عطاء التعاقد مع جهة/شركة لإعداد التقييم النصفي لمشروع البرنامج الأوروبي الإقليمي للتنمية والحماية

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Background

The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) is the leading national organization responsible for all issues related to women’s advancement in Jordan. Established by Cabinet Decree in 1992 and chaired by HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal, the JNCW seeks to instill gender equity in Jordan through the implementation of a wide range of projects, often partnering with leading local and international organizations to formulate strategies.

Women’s social empowerment is one of the JNCW’s key priorities. 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 support from the European Regional Development and Protection Program for the Middle East (RDPP), the JNCW is undertaking a project which aimed to enhancing women’s social status by Building consensus on legal framework modification to combat child marriage in Jordan.

The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) is a national machinery for women in Jordan, and seeks to ensure that Jordan complies with its national and international obligations, and put women empowerment and wellbeing in its priority agenda. 

This project is a continuation of the first phase with some extended pillars/outcomes that aiming at contributing to improve the status of women in Jordan through combating child marriage and promoting positive attitudes when it comes to gender roles;

The 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, and the follows outcomes aim to approach through activities:

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 goals of RDPP project are:

  1. Capacity building for decision and lawmakers: JNCW will be continuing to build the capacity of Shariah judges on consequences of child marriage on girls. The knowledge building component will cover health, social and legal issues. The main goal of these efforts is to limit the application of exception means limiting child marriage cases.
  2. Advocate for change in public policies: JNCW will conduct advocacy at all levels to ensure the creation, revision, or improved implementation of laws. Our efforts contributed to the passage of legislation regarding the age of child marriage application of exception. Where changes in public policies will not prove to be feasible, JNCW will work with concerned stakeholders to ensure a correct and stringent application of the existing legal framework.
  3. Influence change in community norms: JNCW seeks to change behavior by challenging the social norms that help perpetuate acts of violence. The efforts will include working with men and boys as change makers, and facilitating workshops to challenge gender norms and renegotiate more equitable relationships. JNCW will support youth initiatives focusing on raising awareness on combating child marriage through supporting their community campaigns, these campaigns will be based on education, leadership and life skills trainings, that increase women’s and girls’ agency and help reduce their vulnerability to violence.
  4. JNCW will apply and provide technical support on program quality and capacity building to staff of the Commission and its relevant networks with the purpose of strengthening their capacities to manage interventions more effectively and ultimately be able to advocate on behalf of women, to coordinate and influence stakeholders.

 

Rationale and purpose

The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) will undertake an external qualitative and quantitative mid evaluation of “Improving the status of women in Jordan through combating child marriage and promoting positive masculinity” project which is funded by Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP). The mid evaluation will be participatory in nature, will give full consideration to gender and other categories at all stages of the process, be cognisant of ethical research principles, and will ensure that lessons learned are disseminated to relevant stakeholders within the project and to RDPP.

 

Key objectives

The mid evaluation should analyse the progress the project has made under all its objective, which aims to Combat child marriage in Jordan through legislation enhancement and changing social attitudes, therefore an assignment to build consensus on legal framework modification to combat child marriage and promoting positive masculinity in Jordan. The primary users of the mid evaluation will be The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), some of the local partners, and RDPP.

This Evaluations will serve the dual and mutually reinforcing objectives of accountability and learning.

 Accountability – The evaluation will assess and report on the performance and results of the project through outcome indicators

 Learning – The evaluation will determine the reasons why certain results occurred or not to draw lessons, derive good practices and pointers for learning. It will provide evidence-based findings to inform operational and strategic decision-making. Findings will be actively disseminated and lessons will be incorporated into relevant lesson sharing systems

 

The key objectives of the evaluation are to:

