Call For Consultancy – Embassy of Switzerland
Consultancy and Training
Embassy of Switzerland
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Background information and Context of The Evaluation
Covering 8 countries, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is a key partner of Switzerland in the Horn of Africa in the fields of peace and security, agriculture, governance and migration. Switzerland has partnered with IGAD in the above mentioned fields since the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2014. Switzerland has been engaged with a Whole of Government (WoGA) approach. Switzerland supports IGAD institutionally, at programme level, and with the deployment of experts. The cooperation in the field of migration is considered a success. Since 2014, Switzerland (the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA and the State Secretariat for Migration SEM) has supported IGAD migration programme with multi-year contributions
Purpose and Objectives
The reason for the evaluation is to provide Switzerland and IGAD with a sound understanding of key achievements and lessons from phase 2 and provide recommendations (including areas and modalities of support, opportunities, risks and challenges) for a subsequent support phase. The objective of this evaluation is to assess the extent to which the second phase of Switzerland’s engagement with IGAD in the field of migration achieved its expected results, as well as the relevance of Switzerland’s modality of engagement with IGAD. The project evaluation should be guided by the OECD/DAC Criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. The relevant evaluation criteria are to be selected in order to formulate pertinent evaluation questions that will be presented in the bid. The focus on and the exclusion of criteria should be explicitly stated in the bid of the evaluator as well as in the final evaluation report.
Roles and responsibilities of the evaluator(s)
- The evaluator(s) conducting the evaluation should have excellent knowledge in the fields of evaluation methodologies with focus on policy dialogue beyond national level realities, migration management as well as of migration and development related programmes and principles.
- The evaluator should have an excellent knowledge of the IGAD region.
- The evaluator(s) should have a minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience
Timeframe: Mid-February/Mid-April 2023
Number of days: 25 Working Days
Contract Type: Consultancy
For more information and detailed explanations please refer to this document https://www.ethiojobs.net/docs/Call_for_offer_External_evaluation_of_Swiss_support_to_IGAD_FINAL.pdf
Competency profile of the evaluator(s)
The evaluator(s) is/are expected to possess the following evaluation and thematic expertise and experience. Essential qualities are:
- Experience in project evaluation (with strong component of policy dialogue)
- Experience in evaluating projects with regional components
- Extensive knowledge in the field of migration governance
- Extensive knowledge of the IGAD region
Desired qualities are:
- Knowledge of IGAD or other RECs
