| Overview : BIFSIR evaluation will seek to inform and advise stakeholders - UNCDF, UNDP, Government of Rwanda, KOICA and key project partners - on lessons learnt and the way forward for the project.
Amongst the norms that the UNDP Policy seeks to uphold, the most important are that evaluation exercises should be independent, impartial and of appropriate quality but also that they should be intentional and designed with utility in mind, in other words that evaluations should generate relevant and useful information to support evidence-based decision making.
This Final Evaluation comes ahead of the end of the programme scheduled for June 2015 and with a view to inform future decisions around replication and scalability of the programme.
The evaluation will attempt to explore - data permitting - the full range of current and likely results of the programme – immediate and longer-term, direct and indirect, whether intended or not. In this way, and in line with standard evaluation practice, the scope of the exercise goes beyond assessing whether UDPD/UNCDF ‘did things right’ in programme execution and management, to a broader assessment of whether on the basis of evidence available, the BIFSIR approach as implemented by UNCDF/UNDP and in comparison with similar approaches implemented by others is the ‘right approach’ to achieving the higher-level objectives agreed at the start of programme.
The overall objectives of the final evaluation are:
To assist UNCDF, UNDP, and Government of Rwanda to understand the efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, and likely impact and sustainability of programme results;
To provide an independent assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the implemented approach – and if appropriate – advise on the key conditions necessary for the scaling up and/or replication of the model in future.
To identify/document lessons learned and make recommendations that project partners and stakeholders can use in designing and implementing Phase II of BIFSIR project and other related projects and programs.
The primary audience for this evaluation is the Government of Rwanda, UNDP, KOICA and UNCDF. It will also help broader BIFSIR stakeholders to understand better the challenges and lessons learned around the design and delivery of inclusive financial and non-financial services for low-income countries in Africa with particular focus on Rwanda.
Application procedure:
All interested and qualified consultants may download the Individual Consultant Notice, Terms of Reference, and P11, Confirmation Letter and General terms and conditions documents from UNDP Rwanda website at:
http://www.rw.undp.org/content/rwanda/en/home/operations/procurement/notices/
Delivery address: UNDP Rwanda, P.O. Box 445, 12 Avenue de l'Armée, Kigali, Rwanda, and Attn: Head of Procurement Unit, Or by email address at offers.rw@undp.org no later than Wednesday 14th January 2015, Time: 12h00 PM - Kigali Rwanda local time. |
