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Christian Blind Mission (CBM) Kenya is an independent Member Association of the CBM Family, registered under Kenyan law as an incorporated company limited by guarantee, having a Memorandum and Articles of Association with a membership, board and company secretary. The association submits an annual audit and company returns. CBM’s work in Kenya aims to ...
Background of country plan 2016-2020
In 2016, Kenya Country Office (KCO) 5 year (2016 – 2020) Country Implementation Plan (CIP) was developed and endorsed by the CBM International Office. The main objective of the Kenya programme is to contribute towards improved quality of lives of persons with disabilities, their families and communities at risk of disability in Kenya through improved access to services eye health, ear health and hearing care, orthopaedics and medical rehabilitation, community based inclusive development, education, and livelihoods. The CIP was designed based on Global Programme Strategy II (GPS II) which has since been replaced by the Federation Strategy 2021.
The CIP serves as a framework to guide KCO programme work. In summary, the plan provides a framework for improved coordination mechanisms for the Kenya Country Office to work more effectively and efficiently towards achieving set programme goals and objectives; Is a communication tool that outlines various processes, timelines, roles and responsibilities regarding monitoring and evaluation for program work; Organizes processes for data collection, reporting flow, analysis, use, and data quality control; Outlines targets/deliverables that program commits to achieve over the specified period of time; It clarifies communication protocol across the program portfolio; Provides forecast for resources needed, organizes the numerous M&E activities that must take place for successful programme work; Helps programme to predict risks that may compromise achievement of set objectives and develops strategies for mitigation; and Aligns strategic commitments by Kenya Country Office.
Evaluation Objective, Scope and Intended Use
The overall objective of this assignment is to undertake a Mid Term Review of the CBM in Kenya CIP 2016 – 2020 so as to assess progress made in the implementation according to the logical framework, budget plan and resources required to achieve the same. In addition, the recommendations shall be incorporated into a revised CIP in order to better align with the Federation Strategy 2021 so as to contribute towards disability inclusive development outcomes. The review entails:
Relevance and Quality: Assessment of the overall design of the 2016-2020 Country Implementation Plan
Implementation
Relevance of the CIP in the context of the plan’s stated strategic objectives, broad intervention areas and indicators. How relevant is the current plan to governance priorities at local and national level with regard to the government’s accountability and responsiveness, CBM Federation Strategy, and Social Development Goals? Also the review will seek to establish how well the projects relate to the CIP objectives.
The Quality of the CIP design shall also be assessed according to incorporation of capacity development for partner organizations and local Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs), in particular capacities in programme management and inclusion principles, gender and child safeguarding.
Efficiency:
To measure how far funding, personnel, regulatory, administrative, time and other resources and procedures contributed or hindered achieving of the desired outputs and outcomes in an inclusive manner. This will entail an assessment of the use of human and financial resources within the KCO, synergies between stakeholders and partners in order to maximise cost-effectiveness as well as analysis of costs compared to results achieved e.t.c:
Effectiveness/Outcome: Assessment of the plan's implementation status:
Value for Money, Sustainability and Replication:
Partnerships, Equity and Advocacy
Alignment with Federation Strategy and with DID Standards
Scope of the Mid Term Review
The Mid Term Review covers the period of 2016 to 2018. During that period CBM in Kenya partnership portfolio varied from 20 partners and 32 projects in 2016, 19 partners and 29 projects in 2017 to 13 partners and 17 projects in 2018. The work was spread across 16 Counties with an additional 16 Counties reached through outreach activities. The review will sample from both primary and secondary stakeholders:
National government
Partners
Key Networks and Alliances
Internal - CBM
Target audience and intended use
The Review Report and the revised Country Plan is for use by both internal (CBM staff, Technical Advisors, Member Associations) and external (Donors, Government Agencies, DPOs, Target population, Partners, collaborators among others) stakeholders in promoting CBM’s work. The aim is to ensure alignment of KCO programme work with CBM Federation Strategy, National Government priorities, Sustainable Development Goals, and United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Through this plan, KCO will benchmark performance and equally invest in partner capacity to achieve same including identifying new opportunities to leverage and achieve more towards disability inclusive development in Kenya.
MID-TERM REVIEW Team and Management Responsibilities
Commissioning responsibility
The mid-term review is commissioned by CBM Kenya Country Office. The Country Director is in-charge of overseeing the entire process from development of terms of reference, consultancy engagement and contract, data collection, stakeholder validation workshop to submitting of the revised Country Plan by the Consultant. KCO works in close collaboration with the CBM Member Associations and Technical Advisors, as well as the Evaluation Manager of CBM International Office.
mid- term review Team
The MTR team shall be comprised of the Consultant and representative from Disabled Persons Organizations so as to ensure that the team includes at least one person with a lived experience of disability and broad understanding of disability issues in Kenya. It is the main responsibility of the Consultant to implement the evaluation according to these ToRs and the agreements with the KCO and to deliver the expected outputs as agreed. Other members shall be co-opted on need basis.
Successful candidate(s) must possess the following minimum Qualifications:
Management of the Mid Term Review and logistics
The roles and responsibilities of each party shall be spelled out in the Agreement.
Expected Results
The Consultant shall be expected to submit:
Duration and Phasing
It is expected that the review exercise will start on 1st August and be completed with the final approved report on 25 September 2018. It is envisaged that the assignment will take a total of 20 working days.
Application, Costs and payments
Qualified and interested Individuals or consulting companies must include in their expression of interest the following: Cover letter, Detailed CVs, Technical Proposal, All-inclusive Financial Proposal, Detailed work plan, indication of availability during suggested time frame, and copies of certificates of compliance – Registration, Tax, KRA PIN. Payment schedule shall be as per contractual agreement.
As stated above, an applications shall include experts in evaluation as well as experts in disability inclusive development, ideally a person with lived experience in disability. The Country Office shall support the team to find a DPO representative as part of the team.
Interested consultants should submit the technical and financial proposals to Recruit.Nairobi@cbm.org before 13th July 2018. The email applications should clearly mark on the subject- Expression of Interest: Mid term review of CBM In Kenya Country Implementation Plan.
CBM encourages persons with disabilities who qualify to apply for this position.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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