CARE Egypt is seeking to collaborate with skilled consultant or consultancy firm specializing in monitoring and evaluation to conduct an impact assessment for the project starting January 2021 until June 2023. A representative and stratified random sample should be extracted from the project’s databases from 2021, 2022, and mid-2023 for the impact assessment.
The objective of the Impact Assessment is to assess the physical and socio-economic status of the targeted beneficiaries and their communities (all disaggregated by gender, nationality, age, and location). It will also measure the project’s achievement against expected objective and results aligning with set indicators at objective and results levels Using the Focus Group Discussions (FGD) and case studies methods, the aim is to assess beneficiaries’ experiences and their perceptions of the projects’ effectiveness, document successes, challenges and lessons learned, and develop recommendations for future.
a. The assessment should:
- Focus on key indicators required to measure the goals, outcomes, and impact of the planned activities as it was mentioned in the project design documents.
- Assess how the project was successful in relation to the five evaluation criteria (relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and impact – see ‘General Questions’ section below)
- In addition to the above, the impact assessment study should discuss:
- Innovation: In what aspects did the project manage to bring innovative solutions to meet the needs of the target groups, provide unique methods to overcome challenges, and demonstrate exemplary approaches within the refugee communities?
- Lessons Learned: What are the key results (both positive and negative), insights, stories, and messages learned from the project worthwhile reporting to improve the design and implementation of the future projects?
- The proposed Impact Assessment Survey will be used to collect data to measure the impact on both project outcomes and impacts. The Survey will consider having a representative sample from beneficiaries, attribution of impact through interviewing both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries and provide results for impact level indicators as per the log frame. Both quantitative and qualitative methods will be used by the consultant to assess the impact of the project. The consultant may also be asked to prepare a technical document outlining the survey sampling methodology and roll-out plan.
- The consultant will be responsible for the development of stratified random sampling method under the guidance of the MEAL Officer. The sampling selection will consider control groups and will be based on beneficiary/non- beneficiary and the project target areas including the targeted provinces, districts, and communes.
- The Impact Assessment will be undertaken in close collaboration with the relevant staff of the project. The data collection should start in early September 2023.
b. Scope of the Assignment:
The Impact assessment will measure the values of the indicators placed for the project’s overall objective and the below mentioned outcomes. Below is the list of indicators intended to be measured by the Impact Assessment (all disaggregated by gender, nationality, age, and location). Additionally, the Assessment will aim to answer the following questions:
c. General Questions:
Relevance:
- Was the project design, planned interventions and targeting strategy appropriate given the situation needing improvement?
- How do beneficiaries perceive the relevance of the project and how has the activities implemented improved their lives? Are there any stories of change?
- To what extent was project able to adapt and provide appropriate response to context changes and emerging local needs, and the priorities of beneficiaries?
Efficiency
- Were project resources and inputs used in the best possible way to achieve project objectives?
- What would have been opportunities to have cost-efficient without compromising quality?
- Were any alterations made to the program design in terms of implementation phase based on the reality on the ground? – What were the outcomes of these choices for effective and efficient program implementation?
Effectiveness
- How appropriate was the original project design for achieving the results that were originally expected?
- How well has the internal monitoring system contributed to the evaluation and to ongoing project implementation?
- What were the helping and hindering factors for the implementation? And how did that affect achieving project’s objective?
Impact
- Approximately how many people has the project reached, directly and indirectly?
- To what extent did the project achieve its expected result and contributed towards its objective?
- What are the positive and negative changes produced by the project, directly or indirectly, intended, or unintended?
- To what extent was the project implemented in line with the CARE cross cutting strategies of Gender justice, Inclusive Governance and Resilience?
Sustainability
- Are the changes brought about by the project resilient and sustainable? Why or why not?
- To what extent, did the project interventions contributed to build long-term community capacity.
- 2023-UNHCR-Impact-Assessment-TOR-1
Deadline for sending the technical and financial proposal 20 July Prior 5 pm.; submission is only accepted via using the below form