TERMS OF REFERENCE – PROJECT EXTERNAL EVALUATION

SOS Kids’s Villages Ethiopia is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit group and is registered as a global, regionally energetic group. SOS-CV in Ethiopia is an energetic member of the worldwide umbrella group of SOS-Kinderdorf Worldwide, based mostly in Innsbruck. SOS CVE has been energetic in Ethiopia since 1974 and since then has supported hundreds of thousands susceptible kids, youth and households together with within the sectors of other long-term care, community-based household strengthening packages, and education and coaching of younger individuals. SOS- CV in Ethiopia operates nationwide at seven program coordination places sited at Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Gode, Hawassa, Jimma and Mekelle.

The Addis Ababa Program location is established in 1987 to supply different household like care providers to kids both who misplaced their organic households or susceptible to loss parental care. As a part of its improvement packages, SOS-CVE Addis Ababa program location has been implementing a venture entitled ‘Modern Coaching Partnership for Extra Youth Employment’ in Addis Ababa and Adama. The venture is designed to instantly profit 10,000 deprived younger individuals on the age between15-29. To keep in mind, the particular challenges girls face within the education and labour market, the bulk 60% of ladies are built-in into the venture.

The venture is focused younger individuals from households affected by poverty. Different choice standards embrace restricted entry to education and qualification measures, restricted entry to jobs, in addition to self-motivation, earlier data, and expertise of the younger individuals. It’s assumed that fifty,000 extra individuals will profit not directly from the venture measures: Apprentices who profit from the improved capacities of their vocational colleges; job seekers who discover employment with the micro-enterprises arrange beneath the venture; and members of households, households, and communities whose dwelling circumstances are improved by the younger individuals’s participation within the venture.

Accordingly, this ToR is ready to facilitate the analysis of the venture by an exterior marketing consultant in opposition to the predefined venture achievement, outcomes, and affect and sustainability measures. The outcomes of the venture analysis will assist SOS-CV, the HGFD and the BMZ (Venture Donors) to know the relevance, effectiveness, effectivity, affect and sustainability of the applied venture and thereby generate data that may contribute to the standard designing and implementation of the upcoming program/s.

Background and rationale

Ethiopia is the second populous African nation with quick rising inhabitants coupled with creating financial system, the place correct management and environment friendly utilization of its work power is crucial. On this respect, the capability of the financial system in absorbing the potential labour power was not properly monitored commonly with the aim to cut back the ever-increasing charge of unemployment. In line with the comparative evaluation of the 2016, 2018, 2020 City Employment Unemployment Survey (UEUS) and 2021 LMS city survey outcomes by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopian statistics Service (Printed-Sept 2022), the city youth(15-29 aged)  unemployment charge is elevated to 26.5% with the whole variety of 1,142,346.

The examine additionally reviled that the differentials of unemployment charge by intercourse demonstrated that feminine unemployment charge is 28.2 % greater than double as in comparison with male. The rationale behind an rising unemployment charge is because of the truth that both the college/collage graduated youth has no applicable talent to furnish their labour to the market, haven’t taken energetic steps to seek for work, they haven’t any robust labour market info, haven’t any applicable talent & data to the labour market, haven’t any capability to cowl the price of employable talent trainings , absence of preliminary capital to begin self-employment or the labour absorption is insufficient to the dimensions of unemployed youth. Primarily based on the examine consequence, Addis Ababa metropolis is the primary with a complete of 462,963 unemployed youth Adama city is the second (61,563) and Bahir Dar metropolis (45,227) is the third.

Accordingly, the ‘Modern Coaching Partnership for Extra Youth Employment’ in Addis Ababa and Adama was a 4 years venture (Jan 2021-Thirty first April 2024) which has been applied in Addis Ababa and Adama shall be accomplished by the top of April.

The venture was focusing on unemployed youth (aged 15-19), younger individuals from households impacted by poverty, restricted entry to education & qualification measures and youth with restricted data & talent on employability.

