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Project Background
The Waati Yelema Labenw project (WYL) is funded under the BRACED-X program by UKaid.
It draws on the rich experiences and satisfactory results of RIC4REC to reinforce its achievements through: Training, coaching and support for community and community leaders to facilitate analysis, planning and actions adaptation and resilience of the CCAM within their communes and communities.
It institutionalizes the management of climate change adaptation actions by the community. Local elected officials will acquire capacities to facilitate the analysis of adaptation, planning and development actions.
Municipalities will approve Community priority actions for funding through a project micro-grant mechanism. In the designated communes, WYL’s activities will be integrated into the BRACED Decentralized Climate Financing (NEF) project.
The experience of the communes through RIC4REC and WYL will be shared with regional and national policy and programmatic decision-makers through study tours, documentation of the experience and a workshop of learning and influence on policies.
Scope
The independent party will design, conduct and produce the written deliverables ( report) for a Final Evaluation for the DFID funded “Waati Yelema Labenw” (WYL) project implemented by Blumont International (replacing “International Relief and Development/IRD”) and partners in Mali.
BLUMONT will retain the services of an independent consultant or firm “FE Consultant” to conduct the FE. The FE Consultant will design and implement a rigorous survey and data collection plan that meets BLUMONT and donor data quality standards.
- The Final Evaluation should focus on project progress and lesson learning since the BRACED Final Evaluation (December 2017)
- The consultant should plan and deliver against a standard set of headline Evaluation Questions with sub-questions tailored to the WYL theory of change
- It will be process-orientated and explanatory in nature
- Should focus on outcomes, explaining pathways to change, where possible ‘testing’ ICMOs (Intervention-context–mechanism–outcome), and ‘mechanisms’ of change (applying realist evaluation thinking)
- Consultant should also ensure that their questions address some of the OECD DAC evaluation criteria set out in Annex 1 of M&E Guidance note 7– however, the evaluation and sub-questions naturally ‘map’ onto the OECD-DAC criteria
Timeline and Budget Summary
You should include a timeline that includes planning, data collection, analysis, verification (including any workshops), report drafting and time for IPs to review i) consultants’ inception reports before the 31st December 2018 deadline and ii) FE reports before the 17th May 2019 deadline.
You should also include a summary/headline budget.
The consultant should take account the information in the table below when making timeline and budget summary.
| September-October 2018 | IPs recruit Consultants to undertake BRACED-XFEs. Evaluation Synthesis and Support (ESS) Team are available on request to review TORs. |
| October-November 2018 | One-to-one discussions between IPs, Consultants and the ESS Team on the BRACED-X final evaluation inception report and matrix template. The team will contact IPs to arrange a suitable time. |
| November-December 2018 | ESS Team are available on request to provide feedback on draft inception reports and evaluation matrix. |
| 31st December 2018 | Deadline: IP submission of Inception report and matrix to the Evaluation Synthesis and Support Team |
| 15thJanuary 2019 | ESS Team provide feedback on inception report and terms of reference, including any changes required for sign off. |
| February-April 2019 | ESS team one-to-one support with IPs/consultants available on request. |
| 31st March 2019 | Data Collection to be completed |
| January-30th April 2019 | Final evaluation preparation and data collection. |
| 30thApril 2019 | Review and revision of FE Reports: IPs to review and consultants to revise reports before submission to ESS team. |
| 17th May 2019 | Deadline: IP submission of Final Evaluation report to the Evaluation Synthesis and Support Team |
| 1st June 2019 | Evaluation Synthesis and Support Team to seek clarifications from IPs and consultants on FE contents on a case-by-case basis. |
| 17th May-5th July 2019 | BRACED-X FE programme–level synthesis. |
How to apply:
- Please send your proposal package by December 13th 2018 at malirecruitment@blumont.org or you can also deliver your application in closed hard copy at the IRD-Blumont Country Office at: Hamdallaye ACI 2000 Rue 209 Porte 420, Bamako-Mali.
- For more questions please address to Fatoumata Alidou Gareka, Chief of Operations, fgareka@blumont.org
- We thank all applicants for their interest.
- Only those selected will be contacted and Applications are not returned.
NB: All incomplete offer will be eliminated or won’t be considered