1. Evaluation Purpose
The final external evaluation will target the objectives of the Pan Africa HR/CR Monitoring and Advocacy Programme funded by SIDA/CIVSAM via Plan Sweden and implemented by Plan AU Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office from January 2012 to December 2014. The evaluation process aims to analyse and assess Programme effectiveness and impacts and to provide Plan Sweden and Plan AU Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office and other stakeholders with lessons that can be used in future programming, policy advocacy work, future partnerships with CSOs or when designing other programmes and projects.
1.1 Justification of the evaluation:
The final evaluation is required for three (3) reasons namely:
• The final evaluation is part of the donor and Plan International Sweden’s requirements for the pro.
• The final evaluation will allow identification and analysis of the results of the intervention.
• The evaluation will provide an opportunity to identify key areas and factors for success in this kind of intervention (policy advocacy) and reflection towards improvement of the action in the future including capturing lessons learnt and good practices for up scaling and replication during other project or programme design tasks.
1.2 Objectives of the evaluation:
The final evaluation will provide SIDA, Plan Sweden and Plan AU Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office with the following:
• An overall independent assessment of the Programme performance ;
• A judgment on the success of the intervention, the appropriateness of the design and strategies used, including its degree of flexibility and ability to adapt to an ever-changing reality, its effectiveness and efficiency, adaptation of the management and monitoring mechanisms in relation to the results and impact achieved ;
• Identification of key lessons and good practices that can be used in future policy advocacy work, future partnerships with CSOs, capacity building projects for CSOs or when designing other programmes and projects;
• Recommendations for follow-up actions in a subsequent phase and/or similar intervention.
1.3 Expected use and users of the evaluation:
The evaluation results will be used by different stakeholders involved in the Programme for accountability and conceptual uses. The Plan AU Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office, Plan International, CSO partners, Plan Sweden, SIDA and other stakeholders may use the recommendations to inform the design of future interventions in Child Rights monitoring and advocacy especially at pan-African level.
2. Intervention Background
2.1. The Programme logic:
2.1.1. Goals and objectives of the project proposals 2012-2014:
Projects’ Goal: The goal of this project is to enhance the implementation of the CRC and the ACRWC in Africa through a stronger involvement of CSOs in monitoring states and institutions’ actions and advocating them for improvements in their policies and practices for children’s rights and wellbeing.
Projects’ Objectives:
Objective 1: CSOs (including youth organisations) engage in regional and national child rights monitoring and policy advocacy processes aimed at improving the implementation of the ACRWC.
Objective 2: CSOs (including youth-led organisations) received the technical capacity to engage with human/child rights policy advocacy at all levels.
Objective 3: Raise awareness and Increase CSOs and Individuals capacity to generate information and data and submit cases on Violations of Children’s Rights at National and Regional levels using complaints mechanisms established under ACERWC in order to promote access to justice for children at national levels.
2.1.2. Time Periods of the programme:
The Pan Africa HR/CR Monitoring and Advocacy Programme was implemented by Plan AU Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office from January 2012 through December 2014.
2.2. The main partners:
The main partners of the Programme were determined during the Programme design phases and have been involved in the delivery of different activities of the Programme. They include:
1. Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
2. Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
3. Association pour les Droits de l’Homme et l’Univers Carcéral (ADHUC)
4. Mouvement Africain des Enfants et Jeunes Travailleurs (MAEJT)
5. The Central Africa Regional Child Rights Network
6. The Child Rights Network of Southern Africa (CRNSA)
7. Alliance Congolaise pour les Droits de l’Enfant
8. Coalition des ONG des droits de L’Enfant, luttant contre la Traite- COLTE/CDE
9. Coalition on Child Rights and Child Protection in Kenya
10. Rwanda Civil Society Child Rights Coalition –‘Umwana Ku Isonga’
11. Fórum da Sociedade Civil para os Direitos da Criança (ROSC- www.rosc.org.mz)
12. National Youth Councils from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Benin, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Botswana, Malawi, etc.
