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Overview of position

In January 2023, Our client launched its new three-year project on “Strengthening the rule of law and justice in Libya”, contributing to peace, stability, and an inclusive social contract for Libya. With targeted, country-wide activities, Our client contributes to increasing access to justice and the delivery or responsive and accountable justice and security services for all living in Libya. The project focuses on three outputs:i) continue to enhance the capacities of institutions to deliver justice services, ii) partner with local government actors to strengthen justice and fight impunity at the community/municipal level, and iii) support CSOs and universities in service delivery. The project is aligned with Our clients new country program and the UN Strategic Cooperation Development Framework (UNSCDF) 2023-2025 and invests in long-term partnerships and robust monitoring and evaluation to ensure sustainable results, prioritization of those most in need, and value for money.

Our client conducts outcomes, portfolio and programme/project evaluations at different stages of the Country programme to capture and demonstrate evaluative evidence of Our client’s contributions to development results at the country level, as well as to programme-specific objectives and goals. To this end, Our client will carry out an independent final evaluation within the overall provisions contained in theOur client EvaluationPolicy.

The purpose of the final evaluation is (1) to assess the overall results and impact of the project and (2) to serve as an accountability for donors and stakeholders, including beneficiaries. Theevaluationwillidentifywhathasbeenworking and what has not and the factors behind them. The evaluation will also draw lessons learned and best practices that may be considered for future programming. The evaluation findings and results will be disseminated toandsharedwithrelevantstakeholders,includingdonorsandgovernmentpartners,andcommunicated toprojectbeneficiaries.
The independent final evaluation will cover the beginning of the project up to the day of evaluation, August 2026. It will cover all project outputs, activities and processes including conceptualization, design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of results in consultation with all project stakeholders. The evaluation will focus on the support the project has been providing many different fronts on the Missing Persons file in Libya, from institutional strengthening and capacity building for relevant government officials to enabling an environment where rule of laws and human rights are upheld, while bringing justice and responsive services closer to the families of missing persons, as per the project document. The geographic location of the project covers the West, East and South of Libya. As the implementation progressed, the project focuses on two pilot areas,Tawerghaand Tarhuna in the West. The scope of the evaluation is expected, but not limited to, to be in the areas of the following:

-The relevance of the project’s theory of change, strategy and approaches, objectives, and priorities to respond to the needs and challenges in addressing the missing persons file in Libya
-The extent to which the project has or has not achieved its intended outputs and outcomes. The project’s results achieved against expected results, such as performance indicators and milestones, outlined in the project document.
-The assessment of the impact or potential impact of the project interventions and sustainability of the project benefits. Possible gaps/weaknesses in the current project design and implementation that can be improved to better support the government and other key stakeholders in the future.
-The overall assessment of project management including, but not limited to, implementation arrangement, risk management, monitoring activities, reporting, knowledge management, strategic partnerships, and reporting.
-The inclusion and integration of cross-cutting issues, such as gender equality, human rights, LNOB, women empowerment, and other marginalized groups within the project, its implementation and results achieved.
-The factors that have contributed to or have hindered the achievements of the project. The general lessons learned and best practices from project implementation that can be considered for future programming.
Role objectives

The evaluation team is expected to deliver the following products:


a.Evaluation Inception Report. An inception report is the result of preliminary discussion between the project team and the desk review of the relevant documents. The inception report must be produced before any further evaluation activities, such as interviews and field visits. The inception report should include an elaborated workplan of the evaluation process together with the timeline as accurate as possible.Also, an evaluation matrix that maps out all project stakeholders for data collection, the evaluation design and methodology to approach stakeholders including how cross cutting issues will be addressed, theory of change review. Please see ANNEX F for evaluation matrix template.The inception report should be between 10-15 pages.
b.Evaluation Debriefings.The evaluation team is expected to provide evaluation debriefing as required to the national counterparts (and other government partners if necessary), our client, donors, and other relevant stakeholders.
c.Draft Evaluation Report.Following the activities done by the evaluation team collecting data and evidence, a draft report is expected to be submitted to our clientand UNSMIL for comments and feedback.It shouldbe between 40- 60 pages. Please refer to ANNEX G for the outline of the report. The draft report should comply with the our client quality requirements.
d.Evaluation Report Audit Trail.The project team and other relevant stakeholders are expected to provide comments on the draft evaluation report. The comments and feedback will be compiled in one document (audit trail) where the evaluation team is to address them. The response to the comments by the evaluation team must also be retained.
e.Final Evaluation Report.Following the comments from the project team and other relevant stakeholders, the evaluation team is expected to produce the final evaluation report that addresses the comments as well as questions and clarifications if there is any in the Audit Trail. The final report must be concise, analytical, responds to the evaluation objective and answers the evaluation questions, logically structured, comprehensive, supported by evidence-based findings under OECD DAC Criteria and includes clear finding statements, directed towards accountability, learning, use, priorities and decision-making needs, reflects inclusion and provides insightful conclusion deliversachievable, strategic, prioritized recommendations captures lessons,  and communicates the key messages to decision makers through a comprehensive executive summary. The submitted report should be complete, well-organized and structured, high quality, clearly written in English language for the intended audience with ethical considerations and must meet the requirements of the our client Evaluation Guidelines.

