Terms of Reference

Recruitment of a team of 2 National consultants to conduct the final evaluation of the Joint Programme on Gender “Leveraging the Full Potential on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment to Achieve Rwanda's Transformation".

1. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

The Joint Programme on gender entitled “Leveraging the Full Potential of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment to Achieve Rwanda's Transformation” (2019-2024) was developed by the One UN together with the Government of Rwanda, to advance Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) under the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1)  and through the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) pillars of Economic Transformation, Social Transformation and Transformational Governance. The overall goal of this Joint Programme is to ensure that "Women and girls, especially the most vulnerable, participate in, contribute to and benefit from the political, economic and social transformation in Rwanda" through leveraging the comparative advantages of the participating UN Agencies – UN Women (Lead), UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, IOM and OHCHR – and its implementing partners, namely Government Institutions under the leadership of the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF), CSOs, and the Private Sector.

The programme interventions are structured around three main thematic areas as follows:

• Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems;
• Women have income security, decent work, and economic autonomy; and
• All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence.

The program was formulated for a duration of five and a half years and with an initial budget of USD 19 million. However, after two years of implementation, the resource mobilization prospects suggested further adjustments of the programme not only to have a more realistic resource mobilization target but also to allow the programme align with rapidly evolving trends and priorities. It is in that light that the Joint programme was resized and the total budget was downsized from USD 19million to USD 13million.

As the programme is close to its end (June 2024), UN Women in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion as lead and co-lead institutions of this Joint Programme would like to commission the services of 2 national consultants to conduct its final evaluation to take stock of the achievements, document lessons learnt and challenges which will inform and guide future programming (new JP Gender) and serve as a TOOL for resource mobilization for the next phase. 

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTANCY

The overall objective of the consultancy is to take stock of the results achieved during the program implementation period whilst borrowing lessons from the same experience to inform future program undertakings. The evaluation will assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the programme within the country context of the implementation of Joint Programme. 

3. DURATION OF THE CONSULTANCY

The consultancy will be carried out for a period of 40 working days from the time of the contract signature by both parties. 

How to apply

All interested and qualified consultants may download the detailed Terms of Reference at

https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2023-11/Terms%20of%20Reference%20%20conslutants%20joint.pdf and are requested to submit all required documents to rwanda.offers@unwomen.org not later than 12 December 2023 at 5pm Kigali time. Only pre-selected candidates will be notified.