The venture began its intervention with the aim of

As defined on the introductory half, the aim of the terminal analysis by an exterior consulting firm is to independently perceive climate the venture has met its predefined goal, achievement/outputs, outcomes, and affect and sustainability measures.

The outcomes of the venture analysis will assist SOS-CV, the HGFD and the BMZ (Venture Donors) to know the relevance, effectiveness, effectivity, affect and sustainability of the applied venture and thereby generate data that may contribute to the standard designing and implementation of the upcoming program/s.

Function, Aims and Use

The general goal of this venture analysis shall be to know the affect of the venture.  Whereas the particular targets of the analysis are:

• To evaluate the affect and effectiveness of the actions applied in ” revolutionary Coaching Partnership for extra Youth Employment in Addis Ababa and Adama” initiatives
• To guage the effectivity of the venture in relation to beneficiaries, value and timeframe of the venture.
• To evaluate the present figures of the Objectively Verifiable Indicators as discovered within the affect matrix
• To evaluate the sustainability of the venture (institutional, social, monetary, and many others.
• To make suggestions for enhancing future interventions. 

The specified outcomes of the venture analysis are:

• To doc the affect of the venture with particular emphasis on the affect that the venture has had on girls and youngsters.
• To supply commentary on the general venture design, the intervention logic and an evaluation of the strategy and methodology utilized in in ” revolutionary Coaching Partnership for extra Youth Employment in Addis Ababa and Adama” initiatives.
• To critically look at the affect matrix and verifiable indicators discovered within the authentic proposal and supply post-project figures together with a story explaining the explanations for beneath/over efficiency achievement.
• To attract conclusions, make suggestions and state classes learnt for future strategy and enhancements in implementation of the venture.
• To supply commentary on the present political, social and cultural elements influencing the implementation of the venture.
• To doc the communities’ perspective in direction of the venture

Key stakeholders to be contacted for the analysis

Aside from many different targets (E.g.-families of the focused & benefited venture members), the followings are the important thing stakeholders to be contacted within the strategy of figuring out the affect of the venture

• Direct and oblique venture members
• Venture implementation crew
• Venture companions, community members, native companions and fundamental stakeholders
• Venture management at SOS-CVE nationwide workplace and program location ranges

Key customers of evaluations outcomes are:

• Venture degree: Venture crew and implementing companions
• Donor/s (BMZ and HGFD)
• Administration degree: The Nationwide Director (DND), Deputy Nationwide Director (DND), Nationwide IPDs, Nationwide Venture Coordinator, and many others.
• Regional degree: SOS worldwide Workplace Area (IOR)
• World degree: SOS worldwide (IO), venture donor and SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

Scope of labor

The venture analysis task shall be carried out in Adama and Addis Ababa cities for the consecutive 45 working days accordingly the incumbent consulting firm is predicted to develop a standardised methodology of analysis, instruments for knowledge assortment & evaluation and ultimate report on the outcomes of the analysis. As a way to objectively consider the outcomes & impacts of the venture, the analysis questions must be revolved across the DAC standards: Relevance, Effectiveness and Effectivity, Influence, Sustainability, and Venture Administration and Coordination, as given within the ToR.

Primarily based on the above-mentioned analysis standards, devices /questionnaires for the sphere mission must be ready for stakeholders.

Methodology to be utilized within the analysis

Although the marketing consultant is suggested to develop its related methodology to judge the venture, the analysis must be based mostly on a participatory strategy involving and fascinating a large and numerous vary of stakeholders.

Stakeholders’ participation is important for accountability, selling possession and sustainability, facilitating purchase in, and additional use of the analysis suggestions. In line with this, the participatory strategy may be very helpful in partaking stakeholders and gaining their insights, experiences with the programmes and the advantages accrued to them due to the programmes. The analysis implies the inclusion of varied ‘rights holders’ who profit from the venture, in addition to the ‘responsibility bearers’ or these accountable and accountable for offering providers. That is essential to assess whether or not advantages and contributions are pretty distributed by the interventions being evaluated.