The recommendation part of the evaluation is essential. The formulated recommendations should be practical, solution-oriented, applicable, strategic, and clearly linked to findings, evidence based, and as specific as possible. Therefore, the evaluation team should propose a maximum of seven (7) concrete, and actionable recommendations. These should also provide specific advice for future or similar programming and address gender equality, women’s empowerment, disability inclusion, and other relevant cross-cutting issues. Each recommendation should include a proposed set of 1-2 practical key actions that could be followed by our clientand the stakeholders to implement them.

The final report should be between 40-60 pages, excluding the Annexes. 

f.Evaluation Brief / Knowledge Product(maximum 2 pages)

The evaluation team will prepare a concise evaluation brief (e.ginfographic) summarizing key findings, most significant change highlights, conclusions, and recommendations, which may be used for knowledge sharing and dissemination within our client and with national partners.

The evaluator is expected to follow the our client evaluation guidelines and our client quality checklistandensure all the quality criteria are met in the evaluation report. It is suggested that the evaluator qualityassures his draft evaluation report against the quality check list as part of quality assurance beforesubmitting to our client Please note that all evaluation reports commissioned by our client go through aMeta-evaluation quality assessment process by our client Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) through apool of expert quality assessment reviewers after the finalization and submission of the final report.This is important for the organization to ensure the quality and utility of the final evaluation product.

The management and implementation arrangement of the assignment as per the following:

our client’s senior management as theevaluation commissionerwill be acting as the advisory body that ensures the independency of the evaluation team and our client’s ownership of the report’s findings and recommendations.

Evaluation manager(our clientCountry Office/M&E Focal Point) facilitates and assists the overall evaluation and makes sure the quality of the evaluation. The evaluation manager plays an essential role in reviewing, collecting and consolidating comments and recommending to the evaluation commissioner the approval of the inception report and the draft and final evaluation reports. The evaluation manager ensures that our clientresponds to the recommendations through the management response mechanism.

To manage impartiality,Project Manager of the Rule of Lawplays a supporting role in ensuring that the evaluation team have the necessary documents and data for the evaluation process. The project manager also facilitates the evaluation team with the stakeholders for interview and data collection if needed.

Evaluation team,comprising of international and national consultants, will be working closely during the evaluation process with the our client, project team, in close collaboration with the responsible partners and other relevant stakeholders.The international consultant, as the team leader,is responsible for leading the evaluation and deliver the outputs as stated in the TOR within the agreed timeline. Please refer to the table below for estimate roles and responsibilities.

The Evaluation Manager will convene an Evaluation Reference Group membered by technical experts from Uour client, donors, and implementing partners. The reference group will review the inception report and the draft evaluation report to provide detailed comments related to the quality of methodology, evidence collected, analysis and reporting. The reference group will also advise on the conformity of processes to the our client and UNEG standards. Detailed comments will be provided to the lead evaluator in an audit trail within the agreed timeframe. Comments and changes by the evaluators in response to the draft evaluation report should be retained by the evaluators to show how they have addressed comments.

The final report will be approved by the evaluation commissioner, our client and UNSMIL, with the support of relevant stakeholders.

Due to security reason,the international consultant will work remotely, and the national consultant will conduct the data gathering and collection.

Methodology:

The evaluation methodology must be participatory and inclusive given the complexity of the project and its different components and how development challenges are always intertwined.The evaluation approach must be gender-responsive and use human rights-based approach and leave no one behind(LNOB) principle and consider other cross-cutting issues inanalyzingthe information and evidence gathered from the evaluation process. It is recommended to employ a mixed methods qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods and tools.

