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Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children. The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil W...
Plan International Nigeria is part of a global federation of Plan International and was registered as a National Organization in 2014 in Nigeria. Plan International works in 70 Countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Plan’s Global Strategic Goals (2017-2022) is to advance Children’s Rights and Equality for Girls and our Ambition is, “together, we take action so that 100 million girls learn, lead, decide and thrive”. We reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized through the delivery of high- quality programmes that deliver long-lasting benefits to children and their communities.
Plan International officially started operations in Nigeria in 2014 and works to strengthen and promote the rights of children. Our programme is currently focused on basic education; improve community health services, youth and citizens’ participation in governance and creating economic opportunities and livelihoods for the poor, building resilient communities through our emergency and humanitarian response in the Northeast. Plan Nigeria works with communities, civil society organizations, development partners, government at all levels and the private sector.
Project Background
The protracted crisis in the Lake Chad Basin region remains one of the most severe humanitarian emergencies in the world, affecting the North East of Nigeria, the Far North region of Cameroon, the Lake region of Chad and the Diffa region in Niger. The crisis has unfolded in a region beset by chronic fragility where poverty, underdevelopment, gender inequality, unemployment and a lack of prospects for young people fuel extremism. This is compounded by environmental degradation and the impact of climate change.
The Lake Chad Programme (LCP) is a joint initiative from Plan International’s Country Offices (COs) in Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, as well as Plan International’s West and Central Africa Hub (WACAH). LCP was established to address the crisis in the Lake Chad Basin through an integrated and regional programme approach. The LCP has built a clear regional programmatic vision in the areas of Education, Protection (Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence), Youth economic empowerment and Youth participation. The LCP is based on the Lake Chad Programme Strategy (2018 - 2023), which moves beyond a humanitarian vision towards a full spectrum programme, working at the nexus of humanitarian and development efforts to promote children’s rights and gender equality. This approach recognizes the importance of meeting immediate humanitarian needs while tackling the developmental deficit of the region which is both a contributor to, and an outcome of the crisis.
With funding from the German Development Cooperation (BMZÜH), Plan International Nigeria has been implementing the " Project to restore the peaceful coexistence and social cohesion of the population affected by the conflict in the Lake Chad Basin" since 2019. The objective of this project is to promote social cohesion through the rehabilitation of social infrastructures and the integration of displaced persons and refugees. This initiative is part of Plan International's Lake Chad strategy, which covers the three (3) countries of Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the project was implemented in the Yobe State in the central North of Nigeria in 5 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Damaturu, Fune, Yusufari, Bursari, Nguru. Of the four expected results of the project at the level of the three countries, Plan International Nigeria was tasked to work towards achieving outcome 1 and 4. Outcome 1 stated that ‘Adolescent girls and boys, as well as young women and men in the Yobe state of Nigeria have access to appropriate and timely SRH services and structures.’ Outcome 4 which is cross cutting for all the 3 COs states that ‘community-based mediation structures are established in the project areas of Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger to prevent and manage conflicts between community members and to promote non-violent and peaceful coexistence of different groups in the area.
As main activities in Nigeria, the interventions aimed at providing adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in the selected LGAs. It also aimed at facilitating the integration and recovery of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), returnees, refugees and the host communities within the country through the identification of existing structures or the creation, where appropriate, of community-based conflict management associations/committees to strengthen peace and social cohesion in these communities.
Having almost reached the end of the funding period for the project with the deadline for Nigeria as September 30, 2022, and in accordance with one of the framework principles of Plan International's programmatic vision namely: Design together, Plan together, Implement together and Evaluate together, Plan International Nigeria seeks to undertake a final evaluation of the project planned for within the month of October 2022, when the final evaluation report is to be submitted to Plan-Nigeria. It is anticipated that project beneficiaries and other stakeholder will be part of the final evaluation. The State Partner of the project, the Emergency Response Manager (ERM) as well as Project Manager/Coordinator will hold discussions with the selected consultant(s) with the view to addressing all field requirements before field work commences.
The end line evaluation will consider the security constraints of the Yobe State as well as the global health situation related to the spread of COVID-19 if necessary. The project will also furnish the consultant(s) with all the required project documents outlined in the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the final evaluation for the BMZ funded project.
Evaluation Focus
Purpose of the Evaluation
The purpose of the evaluation is to report to the donor, BMZ on the one hand, and on the other hand to generate lessons learned that Plan International Nigeria can use to plan and/or adapt to the humanitarian/development components of (future) interventions.
More specifically, the scope of this assignment will be to:
Collect data for the outcome indicators in order to have final data comparable to the data that was generated for the baseline at the beginning of the project or revised data made by the midterm evaluation. The list of indicators to be measured is given in Annex 6 and forms an integral part of this Term of Reference (TOR). The existing tools for capturing the indicator data will be made available to the Consultant(s) at the time of contract signature.