Normally, the analysis methodology is targeting the target statement, description and rationalization of modifications which have occurred in beneficiaries lives as a consequence of their participation within the venture. The analysis strategy must be results-oriented to supply proof of each quantitative and qualitative achievements in addition to the outputs and outcomes obtained by the programmes (or not). Therefore, each major and secondary knowledge must be used within the analysis and be collected from a large and numerous vary of major and secondary sources.

Accordingly, the methodology of the analysis will embrace the next:

• Doc evaluation together with evaluation on key reference paperwork;
• Qualitative and Quantitative knowledge assortment (e.g. by means of surveys)
• Case examine of randomly chosen beneficiaries recordsdata (current and those that exited the venture)
•  Interviews (structured and/or semi-structured; in particular person and/or by phone) with key informants
• Focus teams with chosen key informants
• Different strategies related to analysis targets and scope

Strategy of analysis

The method of the analysis shall embrace the standardized  Plan and design knowledge assortment methodology and course of and agree on website visits inside the venture areas to satisfy venture members (kids, households, state specialists, venture crew and venture stakeholders), and gather info in accordance with the necessities stipulated within the analysis design)

Aside from many others, the information assortment course of shall embrace the next main factors:

• Reviewing the venture documentation and different sources of knowledge at venture degree
• Figuring out the foremost stakeholders who’re related to the venture to be interviewed
• Agreeing on the kind of info to be collected
• Making ready checklists and different instruments for knowledge assortment
• Growing methodological instruments for knowledge assortment and consulting with venture workers on venture/nationwide/continental degree
• Filling in questionnaires and conducting interviews with co-workers, beneficiaries, representatives of companions, native authorities and the community, focus teams and evaluation of knowledge (SWOT Evaluation.

Knowledge evaluation and elaboration of analysis report:

The exterior evaluator will analyse collected knowledge and can put together an analysis report that describes the principle findings, suggestions and classes discovered. To this finish, the marketing consultant is predicted to gather knowledge by utilizing KOBO device and SPSS/STATA smooth wares to analyse quantitative knowledge. Equally, the marketing consultant is predicted to make clear how he/she the learn how to analyse the qualitative knowledge. Accordingly, the ultimate report ought to observe the construction and content material as outlined within the phrases of references. That course of step contains:

• Evaluation of the information and elaboration of conclusions and suggestions
• Preparation of a draft report
• Presentation of the findings to the respective venture workers on native/nationwide and regional/continental degree to make sure triangulation
• Finalisation of the report after having included the inputs from varied stakeholders  

Outputs and Deliverables

The followings are the important thing anticipated deliverables from the marketing consultant

1. As a part of the inception report, the marketing consultant is predicted to point out its personal Analysis design – comprises the analysis framework; detailed analysis methodology; work plan and price range and  Developed analysis instruments       
2. Draft analysis report – Draft report shall be ready in keeping with the proposed construction bellow and must be submitted to the nationwide project management, electronically by way of e-mail, in English,
3. Last analysis report – The findings of the exterior analysis shall be offered in a written report following the proposed define in English language. Attachments – Templates of utilized analysis instruments (questionnaires; fundamental areas for focus teams and many others.). Last analysis report must be submitted to Nationwide director in English, in digital format.

Tentative timetable

The next guiding narrative are recommendable for managing the 45 days of the analysis course of whereas the consulting firm can suggest its personal timetable and talk about within the approval strategy of the inception report

First week:

• Maintain first assembly with the shopper, present orientation on the safeguarding paperwork and outline of the contracted quantity of labor
• Put together the motion plan for the analysis course of indicating the precise dates of go to to the placement
• Finalise the checklist of the essential paperwork to be supplied to the analysis crew. If translation is required, outline the paperwork for translation
• Analyse all obtainable primary venture paperwork (BMZ-proposal, studies, BMZ-guidelines, ideas, and many others.)

