Evaluation of coherence of RFN’s NICFI Colombia programme

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QUALIFICATION AND COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM:

The review shall be carried out by one or more consultants. The combined qualifications of the evaluation team shall as a minimum constitute at least five years’ experience on evaluation or work experience from working with civil society organizations at global, regional or national levels. Among the proposed teams, RFN will select the team that provides best value for money based on a consideration of:

• to what extent the team is well suited for the task, emphasising in-depth expertise (including academic work) and the relevance of the specific technical expertise and experience of the team member(s), and
• the costs expressed in daily fees.

When assessing the qualifications of the team, RFN will look particularly for the following:

• Demonstrated research and evaluation skills including qualitative data collection and analysis
• Experience from reviewing/evaluating activities of similar nature, including rainforest protection and indigenous peoples’ rights.
• Good understanding of climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation
• Good understanding of monitoring and evaluation, and results management as practiced in ODA-funded CSOs.

• Good knowledge of the Colombian political, economic, cultural and social context.Proficiency in Spanish and English

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The purpose of the evaluation is to map coherence, i.e., cooperation, exchange, needs and synergies between RFN and partners in Colombia, and among the partners in Colombia, aiming at more fully exploiting the potential for synergies within the NICFI programme and between the NICFI programme and the framework programme.
The evaluation covers the period 2021-2024, and will look at coherence between the NICFI projects, and among all projects in RFN’s Colombia portfolio.
For detailed Terms of Reference, see appendix attached to this document.

To achieve its purpose, the objective of the evaluation is closely related to the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria of coherence:

• Coherence of RFN and partners’ interventions under the NICFI grant agreement with each other, with other RFN and partner interventions, and with relevant interventions by communities, other organisations, and allies. This includes complementarity, harmonisation and co-ordination with others, and the extent to which the interventions are adding value while avoiding duplication of efforts

a) Inception report: The purpose of an inception report is to give RFN the chance to approve suggested methodology, scope, or other delimitations of the evaluation before the evaluation proceeds. This should be discussed with and approved by RFN, and should contain (not exhaustive):

• Outline of evaluation, including potential adjustments of evaluation questions
• Methodology (including data sources, sampling, data collection tools and plans for analyses, and list of people and organisations to be interviewed etc.). Must include a detailed description of how the qualitative data will be gathered, structured, and analysed.
• Scope and delimitations
• Key evaluation questions if these are modified/different from the ToR
• Summary of already collected/identified information sources and data and identification of gaps in data/information available.
• Detailed work plan and description of planned field work (including team composition and distribution of responsibilities)
• Timeline
• Detailed budge