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Consultant - Final Evaluation of Growth, Health and Governance Program - Uganda

Scope of work – Final evaluation of growth, health, governance (GHG) program

Deadline to apply: March 10th, 2017**

Background Information**

Mercy Corps is an international NGO that has worked to alleviate poverty and oppression in transitional environments since 1979.

The goal of the program is to improve peace and food security in Karamoja through an integrated, gender-sensitive approach focused on three strategic objectives:

Livelihoods strengthened

Nutrition among children under two improved

Governance and local capacity for conflict mitigation improved.

Evaluation Rationale

The final evaluation will be conducted by an external contractor to:

Evaluate the appropriateness of the program goal, objectives and theory of change, given the context of Northern Karamoja.

Appropriateness will be measured by relevance of the strategies and interventions implemented by the program to achieve its goal of improved food security in the context of Karamoja from a resilience lens, noted by the extent to which interventions strengthened, or failed to strengthen, the capacities of Karamojong to respond to shocks and stresses
Evaluate the intended and unintended, positive and negative impacts of program interventions in relation to the stated goals and objectives through a series of beneficiary surveys, community level data and key informant interviews with institutional stakeholders.

Following analysis, assessment findings will need to be integrated to form a cohesive narrative of program impacts, including conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations for future programming

Collect best practices of the GHG Program to use for internal organizational learning and dissemination outside of Mercy Corps

Identify how the GHG program supported the USAID DFAP overall objective

Evaluate the application and utility of GHG's adaptive management approach

Assess program sustainability based on four criteria: Capacity, Motivation, Linkages and Resources

Measure the progress made to date against each of the Strategic Objectives, including cross-cutting objective of gender equality, and each of the intermediate results.

Under Strategic Objective 1: Measure progress towards economic development through a facilitation approach, with intermediate results focused on improved productivity among male and female agriculturalists, agro-pastoralists and pastoralists and the extent to which interventions have stabilized the business investment environment and accelerated market growth

Under Strategic Objective 2: Measure progress towards improved maternal and child nutrition, with intermediate results focused on increased access to quality health care, increased consumption of nutritious foods, and reduced incidence of diarrheal disease through WASH interventions

Under Strategic Objective 3: Reduced incidence of inter-ethnic armed conflict, with intermediate results focused on capacity development of conflict management actors, and constructive youth engagement. Additionally, the study will note the progress made through adapted strategies to address the changing nature of conflict in the region

It

should be noted that USAID will conduct their own independent endline assessment in the GHG project area. This evaluation will not duplicate that but will complement it with a larger focus on learning and best practices.

Evaluation Design & Methodology

Methodological Approach

This is a mixed methods, participatory evaluation. Several targeted quantitative assessments may need to be combined into a cohesive final narrative. The following data collection and analysis methods expected include:

Site visits and observations

Qualitative data collection- Semi-structured stakeholder interviews and focus groups with beneficiaries, stakeholders and key informants

Quantitative data collection- series of quantitative surveys targeting select target populations as well as broader community level data collection

Facilitated meeting – a meeting to be held with MC and partner staff and stakeholders to reflect on program implementation, challenges and successes

Document review

Data Collection & Analysis

Any quantitative data must be dis-aggregated by both sex and age, as well as geographic location. External stakeholders should be included in the evaluation, as appropriate, to provide additional insight and validation of results.

Stakeholders may include: sub-grantees, local NGO partners, local government, and private sector actors.

Existing data sources to inform the evaluation include:

Monthly, quarterly and annual program and M&E reports
Annual PREP reports

Sector specific assessments and evaluations conducted internally and externally throughout the life of the program, in particular but not limited to:

MCG Assessment

Gender and Youth Behavior Change Assessment

VHT Assessment

MCHN Barrier Analysis

CRC Reports

Mercy Corps Karamoja STRESS Report

Food security and nutrition analysis and monitoring tools: WFP FSNA Reports, USAID TOPS Karamoja Seasonal Analysis and Intervention Guide, Cost of Diet in Karamoja, etc.

Research papers developed by the program's learning partners

Livelihoods Dynamics Baseline

Conflict Management Baseline and Endline

Urbanization Study

Gender Assessment

Indicator Performance Tracking Table

Performance Management Plan

USAID FFP Baseline

The evaluation will be conducted in Kotido, Kaabong, Abim, Amudat and Nakapiripirit Districts of Karamoja. A map of the region is included in Annex A.

Evaluation Products

The following is required and should be prepared and delivered separately:

Deliverable

Estimated Date of Submission

An evaluation plan including:

o Evaluation methodology

o Roles/Responsibilities of each team member

o Protocols and instruments for each assessment, including data collection and analyses

o Evaluation itinerary

o Statement of limitations of the methods and potential effects on results


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