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Terms of ReferenceEvaluation Consultant - Public Empowerment and Community Engagement for Good Governance (PEaCE for Good Governance)Conciliation ResourcesFebruary – April 2021A. GENERAL Position Title: Consultant – Philippines, End of Programme EvaluationLocation: Flexible, with availability to travel to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines (depending on ability to travel due to COVID 19)Duration: 2 months (24 February – 24 April 2021) Total Days30 days (spread over the contract duration)Reporting to: Mindanao Project Manager BACKGROUNDConciliation Resources is an independent organisation working with people in conflict to prevent violence, resolve conflicts and promote peaceful societies. Through collaborating with partners, we know there are many peaceful ways of resolving conflict and preventing violence: together, we promote political solutions to conflict and deepen understanding of non-violent approaches. In the predominantly Muslim region of Western Mindanao in the Philippines, we work with communities to resolve local conflicts, and strengthen relationships between communities and local authorities. Conciliation Resources has been working with local partners in Mindanao for the past five years, supporting communities to contribute to the peace process and play an active and meaningful role in the creation of a new Bangsamoro. The work particularly focuses on increasing the engagement of marginalised groups including women, youth and indigenous peoples. In 2018, Conciliation Resources, alongside our Bangsamoro partners, began implementing a project called Public Empowerment and Community Engagement for Good Governance (PEaCE for Good Governance), which aims to empower communities in Mindanao to resolve local conflicts, and improve governance in collaboration with government authorities. The specific objectives of the project was to: 1. Increase capacities for community organisations to engage with local authorities.2. Local governance policies, programmes and processes are responsive to, and inclusive of, community needs.3. Learning from project implementation informs replication of similar initiatives in the Bangsamoro by local authoritiesC. POSITION OVERVIEW The overall objective of this consultancy is to conduct a whole-of-programme evaluation by assessing programme impact, relevance and effectiveness and identifying contextual changes and programme learnings that may inform future programming design, planning and thinking. D. EVALUATION DESIGNThe end of programme evaluation focuses on whole-of-programme learnings and identifying long-term and short-term outcomes from Conciliation Resources’ Philippines programme. Overall, the evaluation investigates where change happened, how and why, and synthesises this learning into recommendations for future programming and thinking. Using an adaptive programming approach, Conciliation Resources will then feed the findings of the evaluation into future activity planning and will use them to review the assumptions and objectives upon which the programme is based, to ensure they are still relevant to the context.Through a focus on learning, the evaluation should also contribute to the capacities of Conciliation Resources and partners to monitor and evaluate the impacts of peacebuilding programmes. This evaluation should formalise current evaluation practices and identify ways to capture adaptive programming in practice.The consultant is responsible for developing the evaluation design and learning methods, in collaboration with Conciliation Resources. The final evaluation design and methods will be agreed upon by the consultant and Conciliation Resources. The evaluation design should include (i) a participatory approach involving CR staff, programme partners, programme beneficiaries, and other stakeholders, (ii) assessment of the programmes’ log frame, M&E baseline, indicators and expected results and (iii) an assessment of programme management and partnership arrangements. However, we also recognise the constraints with COVID-19, and are willing to adapt the design to achieve the evaluation. Please highlight any adaptions or alternative processes you would make in the application process, detailed more below.ParticipatoryThis programme evaluation will be a highly participatory process that involves CR staff, CR partners, programme beneficiaries and other stakeholders at every stage of the evaluation process, including design, implementation, analysis and communication. This will help to ensure that the evaluation is transformative (e.g. it develops the capacity of those involved) and provides opportunities for learning between CR programme teams and between CR staff and partners. The evaluation will be led by an external consultant that has the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to design and carryout a participatory programme evaluation.Adaptive Evaluation ApproachesAs peacebuilding takes place within a highly complex and evolving environment, interactions and change are highly dynamic. Despite this complexity, peacebuilding organisations typically use linear approaches to monitoring and evaluation that may not be suitable for capturing the dynamics of peacebuilding work. In response to this challenge, Conciliation Resources is open to adaptive evaluation approaches that are able to deal with, and capture, complexity. In this programme evaluation, the consultant and CR team may discuss and adopt Appreciative Inquiry or Outcome Harvesting as potential approaches.Appreciative Inquiry is a highly participatory form of inquiry that is often used to address critical organisational and programming issues. Through Appreciative Inquiry, programmes are viewed as organic, which means that all parts are defined by the whole and programmes must be understood in this way. Appreciative Inquiry encourages evaluators to look for what works in a programme and appreciate it. The power of Appreciative Inquiry is the way participants become engaged and inspired by focusing on their own experiences. In this way, Appreciative Inquiry can build relationships between stakeholders and create a space for people to reflect and learn from their experiences.Outcome Harvesting is a monitoring and evaluation approach that does not measure progress towards predetermined outcomes, but rather collects evidence of what has been achieved, and works backward to determine whether and how the programme contributed to the change. Drawing on this approach, the programme will produce outcome statements for each case study that identify who changed what, when and where, and how each major change was influenced by an intervention. These attributional statements will include the significance of the outcome, and the context in which the outcome was achieved. E. LEARNING METHODSIn designing the evaluation, the consultant with work with CR and their partners to identify and develop locally-appropriate, participatory methodologies. The