Незалежний/а консультант/ка для проведення зовнішньої фінальної оцінки проєкту, що був реалізований за підтримки ЄС / Independent consultant to conduct an external final evaluation of the project funded by the EU

Організація CIVIC шукає незалежного консультанта для проведення зовнішньої фінальної оцінки проєкту, що був реалізований за підтримки ЄС / CIVIC is looking for an independent consultant to conduct an external final evaluation of the project funded by the EU

Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) is looking forward to identify organization/independent consultant to conduct an external final evaluation of the action “Reducing Harm to Men, Women, and Children in Ukraine through Community-Based Protection and Effective Civil-Military Engagement” funded by the European Union. The overall objective of the Action is to achieve significant contributions through the combined efforts of engaging the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service, supporting communities, and reinforcing these efforts through Local Initiatives Fund (CIVIC’s sub-grant program) projects. The term of the current action is November 2023 – April 2025, which builds upon a previous action implemented January 2020 – March 2021. 

Project Description

With this Request for Proposals (RFP), CIVIC seeks to hire an organization/independent consultant to conduct an external final program evaluation of the action “Reducing Harm to Men, Women, and Children in Ukraine through Community-Based Protection and Effective Civil-Military Engagement” funded by the European Union. The term of the current action is November 2023 – April 2025, which builds upon a previous action implemented January 2020 – March 2021.

The overall objective of the Action is to achieve significant contributions through the combined efforts of engaging the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service, supporting communities, and reinforcing these efforts through Local Initiatives Fund (CIVIC’s sub-grant program) projects. This is done by providing Protection of Civilians (POC) and Civil-Military cooperation (CIVMIL) trainings for the AFU and the State Border Services and active CIVIC’s work in the local communities, addressing the protection needs and gaps through various protection mechanisms.  

In particular, CIVIC provides support under the following four pillars:

• Support selected communities of Chernihiv and Kharkiv oblast by establishing and facilitating Community protection groups (CPGs) work of which is devoted to address gaps in community preparedness/resilience facilitated.                
• Support Local initiatives to address civilians’ protection. LIF is CIVIC’s sub-granting program that provides grant to local CSOs to enhance communities` capacity in physical and informational protection on civilians.
• Strengthen dialogue between the Ukrainian military and civilians in the conflict zone: CIVIC engages the military, civilians, and representatives of the military-civilian administrations in conflict-affected communities by facilitating dialogue between them. CIVIC work aims at creating a space for constructive discussions on civilians’ protection needs and for the joint development of practical solutions to address such needs.
• Build capacity of the AFU and State Border Service on POC and CIVMIL, including the training sessions and developing the online course on POC for SDAs, to ensure the sustainability and institutionalization of POC training, produced and disseminated via relevant learning platforms/military education institutions.

Scope of Work

1. Evaluation Objective(s)

This external final evaluation, implemented as a donor requirement, is intended to assess the extent to which the planned objectives and results were achieved, what could have been done better, and what implementation strategies could be replicated elsewhere, and respond to several key evaluation questions. The final evaluation is also intended to examine the cumulative outcomes of both phases of the project.

2. Intended user(s) and use(s) of evaluation

This evaluation has several intended primary user groups:

1. CIVIC staff;
2. Action partners and sub-grantees;
3. Action stakeholders;
4. Action beneficiaries; and
5. Action donor (the EU).

Secondary user groups may include:

Organizational stakeholders external to CIVIC, such as other donors and advocacy targets.

CIVIC’s uses of the evaluation include:

1. Assess progress towards the achievement of the Action’s goals;
2. Inform the evidence base for CIVIC’s activities/approaches;
3. Share the evaluation’s findings broadly across the organization and facilitate meetings to share learnings from and apply findings;
4. Contribute to CIVIC’s thought leadership on protection of civilians; and
5. Inform further steps to strengthen protection of civilians in Ukraine.

3. Key evaluation questions

• What are the action’s performance and achievements?
• What projects’ results and objectives have been achieved (including unintended and/or negative results)?
• To what extent the planned objectives and results were achieved?
• What could have been done better?
• What implementation strategies could be replicated elsewhere?

Potential dimensions for inclusion in the evaluation:

• Gender
• Influencing
• Political will
• Level of results: community, national government, multinational
• Sustainability/durability of outcomes

4. Methodology and approach(es)

Mixed methods – qualitative and quantitative. Possible methods/approaches:

• Outcome harvesting/outcome mapping
• Network analysis
• Document review (internal and external)
• Key informant interviews (internal and external)
• Focus-group discussions
• Analysis of projects’ data

Questions/Inquiries

Inquiries regarding RFP should be made via email to Andrii Bohdanenko via email at [email protected] All questions must be received by COB, Friday, February 20, 2025.

Submissions

To be considered, proposals must be submitted by COB, Friday, February 25, 2025 to Andrii Bohdanenko via email at [email protected]. Early submissions are welcomed.

RFP EU Project Final Evaluation CIVIC

The detailed description is attached or available by the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12a9kLco_XJ98b1q7x4s1T4DEmskn3VPq/view?usp=sharing