PROJECT END LINE EVALUATION,TUPO TUSIKIZWE PROJECT-KWALE

1. Background of the Organization

The Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW) is a national Kenyan not-for-profit women’s rights organization. We are committed to advancing women’s rights; and work towards achieving a society free from all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). COVAW was founded in 1995 as a response to the silence of the Kenyan society in addressing VAWG. COVAW implements projects under five (5) strategic focus areas including: Access to Comprehensive Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Services; Women’s Economic Empowerment; Women’s Leadership Development; Access to Justice; and Institutional Development.

1. Project Background

COVAW, in partnership with VOICE, has been implementing a 2-year project entitled TUPO.TUSIKIZWE (We are here. Listen to us) which will be implemented in Kwale County. The project aims at empowering marginalized women and girls, including those with disabilities to participate in the County Budget process in Kwale County by enhancing their voices to demand for the uptake of their priority needs and equitable distribution of resources. The project addresses this by enhancing understanding of the normative framework in budgeting at the county level, capacity building of women and girls including those with disabilities to analyze the Kwale County Budget estimates against their needs and recommend actions to enhance responsiveness. This prompts critical engagement in development processes, enabling citizens to understand the importance of provision of resources that match needs of vulnerable groups and provide a means of holding public officials accountable, when they make development commitments.

The primary beneficiaries areVulnerable and marginalized women and girls, including youth and persons with disabilities in 3 sub counties (Matuga, Msambweni and Lungalunga) and the secondary beneficiaries will beWomen leaders in the county assembly of Kwale, County government officials, Civil society representatives, Media officials and community members**.**

Project goal, objectives, outputs and intended outcomes

Goal

To reduce inequalities by influencing a budgeting process that is responsive to the needs of women and girls in Kwale County.

Overall project objective: To empower marginalized women and girls including those with disabilities to participate in the County Budget process in Kwale County by enhancing their voices to demand for the uptake of their priority needs and equitable distribution of resources by lobbying for Gender Responsive Budgeting.

The specific project objectives are:

1. To enhance understanding of the normative framework on budgeting at county level;
2. To enhance understanding on gender responsive budgeting and utilization of gender responsive budgeting principles;
3. To enhance the capacity of women and girls to analyze the Kwale County budget estimates against their needs;
4. To recommend actions to enhance responsiveness to GBV and economic empowerment of adolescent girls and young women;
5. To enhance the capacity of girls and women to lobby for the uptake of their priorities.

The project outputs are:

1. Community members aware of their civic rights and how to identify community projects that should be prioritized in the budget making process
2. Increased citizen engagement in budget making process through public participation forums held at the ward level
3. Increased participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities in the public participation fora at the ward level
4. Allocation of resources towards community needs driven projects to address the needs of women and girls
5. Increased involvement of the public in engaging with the members of county assembly to discuss on gender responsive budgeting.

Expected outcomes

1. Increased understanding by rights holder groups on the normative framework on budgeting in Matuga, Msambweni and Lungalunga sub counties
2. Increased understanding on gender responsive budgeting and utilization of gender responsive budgeting principles
3. Gender Analysis of Kwale County 2022/2023 budget estimates
4. Recommend actions to scale-up responsiveness to GBV and economic empowerment of adolescent girls and young women.
5. Purpose of the consultancy

The purpose for this consultancy is to conduct an end line evaluation of the Tupo. Tusikizwe project to assess the performance of the project against the intended outcomes and document project achievements, challenges and best practices to inform future similar projects.

Specific objectives of the consultancy:

Objective 1: Evaluate to what extend the Tupo Tusikizwe program has delivered effective, relevant, efficient and timely activities to beneficiaries as planned in the project logical framework and workplan

Objective 2: Assess whether the collaboration between the COVAW, County government department of fiancé and economic planning, Social Services, National government and other partners has added value to the interventions with a positive effort on beneficiaries and other stakeholders. What has contributed to this value add and what has not.

