Project Title	Improving the Status of Women in Jordan through Combating Child Marriage and Promoting Positive Masculinity.
Project Duration	July, 2019 – December, 2022 (30 months)
Consultancy’s Objective	Conduct a project Final evaluation
Place of Assignment	Jordan
Reporting to	The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW)
Evaluation Duration	40 working days

 

Background

 

The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) was established as a national machinery to promote women’s status in Jordan in accordance with the cabinet’s decision no 21/11/3382 in 1992. Chaired by HRH Princess Basma bint Talal, the Commission’s board includes representation of relevant ministers, civil society organizations and the private sector. JNCW seeks to ensure that Jordan complies with its national, Arab and international commitments, which aim at improving women’s status and their participation in sustainable development.

 

The JNCW seeks to end child marriage that requires coordinated, multi-sectoral efforts that empower girls, mobilize their families and communities, change gender-inequitable social norms, and strengthen and implement laws and policies, to support and implement projects that enhance Jordanian women’s social status.

 

With the support of the European Regional Development and Protection Program for the Middle East (RDPP), the JNCW is undertaking the project of “Improving the Status of Women in Jordan through Combating Child Marriage and Promoting Positive Masculinity” which aimed at enhancing women’s social status by building consensus on legal framework modification to combat child marriage in Jordan.

 

Overall Objective of the Project: Contributing to a safe environment for women and girls in Jordan through prevention of negative practices and behaviours such as child marriage as a form of GBV.This project is a continuation of the first phase with some extended pillars/outcomes as follows;

 

• Outcome 1: Capacities, attitudes and knowledge of stakeholders around implementation of legislation and practices linked to child marriage are positively influenced.

 

• Outcome 2: Communities’ attitudes and behaviours toward child marriage as a form of GBV and other gender-related issues are changed in positive.

 

• Outcome 3: JNCW and partners have improved capacities in managing women-related interventions

 

The Focus of the Project is on the Following Areas:

• Capacity building for decision and law makers.
• Advocacy for change in public policies.
• Promoting change in community norms.
• Technical support and capacity building to staff members and its partners’ members.

Rationale and Purpose of the Consultancy

The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) will undertake an external learning formative final evaluation of “Improving the Status of Women in Jordan through Combating Child Marriage and Promoting Positive Masculinity” project which is funded by the Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP).

The final evaluation will be participatory in nature, and will give a full consideration to gender, status of origin (Host community/ Refugees), and other categories at all stages of the process, and be cognisant of ethical research principles according to the OECD evaluation criteria: Relevance, Coherence, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Impact, and Sustainability, and will ensure that lessons learned are disseminated to relevant stakeholders within the project and to RDPP.

 

Key Objectives of the Consultancy:

1. Assess the project’s contribution to safe environment for women and girls in Jordan through prevention of child marriage as a form of GBV considering how the project has generated positive changes in the lives of targeted women, girls, boys and men.
2. Assess the inter-relation between the achievement of observed results (on an outcome and impact levels) of the project, and against planned objectives and related indicators, in terms of Relevance, Coherence, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Impact, and Sustainability.
3.  Investigate approaches and change factors that have influenced the achievements of intended and unintended results.
4. Test the ability of the project to influence the child marriage legislation and practices of relevant stakeholders positively; including gathering evidence on what has worked and what has not, why /why not.
5. Examine the communities’ attitudes and behaviours and changes-if any towards child marriage as a form of GBV and other gender-related issues, and the ability of the project contribution to change it positively.
6. Identify unintended and intended outcomes of the project, both positive and negative; for the target groups and others affected.
7. Document the enabling external/ internal factors and challenges that have influenced project implementation, including how and why.
8. Provide evidence-based recommendations and lessons learnt for all stakeholders; including specific recommendations in relation to gender equality and mainstreaming in relevance to the project theory of change, approaches, and goals.

