| Introduction : Country: Home-based, including field missions to Vientiane Capital and Xiengkhouang province Description of the Assignment: Purpose UNDP conducts outcomes, portfolio and programme/project evaluations at different stages of the Country programme to capture and demonstrate evaluative evidence of UNDP’s contributions to development results at the country level, as well as to programme-specific objectives and goals. To this end, UNDP will carry out an independent evaluation within the overall provisions contained in the UNDP Evaluation Policy. In line with the UNDP Lao PDR Evaluation Plan, the proposed evaluation will be conducted to assess the status of Implementation of the UXO Programme (2022-2026). The purpose of the evaluation is (1) to inform the strategy for the remaining period of the programme, and (2) to provide a learning opportunity and make course corrective action accordingly. The evaluation will be a learning opportunity for UXO Lao, NRA, Humanitarian demining teams of the Lao People’s Army (Unit 58), UNDP and other relevant stakeholders to improve on the implementation before the end of the project in 2026. The evaluation will identify what has been working and what has not and the factors behind them. The evaluation findings and results will be disseminated to and shared with relevant stakeholders, including donors and government partners, and communicated to project beneficiaries. These results will facilitate adjustments and course correction in the areas where necessary. Scope and Objective The independent mid-term evaluation will cover the beginning of the project up to the day of evaluation, April 2022 – June 2024. The evaluation will focus on the support the project has been providing on many different fronts of the UXO sector in Lao PDR including a specific evaluation on KOICA’s contribution in the sector. 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 strategy, objective, and priorities to respond to the needs and challenges in the UXO sector in Lao PDR. - The project’s results achieved against expected results outlined in the project document. Identifying the gaps to achieve the intended results can be one of the focus areas of the evaluation. - The assessment of the early potential impact of the project interventions. Possible gaps/weakness 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, monitoring activities, reporting, knowledge management, strategic partnerships and implementation arrangements. - The inclusion and integration of cross-cutting issues, such as innovation, human rights, gender equality, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), ethnic groups, and other marginalized groups within the project, its implementation and results achieved so far. - The factors that have contributed to or have hindered the achievements of the project so far. The general lessons learned and best practices from project implementation that can be adopted for the remaining period of the project and can be considered for future programming. - The contribution of KOICA’s financial support particularly, but not limited to, through the NRA and Unit 58 on the achievements of the objective as stated in the relevant documents, the coherence and synergies within the UXO programme with other donors, and sustainability of the support. Period of assignment/services: 20 days (including field mission 3 days in Vientiane, and 3 days in Xiengkhouang) between August to September 2024.
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