medica mondiale,female team for evaluation in Rwanda; équipe des évalutrices à Ruanda

EVALUATION IN RWANDA

medica mondiale is a
non-governmental organisation based in Cologne, Germany. As a feminist women’s
rights and aid organisation medica mondiale supports women and girls in war and
crisis zones throughout the world. Through own programmes and in cooperation
with local women’s organisations we offer holistic support to women and girl
survivors of sexualised and gender based violence. On the political level, we
pro-actively promote women’s rights, call for a rigorous punishment of crimes
as well as effective protection, justice and political participation for
survivors of violence. Currently medica mondiale is working in Northern
Ir
aq/Kurdistan, in Afghanistan, in Liberia, in Kosovo, in Bosnia and
Herzegovina as well as the African Great Lakes Region.

We are looking for a
female

SHORT-TERM
CONSULTANCY TEAM

to develop and
conduct the final evaluation of the project: « Amélioration de l’intégration
sociale des survivantes et de leurs enfants nés des violences sexuelles et
basées sur le genre pendant le génocide au Rwanda » in cooperation with the
project initiator SEVOTA « Solidarité pour l’Epanouissement des Veuves et
Orphelins visant le Travail et l’Auto promotion » in Kigali – Rwanda.

Institutions and/or
consultant teams are invited to submit an application for this consultancy.

The project shall be
evaluated along the lines of OECD-DAC criteria and with special attention to
the stress and trauma sensitive approach used, to any progress barriers for the
project and to management policy impact, amongst other points.

Terms
of Reference

Background
of Project

Project
title : « Amélioration de l’intégration sociale des survivantes et de leurs
enfants nés des violences sexuelles et basées sur le genre pendant le génocide
au Rwanda»

Partner
organization SEVOTA « Solidarité pour l’Epanouissement des Veuves et Orphelins
visant le Travail et l’Auto promotion »

Region
: Kigali – Rwanda

Project
duration (10/2015 to 09/2018)

Target group : Le groupe cible direct
comprend 202 femmes qui ont subi de la violence sexuelle dans le contexte du
génocide au Rwanda en 1994, ainsi que leurs 206 enfants nés en conséquent de
cette violence, qui sont maintenant des jeunes adultes. Les membres de leur
famille immédiate (environ 1000 personnes) ainsi que leur environnement social font
part du groupe cible étendu.

Project
goals:

Matrice
d‘impacts (Objectifs et indicateurs)

Objectif
général (Impact):

Contribution
aux processus locaux de réconciliation sociale au Rwanda

Objectif du
projet (Outcome):

202 femmes
survivantes et leurs 206 enfants nés des violences sexuelles sont en mesure de
développer des nouvelles perspectives de vie et de participer activement aux
processus sociaux, notamment dans leurs communautés dans les provinces de Sud
et de l’Est ainsi que de Kigali

Objectifs
spécifiques(Output)

1.) Les femmes
survivantes et leurs enfants nés des violences sexuelles utilisent des
structures de solidarité et d’entre-aide

2.) Les femmes
survivantes qui ont des enfants nés des violences sexuelles disposent des
capacités psychologiques et socio-économiques renforcées.

3.) Les enfants (des
jeunes femmes et hommes) nés des violences sexuelles ont accès à un appui
psychosocial individuel.

4.) Les familles, le
milieu social et les autorités publiques ont été sensibilisés à l’égard des
besoins spécifiques et des droits du groupe cible.

5.) SEVOTA est en
mesure de mettre en œuvre des projets à plus grande échelle et d’une manière
durable.

Activités
(Input)

· Soutien des structures de
solidarité et d’entre-aide

· Suivi psychosocial et
socio-économique des femmes survivantes qui ont des enfants nés des violences
sexuelles

· Soutien psychosocial aux
enfants nés de violences sexuelles

· Activités de sensibilisation
et d’information

· Renforcement de la résilience
organisationnelle

Purpose and
Objectives of Evaluation

At a higher level,
this final evaluation serves as important participatory learning process for
all stakeholders involved in the project.

The purpose of the
final evaluation is to provide decision makers at the BMZ, medica mondiale and
SEVOTA with sufficient information to make an informed judgment about the
performance of the project, document lessons learnt and provide practical
recommendations for follow-up actions and similar future projects. As general
standard, this final project evaluation shall include an assessment of the
project’s impact, effectiveness, relevance, efficiency and sustainability so
far.

The success of the
project shall be assessed regarding its stated objectives. The final evaluation
should generate practical hands-on recommendations that can be implemented by
the project actors within their sphere of control as follow-up actions and
beyond. The evaluation will be used to gain more knowledge on effects and
impacts in order to inform future programming of SEVOTA. medica mondiale will
share the evaluation results with the BMZ and SEVOTA.

Scope of work

Final external
evaluation of the project : “Amélioration de l’intégration sociale des
survivantes et de leurs enfants nés des violences sexuelles et basées sur le
genre pendant le génocide au Rwanda» in cooperation with the project initiator
SEVOTA « Solidarité pour l’Epanouissement des Veuves et Orphelins visant le
Travail et l’Auto promotion » in Kigali – Rwanda

The following
criteria and evaluation questions should be analysed and assessed by the
evaluation team:

DAC evaluation
criteria

The implementation
of the project’s goals / sub-goals and its indicators as described in the
matrix shall be described, analysed and assessed.

Additional
Evaluation Questions / Tasks

· What can be stated
about the approach of SEVOTA in regard to effects and changes on the societal,
community, family and individual level? What are successes, challenges?
hindering and supporting factors?

· What are lessons
learned from this project and its approach which are of special interest and
relevance for projects working in similar contexts and dealing with the consequences
of sexual violence?

· What can be stated
of the SEVOTA’s family-oriented approach? What are the successes and obstacles

· Analysis of
Current status of monitoring instruments – Strengths, weaknesses.
Recommendations to improve M & E system

Recommendations for
Follow up- lessons learned

A key point is to
generate recommendations for a follow-up project with SEVOTA. Lessons learned
from the project implementation shall be derived to inform and improve the
development of future programming and organizational structure and strategy.
Regarding any major issues and problems affecting progress, recommendations
shall be made and action points identified. Necessary feasible recommendations
for follow – up action shall be provided and be addressed to different recipients.
What is recommended for a follow up project? Lessons learned shall be
documented.

Methodology

The final
methodology will be defined and agreed upon in close cooperation with medica
mondiale and SEVOTA during the preparation and before the field phase of the
evaluation. This ensures transparency. Furthermore, the dialogue is important
to achieve “ownership” of the evaluation and with this acceptance of the
evaluation results. At the same time, the basis for collaboration with the
evaluation team is formed. In general, a trauma-sensitive way of working is
important to us in this context and standards in working with survivors of
sexualized violence should be applied.

The evaluation team
should use a multi mixed design, using quantitative and qualitative data. The
design should be based on a participatory approach and at the same time
strongly incorporate “learning”.

Professional
qualifications

To ensure that the
evaluation draws a balanced picture we would like to contract an evaluation
team consisting of an international female expert and a national or regional
female expert with the following expertise:

· A strong
understanding and experience in evaluation methodology and practice with
experience in team work

· Experience in
qualitative (storytelling, MSC, etc.) but also in quantitative sociological
research methods and practice

· Experience in
realising evaluations for BMZ co-funded projects would be an asset

· Experience in and
sound knowledge of psycho-social work in the field of violence against women
mainly in conflict regions and especially in Rwanda
Strong background and working experience in sexualized gender based violence
and community based approaches as evaluator

· Excellent and
proven report writing and verbal communication skills in French and English,
German would be an asset.

· National/Regional
evaluator with excellent communication skills in Kinyarwanda

· A clear commitment
to work with a women centred and empowering, just as trauma-sensitive approach

· High cultural
sensitivity and diversity perspective

· Flexible, creative
and innovative

Outputs and
Deliverables

• Inception
  report which will detail the evaluation work plan and methodology for
  qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, including data
  collection processes and tools, etc.
• The
  evaluation team is expected to give a presentation of preliminary findings
  and recommendations in French (with presentation and handouts for
  participants) to SEVOTA and other relevant
  stakeholders at the end of the field visits.
• The
  evaluation team is expected to compile a draft report in French 14 days
  after return from the evaluation mission which has to be shared with medica mondiale
  for feedback.
• A
  presentation of the findings and recommendations to medica mondiale
  in Cologne or possibly also via Skype
• The
  evaluation team is expected to compile the final report in French (60
  pages max. each, excluding appendix) after feedback for draft reports
  (twice) through medica
  mondiale.
• A
  summary of the evaluation in English which can be used for publication on
  the homepage

The evaluation
report shall be complete and written in readily understandable language. The
report shall clearly describe the background and goal of the project as well as
the evaluation methodology, process and results in order to offer comprehensive
and understandable content. A transparent line of arguments shall be kept
throughout analysis, assessment and recommendations so that every
recommendation can be comprehensibly attributed to the results that are based
on data analysis. As per the principle of usefulness the recommendations shall
be guided by the terms of reference and the information needs and be clearly
directed at particular recipients. A document detailing quality criteria for
evaluation reports will be provided by medica mondiale e. V. .

Tentative
Period of Work

• Tendering of the
evaluation mission in August 2017

• Selection of
candidates till first week of September 2017

• Preparation phase
in September/October 2017

• Inception Report
till 25th September 2017

• Field phase at
latest in November 2017

• First draft: 12th
December 2017, Second draft: 12th January 2018,

• Final report: 21st
February

• Presentation in
Cologne or Skype: January 2018

Application
Procedure

Please email your
application (CV in English and French, cover letter and references not
exceeding 2MB) including your package proposal (technical, methodological and
financial offer in French, if possible additionally in English), and
information concerning your availability with the subject “Evaluation Rwanda
SEVOTA” by 28.08.2017, 09:00 am to: pschaaf@medicamondiale.org and evaluation@medicamondiale.org
.

We highly appreciate
team applications. The budget for the evaluation including travel costs,
accommodation etc. should not exceed 15.000 € in total.

We will not send any
acknowledgement of receipt of the documents you have submitted. Only short
listed / successful candidates will be contacted. Please note also that the
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has to agree on
the selection of evaluators and the final TOR.