Evaluation Scope, Approach and Method

The evaluation is led by an external consultant under the management and partnership with the Project Manager and in close with the M&E specialist from JNCW. To the extent possible, this evaluation will be carried out in two phases in order to cover both; the breadth and depth of the experience;

1. Desk and secondary data review phase
2. Field and primary data collection phase

 

The methodology should consider both qualitative and quantitative methods and will likely include literature reviews, key informant interviews, case studies, and focus group discussions with partners. Particular emphasis is placed on the full integration of gender/ status of origin (Host community/ Refugees) and ethical research considerations in the selected sample, data collection and evaluation tools and methods.

 

The methodology will be based on the project outcome/impact indicators, theory of change, and change paths as specified in the project proposal. Furthermore, all samples must be representative ones for its populations, and must fulfil the scientific roles of sampling.

The following criteria to be considered for the evaluation process addressed to:

• Project management.
• Relevance and appropriateness.
• Effectiveness and efficiency.
• Impact, and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities of the Consultant:

• Develop inception report in English with the evaluation methodology, detailed time lines, and design; including but not limited to sampling, tools questions of FGDs, key informal interviews, and structured questionnaires.
• Writing the final evaluation report in English that provides findings on the evaluation objectives, conclusions, lessons learned, success stories, and recommendations for future similar interventions.

Key Responsibilities of JNCW’s Project Team:

• Review the tools and questions of FGDs, key informal interviews and structured questionnaires which will be designed by the consultant.
• Review the inception and final evaluation draft reports.
• Providing relevant project data and documents as needed.

The Evaluation Process

 

The evaluation approach should be developed and implemented as presented below, and the process will be carried out through two phases; desk phase and field phase. Descriptions of each phase as follows:

Desk Phase

In the inception stage of the desk phase, the relevant programming documents will be reviewed, as well as documents shaping the wider strategy/policy framework. On the basis of the information collected the evaluation team will:

• Describe the operating context.
• Comment on the issues/ evaluation questions suggested or, when relevant, propose an alternative or complementary set of evaluation questions justifying their relevance.
• Develop the evaluation into sub-questions, identify provisional indicators and their verification means, and describe the analysis’ strategy.
• Identify any limitations/mitigations for addressing the key evaluation questions.
• Identify how the evaluation will align to key ethical research principles (i.e. gender-balanced evaluation teams).
• Propose the work plan for the finalization of the first phase.
• Confirm the final time schedule.
• Develop an inception report in English.

 

               In the finalization stage of this phase, the evaluation consultant will:

 

• Review systematically the relevant available documents.
• Review the project materials.
• Present an indicative methodology to the overall evaluation of the project.
• Interview the project’s management at JNCW.
• Present each evaluation question stating the information already gathered and their limitations, provide a first partial answer to the question, identify the issues still to be covered and the assumptions still to be tested, and describe a full method to answer the question.
• Identify and present the list of tools to be applied in the field phase.
• List all preparatory steps already taken for the field phase.

 

Field Phase

The evaluation consultant will:

• Submit a detailed work plan with an indicative list of people to be interviewed, surveys to be undertaken, dates of visit, itinerary, and names of team members in charge. This plan must be designed in a way that it is flexible enough to accommodate any last-minute difficulties in the field. If any significant deviation from the agreed work plan or schedule is perceived as creating a risk for the quality of the evaluation, these should be immediately discussed with the JNCW’s reference team.
• Hold a briefing meeting with the project manager and M&E specialist in the first days of the field phase.
• Ensure adequate contact and consultation with, and involvement of, the different stakeholders using the most reliable and appropriate sources of information, and harmonize data from different sources to allow ready interpretation.
• Summarize the field work at the end of the field phase, discuss the reliability and coverage of data collection, and present its preliminary findings in a meeting with the reference group.

 

Verification Workshop:

 

A meeting will be held where the evaluation consultant will present the draft final report to JNCW’s reference team. The purpose of the meeting is to present the final draft of the evaluation report to the main stakeholders to check the factual basis of the evaluation, and to discuss the draft findings, conclusions and recommendations. On the basis of comments made by participants and collected by the project manager and the M&E specialist, the evaluation consultant will write the final version of the report in English.

