Job Description
Background information and Context of The Evaluation
Covering 8 countries, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)1 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
The first support phase was entitled “Building Regional and National capacities for improved Migration Governance in the IGAD Region”, 1.5.2014 – 30.05.2018. Switzerland’s support amounted to CHF 2’287’388 (co-funded 50/50 by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC and SEM). This project focused on enhancing the capacities of IGAD and its Member States to implement IGAD’s Regional Migration Policy Framework (I-RMPF). The project had three major components, each focusing on different aspects of IGAD’s migration governance architecture: 1) the National Coordination Mechanisms (NCMs); 2) various regional cooperation and policy dialogues instruments such as Regional Consultative Platforms (RCP) and the Regional Migration Coordination Committee (RMCC); 3) capacity building and advocacy to address mixed migration in the region. In addition, SEM seconded a Swiss expert to IGAD for two years. Based in Djibouti in the IGAD Secretariat, the expert contributed to the implementation of the Swiss supported project
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 Criteria2 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 days maximum
Contract Type: Consultancy
Job Requirements
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
Application Procedure
Technical and financial offers have to be submitted to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Section Migration and Forced Displacement, Headquarters, Berne, Switzerland, by email to gpmfd@eda.admin.ch by 12pm CET on 29 January 2023, indicating in the subject line “Technical proposal Improved migration governance in the IGAD region phase II”. Following the submission of the proposals only short listed candidates will be contacted. The technical proposal should not exceed 10 pages (without annexes) and should outline the evaluator’s:
I. Understanding of the assignment;
II. Approach to and methodology for the assignment;
III. Experience with similar assignments
IV. Draft evaluation work plan V. Draft report outline
VI. Financial proposal
VII. Annexes: CVs and references; Writing Sample of 5-10 pages from a similar contract recently completed The financial offer should be no more than one page and clearly outline the daily rates in Swiss Francs (CHF). All of the above submissions should be written in English and sent to the email above.
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