Avis d’appel d’offres : Evaluation finale du projet Protect en Ethiopie et au Soudan du Sud.

Avis d’appel d’offres : Evaluation finale du projet Protect en Ethiopie et au Soudan du Sud.

Project Description

The PROTECT-GAC project implemented Health and Nutrition, WASH & Food Security/Livelihood interventions for 9 months in response to the ongoing drought. The three aims of the project was to;

1. Improved access to food for the vulnerable women, men, and children.
2. Reduced malnutrition among Pregnant and Lactating Women and children under 5 years.
3. Increased access to gender-sensitive clean and potable water for drought-stricken women, men, and children.

In Ethiopia, the project provided; Multipurpose cash transfers for vulnerable food-insecure households, nutritional support for pregnant, lactating women, and children under the age of five; WASH support for community members unable to access safe drinking water. In South Sudan, the project implemented integrated lifesaving interventions through a multi-sectoral approach (FSL, WASH, Nutrition, and Protection) in drought-affected people in Kapoeta North and Kapoeta East Counties

Purpose and Scope

The overall objective of the end-line assessment is to measure and provide information on project performance against the plan/result framework on the three project components i.e., Food security/Livelihoods, (cash interventions), WASH and Protection. The end-line assessment report will identify best practices and key lessons, and program management approach to facilitate continued learning and improvement of East Africa Regional Office humanitarian emergency response. The Findings will be shared with GAC through IR Canada and used by IR Ethiopia and IR South Sudan for adaptive programming including proposal development. The assessment will be conducted in Qarsadula, Liban Zone, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia and Kapoeta East and Kapoeta North, Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. The evaluation will assess;

Relevance: Was the design of the assistance modality used the most appropriate. Did PROTECT project effectively reach the most vulnerable households? Did the project address the priority needs of the affected population? Was the intervention most appropriate and its implementation relevant to the operational context.

Efficiency: Was the modalities employed cost-effective? Was adequate human, financial and logistical resources applied to delivering project outcomes? Were outputs delivered timely?

Effectiveness: Was the PROTECT sufficiently adaptable to a fluid and insecure context to deliver outputs in a timely way and sufficiently achieve targets? Were the monitoring mechanisms effective in providing timely data to inform programming decisions? To what extent did the project meet its targets and deliver outputs?

Accountability: among others, the evaluations will look into the following: were the communities involved throughout the project cycle? How effective were the complaint and response mechanisms put in place? Was the feedback from the communities used effectively?

Impact: what is the project impact to the household food security? Did food consumption score improve? Did Reduced Coping Strategies Index rCSI reduce? Did it increase the % of households using basic drinking water? Did malnutrition cases reduce, how about recoveries according to the sphere standards?

Specific Objectives

1. Assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and accountability of the PROTECT strategies and interventions
2. Document the lessons learnt and best practices to inform future programming
3. Establish the extent to which the programme achieved its purpose and delivered on intended outputs, and whether the intended outcomes were met such as food security status of the PROTECT project beneficiaries.
4. Examine the effectiveness and impact of the cash modalities used.

Key Responsibilities of the consultant

• Develop quantitative and qualitative data gathering tools in consultation with IRW EARO Regional MEAL Officer;
• Conduct training for the data collection teams including pre‐testing of data collection tools;
• Plan and coordinate quantitative and qualitative data collection;
• Develop an inception report, detailing the study design, methodology, data-gathering tools, work plan schedule, and budget to carry out the assignment agreed in consultation with IRW EARO Regional MEAL Officer;
• Carry out a desk review of secondary data and project documentation;
• Work with the IRW EARO program team planning Study logistics;
• Data quality assurance;
• Review, clean, and analyze data collected;
• Present preliminary findings to project stakeholders for validation;
• Incorporate input from project stakeholders and submit a final report;
• Produce Endline Assessment report.

Desired Qualifications and abilities

• A minimum master’s degree in social sciences or relevant field; Statistics, M&E;
• At least 10 years’ experience undertaking assessment for Food security, livelihoods, and Cash transfers programs;
• Must have led at least two to three similar/assignments in the past 4 years;
• Proven experience in conducting qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods evaluation studies
• Experienced in undertaking baselines/evaluations in the Horn of Africa any country will be an added advantage especially in South Sudan and Ethiopia context;
• Excellent conflict sensitive approaches and able to work in highly sensitive environments;
• Knowledge and understanding on cash working groups minimum food basket value for each household.;
• Have excellent written skills in English.