  1. Assess the performance of Improving the status of women in Jordan through combating child marriage and promoting positive masculinity under all the objectives according to the following evaluation criteria: Effectiveness and efficiency, Relevance and appropriateness, Project Management; (Impacts and sustainability will be postponed to the final valuation);
  2. Specifically considering how the project has generated positive changes in the lives of targeted women, girls, boys and men; by contributing to a safe environment for women and girls in Jordan by preventing negative practices and behaviours such as child marriage as a form of GBV. 
  3. Testing the ability of the project to influence the child marriage legislation and practices relevant stakeholders positively 
  4. Informing the communities’ attitudes and behaviours toward child marriage as a form of GBV and other gender-related issues and the ability of the project contribution to change it positively.
  5. To know how will the COVID-19 pandemic affects the ability to pursue the project activities, in particular, and the national actions, in general?
  6. Ensure accountability for the funds provided by RDPP to the specific indicators;
  7. Identify unintended and intended consequences of the project, both positive and negative; for target groups and others affected; (the same like above we can’t evaluate the impact, we are at the mid of the project).
  8. Document the enabling factors and challenges that influence project implementation;
  9. Provide evidence-based recommendations for all stakeholders for the future programming in light with the evaluation findings, including specific recommendations in relation to gender equality and mainstreaming.
  10. An evaluation of the project management structure that would review and assess the appropriateness of the Project Management set-up to carry out its responsibility of implementation, monitoring, reporting and establishing partnerships. This is not an evaluation of individual performance and capacity but of the appropriateness of the structure and set-up in addressing the management needs of the project. This should cover as well the roles.

 

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 phases in order to cover both the breadth and depth of the experience:

  1. Desk phase
  2. Field phase
  3. Synthesis phase

 

The methodology will include qualitative and quantitative methods. These will likely include literature reviews, key informant interviews, case studies, focus group discussions with beneficiaries. Particular emphasis is placed on the full integration of gender and ethical research considerations in the selected data collection and evaluation tools and methods.

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

 

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

  • Project Management
  • Relevance and appropriateness
  • Effectiveness and efficiency

 

The responsibilities of the consultant:

  • Develop the Evaluation methodology document and design including (sampling , tools questions of FGDs, key informal interviews and structured questionnaires.)
  • Conducting at least around 8-10 focus group discussions (8 participants at each FGD) with project beneficiaries.
  • Conducting at least 5 key informant interviews with the project manager, component managers, and partners.
  • The final sample size will depend on reaching data’s saturation level.
  • Conducting 2 case studies.
  • Conduct Quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
  • Writing the final evaluation report in Arabic and English

 

The responsibilities of JNCW / project team:

  • Reviewing the questions of FGDs, key informal interviews and structured questionnaires which will be designed by the consultant.
  • Inviting the beneficiaries to attend the FGDs.
  • Reviewing the mid evaluation report in Arabic and English.
  • Providing transportation allowances for FGDs’ participants.

 

The evaluation approach/process

  • The evaluation approach should be developed and implemented as presented below.
  • The evaluation process will be carried out through three phases: (i) a desk phase; (ii) a field phase; and (iii) a synthesis phase. Descriptions of each phase as follow.

 

Desk phase – Inception

  • 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.

 

Desk phase - Finalization

In the finalization stage of the desk 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 its 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 such that it is flexible enough to accommodate for 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 group.
  • 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 (such as beneficiaries, etc.). Use the most reliable and appropriate sources of information and will harmonize data from different sources to allow ready interpretation;
  • Summarize its 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.

 

Synthesis phase

This phase is mainly devoted to the preparation of the draft evaluation report. The evaluation consultant will make sure that:

  • The evaluation is objective and balanced, affirmations accurate and verifiable, and recommendations realistic and useful;
  • When drafting the report, they will acknowledge clearly where changes in the desired direction are known to be already taking place, in order to avoid misleading readers and causing unnecessary irritation or offence.

If the M&E specialist considers the draft report of sufficient quality, s/he will circulate it for comments to the reference group members and convene a meeting in the presence of JNCW team. 

On the basis of feedback expressed by the reference group members, and collected by the evaluation consultant, the evaluation consultant has to amend and revise the draft report. Comments requesting methodological quality improvements should be taken into account, except where there is a demonstrated impossibility, in which case full justification should be provided by the evaluation consultant.

 

Discussion meeting

A meeting will be held where the evaluation consultant will present the revised draft final report to the concerned team at JNCW. 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 project manager and M&E specialist, the evaluation consultant will write the final version of the report in Arabic and English.

