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Tenders are invited for External Evaluator. Closing Date: Thursday, 30. Jan 2025 Intervention Sector(s): Advocacy & Awareness, Good governance and transparency Remuneration range: > 6000 (USD) Duration of Contract: 2 months Introduction/Background Adyan, Foundation for diversity, solidarity and human dignity, works locally, regionally and internationally for pluralism, inclusive citizenship, community resilience, and spiritual solidarity, through homegrown solutions in education, media, policymaking, and intercultural and interreligious relations. Adyan is registered in Lebanon as a non-profit and nongovernmental organization (NGO), under registration number 1103 by a ministerial decree dated 18 September 2008. About Tahawor project The Consolidating Values-Driven and Human-Centered Reform Efforts within the Lebanese Parliament (CVRD) Project, known as Tahawor in Arabic, builds on the results of Phase I and the relationships established between Members of Parliament (MPs) and their staffers. The project continues efforts to build consensus, transitioning from a focus on general political values to specific key thematic topics. It brings together MPs staffers/assistants, local and international civil society actors, and experts in an innovative, structured consultative process. This dynamic foster reflection on key issues, strengthens relationships, identifies commonalities, and develops draft laws that address various important, imminent, and timely topics Project impact Goal: Mobilize Lebanese parliamentarians and their support staff to discuss and work out long term values-based policy stands and to build consensus resulting in a more genuine and democratic governance and policy making. Objective 1: Nurture a culture of Values based political public image, including accountability, and transparency of parliamentarians. Objective 2: Unmask the rigid, zero-sum game framing of values to get to a cooperative place where parliamentarians can agree on values & merits rationally and nurture a culture of negotiation and consolidation of efforts in possible win-win outcomes. The project runs from October 2022 to March 2025, direct beneficiaries of the project are 30 Members of Parliament (MPs) with their staffers or consultants , while the indirect beneficiaries are 50,000 people from the constituencies of these MPs. Adyan is seeking to conduct a real-time evaluation at the national level to assess how the project design and its implementation are influencing behavioral changes among key stakeholders. The evaluation will focus on identifying the ways in which these behavioral shifts are reflected in addressing key national challenges, fostering collaboration, and promoting values-based political discourse. The process will also assess how the projects implementation is contributing to sustainable changes in accountability, transparency, and constituency engagement among parliamentarians. Additionally, the evaluation will pinpoint successes, challenges, and areas for improvement, emphasizing how behaviors are evolving as the project progresses. 2. Purpose of the Evaluation The real-time evaluation will provide Adyan with key insights to enhance practices by assessing behavioral changes and how effectively the project is achieving its outcomes. It will evaluate stakeholder coordination, project sustainability, and with consensus building and processes, focusing on how behaviors are shifting among key actors. This evaluation will offer actionable insights for improving project implementation and achieving long-term results and future design of activities The evaluation will focus on two key objectives: Assess the achievement of project outcomes and stakeholder coordination: Evaluate the progress toward project outcomes, with emphasis on how well stakeholder engagement and coordination are supporting these changes. Evaluate the sustainability of the project activities: Analyze the long-term relevance and sustainability of activities, including their alignment with expected outcomes and behavioral shifts. 3. Evaluation Objectives and Key Questions The real-time evaluation will be structured around the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / Development Assistance Committee OECD/DAC criteria (Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact, Sustainability, Partnership, and Coordination). Tender Link : https://daleel-madani.org/civil-society-directory/adyan-foundation/calls/project-external-evaluator
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