specific methods will be identified and designed during the inception phase of the evaluation. The following methods should be considered in the evaluation design:StorytellingStorytelling is a methodology which involves the informal sharing of stories, open-ended questions and answers, associations and discussions. Storytelling is an important form of knowledge transmission and is practiced differently in different cultures. However, the process of telling stories is always political, contextual and influenced by the purpose and audience. Adopting a storytelling approach in a programme evaluation may be a way to privilege local forms of knowledge sharing, but attention should also be placed on the context in which stories are performed. Listening MethodologyA listening methodology employs a flexible conversation-style approach – rather than a more formal interview process – supporting guided conversations that capture the topics that are most important to the evaluation. Conducting informal conversations, rather than using a more formalised interview process, creates a space where participants feel comfortable sharing concerns and messages that are important to them with less likelihood of self-censorship. In this way, listening methodology is non-prescriptive and allows participant share perspectives outside of pre-defined parameters. Significant Change StoriesMost Significant Change (MSC) is a participatory evaluation technique based on stories rather than indicators. MSC stories are about important or significant changes - they can give a rich picture of the impact of peacebuilding programmes and provide the basis for dialogue around objectives and planning. The method involved generating and analysing personal accounts of change and deciding which accounts are the most significant, and why. MSC is about collecting and analysing stories, but also about having processes to learn from these stories. The stories themselves reveal how a variety of actors experience and perceive change. This can be combined with other evaluation methods to undertake whole-of-programme evaluation. Sense-Making Sense-making involves analysing and synthesising information in order to develop shared understandings that may influence thinking and programming. Sense-making can include a range of methods and practices, including visioning, group discussions and other participatory exercises. In addition to other evaluation methods, sense-making can be used to draw together key learnings, cross-check findings with participants and reflect on the evaluation process. It is proposed that the consultant could run a one-day sense-making training workshop with CR staff and partners to discuss the results of the evaluation and enhance their evaluation skills. SPECIFC TASKS AND DELIVERABLES Project/ActivityList of key activities to be carriedDeliverableSpecific deliverable/output related to each activityIndicative Consultant ActivitiesBreakdown of tasks to conduct this activity and outputDelivery dateDate activity is to be delivered and estimated work days a. Evaluation Design & Inception report Inception report – outlining the evaluation design, methodology, reporting milestones and work plan Review programme documentation, monitoring and evaluation dataConsult with programme management teamDesign evaluation: define questions, methodology, plan approachWrite inception reportBy 14 Mar, 2021(7 days)b. Evaluation implementation – in country assessmentProgramme evaluationIn-country or online consultationsConduct evaluation according to agreed methodology and approach15-28 Mar, 2021 (9 days)c. Evaluation implementation – analysis 1Participation in Outcome Harvesting WorkshopAttend outcome harvesting workshops24-25 Feb, 2021 (1 day, as each workshop is only 3hrs per day)d. Evaluation implementation – analysis 2 Preparations for sense-making workshopAnalyze and synthesize data from evaluation processIdentify key findings, learnings and themesPrepare materials to conduct a follow up sense-making workshop with CR and partners29 Mar-1 Apr, 2021(3 days)e. Evaluation implementation – analysis 3Sense-making workshopConduct sense-making workshop2 Apr, 2021(1 day)f. Evaluation report – Draft Draft evaluation reportWrite draft evaluation report based on findings from in-country evaluation and sense-making workshop2-13 Apr, 2021(7 days)g. Evaluation report - FinalFinal evaluation reportDiscuss draft report with CR team, refine according to feedback from CR and partnersFinalise evaluation report14-15 Apr, 2021(2 days)Total number of days: 30 daysG. SUMMARY OF PROPOSED WORKING IN DAYSSub-project/ key activitiesTotal Days1. Evaluation design and inception report72. Evaluation implementation143. Final report and consultations 9TOTAL DAYS 30H. ADMINISTRATIONProposed Schedule of PaymentMilestonePercentage1. Upon signing of the contract20%2. Upon completion of the evaluation for review40%3. Upon submission of the final version of the evaluation40%TOTAL 100%InvoicingIn addition to the requirements outlined in the consultancy agreement (section 8), please ensure your invoice is addressed to Conciliation Resources, 106 Burghley Road, London NW5 1AL, UK; and includes your International transfer bank details.Reporting The consultant will report to Conciliation Resources’ Mindanao Project Manager.Travel expenses All agreed travel expenses related to this consultancy will be covered by Conciliation Resources on submission of the final invoice, travel expense summary and receipts. I. PERSON SPECIFICATIONExperience of designing and implementing peacebuilding evaluations (essential)Experience and knowledge of facilitating participatory monitoring and evaluation processes (essential)Experience of evaluating peacebuilding or conflict resolution projects and programmes (essential)Sound knowledge and understanding of community-led peacebuilding structures (desirable)Experience in working in the Philippines, preferably in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (desirable) The post holder may be expected to undertake some travel to the region, but this would be dependent on ability to travel due to COVID-19. The post holder will be expected to be committed to CR’s safeguarding practices and positively engage with practices which help us all to keep people safe.J. APPLICATION PROCESSTo apply, please submit a proposal, including (i) short narrative (3 pages maximum) detailing your suitability and approach to the assignment; (ii) financial proposal* for the assignment; (iii) CV (2 pages maximum). All proposals should be emailed to aurecruitment@c- with the subject ‘PEaCE Project Evaluation Consultant’ no later than 17.00 (AEST), Friday, 12 February 2021. *Conciliation Resources will cover all travel-related costs, including visa, flights, hotels and food (please do not include these costs in your proposal). In your financial proposal please include costs for the following items: ? Costs for delivering the above activities. ................
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