Objective 3 Assess and identify key lessons learned, challenges and draw recommendation for future programming on reducing inequalities by influencing an approach of gender responsive budgeting. Develop three case studies based on what worked and what did not work well in the lobbying and advocacy for Gender Responsive Budgeting at COVAW level.

Objective 1: Evaluate to what extend the Tupo Tusikizwe program has delivered effective, relevant, efficient and timely activities to beneficiaries as planned in the project logical framework and workplan

Effectiveness

The evaluation should assess the following;

• To what extent have the planned objectives in the log frame of the project been reached per indicator, disaggregated by gender age and disability
• To what extent have the project activities contributed to the project goal? Was the project effective in reducing inequalities by influencing gender responsive budgeting?
• What were the major factors influencing the achievement of the project objectives?
• What opportunities for collaboration have been utilized and how have these contributed to increased effectiveness?
• Has proper accountability and risk management framework been put in place to minimize risks on program implementation?

Efficiency

• How efficient was the delivery of the project by COVAW, not only in terms of expenditure but also in terms of implementation of activities?
• Was the project activity implementation modality considered to have been cost efficient, while not compromising quality
• What would have been opportunities within the project to reach more beneficiaries with the available budget or to reduce costs while reaching at least the same number of beneficiaries without compromising quality?
• What choices were made in terms of collaboration and non-collaboration during program design? Why were the choices made?
• Were alterations made to the program design in terms of collaboration during the implementation based on the reality in the ground?
• What were the outcomes of these choices for effective and efficient program implementation?

Relevance/Impact

• How relevant were the objectives and activities, implemented by the project, in addressing gender responsive budgeting in the county?
• How do beneficiaries perceive the relevance of the project and how has the activities implemented improved their lives? Are there stories of change?
• How has the collaboration of stakeholders contributed to the appropriate response of specific needs and priorities of beneficiaries?
• To what extent was the project able to adapt and provide appropriate responses to context changes and emerging local needs, and the priorities of beneficiaries

Timeliness

• Were the project design and implementation interventions timely in responding to the needs on the ground?
• Were the activities timely implemented in comparison to project planning?
• Were the funds available in time during implementation of the activities to respond to new developments
• To what extent did the collaboration between COVAW and the line ministries and other stakeholders contributed to efficient and timely coordination of logistics activities and processes?

Reach

• To what extent have the project beneficiaries been reached and what mechanisms were in place to improve coverage?
• What are the main reasons that the project provided or failed to provide to its target beneficiaries proportionate to their need?

Quality

The end line evaluation should assess the overall quality of the implementation. It is important to include beneficiaries ‘opinion on the quality of the services received

• What mechanisms are in place to track project implementation of the COVAW projects (internal monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning and quality assurance mechanisms?
• How have they been utilized to increase quality within the project?
• Did the quality of activities delivered by the project meet the needs and expectations of the beneficiaries?
• To what extent did the project interventions contributed to build long term community capacity
• To what extent was the project participatory in all the project cycles?

Objective 2; Assess whether the collaboration between the COVAW, County government department of fiancé and economic planning, Social Services, National government and other partners has added value to the interventions with a positive effort on beneficiaries and other stakeholders. What has contributed to this value add and what has not

Learning.

• Which of the interventions, approaches and strategies have been most effective according to COVAW and the partners?
• Is there any substantial evidence on how project learning was generated and applied to improve the delivery or effectiveness of efficiency of activities?
• Who benefited from shared learning experiences (eg Quarterly, joint field sessions, mainly the local sector and community members and other beneficiaries?
• How did the actors learn from these experiences?

Complementarity and harmonization;

• Are there any concrete examples of successful models of collaboration of COVAW with other partners on a geographical level, not just in terms of avoiding duplication but increasing complementary and integrated programs affecting the reach and impact on beneficiaries?
• What are barriers and enablers to this?
• To what extent were the program activities complimenting the work of other stakeholders?

Visibility

• What measures have been taken to create visibility of the project’s added value, towards line departments at the county, national and other stakeholders?

