitation tools), the presentation of the evaluation's key findings, lessons learned and recommendations.
· Power-point presentation with key findings, lessons learned and recommendations.
· Agenda, program, and facilitation tools of the working session available.
· Working session conducted and report available.
Summary document with key findings, lessons learned and recommendations (English and Portuguese version).
· 30% of payment
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
The work will be undertaken by an international consultant. The consultant will perform the evaluation with the aim of answering the key evaluation questions that will guide adequate data collection methods. Besides answering the evaluation questions, the evaluation report will have to provide the lessons learned and recommendations on how some specific activities can be improved for future planning.
The following qualifications are required for the principal consultant:
Education:
University degree, preferably in social sciences (sociology, anthropology, social service), psychology or, development studies. A specialized training in areas such as evaluation, project management, social statistics, advanced statistical research and analysis is desirable.
Working experience:
Language:
CONDITIONS OF WORK AND REMUNERATION
As a general principle, the fees payable to a consultant shall follow the best value for money principle (achieving the desired outcome at the lowest possible fee). Therefore, the consultants are required to indicate their fees for services to be provided (financial proposed to be attached in application dossier).
Services: Office space, photocopying & printing, supplies, secretarial support.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
Under The supervision of the Chief of Social Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, the evaluation methodology that will be developed by the Consultant should follow and integrate UNEG norms and standards, and ethical guidelines.
The ethical standards require that when programs are dealing with human participants, the 'no-harm' principle should apply. The consultant should provide sufficient and accurate information to individuals and institutions who are the data sources for the evaluation. It must be guaranteed that confidentiality and anonymity will be maintained at all times when handling sensitive and private information. Consent from respondents must be obtained.
Given the nature of UNICEF's interventions in providing assistance to children and mothers, the consultant must integrate a human-rights and gender equality approach. The evaluation project will guarantee individuals' human rights and equal treatment of men and women when engagement with beneficiaries, and at the time of data collection and analysis.
The consultant should refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to ensure no contradiction with its principles and articles. Additionally, to ensure equal treatment and respect of female and male program participants' information and responses, the consultant will refer to the UN Women Evaluation Handbook: How to manage gender-responsive evaluation.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
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Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.
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How to apply:
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