Terms of Reference
End-term Evaluation Study of the Pan Africa State Accountability Project (PASAP)
Introduction to PASAP: The project logic
The Pan African state Accountability Project (PASAP) is a multi-partner, multi-level Pan-African project that ran from January 2015 to June 2018. The project is overall coordinated by the Plan International African Union Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office (Plan PAO). The project is funded by Sida CIVSAM as part of a framework agreement with Plan International Sweden.
The PASAP project took its starting point in the gap that exist between policy making and policy implementation in regards to children’s rights in the African continent. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are broadly considered key actors for holding states accountable for the implementation of children’s rights. However, their ability to do so depends on strengthening their organisational and technical capacities, as well as their capacity for coordination and collaboration. PASAP aims to support this need by creating sustainable impact on the realization of children’s rights in Africa by strengthening CSOs’ institutional and technical capacity to hold States accountable and effectively engage in child rights monitoring and advocacy at national, sub-regional, regional and international level.
The PASAP has four inter-related and interdependent outcomes. The first outcome is the main outcome as it sums up what the project aims to achieve, i.e. empowered CSOs (children and youth included) actively engaging in monitoring and advocacy to influence the implementation of human and child rights instruments at different levels. The other three outcomes are subordinate outcomes with each contributing significantly to the realization of the project main outcome on networking and coordination support to CSO networks and platforms; provision of technical and institutional supports; and last but not least on enhancing learning and sharing around child rights among CSOs. Therefore it is important to understand that although the different activities are disbursed under the four outcomes for categorization purposes, all activities under the project ultimately contribute to Outcome 1.
PASAP Expected Outcomes:
To achieve these outcomes, Plan International has worked in partnership with CSOs and their networks at different levels (national, regional/sub-regional and pan-Africa) namely the Institute of Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), African Movement for Working Children and Youth (AMWCY), University of Pretoria, Centre for Human Rights, African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), East African Child Rights Network (EACRN), Child Rights Network for Southern Africa (CRNSA), and West Africa Civil Society Forum (WACSOF). The Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) is also an important stakeholder in the implementation of the PASAP.
Project target groups and beneficiaries:
Over all Objective of the End-Term Evaluation:
The PASAP ended on 30th of June 2018. An extension period of one year (July 2018 – June 2019) has been approved by Sida serving both as an opportunity of putting proper closure of phase 1 of the PASAP, but also as preparatory phase for the next multi-annual application to Sida CIVSAM. A mid-term evaluation of PASAP was carried out in 2017 to take stock of progress in relation to selected programme indicators. The result was used to update the project M&E framework with mid-term results and some recommendations to guide the terminal-evaluation process. Hence, the objective of the end-term evaluation is to assess the overall performance of the PASAP and the extent to which the program objectives were achieved, the contributing factors to the achievement (both intended and unintended) and any deviation from the agreed objectives and the implementation strategies and the reasons for the deviations.
Specific Objectives of the evaluation:
The mid-term review aimed to achieve the following:
The evaluation will cover the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria of (i) relevance, (ii) effectiveness, (iii) efficiency, (iv) sustainability and (v) impact. Beyond these review criteria, and in recognition of the multi-partnership nature of the project, the consultant will also apply the following lens to the review process in recognition. (i) Synergy (ii) learning & documentation (knowledge management); (iii) gender mainstreaming and (iv) partnership management
Utilization of Results:
The results of the end-term evaluation will support and feed into the design of the 2nd phase of PASAP beyond the extension period.
Approach and Methodology:
The end-term evaluation will be carried out by an external consultant. It will mainly employ participatory qualitative and quantitative methods of multi-level project evaluation. Priority will be given to focusing on those outcomes and indicators included in the baseline and the mid-term review. The study makes use of tools and methodologies used during the mid-term review including the Most Significant Change and other outcome mapping techniques. The consultant will conduct field visit to Plan and partner organisations in two countries. Due to the nature of our interventions, the consultant will use evidence gathered through secondary data and primary data mainly collected through the use of online surveys and telephone/Skype conversations.
The consultant will be responsible for re/designing all the tools necessary for the task and will share this with the PASAP Manager for review and approval before undertaking the assignment. This will form part of the inception process and report. To an extent possible, the data in the report should be disaggregated by age and gender.
Expected Deliverables:
The consultant, during the course of this assignment, will report to the PASAP Manager who will in turn coordinate with key PASAP stakeholders for input and guidance. The consultant is required to deliver the following:
A draft evaluation report of 30 pages maximum (without annexes) which includes:
A final report ; a summary version of the final report ; and a power point presentation of the methodology, key results and recommendation of the end-term survey.
Time frame and budget:
The Consultant/Evaluation expert/team:
The consultant must have undertaken similar works at the Pan African level in the last two years and should have the following competencies:
Submission of Proposal:
The consultant shall submit a technical proposal and a financial proposal, separately. The following components will be required in the proposals:
Technical proposal
Financial proposal: