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Evaluation of the ECLAC-SIDA Cooperation Programme 2010-2011

Evaluation of the ECLAC-SIDA Cooperation Programme 2010-2011

“Social protection and social inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean”

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is looking for an external consultant to carry out an evaluation of the 2010-2011 ECLAC-SIDA Cooperation Programme. This evaluation is in accordance with the General Assembly resolutions 54/236 of December 1999 and 54/474 of April 2000 which endorsed the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation (PPBME). This is a discretionary internal evaluation managed by the Programme Planning and Operations Division (PPOD).

The evaluation is an end-of-cycle evaluation of the cooperation programme “Social protection and social inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean” implemented between 2010 and 2011 by ECLAC and the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) in Latin America and the Caribbean and comprising four separate components or projects.

The objective of this evaluation is to determine the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the cooperation programme as a whole in relation to the proposed overall objective and of its different components in relation to the expected results and to review the efficiency with which the delivery of programme activities and outputs were implemented.

More specifically the evaluation will:

- Assess the processes of programme design, planning, implementation, delivery and strategy of the programme as a whole and of its four components;

- Review the benefits, outcomes and results achieved to various stakeholders and beneficiaries of the programmes in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and the sustainability of the programme’s achievements;

- Assess the level of coherence and synergies among the components of the programme and with other priorities, deliverables and objectives of ECLAC’s Programme of Work during the biennium 2010-2011 and how are they sustained in time.

- Assess whether lessons learned and recommendations from previous Sida cooperation programmes and of the evaluations carried out at the end of such programmes, were taken into account in the planning and implementation of this project.

Specifically, the scope of consultancy would include:

- Review the cooperation programme documents, agreements, progress and final reports;
- Preparation of a detailed evaluation matrix;
- Preparation of detailed methodology, data collection tools;
- Review of effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of each of the programme components and their activities (including revision of the background and reference documents of each component’s activities and findings);
- Identification of the areas where the programme has made progress in terms of intended and unintended effects or positive changes, has realized tangible results and possible multiplier effects in the targeted countries.
Consultant Qualifications

The evaluator should have the following qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in project evaluation are required.
• University degree in social development or related fields with at least two years of experience related to social protection systems in Latin America is required.
• Experience of at least three evaluations in international (development) organizations is required.
• Proven competency in quantitative and qualitative research methods, particularly self-administered surveys, document analysis, and informal and semi-structured interviews are required
• Written and oral fluency in Spanish is required and oral and written fluency in English will be considered an asset.
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Understanding of and experience with gender and rights based approach are required.

Duration and immediate management of Consultancy:

The duration of the consultancy will be initially for 12 weeks working days beginning in August and ending in October of 2012. The consultancy will be conducted by a consultant reporting to and managed by the Programme Planning and Operations Division (PPOD) of ECLAC.

How to apply:
Interested applicants should send their PHP via email to Irene Barquero (irene.barquero@cepal.org ) and Alejandro Torres Lepori (alejandro.torreslepori@cepal.org) by 3 August 2012.