13. CSO Forum ACRWC
14. NGO Forum
15. ACERWC Secretariat
16. Plan RESA and its Country Offices
17. Plan WARO and its Country Offices
2.3. Programme target groups and beneficiaries:
The direct beneficiary groups were:
• Children and Youths
• Civil Society Organisations (including Youth led organisations)and their national, regional and pan African platforms
• African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) and its Secretariat
• African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and its Secretariat
• Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa
• Special Rapporteurs responsible for Prisons; Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); Torture; Economic and Social rights (ECOSOC) and Indigenous populations
• Human Rights organisations active at the NGO Forum and ACHPR sessions
• Ministries and Ministers responsible and with a mandate to deliver on children’s rights and welfare issues.
3. Scope of the evaluation and stakeholders
3.1. Scope of the evaluation
The scope of the final evaluation will focus on the following:
i. the level of achievement of the Programme objectives
ii. the activities carried out from January 2013 to December 2014
iii. the impacts, outcomes and outputs of the Programme
iv. the way the Programme has been managed
The evaluation is planned to take place during twenty-five (25) working days. It will be coordinated by the Plan AU Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
3.2. Sources of information
Evaluators are expected to use some secondary source documents and to interview the stakeholders through the use of questionnaire or structured interviews.
4. Evaluation questions and level of analysis
4.1. Evaluation questions and level of analysis
With focus given to effectiveness , impact , relevance , sustainability and efficiency bidders are expected to indicate in their tender documents a list of questions that should be answered by the evaluation. The selected bidder is expected to undertake an evaluability assessment during the inception phase of the evaluation assignment.
5. Recommendations and Lessons
The evaluation is intended to provide recommendations and lessons for follow-up actions in a subsequent phase and/or similar intervention.
6. Methodology and work plan
6.1. Typology and methods:
Type of evaluation required:
• External evaluation
For data collection analysis, the evaluators are expected to consider:
• Document review
• Interviews with stakeholders
• Focus group discussions with Programme beneficiaries and implementation team
• Collection of case stories
• Participatory approach during data collection.
6.2. Work plan and schedule
Bidders are expected to indicate their work plan and schedule in their technical offer/quotation considering the necessity of three (03) phases (steps), namely:
Inception phase
• Research phase and
• Reporting phase
These three evaluation phases should be performed within a period of 25 working days.
6.3. Expected deliverables
i. At the end of the inception phase, the evaluators are expected to submit an inception report of not more than 5 pages highlighting (but not limited to):
The evaluability of the proposed evaluation questions
Operational methodology and detailed work plan (indicating all the stages of the evaluation process).
The data gathering instruments (survey questionnaires, etc.) should be attached to the inception report.
ii. At the end of the research phase, the evaluators are expected to submit a draft report of 15 pages maximum (without annexes) using the format that will be shared with the consultant to provide a qualitatively satisfactory response to the evaluation questions agreed in the inception report.
iii. The evaluators will then have to present and discuss findings of the draft report with project team in a meeting.
iv. Finally, the evaluators are expected to submit to the project team a Final Evaluation Report in which stakeholder comments are adequately reflected. This Final Evaluation Report of 15 pages maximum (without annexes) shall conform to the format and main contents that will be provided by the project team.
7. Reporting:
See Expected deliverables above.
8. Evaluation team:
The evaluator/evaluation team should have the following skills:
• Extensive and advanced evaluation skills and experience in Programme monitoring and evaluation in related fields.
• Familiar with quantitative and qualitative evaluation.
• Understanding of main concepts of the Programme.
• Familiar with participatory and partnership approaches, empowerment of civil society.
• Advanced knowledge of English and French language.
• In-depth understanding of child rights monitoring and advocacy at national, regional and pan African levels in Africa and previous work in the field of pan-African advocacy is an asset.
9. Time frame and budget for the evaluation:
The evaluation is expected to take place between March and July 2015.
The estimated budget for the evaluation should include:
• Fees
• Travel expenses and accommodation within Addis Ababa (estimated)
• Communication costs (internet, telephone, etc.)
• Tax and any other relevant cost related to and required for the proper conducting of the evaluation.
The meeting for presentation of the preliminary results will be organized and separately paid for by the Plan AU Liaison and Pan Africa Program Office as the need arises.
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