BAD recherche un consultant individuel expert principal pour l’évaluation indépendante du développement (IDEV),  H/F, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

BAD recherche un consultant individuel expert principal pour l’évaluation indépendante du développement (IDEV),  H/F, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Description :

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV)

Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01- Côte d’Ivoire

External Peer Review of two Evaluations: 1) Cluster Evaluation of the Effective

Management of African Development Fund Projects in Regional Member

Countries, and 2)Evaluation of the African Development Bank’s Support to Renewable Energy – Senior Evaluation Expert.

1. The African Development Bank (AfDB) hereby invites Individual Consultant to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Consultancy Services for the External Peer Review of two Evaluations: 1) Cluster Evaluation of the Effective Management of African Development Fund Projects in Regional Member Countries, and 2) Evaluation of the African Development Bank’s Support to Renewable Energy, henceforth “the assignment” being carried out by its Independent Development Evaluation.

2. The objective of the cluster evaluation is to assess the effective management of resources for a group of selected ADF-funded projects (project cluster). The cluster evaluation will undertake a thorough review of the Fund by assessing selected projects from the total portfolio of financed operations including active, completed, and canceled projects in beneficiary RMCs. The cluster evaluation will address the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Operations.
3. The purpose of the Evaluation of the African Development Bank’s Support to Renewable Energy is to inform the Bank’s strategies and operational approach to renewable energy sub-sector assistance, by identifying emerging trends, assessing how the Bank has responded to these trends, taking stock of the results of the Bank’s assistance, and drawing lessons for future work. The evaluation combines two objectives of (1) accountability, through determining the extent the Bank has contributed to the development of the renewable energy sector in RMCs and (2) learning, by identifying the lessons on how the Bank can contribute most effectively to improving the renewable energy of its RMCs.
4. The main objective of the peer review is to ensure that the evaluation processes and reports (key both background, technical, and summary reports) are sound in design and application in support of valid and credible evaluation findings, conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations.

For each evaluation, the Peer reviewer will undertake the following tasks:

• Critically review and attest to the quality of the evaluation methodology and background reports by assessing the comprehensiveness and quality of their contents.
• Review and provide written comments on the draft evaluation report. This will consist of assessing whether the evaluation report is written clearly and concisely, appropriately addressing the evaluation issues, questions, findings are well substantiated, and that conclusions flow from findings and that recommendations flow from conclusions.
• Make succinct and clear suggestions, which are both generic and specific in nature to improve the quality of the draft evaluation report (and background reports) with particular attention to the analysis, findings, lessons, and actionable recommendations.
• Provide a written statement on the quality of the final evaluation reports. The reviewer is encouraged to use a quality review checklist; IDEV will provide a draft for review and use.
• Provide any other required support/advice to the evaluation’s task manager to improve the quality of the evaluation process and products.

It is anticipated that a Request for Proposals will be issued in November 2021, with contracting of the Consultant and commencement of activities by December 2021.

5. IDEV invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested eligible Individual Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to provide the services (documentation, references for similar services, experience in comparable Assignments, availability of qualified staff including CVs of proposed team members, etc.).
6. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a shortlist, and the selection procedure shall conform with the Bank’s Rules and Procedures for the Use of Consultants, 2012 edition, available on the Bank Website at http://www.afdb.org. Consultants must comply with the “minimizing conflicts of  interest” considerations (Annex  1 to  AfDB’s Independent

Evaluation Policy). Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist. IDEV reserves the right to adjust the scope and details of the assignment described here, in the Request for Proposals.

8. The Peer reviewers’ assignment will have an indicative duration of 34 working days (person-days) over a period of seven months, starting in December 2021. The consultant will work remotely.
9. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: 09:00 to 17:00 hours (GMT). Consultants are invited to

register in the Bank’s DACON system at https://econsultant.afdb.org:44356/welcomedacon# (use Internet Explorer).

10. Expressions of interest must be received (by email) at the address below no later than 25 November 2021, 17:00 Hours local time and specifically mentioning Evaluation of the ADF

Resources Management and Evaluation of the AfDB Support to Renewable Energy – Senior Evaluation Expert. Expressions of interest should be written in either English or

French.

For the attention of: Mr. Joseph MOUANDA, [email protected]; +225 27 20 263 679;

copy to: Henda AYARI, [email protected]; +225 27 20 263 185. Independent Evaluation Development (IDEV)

African Development Bank

Avenue Joseph Anoma – 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01- Côte d’Ivoire

11. A shortlist of up to six individual consultants will be established at the end of the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria based on their updated resume.