Title of Consultancy: Early Recovery support for flood affected families in Pakista

 Purpose and scope of Final Evaluation

The overall objective of this evaluation is to understand and document the main contributions, results and changes brought on by the ADH project to the partners and the lives of project participants. The specific objectives of the evaluation were to;

• Make an overall assessment of the performance of the project, paying particular attention to the outcomes and outputs of the project against its objectives before as well as after the intervention.
• Assess the intended and unintended outcomes of the project and determine the level of the project’s contribution to these outcomes and contribution to flood response effort during the project timeframe.
• Assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of project strategies and activities.
• Identify practices, key lessons learned and propose practical recommendations for follow-up interventions.

1. A.    Evaluation Team and Responsibilities

 The selected firm will work closely with CARE in Pakistan team for their input into all final evaluation activities. The selected firm will undertake the following key responsibilities.  

 Key Responsibilities

 a.     Evaluation Design:

 —    Review project documents.

—    Develop evaluation approach/methodology, design including sampling plan in consultation with CIP.

—    Develop data collection questionnaires for the survey, assessment, FGDs, interviews, and key informants;

—    Develop and share inception reports along with data collection questionnaires.

1. b.    Data Collection:

 —    Formatting and printing all questionnaires according to CIP specifications.

—    Detail training of interviewers on respondent selection and interviewing techniques. Conducting a role-play and demonstration to train the data enumerators and pre-test the tool/questionnaire. 

—    Training of data entry teams in the use of data collection and entry instruments;

—    Supervising the field administration of the questionnaire;

—    Supervising the data entry process using an appropriate software package (e.g. SPSS);

—    Taking charge of all the logistics related to the study;

—    Informing local authorities about the administration of the evaluation.

1. c.     Data Entry and Analysis:

 —    Editing and coding responses and entering and processing data.

—    Analyzing collected data using SPSS and MS Excel and submitting a complete standard report.

—    Submit the cleaned data set in the requested format (preferably in EXCEL format).

 d.    Quality Control:

 —    The firm will implement quality control measures to ensure a high level of interviewer performance. A full description of these measures and the results of the quality control must be included in the final report.

—    The firm shall ensure that every respondent can be matched to a questionnaire and an interviewer.

—    The time and duration of the interview must be recorded and included in the final dataset.

 e.     Report Production and Presentation:

—    Detailed plans for tabulation and analysis (of both qualitative and quantitative data)

to be presented to and approved by CARE in Pakistan.

—    Preparation of consolidated report (50 pages) for consortium partners and sharing with project management for feedback and input.

—    Amendment of draft report incorporating project management and stakeholder's input and production of the final report

—    Submitting all the documents related to the study (filled questionnaires, qualitative process transcript, electronic versions of the collected data, and so on)

—    Final consolidated evaluation report in an agreed format

—    PPT Presentation of analyses of data and findings.

 B.    Intellectual Property Rights

 A contract for this project will only be awarded on the condition that all information, reports, and plans, both print and electronic that may have been designed specifically for this project, in whatever format, will belong to CARE in Pakistan. The Firm may not use the data for their research purposes, nor license the data to be used by others, without the written consent of CIP.

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