 

Time Frame

 

The evaluation will undertake a qualitative data collection approach as a method to gain more in-depth detail on the issues of interest. Expected timeframe is as below: 

 

Expected start of the consultancy:	October 02nd , 2022
Expected end of the consultancy:	December 15th , 2022
Total working days:	40

 

Key Deliverables, Responsibilities, and Reporting Arrangements

 

Expected deliverables by the evaluation consultant are as follows:

 

• Inception report in English.
• Evaluation plan
• Data collection tools
• Summary report, clearly highlighting findings, lessons learned and recommendations, success stories and challenges.
• Raw collected data sources and transcripts of KIIS and FGDs.
• Final evaluation report in English, that includes the following:

1. Front cover
2. Table of contents
3. Acronyms
4. Executive Summary
5. Introduction - Basic project data, map(s), background, purpose and methodologies used
6. Findings, summery and explanation of the findings and interoperations.
7. Conclusion
8. Recommendations and key lessons learned
9. Bibliography
10. Success stories
11. Challenges
12. Situational analysis regarding the outcome, outputs, and partnership strategy e. Key findings, including best practices and lessons learned

 

Annexes: including all supporting documentation; such as ToRs, copies of tools used such as field visits, people interviewed, documents reviewed surveys and focus group discussion guides, relevant tables, charts and graphs of data analysed.

 

Documents provided by JNCW project team:

• Project proposal
• JNCW strategic documents.
• Donor narrative reports.
• MEAL log frame.
• Other sources of information, e.g. pre/post surveys, specific studies or analyses of specific issues/groups, etc.
• Relevant documentation from national/local partners and other donors.
• Other relevant documents.

Functions of JNCW project team:

• Ensure that the evaluation consultant has access to and has consulted all relevant information sources and documents related to the project.
• Validate the evaluation questions and primary data collection tools.
• Review and endorse the planned evaluation methodology.
• Discuss and comment on notes and reports delivered by the evaluation consultant. Comments by individual group members are compiled into a single document by the evaluation focal point and subsequently transmitted to the evaluation consultant.
• Assist in feedback of the findings, conclusions, lessons and recommendations from the evaluation.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• At least a Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. public policy, international development).
• At least 10 years of experience in development projects and programs management, monitoring and evaluation including the use of quantitative and qualitative methods and participatory tools.
• Experience in facilitating participation in interviews/focus group discussions and in communicating/coordinating with different stakeholders.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English.
• Proven experience in social and evaluation research with a minimum of 2 similar types of evaluations previously conducted.
• Advanced knowledge in the field of women’s empowerment.

Application Requirements:

Application to be submitted in a detailed proposal that includes the following main sections: (can also be delivered in separated documents):

1. Profile of the company outlining the technical background and experience of the evaluator (1-3 paragraphs).

2. A basic strategy and technical approach to the ToR, team composition (if team), and initial timeline/work plan (300-800 words).

3. Two samples of a previous similar work (program evaluation and/or impact research)

4. CVs of the key members of the evaluation team (not more than 3 pages each)

5. Two reference letters (full letters, not only a list of references) from previous clients, including their    contact information; full name, email address, phone number).

 

 

الشروط العامة للعطاء رقم 52 /2022 والخاص بالتعاقد مع مختص/ة أو جهة لعمل التقييم النهائي لمشروع " تحسين وضع المرأة في الاردن من خلال الحد من زواج من هم دون سن الثامنة عشر وتعزيز القيم الايجابية للرجولة"

تقدم العروض ضمن مغلف مغلق ويسلم باليد مكتوب عليه رقم وموضوع العطاء و يودع في صندوق العطاءات لدى الديوان في موعد أقصاه الساعة الثالثة من بعد ظهر يوم  الثلاثاء الموافق  04/10 /2022 لدى :  الصندوق الأردني الهاشمي للتنمية البشرية –الهاشمي الشمالي هاتف : 5052431-06 حي ابو جسار.

