Consultancy- Enhancing Equality Education and Peace Building Tender, South Sudan - 25745593

Procurement Summary

Country : South Sudan

Summary : Consultancy- Enhancing Equality Education and Peace Building

Deadline : 21 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25745593

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : SAVE THE CHILDREN (SC)
Country Programme Hai Malakal Po Box 170 Juba
South Sudan

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultancy- Enhancing Equality Education and Peace Building.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Final Evaluation

Project Name: "Enhancing Equality Education and Peace Building - Phase II"

Country: South Sudan

Project location: Rumbek and Bor

Project Background

Save the children has been implementing a one-year NORAD funded education project from August 2017 through July 2018 on Enhancing equality education & Peace Building - phase II in Jonglei (Bor) and Lakes state (Rumbek). The project was designed to provide support to 32 schools (15 in Bor and 17 in Rumbek) to reach a total of 23, 846 (14, 308 M & 9, 538 F) children through various activities. The project further supported 20 County Education Department (CED) and MoGEI officials, 400 teachers and 320 (198 M & 128 F) PTA members. In Bor this project supported 9, 375 (5, 812 M & 3, 563 F) students of which 6, 625 are in primary school and 2, 750 in ALP while in Rumbek, it supported 14, 471 (8, 972 M & 5, 499 F) students of which 11, 721 are in primary and 2, 750 in ALP. Integrated within the project are also elements of peacebuilding to promote peaceful coexistence between people of various ethnic groups and clans, and also build resilience of communities to cope with conflict. The main goal of the project was: Girls and boys have access to and participate in quality, safe and inclusive primary education

The project specific objectives were:

1 Increased access to quality, inclusive primary education 2 Safe and protective learning environment for girls and boys is promoted and improved 3 PTA, Community members and local authorities have increased participation in school management and support 4 Increased awareness of protection issues with schools to promote peacebuilding

Purpose of the final evaluation

The purpose for this evaluation is twofold. On the one hand, the evaluation report will assess the performance of the Enhancing equality education & Peace Building - phase II in Jonglei (Bor) and Lakes state (Rumbek) and ensures accountability towards NORAD as a donor and the beneficiaries of the program. On the other hand, it offers a learning aspect for all stakeholders. The evaluation should identify key lessons learned from implementation of project in South Sudan and substantial evidence of the value of collaboration for the delivery of project activities and contribution made towards the achievement of the principal objective

The evaluation will have three objectives:

Objective 1: Evaluate to what extent the save the children South Sudan Enhancing equality education & Peace Building - phase II project has delivered effective, efficient, relevant and timely activities to beneficiaries as set in the project log frame.

Objective 2: Evaluate and assess whether the collaboration between save the children and line ministry (MoED) has added value to the interventions with a positive effect on beneficiaries and other stakeholders (local partners, local NGO sector, INGOs) What has contributed to this added value and what has not

Objective 3: Assess the key lessons learned and establish recommendations for future projects/response

The evaluation should assess the following evaluation criteria and include all of the following questions:

Objective 1: Evaluate to what extent the save the children South Sudan Enhancing equality education & Peace Building - phase II project has delivered effective, efficient, relevant and timely activities to beneficiaries as set in the project log frame.

1 Effectiveness:

The evaluation should assess the following:

· To what extent have the planned objectives in the log frame of the project been reached, per indicator, disaggregated by gender and age

· To what extent have the project activities contributed to the overall goal Was the project effective in increasing access to quality and protective learning opportunities for vulnerable children and responding to humanitarian needs

· What were the major factors influencing the achievement of the objectives of the project

· What opportunities for collaboration have been utilized and how have these contributed to increased effectiveness Or otherwise

· Have proper accountability and risk management framework(s) been in place to minimize risks on program implementation

1 Efficiency:

· How efficient was the delivery of project by save the children, not only in terms of expenditure, but also in terms of implementation of activities

· Was the project activity implementation (modality) considered to have been cost-efficient, while not compromising quality

· What would have been opportunities within project to reach more beneficiaries with the available budget or to reduce costs while reaching at least the same number of beneficiaries without compromising quality

· What choices were made in terms of collaboration and non-collaboration during program design Why were these choices made

· Were alterations made to the program design in terms of collaboration during the implementation phase based on the reality on the ground

· What were the outcomes of these choices for effective and efficient program implementation

· Relevance/Impact

· How relevant were the objectives and activities, implemented by the project, in addressing humanitarian needs in Bor and Rumbek

· How do beneficiaries perceive the relevance of the Enhancing equality education & Peace Building - phase II project and how has the activities implemented improved their lives Are there any stories of change

· How has the collaboration between save the children and MOED contributed to appropriate response of specific needs and priorities of the beneficiaries

· To what extent was project able to adapt and provide appropriate response to context changes and emerging local needs, and the priorities of beneficiaries

1 Timeliness:

· Were the project design and interventions timely in responding to the needs on the ground

· Were the activities timely implemented in comparison to project planning

· Were funds available in time during implementation of the activities to respond to new developments,

· To what extent has the collaboration between save the children and MOED and other stakeholders contributed to efficient and timely coordination of logistic activities and processes

1 Reach:

· To what extent have the project beneficiaries been reached and what mechanisms were in place to improve coverage

· What are the main reasons that the project provided or failed to provide to its target beneficiaries proportionate to their need

1 Quality:

The evaluation should assess the overall quality of the implementation. It's important to include beneficiaries' opinion on the quality of the services received.

· What mechanisms are in place to track project implementation of the save the children projects (i.e. internal monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning (MEAL) and quality assurance mechanisms)

· How have they been utilized to increase quality within the project

· Did the quality of activities, delivered by project meet the needs and expectations of the beneficiaries What do beneficiaries feel could be improved in Contribution to improving local capacity

· To what extent were the project interventions contributed to build long term community capacity

· To what extent the project was participatory in all the project cycle

Objective 2: Evaluate and assess whether the collaboration between save the children and line ministry (MoED) has added value to the interventions with a positive effect on beneficiaries and other stakeholders (local partners, local NGO sector, INGOs) What has contributed to this added value and what has not

Learning:

· Which of the interventions, approaches, modality/strategy have been most effective according to save the children and MoED

· Is there any substantial evidence on how project learning were generated and applied to improve the delivery or effectiveness or efficiency of activities

· Who benefited from shared learning experiences (e.g. quarterly, joint field visits, workshops provision on best approaches and methodology), mainly the NGOs or also the local sector, community members and beneficiaries

· How did the different actors learn from these experiences

Complementarity and harmonization:

· Are there any concrete examples of successful models of collaboration of save the children with other partners on geographic level, not just in terms of avoiding duplication but increasing complementarity and integrated programs affecting the reach and impact on beneficiaries

· What are barriers and/or enablers to this

· To what extent were the activities of the project complement to the work of other stakeholders, i.e. prevented duplication and contributed to the larger response activities in South Sudan

Visibility:

· What measures have been taken to create visibility of the project's added value towards MoEDH, South Sudanese public (including beneficiaries), South Sudanese government, other INGOs/INGO forum

Joint activities:

· What joint activities have been undertaken during the implementation of project, both at a field level as well as at a country office level (Please provide concrete, short, substantial, cases of evidence)

Objective 3: Assess the key lessons learned and establish recommendations for future projects/response

Learning

The review should at least include one lesson learned and recommendation per evaluation category, i.e. effectiveness, efficiency, relevance etc.

· What are the key lessons learned per objective To what ex

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