Consultant(s) for Project Review of Consortium Project “CSOs & Policy Dialogue” - phase III at HORIZONT3000

Skills and qualifications of consultant(s)

In case the evaluation team consists of more than 1 person with different professional qualifications, a leader of the team shall be appointed. The consultants should have:

• Experience in the participatory review and evaluation of multi-country and of capacity development programmes as well as in gender mainstreaming,
• Expertise in CSO engagement in Policy Dialogue and/or Advocacy,
• Proficiency in English and strong analytical and writing skills,
• In-depth knowledge on and working experience in East Africa.

Deliverables

• Besides appointments, meetings and interviews for the data collection according to the methodological approach of the consultants, the plan of activities shall include a (virtual) meeting with the Project Coordinator to discuss the inception report and kick off the data collection process, as well as a (virtual) meeting with the Project Coordinator and, if possible, all members of the Steering Committee after completing the data collection to discuss provisional results.
• The inception report shall have a maximum of 10 pages and include a detailed outline of the assessment’s aims, approaches, methods, work plan, guiding questions, surveys etc..
• The consultant(s) shall present a draft report at the latest two weeks after the presentation of provisional results and discuss the main findings and recommendations during a planned Sharing & Learning Event with all East African partners in November 2022. The draft report will be assessed by HORIZONT3000 as to its comprehensibility and comprehensiveness and the consultants are expected to integrate feedback in the final report.
• The final report shall have a maximum of 25 pages (without annexes and index) and include: title page, table of content, list of abbreviations, executive summary (max. 5 pages), background, introduction, methods, findings, conclusions, lessons learnt, recommendations and Annexes (Logframe, terms of reference and schedule of the evaluation, list of key informants, list of documents used, questionnaires or other instruments used; Reports prepared for the field study; Information regarding the evaluators, and other document the consultant(s) consider relevant).
• Additionally, a visually appealing summary shall be developed, representing the main findings and recommendations of the review at a glance.