1. على مقدم العرض الالتزام بعرضه لمدة لا تقل عن 90 يوما من وقت تسليم العرض .
2. لجنة العطاءات غير مسؤولة عن أية أخطاء قد يرتكبها المناقص في وضع أسعاره وتعتبر هذه الأسعار نهائية وملزمة بمجرد فتح العروض .
3. يلتزم المناقص المتقدم للعطاء تقديم كفالة دخول عطاء بنكية غير مشروطة صادرة عن بنك محلي أو شيك مصدق (شيك مدير) بقيمة 5% من قيمة العرض وباسم الصندوق الاردني الهاشمي للتنمية البشرية  وتعاد عند انتهاء الغرض منها و سيتم استبعاد أي عرض غير ملتزم بتقديم كفالة دخول العطاء.
4. يلتزم المناقص المحال عليه العطاء تقديم كفالة حسن تنفيذ بنكية غير مشروطة صادرة عن بنك محلي أو شيك مصدق (شيك مدير) بقيمة 10% من قيمة الاحالة  وباسم الصندوق الاردني الهاشمي للتنمية البشرية  .
5. ان الحصول على موافقة أي جهات خارجية بخصوص تنفيذ أي بند أو بنود من العطاء تقع مسؤوليتها على المورد المحال عليه العطاء أصولياً فيما يتعلق في تنفيذه.
6. للجنة العطاءات الحق في إلغاء أو تأجيل العطاء أو تمديد مدته أو إعادة طرحه أو تجزئته بدون إبداء أية أسباب وبدون أن يكون للمناقصين الحق في مطالبتها بأي إيضاح أو تفسير أو تعويض.
7. تقدم الاسعار بالدينار الأردني  وبالسعر الافرادي .
8. على المتقدم للعطاء ارفاق صورة عن السجل التجاري داخل المغلف
9. للجنة العطاءات الحق في تجزئة الاحالة بما يراه مناسب .
10. فصل العرض الفني عن العرض المالي . 

تعهد

اتعهد انا الموقع ادناه بصفتي الشخصية وبصفتي المفوض بالتوقيع عن الشركة و/او مالك الشركة امام الصندوق الاردني الهاشمي للتنمية البشرية ومراكزه والجهات المستضافة لديه بالالتزام والامتثال لمدونه قواعد السلوك التي تحظر اعطاء اي شيء ذي قيمة مباشر او غير مباشر لاي شخص او جهة ضمن موظفي الصندوق الاردني الهاشمي للتنمية البشرية في شكل رشوة او اكرامية مع التزامي بعدم وجود اقارب لي او موظفين من كوادر الصندوق كما اقر واتعهد بان شركتي (مؤسستي ) لم تكن بالحالات التالية:

1. الافلاس او بيع الممتلكات او موقوفة
2. الادانة بجريمة تتعلق بسلوك مهني او سوء سلوك مهني
3. عدم الوفاء بالالتزامات المتعلقة بدفع اشتراكات الضمان الاجتماعي او دفع الضرائب المترتبة
4. الادانة بارتكاب الغش والفساد
5. المشاركة بتنظيم اجرامي او اي نشاط اخر غير قانوني

واتعهد بعدم مخالفة القوانين والتشريعات المعمول بها داخل المملكة الاردنية الهاشمية تحت طائلة المسؤولية القانونية وفي حال مخالفة القوانين والتعلميات وفي حال ثبوت اي من المخالفات المتعلقة بالقوانين والتعليمات يحق للصندوق الرجوع على شركتنا بأي عطل وضرر والمطالبة بالتعويض عن اية اضرار مالية او معنوية دون ان يترتب على الصندوق الاردني الهاشمي للتنمية البشرية اية تبعات قانونية او مالية . تحريرا في هذا اليوم .................الموافق ....\....\.......

 

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