Joint Activities;

What joint activities were undertaken during the implementation of the project both at field level as well as at country office level

Objective 3: Assess and identify key lessons learned, challenges and draw recommendation for future programming on reducing inequalities by influencing an approach of gender responsive budgeting

The end line evaluation should at least include one lesson learned and recommendation per evaluation category. The consultant is expected to develop three case studies based on what worked and what did not work well in the lobbying and advocacy for Gender Responsive Budgeting at COVAW level.

Effectiveness, efficiency and relevance

• What are the key lessons learned per objective? To what extent has the delivery of the response activities contributed to the effective, efficient, relevant and timely delivery of aid and enhanced impact for the beneficiaries?

Sustainability

• Will the changes caused by this program continue beyond the life of the project?
• What mechanisms have COVAW and partners put in place to sustain the key program outputs and outcomes?
• How has the program worked with local partners to increase their capacity in a sustainable way?
• What mechanisms/Motivations exist for partners to continue playing these roles?
• What are the risks facing sustainability of program outputs and outcomes?

1. Methodology

The consultant should conduct the end line evaluation survey whose methodology will include a suitable sampling strategy, is participatory and has a mix of both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The data collection, analysis and presentation of findings should be comprehensive and have data disaggregated by gender, age and cohort. The survey should also have the right ethical considerations.

1. Deliverables and Timelines

The consultant will be responsible for the following:

• Hold an inception meeting with COVAW staff.
• Draft the inception report for the end line of project evaluation detailing End of Project survey design, methodology, work plan schedule and budget
• Develop data collection tools
• Training of research assistants that the consultant will work with
• Supervise quality of data collection and reporting
• Draft and submit the evaluation report with findings from the analyzed data
• Incorporate feedback and submit a final report

COVAW will be responsible for the following:

COVAW will assign a program staff to ensure the overall coordination of this assignment. The consultant will be expected to work closely with the Program Officer/Program Associate and Programmes Manager who will provide guidance through all stages of the study including the following.

• Hold an inception meeting with the consultant to provide project background information and documents, review the survey work plan and documentation shared by the consultant.
• Reviewing reports shared and providing the consultant with timely feedback
• Managing and supporting the consultant throughout the process
• Be the link between the consultant and project sites
• Review of data collection tools
• Identification and mobilization of the interviewees
• Support meeting arrangements with the beneficiaries and stakeholders
• Support travel from COVAW office to the field
• Approving the End of project line evaluation survey report

1. Skills and Qualifications of the Consultant

• Knowledge and experience in social sciences and community development, gender responsive and participatory public budgeting at the national and county levels
• Minimum Five years’ applied experience in conducting research, participatory monitoring and evaluation of development programmes
• Understanding of the geographical location of the project, working with the marginalized communities including youth, women and persons with disabilities
• Work experience in Coastal communities especially Kwale County, Kenya.
• Fluent in English and Kiswahili. Knowledge of the Digo and Duruma language will be an added advantage.

How to apply

Interested applicants should include the following in the expression of interest:

1. Cover letter
2. Technical proposal: The technical proposal should include a) brief explanation about the consultant with particular emphasis on previous experience in this kind of work b) Understanding of TOR and the task to be accomplished c) proposed methodology and d) draft work/implementation plan e) financial proposal
3. Copies of similar work and reports written by the applicant.
4. A written indicative submission on an understanding of ToR, Methodology/ approach the consultant will use; time and time-bound activity schedule and budget
5. Organizational or personal capacity statement (based on if the applicant is an organization or is an individual that will hire data collectors) including references and CVs of the team/individual.

Note:

The assignment is expected to take a maximum of 15 days which includes desk review, preparation, implementation, and report writing.

All applications with CVs, testimonials and at least 2 samples of previous work related to this assignment should be submitted to COVAW on or before 14th October, 2022 5.00pm via email to [email protected] with the subject**: Tupo. Tusikizwe End of Project Evaluation**