Focus on the evaluation criteria stipulated below and answer the evaluation questions.
When analysing the direct and indirect contributions of the BMZ-funded project activities to each of the outcome levels, clearly identify the synergies and interactions that the project activities have created with other projects and stakeholders.
Identify lessons learned for both the management and programmatic aspects of the multi-country project.
Key criteria for the evaluation
The relevance of the project will be analysed in relation to:
The effectiveness should be analysed by:
The quantity and quality of activities carried out and results achieved by the project in relation to programming;
The distribution and use of resources;
Evaluation Issues
After the selection of the Consultant, the latter will be responsible for proposing a questionnaire and a methodological framework that will make it possible to meet the expectations of the evaluation. The consultant must provide a clear explanation on how Gender will be integrated in his/her approach. These tools will first be discussed and validated by Plan International in a methodological workshop.
Methods for Data Collection and Analysis
The methods and tools originally used at baseline and mid-term to collect data on the indicators must be considered. To answer the evaluation questions and assess the evaluation criteria, new methods and tools will be required, to be developed by the consultant.
It is therefore expected that the consultant will develop a detailed overall methodology, appropriate methods and specific tools to respond to the key evaluation criteria mentioned under the section 3.2. The consultant shall outline the reasons for selecting the methods proposed and depict the skills/experience he/she has in applying them. It is recommended to apply a mixed method approach. The consultant will also be responsible for piloting the new tools, ensuring that they are gender-sensitive. The proposal must contain a description of the envisaged data validation, quality assurance and data analysis techniques.
In addition, the consultant will receive all the necessary information, specifically the existing tools, to conduct the end line data collection for the indicators as shown in Annex 5 of these ToR.
The consultant will conduct a detailed review of available project documents such as proposal, updated log frame, baseline and midterm reports including indicator data, Complaints and Response Mechanism reports, learning reports and M&E frameworks, taking into consideration beneficiaries reached through activities conducted in the communities of BMZ interventions disaggregated by age and sex as specified in the project log frame. Plan International will make available to the consultant all project documents upon request.
Sample
The consultant shall propose a sampling strategy for the primary data collection to answer the evaluation questions as part of the final evaluation, including how they will identify respondents. More specifically, the intended sample strategy shall include a description of the:
Sample size
Participant selection and recruitment
The target population to be considered includes project participants that benefitted directly or indirectly from interventions of Plan International in the targeted communities of Damaturu, Fune, Yusufari, Bursari abd Nguru LGAs in the Yobe State.
Ethics, Child Safeguarding and COVID 19 Safeguarding
The consultant(s) and the team that will interface with children will be required to provide a statement within their proposal on how they will ensure ethics, child safeguarding and COVID 19 safeguarding in the process of data collection and visits in compliance with Plan International’s Global Safeguarding Children and Youth People Policy. Details on the adoption of gender balance amongst interviewers, focus group discussion (FGD) facilitators and observers shall be provided. The consultant(s) shall also explain how confidentiality and anonymity of participants will be guaranteed. This is because the BMZ intervention is keen on giving opportunities for girls, boys, women and men to provide feedback on the project intervention. Gender lens would be used to analyse results for girls and boys in comparison to their situations.
Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy represents a serious commitment by the organization to hold itself accountable to children and young people, ensuring that they feel safe and protected with us and those who represent Plan International at all times. Everyone working with and associated with Plan is expected to adhere to the provisions of the policy. This means always acting appropriately with children and young people, assessing and reducing risks to children and young people in all our operations and activities including research and studies, and taking appropriate action in line with global and local procedures to report and respond to concerns about a child or young person’s welfare. Plan International takes stringent measures against any Plan staff, associate, or visitor who breaches this policy.
The study will involve data collection with young people, and therefore, must ensure appropriate, safe, non-discriminatory participation; stressing that a proportional representation of young women’s and young men’s views are collected; a process of free and un-coerced consent and withdrawal; confidentiality and anonymity of participants. Environments and working methods should be adapted to the capacities of children and young people; time and resources should be made available to ensure that young men and women are adequately prepared and have the confidence and opportunity to contribute their views.
The proposal must contain a preliminary plan and time-frame for data collection in line with strict observance of COVID-19 protocols. Also, considerations will have to be made related to limitations and restrictions on data collection caused by COVID-19 and related restrictions on movement, and appropriate guidance and alternative methodologies will be developed and explained by the consultant(s).
Other Ethics that consultant/s should adhere to include the following:
Intended Users of the Evaluation
The intended users of the final evaluation are the staff from Plan International Germany, Lake Chad Programme Unit, the German Development ((BMZ) as well as Plan International’s Country Office of Nigeria. It is expected that the evaluation report will contribute to provide an in-depth insight into multi-country project achievement and serve as a guide for stakeholders and partners in the implementation of future projects.
Key Deliverables
Inception report including:
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Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: Nigeria.Consultant@plan-international.org using the position as subject of email.
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