The findings and the recommendations in the evaluation products must be strictly supported by hard- evidenced, credible, useful and reliable data sufficiently elaborated to answer the evaluation questions and address the objective. The evaluation approach (e.g. contribution, theory of change approach or other) should be detailed in the inception and evaluation reports highlighting how these approaches will lead to the required results. Likewise, the data collection and analysis methods and tools. The quality guidelines requirereview/ re-construction of the theory of change which will support developing the methodology and reviewing the evaluation questions. The following are the methodologies that the evaluators may consider applying. The evaluation team is responsible for revising the approach as necessary. Any changes should be in-line with the international criteria and professional norms and standards (as adopted by the UN Evaluation Group). They must also be approved by UNDP before being applied by the evaluation team. The evaluation will be carried out in accordance with and our client Evaluation Guidelines, UNEG Evaluation Norms and Standards and Ethical Guidelines and OECD/DAC Principles. The evaluator is expected to follow a participatory and consultative approach that ensures close engagement with the evaluation manager, evaluation focal point, national counterparts, implementing agencies, donors and project beneficiaries men and women

a.Desk Review

The project manager and team will provide all relevant documents for the evaluation purpose. The evaluators are expected to review the relevant documents, and if necessary, ask for clarifications and more documents. The project manager stands ready to provide the documents that are useful for the evaluation.

b.Semi-structured Interview

Thetheevaluation team will design the data collection instruments, and conduct interviews with key stakeholders including, but not limited to, national counterparts. Also, the evaluation team  should also interview the donors, the Government of the Netherlands, and members of the community in the targeted areas.

The evaluation team is expected to develop the interview (and survey with sample and sampling frame) questions with the guidance from the list of questions (see section 3) with the final confirmation from the project team before the data collection commences.

Stories from the field and most significant changesare required to showcase our client’s contribution.

c.Project Analysis

The evaluation team is encouraged to consult with the project team to verify and triangulate the information gathered from the desk review and interviews.

d.Post-data Collection Debriefing

The evaluation team is expected to conduct a debriefing following the data collection activities. The debriefing is to triangulate and validate the preliminary finding to the stakeholders and seek clarifications, if needed, prior to drafting the evaluation report.

e.Other methodssuch as Focused Group Discussion (FGD), In-depth Interview or other methods can be applied.
f.Data analysis and triangulation

A systematic and structured analysis needs to be conducted of the evidence gathered ensuring triangulation, validation, and stakeholders engagement. To ensure the robustness of the analysis, the evaluation team needs to develop an evaluation matrix to map evaluation questions, indicators, data sources, and methods, enabling systematic triangulation of the evidence used to support each finding.

It is expected that the proposed list of target groups will ensure adequate representation of beneficiaries. The selection will be informed by the stakeholder mapping undertaken during the inception phase of the evaluation. The evaluation consultant should clearly outline the sample selection criteria and process and identify any potential bias and limitations, including the steps towards addressing the limitations. The sampling technique should ensure that the selected samples adequately reflect the diversity of stakeholders of the intervention and pay special attention to the inclusion and participation of the stakeholders with gender aswell. This process will enhance the credibility and technical adequacy of the information gathered.

The final methodological approach including interview schedule, field visits and data to be used in the evaluation and the analysis approach should be clearly outlined in the inception report and fully discussed and agreed between our client, key stakeholders and the evaluators.

The evaluation will follow the OECD-DAC framework, investigating the following criteria: relevance and coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability.

Additional criteria such as UNSDG Agenda 30 principles of human rights and leaving no one behind (LNOB) and other cross-cutting issues including gender equality, and women’s empowerment will be considered. Essentially, the evaluation will attempt to answer the following key questions:

1.To what extent the project has achieved its intended (and unintended) results?
2.What are the factors that support and/or hinder the project’s achievements?
3.What are the lessons learned from the project? What can be improved for future programming consideration?

In addition, the following questions below are more specific to the evaluation criteria. The list can serve as the guiding questions and should be further refined by the evaluation team in close consultation with  and key stakeholders.

Relevance

1.To what extent has the project contributed to national development priorities and larger development strategies as enshrined in our client in Libya Country Programme Document (CPD) 2023 – 2026, UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) Libya 2023 – 2026, and the 20230 Global Goal (SDGs), especially SDG 5 and 16?
2.To what extent is the project adaptable and responsive to the changing development and security context in Libya, particularly in the Rule of Law and Justice sector in general? How were risks managed?
3.To what extent does the project respond to the needs of the national counterparts, such as MoJ,MoI, GASIMP, etc?
4.To what extent were communities’ voices and priorities reflected in final results and decisions?
5.To what extent did the stakeholder engagement contribute to achieving project’s results?

