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HORIZONT3000 is the largest Austrian non-government development cooperation organisation. With our work, we help disadvantaged people in the Global South to develop in a sustainable and humane way. At the behest of grassroots Catholic development cooperation organisations and with the support of the Austrian development agency, we have specialised in the ...
Purpose
The evaluation is intended to mainly contribute to internal learning (‘improving’) and accountability towards our stakeholders (‘proving’):
Objective
The main objective of the evaluation is to assess the fulfilment of goals and achievement of expected results of the KNOWHOW3000 Programme in East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania). The evaluation shall assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the KNOWHOW3000 programme, as well as the involved (project) management processes for implementing the programme in the programme region in focus (East Africa).
Focus and Scope
The evaluation shall assess the design, implementation and results of the KNOWHOW3000 Programme in East Africa.
Due to the geographical focus, the evaluation will mainly focus on result 1: Learning & Sharing: HORIZONT3000 partner organisations and Member Organisations partner organisations are enabled to learn from their and/ or other organisations’ experiences. Accordingly it will focus on the main direct target group of Result 1: HORIZONT3000 partner organizations, who participated in KNOWHOW3000 activities under Result 1.
Assessments concerning Result 2 (Internet Platform) and Result 3 (Organizational Development) shall be included whenever possible. HORIZONT3000 Technical Advisors and HORIZONT3000 regional staff are considered the primary target group of activities under R2 and R3 in East Africa.
The evaluation shall assess the current phase of the programme (2016, 2017, first half of 2018) and also take into account the last year of the previous phase of the programme (2015). Thus, the period to assess is 3.5 years.
Main guiding questions
The evaluation shall assess the fulfilment of the main objective of the KNOWHOW3000 Programme, the intervention logic of the programme and the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the programme in East Africa by addressing the following main guiding questions:
Relevance
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Impact
Sustainability
Methodology
It is up to the consultants, to suggest the methodology and action plan as part of the offer and it is expected that the consultants clearly define the intended approach.
For the desk study, the consultants will be provided with the following documents:
Due to the characteristics of the programme, data collection shall focus on direct target groups, and not cover indirect beneficiaries (target groups of the partner organization’s projects). It is suggested that the following actors, stakeholders and beneficiaries are involved in visits, interviews and/or surveys:
Data should be collected and interpreted if possible in a gender-disaggregated manner. OECD DAC Evaluation Quality Standards are to be applied and the compliance of the latter needs to be comprehensible in the evaluation.
Plan of Activities and Deliverables
Besides appointments, meetings and interviews for the data collection according to the methodological approach of the consultants, the plan of activities shall include the following two meetings:
The consultants shall present a draft report at latest two weeks after the presentation of provisional results in the feedback meeting. The draft report will be assessed by HORIZONT3000 as to its comprehensibility and comprehensiveness and the consultants are expected to integrate feedback in the final report.
The final report shall have a maximum of 20 pages (without annexes and index) and include: title page, table of content, list of abbreviations, executive summary, background, introduction, methods, findings, conclusions, lessons learnt, recommendations and Annexes (Logframe, terms of reference and schedule of the evaluation, list of key informants, list of documents used, questionnaires or other instruments used; Reports prepared for the field study; Information regarding the evaluators, and other document the consultants consider relevant).
Coordination
The general coordination of the evaluation including the selection, contracting and feedback processes is assumed by Kristina Kroyer, Project Coordinator Knowledge Management at HORIZONT3000 Vienna
The regional office in Kampala is responsible for the local and operative coordination of the evaluation and will provide back-up services for logistical and technical issues. Person in charge in the regional office is Jennifer Okusia, Senior Programme Officer for financing projects
Time Frame
The evaluation shall take place between June and September, with the final report completed by latest end of September 2018.
Budget
The total budget available for the evaluation is max EUR 15.000.
This value must cover all costs relating to the assignment including fees, taxes, food, accommodation, national/international transportation, office materials, insurances, etc.;
Payment of the fee will be made in two tranches:
In case the evaluation team consists of more than 1 person with different professional qualifications, a leader of the evaluation team shall be appointed. The consultants should have:
The offer (in English) has to be submitted to Kristina Kroyer, Project Coordinator Knowledge Management at HORIZONT3000 Vienna kristina.kroyer@horizont3000.at until latest June 8th 2018. HORIZONT3000 reserves the right to extend the deadline if the offers received by then do not meet the requirements.
Offers must include:
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