Terre des hommes in Hungary is looking for a consultant, to conduct an end-of-project evaluation, as well as an institutional learning excercise for the EU-funded project “CARING- Challenging social and gender-norms to reduce violence against children in school”. The project has been running since May 2023 and is ending 30th April 2025. Partners are in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania, where they are working with school staff and children. The project includes capacity building and there is a strong child participation element: the children in schools have planned and implemented their own initiatives to reduce violence within their own school environments.
The primary objective of the project evaluation is to assess the relevance and impact of the CARING project in achieving its goals. The evaluation will focus on: • Assessing the effectiveness and transformative impact of the implemented activities aimed to address increased awareness on GBV issue in schools by challenging social and gender norms and behaviours of 4 school staff and young people, including identification of areas for improvement, and making recommendations for enhancement. • Assessing the relevance of the intervention. • Sustainability & replicability: evaluating the sustainability of the project’s outcomes in implementing countries and the potential for replication in other EU member states.
The primary objective of the capitalization report is to provide with organizational learning and knowledge for concluding all important lessons learnt from the way the project was set up, implemented and managed; and how it has succeeded or, potentially, not succeeded to achieve all its intended (or unintended) results. The capitalization exercise will collect best practices, lessons learnt and recommendations on further use of the CARING deliverables which will be put together in one document and widely disseminated among project partners. The report will include sections on easiness of accessing all project deliverables, tips on how to use the CARING assessment, training methodologies, how to select from the training methodology the activities for youth and teachers depending on the assessment, reported impact on beneficiaries, best practices for implementing activities and recommendations for shaping activities to best respond to targeted audiences and goals. The capitalization report will be used as the main deliverable to present the best practices of the project and provide the links to methodologies used and content of training courses. This will be shared with educational authorities and not only. The capitalization report will be disseminated to other actors in the fight against violence (NGOs, National Authority for Child Protection, as well as to the members of the Joining Forces Alliance (composed of the 6 largest child-focused international NGOs) and to Tdh delegations throughout the world.
The external evaluation and capitalization exercises will cover the entire CARING project, including all partner organizations. Geographically, it will cover the four local implementation countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania. The evaluation & capitalization processes will start during the last two months of the project; thus, it will focus on the project activities carried out and results achieved up to the end of the project implementation. The external evaluation & capitalization should focus on gathering data and information from Tdh and project partners as well as direct beneficiaries.
Interested applicants are invited to propose their methodology for the conduct of the evaluation and capitalization processes. 2 separate reports will be submitted at the end of the evaluative processes: one evaluation report and one capitalization report. Qualitative approaches to data collection will be preferred, not excluding the use of quantitative methods. Field visits are expected to be provided in at least 2 out of the 4 implementing countries. Existing M&E data and collected quantitative and qualitative information (from the rapid needs assessment, quantitative mid-term, feedback forms after the training of trainers, facilitators and sessions with children) will also be made available for the evaluator. The CARING project team members should be closely involved in the data collection tools development (for consultation). They typically include one country or local coordinator per organization. Tdh and partners will be able to facilitate contact with the school representatives, local partners and children who will also be involved for data collection. Generally, a participatory approach should be followed throughout the evaluative processes. The methodology proposed should also be feasible in an online format. The evaluation methodology should keep in mind the following underlying principles: • equality and non-discrimination of any individual involved in the data collection and consultation process. • participation and inclusion of different diversity groups to the extent possible, while ensuring that participation and inclusion does not cause any harm or distress to the individual. • transparency and accountability throughout the evaluation and assessment process towards all organizations and individuals involved. • confidentiality must be preserved, and names and personally identifiable information should not be collected or, if they are necessary, they should be duly coded and encrypted. • informed consent and assent: should be sought from all participants, including providing them with information on the objective of the evaluation and how data will be used as well as ensuring the opportunity to ask and confirm questions before agreeing to participate. • child safety: whenever children are involved, the evaluator(s) and anyone affiliated with the evaluation (assistants, translators) must sign the Tdh Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct and adhere to its principles.
Please note that the full Terms of Reference has all the details, inlcluding project description, timeline, evaluation criteria.
Tdh will accept applications from individuals, teams, academic entities, NGOs and companies as long as they are officially registered with a European tax number (i.e. are able to issue an invoice) and have evaluation, research, impact study or similar and/or consultancy as their object of activity, which can be proven by legal documentation. Required experience and skills:
✓ At least 3 quality research/evaluations/impact studies prepared for 3 different projects. Examples can be annexed unless confidential. Previous experience in conducting research/evaluations of projects in justice systems is a significant asset.
✓ Extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation, particularly within the context of restorative justice and children’s rights.
✓ Proven skills in using quantitative and quality data collection and analysis methods.
✓ Strong understanding of data collection methodologies, with experience in evaluating tools and systems. ✓ Excellent analytical and report-writing skills
✓ Fluency (written and oral) in English.
✓ Strong computer proficiency to prepare quality written reports with clean data visualization and presentation of findings.
✓ Master’s degree (or higher) in a relevant field, such as human rights, public policy in social sciences, law, research and evaluation, management or other related field(s) from an accredited university
Questions relating to the assignment, the project or the application process can be submitted to Manuela.Gazibar@tdh.org. Answers that may concern all applicants will be shared with everyone as deemed necessary. Interested applicants shall submit their application via e-mail to the following e-mail address: manuela.gazibar@tdh.org. The e-mail should have the subject-line: CARING End of project evaluation proposal & capitalization exercise. The deadline for submission is March 2nd, 2025. (23:59).
How to apply
Questions relating to the assignment, the project or the application process can be submitted to Manuela.Gazibar@tdh.org. Answers that may concern all applicants will be shared with everyone as deemed necessary. Interested applicants shall submit their application via e-mail to the following e-mail address: manuela.gazibar@tdh.org. The e-mail should have the subject-line: CARING End of project evaluation proposal & capitalization exercise. The deadline for submission is March 2nd, 2025. (23:59).
The application package shall include:
• Technical Offer – max. 10 pages
o Expression of interest o Methodology and tools proposed, showing understanding of the objective of the study and the Terms of Reference (ToR)
o A chronogram showing details for the realization of each of the evaluation phases. The schedule proposed should include time for briefing and debriefing with Tdh representatives as far as possible.
The Technical Offer will be developed by the bidder on its own design, but it will not exceed 10 pages. The Technical Offer will mention on the first page the following information: Company/NGO name, Address, Phone number, email, registration number, legal representative name and function, contact person (if different) name and function, phone number and email, if different. The Technical Offer will be signed and stamped on the last page by the legal representative, mentioning the company/NGO, name of the legal representative, date, signature, stamp.
• Financial Offer – separate quotes are to be indicated for the project evaluation and the capitalization exercise, with a detailed line-item budget, indicating costs in EUR. The indicated prices should be 1) NET amounts to be received by the consultant plus 2) all local taxes.
• Up-to-date CV of the evaluator(s) – max. 3 pages/CV. • Example of previous work carried out (if any, unless confidential or if it can be anonymized);
• Contacts of 3 professional references.
• Confirmation of legal registration (e.g. tax number, EU VAT number) of the applicant for providing evaluation services and the ability to issue an invoice.
• Declaration of impartiality (in the applicant’s format). Applications – incl. all annexes – must be in English. Other languages will not be accepted.
Applications must be submitted as a single application package. Documents sent separately will not be accepted. The assessment of the applications will last until: March 6, 2025. During the evaluation process, Tdh Romania, may ask for clarifications and check the references provided.