Coherence:

1.To what extent does the project leverage its comparative advantage in collaborating with other development partners?
2.To what extent does the project complement other programs and interventions in the area of Missing Persons in Libya, either implemented by other UN agencies or other development partners?
3.To what extent were there synergies and interlinkages between the project and other interventions carried out by our client?

Effectiveness

1.To what extent has the project achieved its intended and unintended resultsuptodate?Whatarethefactorscontributingtoachievingorhinderingachievementofits intended results?
2.What are the unintended results (if any) that the project brought about? Are they positive or negative?
3.To what extent is the project governance structure and the implementation arrangement effective in providing strategic guidance to achieve results?

In addition to the above, the evaluator will need to provide an assessment of achievement of all the indicators in the Results Framework with final achievements noted.

Efficiency

1.To what extent have the project implementation arrangements and execution been efficient in generating results?
2.To what extent have resources been used efficiently? Have activities supporting the strategy been cost-effective? What are the variances between the planned and actual expenditures across outputs?
3.Were resources (human, financial, and time) used as planned and appropriately? Did the project underspend or overspend resources?
4.While considering the roles, engagement and coordination among various stakeholders in the Missing Persons file sector, where there any overlaps and/or duplications that impacted the efficiency of the programme?
5.To what extent do the M&E systems utilized ensure effective and efficient project management?

In addition to the above the evaluator will need to provide an assessment of the quality of results framework, its indicators and level of disaggregation by sex and other vulnerable groups.

Impact/Long-term results

1.To what extent has the project contributed to improved access to justice and rule of law outcomes in Libya, specifically in addressing the missing persons file?
2.What tangible changes (institutional,behavioral, legal) can be attributed or linked to the project? Is there a success story?

Sustainability

1.To what extent does the project enhance capacities (human resources, institution, system) to create sustained impact of the project? Is there an example that a results already being sustained?
2.To what extent is the ownership of the national partner able to sustain the positive impact of the project? Is there an exit strategy put in place to ensure sustainability?
3.To what extent have knowledge management products contributed to the sustainability of the programme?
4.What evidence exists of continued use of capacities, systems, and frameworks introduced?

Cross-cutting:Human Rights, Women Empowerment, and Leaving No One Behind (LNOB)

1.To what extent do the marginalized groups, such as women, IDPs, other marginalized communities benefit from the project?
2.To what extent was gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) integrated into the project’s design, implementation, monitoring and reporting?What are the most transformative results achieved?What should be taken into consideration for future similar projects design?
3.To what extent is the project implementation applying the human rights-based approach and LNOB principle?To what extent did the project reduce inequality in access to justice?

The above inquiries and questions present our client’s requirements in this evaluation. The evaluator may add additional questions if needed.

 Project reporting

The national consultant will work under the supervision of the international consultant, ensuring alignment with the overall evaluation methodology and objectives.

 Key competencies
-Demonstrated ethical standards with the ability to maintain impartiality during evaluation.
-Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling UN values.
-Demonstrates professional competence and is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines, and achieving results.
-Excellent cultural, gender, age, and nationality sensitivity and ability to work with people from different backgrounds.
-Ability to work with minimal supervision, taking own initiative and control to implement tasks
-Ability to deal with multi-stakeholder groups
-Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
-Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to conceptualize, articulate, and present (writtenand verbal) about rule of law, justice, and security within the development context.

-Proven experience inconducting remote evaluations and using technology(Zoom, MS Teams, etc)

-Experience using range of quantitative and qualitative data gathering techniques to assess programme/project results at individual, institutional, sector and policy level
-Experience in data analysis methods and tools
-Solid knowledge and experience in applying human rights-based approach and Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the evaluation
-Demonstrated  experience  in  working  with  international  development  organization. Experience with the UN agencies is preferable.
-Working knowledge of Libya, particularly in the rule of law, justice, and security sector within development context, including understanding of Libyan Government programme, strategies, and policies on the sector would be an asset
Team management

 This role does not require team management skills.

 Further information

It is important to note that the national consultant’s primary responsibilities will include data collection and analysis, and facilitation of interviews in support of the evaluation process. S/he will also support the international consultant by providing strong knowledge on the country context, institutional landscape and relevant stakeholders.  

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