Job Profile
Terms of Reference
Final Evaluation Consultancynbsp
ldquoThe Teamrdquo Project
Search for Common GroundYemen
To be done in Sanarsquoa and 4 other governorates.
Search for Common Ground Yemen seeks an experienced evaluator to carry out the formative final evaluation of its project quotThe Teamquot funded by the Dutch Embassy in Sanarsquoa. ldquoThe Teamrdquo is a multipronged peacebuilding campaign in Yemen. At the heart of the initiative is a footballbased dramatic television and radio series that were produced with Yemeni TV and radio production partners. The TV show was accompanied by a national community outreach to promote peace and enhance peaceful dialogue.nbsp
This Terms of Reference TOR defines the work that must be carried out by the external evaluator. It provides a brief outline of the project specifies the scope of the evaluation and outlines the evaluation method.nbsp
Context and Backgroundnbsp
Organizational Backgroundnbsp
Search for Common Ground works to prevent and end violent conflict before during and after a crisis. Search has a 33year track record of equipping individuals and societies to find alternatives to violence. We strive to build sustainable peace for generations to come by working with all sides of a conflict providing the tools needed to work together and find constructive solutions. We work in 35 countries in Africa Asia Europe the Middle East and North America to transform the way the world deals with conflict away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. SFCGYemen was established in 2010.
Project Summarynbsp
The TV and radio series of ldquoThe Teamrdquo aimed to communicate positive social messages through the presentation of fictionalized stories of young people of different political tribal sectarian and socioeconomic groups playing football in Yemen. The core metaphor was simple if team members do not cooperate they will not score goals and they will all lose. On the local and national levels the metamessage was that for Yemen to survive and prosper people need to work together as a team not as a collection of individuals or tribal and regional groups. The series told the story of young people who have come together to form a team. The characters will struggle to overcome significant obstacles both on and off the pitch and wind up achieving shared goals. They will serve as positive role models promoting understanding and tolerance. They will demonstrate that instability and violent conflict are not inevitable and that peaceful and winwin solutions are possible.
The TV show is accompanied by a radio drama series with a similar plot themes and structure so as to maximize the reach of the series. The TV and radio drama series were accompanied by an extensive outreach and dialogue campaign targeting 9 governorates Sanarsquoa Taiz Aden Lahj Hodeida Raimah Mareb Hadramout and Ibb that included viewing sessions and public screenings mobile cinema sessions followed by debates in schools universities NGOs youth clubs and local councils as well as mobile cinema to take the series into remote rural areas.nbsp
The project activities took place over the period from November 2013 to November 2015 including a six month no cost extension.
The overarching goal of this project is for young Yemeni men and women to actively participate in promoting citizenship tolerance and gender equality in Yemen.nbsp
The specific objectives of the project are as followsnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspYoung Yemeni men and women understand the importance of their personal role as active citizens in promoting effective citizenship tolerance and gender equality.nbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspYemeni facilitators behave as positive role models for tolerance inclusion and respect for the law within their communities.
bullnbspnbsp nbspYemeni production companies have the capacity to develop media programming which promotes tolerance and understanding among Yemeni young men and women.nbsp
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Evaluation Objectivesnbsp
Based on OECD DACs Guidance on Conflict Prevention and Peace building available on the web the evaluation will specifically measure effectiveness relevance and sustainability of the project.
Effectivenessnbsp
The evaluation should seek to capture key evidence in order to report on the logframe indicators though answering the following set of questions
1nbspnbsp nbspHow effective were the project activities in enabling Young Yemeni men and women to actively participate in promoting citizenship the rule of law tolerance and gender equality in Yemen
i.nbspnbsp nbspIndicator of youth listeners and viewers who take an active role promoting citizenship tolerance and gender equality in their communities disaggregated by gender and location.
ii.nbspnbsp nbspIndicator of youth listeners and viewers who take an active role promoting the ROL in their communities disaggregated by gender and locationnbsp
2nbspnbsp nbspTo what degree did the project activities help Yemeni youth value rule of law and tolerance
i.nbspnbsp nbspIndicator of youth listeners and viewers who believe that tolerance and rule of law are important values in Yemenrsquos future disaggregated by gender.
