Terms of Reference:Evaluation Rwanda
1 GeneralInformation
1.1 Background
KOLPING INTERNATIONAL forms a world-wide network with more than 400,000 members in more than 60 countries. Within the association, the members actively participate in a socially just transformation of society.
KOLPING INTERNATIONAL Cooperation e.V. (KIC) is an organisation specialised in development cooperation. The aim of the work of KIC is to actively fight poverty through the building of sustainable social structures in form of self-help groups (Kolping Families). The main subjects of its work are vocational training programs and the promotion of small enterprises through income-generating projects in the craft sector and the field of agriculture. In Africa, a major focus is on rural development, with activities to increase agricultural output, distribution of livestock, rural microfinance and introduction of appropriate technologies. Un- or underemployed people in an urban environment are targeted through vocational training and the promotion of savings and credit-groups.
For more than 30 years KIC has been supporting the implementation of projects financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Germany as well as other complementary projects through donations, which are promoting a generation of own income at the National Kolping Society.
Funding is provided from the Funding of Societal and Socio-structural Policy Measures, the main objectives are:
This financing instrument corresponds to the undersigned commitments of the Millennium Declaration, Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda and Addis Ababa Action Agenda referring to development and cooperation.
The Kolping Societies design and implement three-year projects through access to the Federal Ministry funding.
1.2 About Rwanda Kolping Society Project
The National Organization and project partner in Rwanda is Rwanda Kolping Society (RKS), which is a non- profit organization with headquarters in Kigali. The Kolping Society RKS contributes to the fight against poverty for socially and economically disadvantaged people in the project. This is done through the creation and development of self-help organization through which people are mobilized and empowered to carry out self-help projects.
With 6,594 members in 128 Kolping Families, the democratically structured membership organization has grown considerably since its foundation in 2008. Almost 90% of the population lives from subsistence farming. Since the start of the BMZ funding in 2017, savings and credit groups have been set up in practically all self-help groups and training measures to improve productivity have been introduced. The aim of the project in Rwanda is to empower smallholder households to improve their productivity, production and standard of living. In this way, the objective is to combat income poverty among the smallholder population,enabling them to permanently improve their productivity and tap into additional sources of income. As a result, the vulnerability of people is reduced and their resilience improved.
1.3 Projects in Rwanda
The following projects have been funded by the BMZ since 2017:
2017– 2019AF II2016.2603.9/SEK0007
Overall objective: The project contributes to reduce poverty and hunger among the rural population by improving the peasant farmers’ productivity and through the set-up and development of self-help groups.
2020-2022AFII2019.2603.9/SEK0007
Key project objectives:
2023–2025AFII 2022.2603.9/SEK0007
Overall objective: By improving the production of smallholder households and by developing and establishing a self-help association, the project contributes to reducing poverty and combatting hunger among the rural population of Benin, Burundi, Rwanda and Togo.
The key project objectives are:
2 Evaluation Objectives,Criteria and Key Question
2.1 OverallObjective
The external evaluation shall measure achievements of the projects and assess their results and impact. Based on the findings, the evaluation shall contribute to promoting best practices and adapting intervention strategies and policies.
2.2 Specific Objectives:
2.3 Key questions
DAC-Criteria Relevance
Fromtoday’s perspective, to what extent has the project in Ruanda addressed the identified needs and priorities (e.g. poverty, democracy promotion) of the target group/communities? How have gender issues been addressed?
Arethe agricultural and water projects designed to meet the specific challenges and opportunities of the target area?
Did the partner succeed in establishing cooperation with other partners? What synergies has thiswork led to?
Froma technical, organizational and financial point of view, to what extent have activities/measures proved to be appropriate for target achievement, also with respect to being sustainable?
Effectiveness
Sustainability
Efficiency
QuestionsonOrganization
How is the organizational structure to be assessed?
2.4 Cross-cuttingIssues
Assessmentof the project regarding the promotion of gender equality
Assessment of the project regarding the promotion of the environment and climate change in therural area
3 EvaluationMethods
The evaluation shall be implemented as following:
4 EvaluationTeam
The evaluation has to be carried out by an independent organization/ institution/ private company. The team comprises of an international evaluator and one local evaluator, one being the evaluation coordinator of the Team.
5 Required Qualifications
The evaluation shall have the following qualifications:
Kolping Rwanda is organizing the logistic, facilitating the implementation of the evaluation.
6 TimeframeandOutputs
The evaluators are responsible for following outputs to be handed over by the deadlines.
Phase |
Output |
Time |
Preparation |
First agreement(briefing, KIC and RKS) Clarifying framework and project, defining specifications of the ToR (with minutes) |
to define |
Inception Report: this report contains methods, sources, samples and collection process, timeframe and outputs, as well as any other relevant element for the study design. (max 10 pages in English) |
to define |
|
Implementation |
Field visit,data collection Up to 14 days |
BetweenDecember2024 andearly2025 |
Report |
Draft report:in English according to the format, max. 40 pages (without annexes) |
to define |
Lastmeeting (debriefing, with KIC and RKS - virtual) comments and feedback on the recommendations |
to define |
|
Final version of the evaluation report: in English, considers the feedback and final considerations |
to define |
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Summary for the homepage:in English or German, with the most significant elements of the evaluation (2-4 pages) |
to define |
7 Proposal content
If you are interested in conducting the evaluation, please send your proposal in English to Lara Karsten larakarsten@kolping.net (subject: Evaluation Rwanda) by 24th of November 2024 with following information:
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