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Consultant for End-term review of CIFOR’s project “Knowledge for action to protect tropical forests

Center for International Forestry Research

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The end-term review will focus on phase 4 of the project cycle (2021-2024), including priority setting, research design, implementation, and on-going engagement processes. It is important to bear in mind that the depth and breadth of engagement with partner countries is not equal among target countries in phase 4, e.g., Indonesia, DRC and Peru are focus countries (Tier 1), while Brazil is Tier 2. Also, DRC was introduced in phase 3, whereas the other countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Peru) were subject of the project since earlier phases. Hence the maturity of some results may vary from one country to the next depending on when the country started benefitting from project activities.
The end-term review will address key review questions (to be confirmed by the review team during inception phase), including:
  • To what extent has the project (phase 4) achieved its intended outcomes and contributed to relevant NICFI outcomes?
  • What have been the main contributing factors to achieving the project’s intended outcomes?
  • What have we learned about translating research to policy and/or practice change?
  • Were there any positive or negative unexpected outcomes, and if so, why and how did they affect project’s expected results?
  • How and under what conditions were key stakeholders and beneficiaries equipped by the project’s knowledge processes and products?
  • How did the project ensure it addressed country needs? What factors contributed to or hindered the relevance of the research to the priority country contexts?
  • How has the project influenced REDD+ policy and practice at international, national, and/or subnational levels?
The review team will be required to conduct an externally-led, summative review of GCS REDD+ phase 4 (2021-2024). The end-term review will examine the extent to which the project effectively achieved its outcomes as well as determine and assess factors, enabling conditions, and lessons learnt in achieving these goals.
The review shall include, but not be limited to, the following four phases: planning, data collection, analysis and reporting. In the section below is an outline of the specific responsibilities of the review team in each phase. These 4 phases break into two large blocks:
Inception block (planning of the review). The review team will work independently to design a review plan, data collection tools and analytic frameworks, and present it to Norad and CIFOR for feedback before its finalization (inception phase).
Review block (data collection, analysis and reporting). The review team will collect available information and synthesize it against the key review questions, assess the need for eventual further remote or face-to-face data collection to address information gaps as needed before compiling the end-term review report, as well as generate a learning process based on sharing preliminary findings and obtaining feedbacks from others. CIFOR’s project team, members of CIFOR’s Quality for Impact team (Q4I), and in-country CIFOR staff and core partners will support the review team to understand the structure of the project and assist with the collection of all data which CIFOR is to provide. The Norwegian embassies in the 4 countries will also be Interviewed by the review team.
The review will focus primarily on the influence of GCS REDD+ in the four priority countries (Tier 1: Peru, Indonesia, DRC; Tier 2: Brazil) where phase 4 of the project was undertaken, as well as influence at the global level.
Design and Planning:
  • The review design and planning will be conducted in a consultative manner and will involve both members of the review team discussing the proposed approach with CIFOR’s Q4I team and key members of the project implementation team. During this phase the review team will:
Conduct a (remote) inception meeting:
Undertake an initial document review. Key documents to be provided include:
  • Project proposal and design documents (including annual implementation plans, results frameworks, ToCs)
  • Key research publications, tailored communication products and press releases
  • Annual project reports
  • Other reports and communication products submitted to NICFI and Norad, e.g., report on NICFI outcomes, blogs, podcasts, etc.
  • Existing outcome assessments, reviews, and evaluations
Lead review design and planning consultations. This will involve:
  • Remote consultations with project staff regarding the history and evolution of the project and the specific work packages
  • Participate in a review of the project’s theory of change and progress markers in order to address review question 1
  • Developing an approach to address key review questions 2 and 3
  • Facilitate project team and Q4I input into the analytic frameworks for assessing achievements against review questions 2 & 3
  • Identify data sources required to address the questions (including identifying how existing information can be utilized in addressing the review questions)
Develop a review plan and data collection instruments:
Data collection:
  • The review team will lead the collection of review data with the support and facilitation of the project team.
Compile all existing data related to the review questions. Relevant existing information includes:
  • Annual project reports
  • Implementation plans
  • Influence logs from country teams
  • Stories of change
  • Citation, download and social media monitoring data
  • Event and engagement data
Collect additional information from key informants at the sub-national, national and international scales to address the review questions. This will involve:
  • remote consultations with key stakeholders in the four priority countries
  • interviews of the Norwegian embassies in the four countries
  • remote consultations with key actors in the UNFCCC and UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance, the Green Climate Fund, FCFP/FIP, CCBA
Analysis and sense-making:
  • The review team will lead the analysis of the collected review data and be prepared to present a summary of findings in reference to supporting evidence.
  • Undertake data analysis in line with agreed plans and frameworks
  • Design and facilitate a remote sense-making process to engage project manager, module leaders, country project staff and the Q4I team
Reporting:
The review team will lead the writing of the report in consultation with the project manager and the Q4I team. In terms of expected deliverables, the End-review team will produce:
  • 5-page standalone executive summary
  • Full report with annexes
Education, knowledge and experience:
The assignment will be conducted by an evaluation and reviewing company with the following
expertise and capacities:
  • Technical experts in forests and climate change research with minimum 5 years’ experience
  • in evaluating such initiatives
  • Available network of local experts in the four priority countries for data collection purpose
  • Proven experience conducting Theory Based Evaluations, i.e. outcome and impact
  • assessments
  • Technical experts with excellent communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills
  • Extensive experience producing written products (in English) for a variety of audiences,
  • including bilateral and multilateral partners, and governments.
  • Technical experts with a strong knowledge of issues related to forests and climate change,

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