| Introduction : Country: Philippines Description of the Assignment:
Project Description
The Philippines remains one of the most climate-vulnerable countries globally, as evidenced by more frequent and intense tropical cyclones, prolonged monsoon rains, droughts, and sea-level rise. Climate change poses more significant risks to the stability of both human and natural systems if the economy continues to grow without addressing environmental degradation and social inequality, and the government fails to plan for new and emerging threats such as disease outbreaks. Acknowledging and responding to these multidimensional risks are the key to strengthening resilience. To address this challenge, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the support of the Government of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Philippines (DFAT), is implementing the Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change (SHIELD) Programme. The goal of the SHIELD Programme is to make all people in target communities safer and more resilient to the impacts of natural hazard events and climate change. This will be realized by achieving three interdependent components:
• Component 1: Government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in targeted local government units (LGUs) are collaborating to unlock funding and implement informed and inclusive resilience actions.
• Component 2: Relevant national government agencies (NGAs) are prioritizing action on local climate and disaster resilience.
• Component 3: Philippine scientific agencies are producing tailored and accessible information for local resilience action.
The programme targets 11 of the country’s most vulnerable provinces to disaster and climate change, along with Metro Manila and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
SHIELD is implemented in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with Consortium Partners UN-Habitat Philippines, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), National Resilience Council (NRC), and the Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS). It is also supported by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and the BARMM Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG).
Prior to the conduct of the programme’s mid-term evaluation in 2025, UNDP requires the services of an Individual Consultant to assess the programme's evaluability and determine the extent to which it can be evaluated in a reliable and credible way.
Objective and Scope of the Evaluability Assessment
The Evaluability Assessment aims to determine whether the programme is ready and appropriate for an evaluation. Its primary goal is to assess whether the intervention has clear objectives, well-defined theory of change or logic model, and adequate data collection process in place to allow for a meaningful evaluation. In addition, the assessment will identify potential challenges or limitations that may affect the effectiveness of an evaluation and provide forward looking recommendation for improving programme design, strategy, and management structure.
The Individual Consultant is expected to perform the following tasks: • Analysis of programme design, including its logic model, theory of change (ToC), and results framework (RF); • Facilitate a participatory review and updating of the programme’s ToC and RF; • Identification of any gaps or weaknesses in the program design or implementation that may affect its evaluability; • Review programme documentation, including work plans, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and relevant reports; • Conduct interviews and consultation with key stakeholders, including consortium members, project staff, beneficiaries, and national government partners; • Assessment of the availability and quality of monitoring and evaluation data; and • Propose evaluation design, questions, and methodology.
The Evaluability Assessment will entail an in-depth assessment following the evaluability checklist spelled out in the UNDP Evaluation Guidelines and may be guided by other references. The Individual Consultant may also introduce its respective methodologies and approaches to assessing and strengthening evaluability and evaluation capacity.
Evaluability Checklist Yes No 1 Does the subject of the evaluation have a clearly defined theory of change? Is there a common understanding as to what initiatives will be subject to evaluation? 2 Is there a well-defined results framework for the initiative(s) that are subject to evaluation? Are goals, outcome statements, outputs, inputs, and activities clearly defined? Are indicators SMART? (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) 3 Is there sufficient data for evaluation? This may include baseline data, data collected from monitoring against a set of targets, well-documented progress reports, field visit reports, reviews, and previous evaluations. 4 Is the planned evaluation still relevant, given the evolving context? Are the purpose and scope of the evaluations clearly defined and commonly shared among stakeholders? What evaluation questions are of interest to whom? Given the project design and likely data availability and resources available for the evaluation, are these questions realistic? 5 Will political, social, and economic factors allow for effective implementation and use of the evaluation as envisaged? 6 Are there sufficient resources (human and financial) allocated to the evaluation?
Period of assignment/services: 30 days spread in four (4) months following the timetable outlined in Section V. of the TOR. The Individual Consultant may propose an alternative timeline to accelerate the delivery of outputs. Proposal should be submitted directly in the portal no later than indicated deadline. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal. UNDP will respond in writing including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry.
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