Second week:

• Develop set of instruments (interviews, questionnaires, focus group eventualities and many others.)
• 2nd assembly with the shopper and dialogue of the methodology and instruments for use throughout analysis
• Put together and undergo NO schedule of website visits mentioning all required paperwork to be ready within the location.
• Develop and finalise in cooperation with the placement the go to plan for outlined native stakeholders, SOS location employees, stakeholders within the location, beneficiaries within the location.

Third and fourth weeks:

• Make go to to the venture location
• Maintain conferences with all related events as per the go to plan
• Present and analyse venture paperwork within the location
• Analyse all knowledge and put together the draft report indicating the findings, suggestions, classes learnt
• assembly with the shopper and dialogue of the preliminary outcomes of the analysis

Fifth week:

• Put together the ultimate draft report
• Obtain suggestions for the ultimate draft report from NO and insert within the ultimate draft
• Put together and ship ultimate draft to NO

Moral requirements 

Exterior evaluators shouldn’t be biased and have any cause for battle of pursuits. The analysis crew should respect the collaborating communities’ tradition, social norms, values and behavior; and keep applicable relationships with members of this analysis.

In Addition, SOS-CVE is a baby centered Group and can at all times uphold the safety and wellbeing of youngsters and younger individuals because it strives in direction of creating a greater setting for kids and their surrounding community. In making certain this, SOS-CVE will solely think about those that are appropriate to work with kids and younger individuals. The chosen contracting agency will register all safeguarding documents- Little one and Youth Safeguarding Coverage, Code of Conduct, Sexual Misconduct Regulation, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Regulation. He/he’ll signal the declaration to be sure that the individuals the code of conduct or little one safety coverage of SOS CVs earlier than the graduation of the work.

Safeguarding

• All crew members who’re engaged on this examine/analysis are anticipated to attend consciousness creation on the safeguarding regulations- code of conduct, Little one and Youth Safeguarding Coverage, Sexual Misconduct Regulation, Anti-fraud and anti-corruption regulation.
• Following the orientation session, the marketing consultant is predicted to signal the declaration.
•  The marketing consultant is required to submit the FGD, Interview and different evaluation instruments earlier than implementing on the examine. 

Skilled profile of the Analysis crew

The corporate and particular person(s) finishing up the venture analysis ought to have a radical understanding of the employment & unemployment points in Ethiopia and expertise in associated venture evaluations. The corporate and its crew members ought to have not less than 5 years of confirmed competence and expertise in conducting venture terminal analysis and social research. Particularly the crew members will need to have a social science background, e.g. MA/increased education in social work, psychology, social-pedagogy, improvement management, community improvement, and law is a bonus. As well as, the incumbent consulting crew shall embrace an announcement of independence of evaluators in its technical proposal.

Particularly, the consulting crew will need to have:

• confirmed competency in monitoring and analysis, together with affect evaluation or venture analysis
• a social science background
• an excellent understanding of improvement work
• an excellent understanding of kid rights and points affecting susceptible kids
• good facilitation and interpersonal expertise
• confirmed expertise in participatory processes and knowledge assortment strategies
• robust expertise in coordinating teamwork
• robust analytical and conceptual expertise
• glorious written communication skills
• means to switch complicated ideas and concepts into sensible and easy language
• ideally expertise and credibility in offering evaluating providers to employment & unemployment associated initiatives

The analysis crew ought to encompass the variety of individuals, which might be reasonably priced in accordance with the permitted analysis price range. Roles and tasks within the crew are distributed in accordance with the competence, degree of experience and necessities of the crew members. As a way to be extra time efficient, the revision of paperwork, conferences with the venture crew, beneficiaries, companions and stakeholders might be carried out concurrently and divided amongst analysis crew members.

The crew chief of the analysis crew is accountable for

• High quality and well timed fulfilment of the TOR with anticipated outcomes of the analysis
• General analysis design of the method
• Elaborated analysis plan indicating every step of the method
• Efficient distribution of the tasks amongst analysis crew members
• High quality and well timed implementation of the analysis plan
• Efficient and high quality knowledge assortment
• Knowledge compilation and evaluation geared toward reaching the purpose of the analysis
• Preparation and submission of top quality and constant analysis report in the end