Appraisal of the Bilateral Development Programme in Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeks to undertake an appraisal (pre- and desk appraisal) of the new Bilateral Development Programme for Danish development cooperation with Ethiopia covering the five-year period 2025-2029. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the appraisal (pre- and desk appraisal) is to provide strategic and technical quality assurance of the Bilateral Development Programme design and documentation before submission to the State Secretary for Development Policy for approval as per Guidelines for Programmes, Projects and Country Strategic Frameworks. SCOPE OF WORK & OUTPUTS: The pre-appraisal will be conducted based on a desk review of documents and initial interviews followed by a mission to Ethiopia. A desk- appraisal will be conducted upon receipt of the revised documents from the Embassy. The final methods/approach will be discussed within the team and with the Embassy at the kick off meeting before the mission. The appraisal team is expected to provide the following outputs: 1) A Preparation Note outlining the main issues of concern and methods within the framework of the appraisal. 2) A de-briefing note highlighting key findings and recommendations. 3) A draft pre-appraisal report with key findings and recommendations. 4) A final pre-appraisal report which should include an elaboration of the key findings as well as recommendations. 5) A brief desk appraisal report. TIMEFRAME (tentative dates): The appraisal is expected to start mid February 2025, and conclude by Ultimo June 2025. Mid February to mid March 2025 will comprise the inception phase. The field mission to Ethiopia will take place second half of March 2025. Report drafting will take place from 31 March to 11 April for draft pre-appraisal report followed by final pre-appraisal report drafting late April-early May 2025. Desk appraisal will place in June 2025. CONSULTANTS: Three international consultants/experts are required for this assignment. The team should include 1) An international governance consultant with expertise in human rights, access to justice and SRHR/GBV, 2) An international consultant with expertise in climate change resilience and agriculture, and 3) An international Financial Management/Results Monitoring Expert. One of the consultants should be team leader for the external consultants. All consultants are expected to have very good working knowledge of the English language. Consultant 1 and 2 should have experience from Ethiopia. The appraisal team is be led by a chief advisor from the MFA and will include two development specialists from LEARNING. BUDGET: The budget maximum is DKK 980,000.00 net of VAT. Deadline for application 13-12-2024 at 14:00 Danish time Interested Consultants can request to get the instructions prepared for applicants by e-mail to the Contact person stated below Contact point Department for Evaluation, Learning and Quality Contact person Lotte Blom Salmonsen on behalf of Hanne Carus Contact e-mail laeringstud@um.dk with cc to: hancar@um.dk Criteria for selection A minimum of three and a maximum of five applicants with references best suited for the assignment will be invited to submit a tender.