International Consultant for Evaluation of the Joint Programme “Support to Strategic Policy Formulation, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Republic of Moldova”
Background: The purpose of evaluation is to provide holistic, impartial and trustworthy evaluation of the overall Joint Programme „Support to Strategic Policy Formulation, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Republic of Moldova” (hereinafter JPPM) relevance, performance and results.
Tasks and responsibilities: Specifically, international consultant will undertake the following tasks:
- Lead and manage the evaluation mission;
- Design the detailed evaluation methodology (including the methods for data collection and analysis);
- Data review through desk study of relevant documents and visiting the beneficiaries and stakeholders including but not limited to:
- EGPRSP coordination body (MoET) and its subdivisions;
- Policy Coordination Units within 7 line ministries;
- Participation Council;
- Former National Project Coordinators;
- Donors agencies, including those financing the project (UNDP, UNICEF, SDC), and those working in the area (WB, SIDA, DFID, etc)
- Conduct an analysis of the outcome, outputs, programme management and partnership strategy, as well as the cross-cutting issues (as per the objective and scope of the evaluation described above);
- Draft related parts of the evaluation report;
- Present and discuss initial findings of the evaluation with project sponsors and national counterparts; and
- Finalize the whole evaluation report and submit it to UNDP.
Qualifications and skills required:
The international consultant should have an advanced university degree in development studies, economics, or other relevant area, technical knowledge and at least 7 years of work experience in the field of capacity building for policy making, sound knowledge about results-based management, especially results-oriented monitoring and evaluation (The Evaluation Team Leader needs to know how to establish a link between the progress of UNDP’s assistance and the role it plays in bringing about development change). The leading national consultant will take the overall responsibility for the quality and timely submission of the evaluation report in English.
Terms of Reference
Interested persons should submit their application letters and CVs with the mark "JPPM International Consultant " by 21 September, 2007, to the address: UNDP Moldova, 31 August str. 131, Chisinau MD-2012, or by email: registry.md@undp.org.
Only those selected will be contacted.
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