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Mid-term Evaluation of Diakonia´s Program “Supporting People for a Dignified Life-SPDL”

with Diakonia

BTDC-ID: 18450

Closing Date:

Announcement Description

Diakonia is an international faith-based development organization rooted in two churches in Sweden, the Swedish Alliance Mission and the Uniting Church in Sweden. The organization currently has local offices in 24 countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia and mainly supports local civil society organizations. Diakonia’s vision is a just, equal, and sustainable world. Diakonia's mission and goal are to change unfair political, economic, social, and cultural structures that cause poverty, oppression, inequality, and violence.

The SPDL program (2020-2024) is funded by Sida through the Swedish embassy section office in Phnom Penh. The SPDL program is the continuation of the Human Rights and Democracy Program (HRDEM) which was supported by the embassy from 2017 to 2019. The overall aim of the SPDL program is to “strengthen civil society with the capacity to widen democratic space and promote human rights and gender equality so Cambodian people can lead peaceful, dignified lives with access to fundamental rights and freedoms.”

Diakonia is looking for a consultancy team to evaluate the progress of the programme Supporting People for a Dignified Life (SPDL) in Cambodia. The mid-term evaluation will appraise the programme's progress and achievements against its overall and specific objectives”.

Expected Outputs

Mid-term Evaluation of Diakonia´s Program “Supporting People for a Dignified Life-SPDL”

  • Category: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Location: Phnom Penh
Summary

Objective and scope of the Mid-term Evaluation (MtE)

The objective of the Mid-term Evaluation(MtE)is to evaluate the progress of Diakonia’s programme, Supporting People for Dignified Life-SPDL from 1st January 2020 to 30th September 2022 and assess its relevance and effectiveness to contribute to the desired change process identified in Diakonia’s Cambodia Country Strategy and Theory Of Change.The MtE will appraise the programme's progress and achievements against its overall and specific objectives, and the current implementing partner portfolio and produce recommendations for improvements,particularly in the context of recent socio-political developments in Cambodia.

Team Qualification

The MtE should be conducted by a consultancy team(of about 2 persons)with the following qualifications:

  • Competence and experience in reviews and evaluations, quality assessment, results in framework and results-based management,and/or working with cross-cutting issues such as gender, conflict, and environment/climate change.
  • Competence and experience in the development cooperation area, as well as working with a Rights Based Approach.
  • Extensive and documented competence and experience in the areas of democracy and human rights, gender justice, conflict sensitivity,mainstreaming approaches;and
  • Experience and understanding of the Cambodian context, especially the situation of civil society in Cambodia or southeast Asia.

One person shall be assigned as a team leader with the overall responsibility for the review.The team leader shall have experience in leading review/evaluation assignments. At least one international consultant shall be involved in the team. least one consultant shall be proficient in Khmer.

The tender shall include CV’s for each team member and a full description of the consultants' qualifications and professional work experience.The competencies of the individual team members must be complementarity. The consultants must be independent of the review object and activities and have no stake in the outcome of the review.

Submission Requirements

Time schedule and deliverables

It is expected that a time and work plan is presented in the tender. The first draft of the evaluation report should be delivered no later than 15th November, and the final report should not be later than 5th December 2022. The following meetings are regarded as a pre-requisite:

  • A start-up meeting with the Diakonia (HO/RO/CO).
  • Debriefing workshop with Diakonia program team, partners’ organizations, and other concerned parties.
  • Presenting the first draft and the final draft report for Diakonia (HO/RO/CO).
  • The timing of any field visits, surveys and interviews needs to be settled by the consultants in dialogue and coordination with the Diakonia country office team and involved parties.

The report should be no more than thirty pages long excluding annexes (including Terms of Reference and Inception Report). The consultants shall submit both word and the pdf-format final report to Diakonia country director, Kann Kall with a copy to the program advisor, Amir Hashemi-Nik at Email provided in the contact detail. If needed, the means of delivery of the report should be discussed with Diakonia country team in the start-up meeting.

Mode of application

The tender shall be sent per e-mail to Diakonia Country Director via Email mentioned in the contact detail as soon as possible and no later than 20th August 2022

The tender shall include:

  • CV of all involved consultants.
  • Testimonials and sample reports of similar assignments taken in the recent past.
  • Understanding of ToR and a detailed suggestion of research methods, sampling and its rationale.
  • Draft work plan and budget
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Contact Details

Contact Name
  •  Kann Kall, Diakonia country director
  •  Amir Hashemi-Nik, Program Advisor
 
Email
 
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