 

Schedule and 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. A tentative schedule is provided below:

  • Time line
  • Activity

 

 

  • 5 days
  • Debriefing meeting on the mission with team of the project. ( first day of the mission)
  • Finalizing the evaluation plan
  • Conducting a Desk Review
  • Developing the data collection and analysis tools
  • Sharing the tools with the reference group for their feedback and approval.

 

  • 3 days
  • Key Informal interviews

 

  • 3 days
  • Data collection

 

  • 5 days
  • FGDs’ transcription, coding, and data analysis

 

  • 5 days
  • Report Writing (First draft)

 

  • 3 days
  • Reviewing the draft report by the members of reference group.

 

  • 3 days
  • Finalizing the final_mid evaluation reports based on the feedback of the members of reference group.

 

  • 1 day
  • Presenting the evaluation findings to JNCW team
  • 28  working days
  • Total days

The total working days is 28 working days, it is envisaged that the mission will start on mid of October,2020, and to be ended not later than end of November,2020.

 

Key deliverables, responsibilities and reporting arrangements

The main functions of the Reference Group members are:

  • To ensure that the evaluation consultant has access to and has consulted all relevant information sources and documents related to the project;
  • To validate the evaluation questions and primary data collection tools;
  • To review and endorse the planned evaluation methodology;
  • To 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;
  • To assist in feedback of the findings, conclusions, lessons and recommendations from the evaluation.

 

Expected deliverables:

  • Evaluation plan
  • Data collection tools
  • Final evaluation report (min. 30 pages)/ Arabic and English versions.
  • Summary report, clearly highlighting findings, lessons learned and recommendations (5 pages)
  • Raw Collected data sources and transcripts of KIIS and FGDs.

 

The mid evaluation report should include 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. Recommendations and key lessons learned
  8. Conclusion
  9. Bibliography
  10. Annexes:including all supporting documentation, such as TOR, copies of tools used such as surveys and focus group discussion guides, relevant tables and graphs of data analyzed.

 

ANNEX I: Key documents for the evaluation (will be provided)

  • 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.

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES.

  • Excellent experience in Evaluation projects, not less than 8 years.
  • Proven experience in social and evaluation research with a minimum of 5 similar types of evaluations previously conducted.
  • Advanced knowledge in the field of women social empowerment.
  • Proficiency in English Languages is essential.
  • Demonstrates integrity by modelling the JNCW values.
  • Display cultural, gender, and adaptability.

الشروط العامة للعطاء رقم 35/2020  

  1. تقدم العروض ضمن مغلف مغلق ويسلم باليد مكتوب عليه رقم وموضوع العطاء ويسلم إلى مقرر لجنة العطاءات في موعد أقصاه الساعة الثالثة من بعد ظهر يوم الخميس  الموافق 14/1/2021   لدى:  الصندوق الأردني الهاشمي للتنمية البشرية – الهاشمي الشمالي – حي أبو جسار رقم هاتف : 5052431-06
  2. على مقدم العرض الالتزام بعرضه لمدة لا تقل عن 90 يوما من وقت تسليم العرض .
  3. لجنة العطاءات غير مسؤولة عن أية أخطاء قد يرتكبها المناقص في وضع أسعاره وتعتبر هذه الأسعار نهائية وملزمة بمجرد فتح العروض .
  4. يلتزم المناقص المتقدم للعطاء تقديم كفالة دخول عطاء بنكية غير مشروطة صادرة عن بنك محلي أو شيك مصدق (شيك مدير) بنسبة 5% من قيمة العرض وتعاد عند انتهاء الغرض منها .
  5. يلتزم المناقص المحال عليه العطاء تقديم كفالة حسن تنفيذ بنكية غير مشروطة صادرة عن بنك محلي أو شيك مصدق (شيك مدير) بنسبة 10% من قيمة العرض وتعاد عند انتهاء الغرض منها .
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. تقدم الاسعار بالدينار الأردني معفى من الضريبة العامة على المبيعات.
  9. على المتقدم للعطاء ارفاق صورة عن السجل التجاري داخل المغلف .
  10. يقدم العرض الفني بمغلف منفصل عن المغلف المالي .
  11. لجنة العطاءات غير ملزمة بالأحاله على أقل الأسعار .