| Overview : Description of the assignment: The Electoral Support Project (ESP) phase II is a continuation of the Electoral Support Project Phase I that was initiated in August 2008, following the first Constituent Assembly elections. The Phase II of ESP provides technical assistance focused on a long-term institutional capacity development of the Election Commission (ECN) for conducting credible, inclusive and transparent elections. The electoral cycle approach is closely reflected and applied to the overall strategy of ESP. The project is aligned with Outcome 5 of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2012- 2017), contributes to the Sustainable Development Goal 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), 5 (Gender Equality) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and is aligned with the Strategic Plan of the ECN (2015- 2019). The three key outputs of the project are the following: The ECN capacity-building: The project provides sustained institutional strengthening and professional development assistance for ECN to function as a permanent, professional and independent electoral management body. Credible and sustainable elections: ESP provides technical assistance and critical operational support to ECN during elections. Increased democratic participation of voters: The project focuses on increasing awareness of democracy, electoral system and processes, especially of vulnerable groups (women, people living with disabilities and ethnic minorities), for them to meaningfully participate in different stages of the electoral cycle. In order to achieve these three broader outputs, ESP has been providing technical and operational assistance to ECN in the following thematic areas: voter registration, operational and technical support in planning and conduct of the elections, trainings (including BRIDGE), civic and voter education, electoral mapping and geographic information system, electoral dispute resolution, promoting peaceful elections and gender and social inclusion. The duration of ESP phase II is from November 2012 till May 2018 and the total budget is USD 28 million. The project is implemented by UNDP under the Direct Implementation Modality and in partnership with the European Union, United Kingdom Aids, Norway and Denmark. The project works in close collaboration with other implementing partners, particularly IIDEA and IFES. ESP together with IFES provide the secretariat to the Election Working Group formed under the framework of the International Development Partners Group. Since ESP phase II is coming to an end in May 2018, the project evaluation is being carried out to assess the progress made by the project against the project outputs and indicators. In-depth analysis will be needed to review the results achieved under eight project activities as outlined in the project document. The evaluation should look into the relevance, sustainability, effectiveness and efficiency of the assistance provided by ESP to ECN during the project cycle. The evaluation will also measure an impact of the project towards strengthening the capacity of ECN in conducting a credible, inclusive and transparent elections (UNDAF Output 5.1) contributing to the broader outcome of making the institutions, systems and processes of democratic governance more accountable, effective, efficient an inclusive ( UNDAF Outcome 5) . The analysis and recommendations presented by the evaluation mission will be useful to ECN, development partners and UNDP in measuring the contributions made by the project and in designing future interventions for strengthening electoral system and processes in Nepal. The specific objectives of the evaluation are the following: - To assess and evaluate the progress made by the project towards an attainment of the results as specified in the project monitoring and evaluation framework, UNDAF and CPD
- To measure the contributions made by the project in enhancing the accountability, effectiveness, efficiency and inclusiveness of democratic system and processes with focus on elections
- To assess the sustainability of the project interventions
- To examine the cost efficiency and effectiveness of ESP assistance
To document main lessons learned, best practices and propose recommendations Number of consultant required: 1 Project name: Electoral Support Project (ESP) Period of assignment/services (if applicable): 29 working days, starting from 23 Apr 2018 to 22 May 2018 Duty Station: Kathmandu Proposal should be submitted at the following address: Procurement Unit, UNDP (Ref.: UNDP/PN/15/2018: National Consultant – Team Member – Final Evaluation for ESP, by email to procurement.np@undp.org not later than 1730 hours (Nepal Standard Time) of 04 April 2018. | 