3nbspnbsp nbspTo what degree did the project change the views of youth listeners and viewers across gender tribal and ethnic lines?
i.nbspnbsp nbspIndicator of youth listeners and viewers who hold more tolerant views across dividing lines in Yemen disaggregated by gender.
4nbspnbsp nbspTo what degree did the project help Yemeni facilitators to behave as positive role models for tolerance inclusion and respect for the law within their communities
i.nbspnbsp nbspIndicator of outreach event participants who identify facilitators as positive role models disaggregated by gender and location.
5nbspnbsp nbspTo what extent did the project increase Yemeni production companiesrsquo capacity to develop programming which promotes tolerance and understanding among Yemeni young men and women
i.nbspnbsp nbspIndicator of viewers who believe The Team inspired them to behave in a more inclusive or tolerant manner disaggregated by gender and location.
ii.nbspnbsp nbsp of nbspmedia production partners who can confidently describe the process of developing programing which promotes tolerance and understanding
Relevance
1nbspnbsp nbspTo what extent were the methodology tools and materials adopted by the project appropriate to the achievement of the project objectives
2nbspnbsp nbspTo what extent were the project objectives consistent with the youth needs and priorities
Sustainabilitynbsp
1nbspnbsp nbspWhat are the internal and external factors of the project that enhance or hinder the sustainability of the changes made?
In addition the evaluation will includewhere necessary verification of successimpact stories reported in the monitoring reports.
Audiencenbsp
The primary audience of this evaluation is SFCG Yemen and SFCG overall who will use the learning from the TEAM programming to inform similar programs the TEAM or others across different offices. The second audience is the Dutch Embassy who supports this project and is interested in seeing the results of their support.
Evaluation Methodology
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Approach and Principles
The evaluator should take a collaborative approach with the SFCG team in order to develop and refine the evaluation methodology.nbsp
In addition the consultant will respect SFCGrsquos evaluations standards to be found in SFCGrsquos evaluation guidelines httpswww.sfcg.orgwpcontentuploads201407SFCGExternalEvaluationGuidelinesFINAL.pdf
Furthermore as part of the data collection and analysis process the consultant is required to respect the following Ethical Principles nbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspComprehensive and systematic inquiry Consultant should make the most of the existing information and full range of stakeholders available at the time of the review. Consultant should conduct systematic databased inquiries. He or she should communicate his or her methods and approaches accurately and in sufficient detail to allow others to understand interpret and critique his or her work. He or she should make clear the limitations of the review and its results.nbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspCompetence Consultant should possess the abilities and skills and experience appropriate to undertake the tasks proposed and should practice within the limits of his or her professional training and competence.nbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspHonesty and integrity Consultant should be transparent with the contractorconstituent about any conflict of interest any change made in the negotiated project plan and the reasons why those changes were made any risk that certain procedures or activities produce misleading review information.nbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspRespect for people Consultant respect the security dignity and selfworth of respondents program participants. Consultant has the responsibility to be sensitive to and respect differences amongst participants in culture religion gender disability age and ethnicity.nbsp
Methodologynbsp
The methodology will be a mixed one employing qualitative and quantitative data collection. Methods and tools used at baseline will also be used at the evaluation with additionsedits made to cover for final evaluation specific questions as per this ToR. In addition to the existing baseline tools the evaluation should also verify and document any success stories highlighted during the monitoring of the project.nbsp
In terms of order of data collection the quantitative data is expected to be collected and entered first with basic interpretation of it to allow for revision of qualitative tools in a way that allows for those tools to cover in depth the triggers driving the quantitative data findings.
For quantitative data evaluation will include surveys with
bullnbspnbsp nbspyouth viewers and listeners
bullnbspnbsp nbspfacilitators
The evaluation will also utilize focus groups discussions and interviews as follows
bullnbspnbsp nbspFGDs with youth viewers and listenersnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspFGDs with facilitators
bullnbspnbsp nbspInterviews with project teamnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspInterviews with media production partners.nbsp
Both quantitative and qualitative data will be analyzed with a gender target group and district level lenses the report narrative as well as any graphs should reflect this multilevel analysis. The qualitative and quantitative findings are expected to be synthesized together per indicator of theme and not presented separately in the report. It is important for indicator findings to be compared to baseline findings and presented accordingly.
