Within the framework of the 2021-2025 cooperation agreement with Norad, the Norwegian Red Cross seeks to conduct a mid-term evaluation. The current cooperation agreement, named “GLO-0604 QZA-20/0295 Norwegian Red Cross Agreement 2021-2025”, is valid for the period January 2021 to December 2025. The “…project’s expected effect on society is that people affected by conflict, crisis, and climate change have improved health and protection (impact)”. At an outcome level, the expected effects for the target groups are: 1) Improved and safer access to health care, 2) Improved collective humanitarian impact of the RCRC Movement, and 3) Improved financial management of National Societies. The intended target group is vulnerable people in the countries included in the agreement: Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Myanmar, Iraq, and Syria. In addition, three thematic areas are funded: 1) Finance development: accountable and effective National Societies, 2) Multi-country scale-up of RCRC community-based surveillance, and 3) RCRC Movement and universal health coverage.
The main modality of implementation at country level is through country-level projects in partnerships with the respective Red Cross or Red Crescent National Societies. A key principle in Norwegian Red Cross approach to partnerships is alignment with the auxiliary role of the National Society and partner’s strategic priorities.
In accordance with the requirements in the 2021-2025 cooperation agreement with Norad, the Norwegian Red Cross seeks to conduct a mid-term evaluation focussing on effectiveness, impact, sustainability, and efficiency based on case studies of Myanmar, Somalia, and Burkina Faso. The overall purpose is to evaluate project performance to provide insight and enable effective and cost-efficient project delivery and management. More specifically, the evaluation shall focus on:
The scope of the evaluation is as follows:
The main audience of the evaluation is the Norwegian Red Cross and the relevant National Society partners as well as Norad. The evaluation report will be published on Norad’s evaluation database.
A tentative list of evaluation questions and sub‐questions should be suggested in the technical proposal and a final list agreed with Norwegian Red Cross during the inception phase. It is expected that revised international evaluation criteria and their principles for use adopted in December 2019 inform the design of the proposal, including the evaluation questions. The below focus areas and questions are indicative of the types of questions to be addressed in this evaluation:
The technical proposal (see below) should include the outline of a suitable methodology and appropriate data collection methods adapted to the purpose of the evaluation. It is free to suggest any additional methodological approaches and data collection methods and questions that are not mentioned in the ToR.
The evaluator must adopt a consultative and participative methodological approach when relevant. The approach should strive to include the following elements:
Relevant written documents will be provided by Norwegian Red Cross as well as the relevant partner National Societies. Key sources of written information include:
The proposal should include, but not be limited to, a plan for the following deliverables:
The deadline for submitting a proposal is 16 August 2024. Tentative dates for key deliverables are:
The evaluators should take all reasonable steps to ensure that the evaluation is designed and conducted to respect and protect the rights and welfare of people and the communities of which they are members, and to ensure that the evaluation is technically accurate, reliable, and legitimate, conducted in a transparent and impartial manner, and contributes to organisational learning and accountability. Therefore, the evaluation team should adhere to the evaluation standards and specific, applicable process outlined in the IFRC Framework for Evaluation. The IFRC Evaluation Standards are:
It is also expected that the evaluation will respect the seven Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent: 1) humanity, 2) impartiality, 3) neutrality, 4) independence, 5) voluntary service, 6) unity, and 7) universality. Further information can be obtained about these principles at: www.ifrc.org/what/values/principles/index.asp
The competency requirements for the evaluator(s) are:
Proposals will be ranked according to how they fulfil the three following requirements:
Interested candidates should submit their application material by 16 August 2024 to:
If you have questions related to the ToR, please contact Øivind Hetland and Katherine Wallis by 9 August.
The budget for the evaluation is in the range NOK 2-300.000.
Application materials should include:
Application material are non-returnable, and we thank you in advance for understanding that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next step in the application process.
According to Norwegian tax law, Norwegian Red Cross can only enter consultancy contracts with companies registered as legal entities with their respective tax authorities. For individual consultants, temporary employment contracts are signed. Contracted consultants shall sign the Norwegian Red Cross “Standard Procurement Terms and Conditions” and the “Code of Conduct for Corporate Social Responsibility for Suppliers to the Norwegian Red Cross”.
Tagged as: Burkina Faso, Norwegian Red Cross, Somalia
AI: Hello human, I am a GPT powered AI chat bot. Ask me anything!