CHURCH WORLD SERVICE TENDER FEBRUARY 2024  

TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR PROJECT ASSESSMENT

EVALUATING CWS PROJECT OUTCOME/IMPACT IN WATER AND SANITATION. FOOD SECURITY. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN WEST POKOT AND KITUI COUNTIES

  1. Background

Church World Service (CWS) is a faith-based organization dedicated to transforming communities globally by implementing just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disasters. Our initiatives encompass sustainable self-help, development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance.

CWS executes diverse projects focusing on water and sanitation, food security, sustainable livelihoods, emergency relief, disaster risk reduction, and inclusive safe <;pa<We actively engage in research, pilot innovative approaches, and conduct participatory evaluations to bolster community resilience in the face of climate variability, throughout Its work with the communities, CWS promotes effective natural  resources management while addressing Issues around environmental restoration and mitigation of the Impacts of climate change.

CWS places a special emphasis on strengthening community structures and enhancing the capacities of women, youth, gills, boys, and persons with disabilities. This Includes Increasing accessibility to economic empowerment, vocational skills, safe spaces, and other essential social services.

Church World Service aims to scale up program methodologies that enhance climate resilience in communities affected by climate change. This Involves addressing agricultural and small livestock productivity, promoting non-agricultural Innovative initiatives, and building the capacity of community members In identified counties. The goal is to improve WASH, food security and resilience in these targeted counties which are particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change.

  1. Objectives of the Project Assessment

The primary aim of this project assessment is to comprehensively evaluate the impact of water and sanitation, food security and sustainable livelihoods project interventions undertaken by CWS in West Pokot and Kitui counties and identify and document the determinants of change that influenced its outcomes. In addition to assessing the project’s impact, this evaluation will incorporate a control group to provide a comparative analysis, enabling a more robust understanding of the project’s effectiveness. The control group can be selected among those within the same community who did not participate in the project or neighboring community with the same characteristics that was not part of the project.

  1. Scope of the Assessment
  • Impact Evaluation
  • Assess direct and indirect effects of interventions on targeted beneficiaries and the community.
  • Analyse whether the interventions have had any bearing on the communities’ awareness and behaviour change towards natural resource management and climate change adaptation
  • Analyse sustainability of project outcomes.
  • Provide some review of whether the order of sequencing of the various project interventions influence impact of the interventions
  • Determinants of Change
  • Identify key factors contributing to success or challenges during implementation.
  • Evaluate influence of external factors, policy changes, and socio-economic conditions on outcomes.
  • Control Group
  • Establish a comparable control group without project intervention.
  • Collect data from control group using the same methodology.
  • Compare outcomes between project and control groups to isolate project’s impact.
  • Cross-Cutting Themes
  • Evaluate project’s contributions to gender equality, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability.
  • Examine effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
  • Project Documentation
  • Include a section outlining project activities.
  • Specify details like the project timeline, milestones achieved, challenges faced, and strategies employed.
  • Incorporate relevant reports, evaluations, or assessments conducted throughout the project.
  1. Methodology

Assessment Locations: Conduct assessment in 4 communities in 2 locations in West Pokot and 4 communities in 2 locations in Kitui counties

Data Collection: Conduct a thorough review of project documentation, reports, and relevant literature, ii. Utilize a mixed-methods approach, including surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, and case studies for both project and control groups.

Data Analysis: Employ statistical tools and qualitative analysis methods to assess project impact and identify determinants of change. Use a comparative analysis approach to measure the difference between the situation of project participants before the project and after the project to determine impact and establish the data for that impact. In the control group, determine their situation during a similar period before, during and after the project.

  1. Managing the consultancy

A team consisting of the Director of RDP, Regional Director of PMEAL and Deputy Regional Representative of will review the proposal and select the consultant. The Director of RDP will be responsible for all arrangements required for conducting field visits and producing the essential documentations. This team will also be responsible for reviewing all the products of the

  1. Role of CWS

The major roles and responsibilities of CWS includes:

  • To provide the researcher with all relevant CWS organizational documents and will assist in accessing external documents providing contextual background if necessary.
  • CWS will provide consultancy fee as per the agreement which may be deposited in the bank account of the consultant.
  • CWS will facilitate contacts with civil society partner organizations.
  • CWS will provide support in arranging meetings both external and internal.
  • Arrange for someone to accompany the consultant on field visits
  • CWS security unit will provide the consultant with the briefing of the overall security situation and will provide regular security updates. The consultant will have to revise the field assessment plans provided if the security situation changes drastically and unexpectedly.
  • CWS is responsible for ensuring both that relevant documents are reviewed.
  1. Key Deliverables
  • Inception report
  • Production of draft report to be reviewed by CWS.
  • Final Report with Recommendation for market-based livelihood interventions with the following structure: Title page, table of contents, executive summary program, list of acronyms, description of CWS water and sanitation, food security and sustainable livelihoods program description of the research methodologies, findings, recommendations for program improvement
  • Data set for quantitative and qualitative data collected.
  1. Timeline

The assessment exercise is estimated to take 32 days broken down as follows:

  • Preparation and developing an inception report- 2 days.
  • Development, pre-testing data collection tools- 3 days
  • Field data collection-15 days
  • Data analysis and report writing-5 days
  • Preparation and presentation of summary evaluation findings-2 days
  1. Reporting and Communication
  • Regular updates to be provided to the CWS team throughout the assessment process. The point of contact will be the Regional Director for PMEAL
  • Final report and summary presentation to be submitted by Regional Director for PMEAL in electronic and hardcopy formats.
  • The consultant will share all key milestones with CWS for concurrence.

Qualification of Consultant

Individual consultants and consulting companies are encouraged to apply.

The consultant(s) will need to meet the following profile:

  • Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, natural resource management or relevant areas related to the assessment.
  • Strong background in livelihoods study for humanitarian programming, preferably working with vulnerable population.
  • Experience in natural resource management and/or climate change adaption
  • Demonstrated capacity and experience in carrying out relevant socio-economic studies for vulnerable populations.
  • Excellent knowledge about economic issues, especially those related to the economic inclusion of vulnerable population,
  • Excellent knowledge about the economic, legal, and social context in Kenya.
  • Strong analytical, research and presentation skills.
  • Experience crosscutting age, gender and diversity focus on a socio-economic study.
  • Ability to present complex information in a concise and convincing manner, and use innovative forms of communication.
  • Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, a flexible, creative, and collaborative working style.
  • Oral and written fluency in English and Swahili is required of the research team leader.

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