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Consultancy for THEMATIC EVALUATION ON CHILD SURVIVAL PROGRAMS
Closing date: November 8, 2006
Plan (www.plan-international.org)
seeks to commission an external evaluation to assess the
performance of Plan’s Child Survival programs since
2002, and hereby invites interested parties to submit their
expression of interest.
Background:
Plan is a development organization that aims
to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of
deprived children in developing countries through a process
that unites people across cultures and adds meaning and
value to their lives.
In 2003 Plan adopted Child-Centred Community
Development (CCCD) as its approach to development. CCCD
is a rights-based approach in which children, families and
communities are active participants in their own development.
It enhances their capacity and opportunity to work together
with others to address the structural causes and consequences
of poverty at all levels.
One of the key programmatic areas in which
Plan works is Child Survival (CS). In Plan’s programs,
Child Survival refers to health programming targeting children
under the age of five years, comprising a package of critical
interventions such as child nutrition, immunization, treatment
of diarrhea, acute respiratory infections and malaria.
For more information about Plan visit www.plan-international.org.
Evaluation:
The purpose of the evaluation is to provide
a systematic, documented assessment of Plan’s Child
Survival interventions and to strengthen evidence based
programming in Child Survival.
The study will assess the standard questions
of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability
and identify critical factors that determine the level of
performance of Plan’s Child Survival initiatives across
Plan’s global operations in 46 countries in Africa,
Americas, and Asia.
The evaluation will be carried out over a
period of seven months, and conducted in two parts:
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Part 1 (January – March 2007): exhaustive
desk review of existing documentation. This will inform
the methodology for Part 2. |
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Part 2 (March – May 2007):
Field based in-depth case studies. |
An interim report based on Part 1, individual
reports from case studies, and a comprehensive final report
are expected as deliverables of the evaluation process.
The project will be managed from Plan’s
International Headquarters in Woking, UK, and overseen by
a small Advisory Group drawn from across the global organization.
Tendering process:
Expressions of interest consisting of a Letter
of Intent and brief CV of individuals and companies including
a list of similar work should be submitted by email to Elsebeth.Elo@plan-international.org.
The closing date is Wednesday 8 November 2006.
Based on the expressions of interest a selection
of candidates will be short-listed. Shortlisted candidates
will be sent the full Terms of Reference by 15 November
2006 and asked to submit a full proposal by 28 November
2006. The winning proposal will be announced by 9 December
2006.
Additional information on TOR
and CCCD framework can be found on Plan’s website:
http://www.plan-international.org/about/workwithus/
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