Sampling
The initial suggested samples are as follows
anbspnbsp nbsp24 Focus group discussions with youth viewerslisteners and nonviewerslisteners in the five target governoratesnbsp
bnbspnbsp nbsp372 surveys of youth viewerslisteners and nonviewerslistenersnbsp
cnbspnbsp nbsp5 focus group discussions accompanied by surveys nbspwith facilitators in the five governorates to be covered by evaluation.nbsp
dnbspnbsp nbsp3 interviews with project staffnbsp
enbspnbsp nbsp2 interviews with production partners.nbsp
Target Locations
This evaluation will investigate two principal target groups Yemeni youth nbspand the facilitators who were trained and who led viewing and listening sessions for radio and TV programs. nbspIt will cover 5 of the 9 governorates which Search for Common Ground works in throughout Yemen. The current selected governorates are Sanarsquoa Taiz Hodeida Raimah and Aden to achieve a balance of rural and urban locations from both the north and south of Yemen. These governorates may be revised in consultation with the hired evaluator to take into account security concerns. The finalized analysis and report writing will take place in the evaluatorrsquos home location.nbsp
Deliverablesnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspAn inception report containing and outline of project evaluation plan detailing a proposed methodology and written evaluation toolsnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspA draft evaluation report for review by SFCG staff and other stakeholdersnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspA Final Report 25 pages in length that consists of nbsp
a.nbspnbsp nbspTable of contents
b.nbspnbsp nbspExecutive summary of key findings and recommendationsnbsp
c.nbspnbsp nbspResearch findings analysis and conclusions with associated data presented where appropriate in clear graphs or chartsnbsp
d.nbspnbsp nbspRecommendations for future actionnbsp
e.nbspnbsp nbspAppendices which include collected data detailed description of the methodology with research instruments list of interviewees bibliography and evaluators brief biographynbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspAll reports should be in English.nbsp
SFCG will exercise no editorial control over the final evaluation report.nbsp
All of the data produced by this study belongs exclusively to SFCG and all remaining copies of the data will be presented to SFCG at the conclusion of the study.
Logistical Support
nbsp
SFCG will provide preparatory and logistical assistance to the evaluator which includenbsp
1.nbspnbsp nbspBackground materials project proposal meeting notes reports et ceteranbsp
2.nbspnbsp nbspTechnical assistance during design of data collection tools
3.nbspnbsp nbspMeeting arrangements with target participants stakeholders and beneficiaries.
Timeframe
The evaluation should be conducted in maximum of 6 weeks starting early June 2015 exact start dates negotiable however the duration is nonnegotiable. The hired consultant will negotiate final dates and deadlines with the SFCG Country Director for Yemen.
The Evaluation Teamnbsp
The evaluator will be working closely with SFCG Yemen DMampE unit and the project team. They will be expected to design the inception report all data collection tools and to conduct fieldbased as well as officebased focus groups and interviews as described in the methodology. They will also analyze all collected data and write a final report be submitted to the SFCGYemen office. At the beginning of the evaluation period a detailed plan will be constructed and finalized with consultation of the SFCG Design Monitoring and Evaluation staff.nbsp
The evaluators should expect multiple revisions by SFCG staff of all tools and all reports and plans developed.
Evaluator Competenciesnbsp
SFCG seeks an experienced evaluator with the following qualificationsnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspProficiency in Arabic and English.nbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspMore than 5 years of experience in project evaluation or the equivalent in DMampE expertise including collecting data in interviews surveys and focus groupsnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspExperience working with international organizationsnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspStrong communication and writing skillsnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspUnderstanding of and experience working with youth and engagement in local civic governancenbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspUnderstanding of and experience working in the postrevolutionary context of Yemen.nbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspEvaluation methods and data collection skillsnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspAbility to be flexible with time and work schedulenbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspAvailable for future evaluation contracts with SFCGnbsp
bullnbspnbsp nbspConflict resolutionpeacebuilding experiencenbsp
Application Process
SFCGYemen invites all interested and qualified candidates to submit a letter of interest clearly explaining how their experience meets desired qualifications resume and 2 references a technical proposal showing how they will approach the evaluation and tasks to be conducted and a financial offer for executing those tasks by May 28 2015 to
aattobbaisfcg.org and sfcgyemensfcg.orgnbsp
http://ift.tt/1ETCNkX
