The overall aim of the mid-term evaluation is to have a participatory learning process for Plan staff and partners who are part of the DGD Programme. The evaluators will be asked to assess with a gender lens and a human rights-based approach how Plan International and its partners can learn from the current programme methodologies, approaches and mechanisms as means employed to reach the expected impact and outcomes and what can be strengthened in the second half of the programme and sustained in the longer run.
The mid-term evaluation should in each country (Belgium, Bolivia, Ecuador, Senegal, Niger, Benin, Tanzania and Vietnam) achieve the following:
1. Consider the baseline, target and actual values of the programme’s indicators halfway through the programme, and explore why some of the targets have not been reached or have been exceeded through the triangulation of different data sources, analysis of changes in the context, and consultation with key stakeholders;
2. Answer one specific evaluation question related to one of the programme’s Areas of Global Distinctiveness (AoGD) and describe the progress status of the corresponding result;
3. Assess the effectiveness of the methodologies and approaches used to target youth and enhance youth participation and leadership;
4. Evaluate the progress status of the gender transformative ambition of the programme.
The above objectives will be contextualized to the programme in each country, the progress in the roll out of the activities, the stakeholders, etc.
Key deliverables are:
- Inception Report, Word and PDF Document, 25 p. max (excl. annexes)
- Safeguarding Risks assessment completed for each country, in collaboration with PI staff, Excel
- Final Data Collection Tools (min. 1 per target group in each country), Word Document
- Cleaned Data (including transcripts) (measures will be taken to ensure anonymisation), Excel and Word Document
- Completed Consent Forms, Paper or digital (TBC)
- Dissemination plan aimed at various target groups, Word and PDF, 5 p. max (excl. annexes)
- Restitution of preliminary results in country (x 8), PowerPoint Presentation, 40 slides max.
- Agenda fieldwork, risk analysis for MER activities and presentation to staff and implementing partners per field visit (x8), Word/PDF/PPT
- Draft Evaluation Report incl. chapter per country in the language of the country (no executive summary, no conclusions), Word Document, 100 p. max (excl. annexes)
- Final Evaluation Report (including Executive Summary), Word and PDF, 120 p. max (excl. annexes)
- Summary of evaluation findings and key lessons learned per country, Word, PDF and PPT, 20 p. max
More info in the Terms of Reference (ToR) (available in EN) on Plan International Belgium’s website in French and Dutch: Appel à expert.e.s pour l’évaluation d’un programme (planinternational.be)
How to apply
Interested applicants should provide a proposal covering the following aspects:
– Detailed response to the TOR
– Proposed methodology
– Ethics and child safeguarding approaches, including identified risks and mitigation strategies
– Proposed timelines
– CVs
– Example of previous work
– Detailed budget, including daily fee rates, expenses, taxes etc.
– Police Certificates of Good Conduct
Please send your application to Plan International Belgium by 10/04/2024 referencing “Evaluation for midterm evaluation of Plan International Belgium’s 5-year DGD funded, multi-country programme” in the subject line, and including support documents as outline.
All information on how to apply can be found in this consultancy’s Terms of reference you can find on our website’s “Jobs” page: Postes vacants (planinternational.be).
Thank you for your interest!