OPPORTUNITIES

Consultancy: Climate Change Amendment Bill, 2023

Background

Climate-fuelled events are currently a critical concern in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa, and are expected to become more intense and frequent, with negative impacts on people’s livelihoods, including the right to life, to food, water, and health, and to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable development.

All reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cite Africa as the most vulnerable continent to climate change impacts under all climate scenarios. Despite accounting for only 4% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the continent faces climate-related challenges that risk livelihoods, public health and infrastructure investments, economies, water, food systems, and agriculture.

Despite this, the vast majority of countries, particularly those in the North, are failing to phase out emissions-causing fossil fuels, rather opting to quick-fixes such as offset schemes (e.g. carbon markets), which have transferred the burden of action to those least responsible to the problem.

Without more ambitious steps, situations currently witnessed in the Horn of Africa are likely to become more recurrent and more severe. For three consecutive seasons, Kenya has experienced debilitating droughts, confounded by Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict, deepening debt crisis, desert locust invasion and biting cost-of-living crisis, with millions now facing starvation and malnutrition across the country.

Public participation is one of the principles of governance enshrined in Article 10 of Constitution of Kenya 2010. Public participation in environmental decision-making processes is a vital requirement for the communities. This is especially so when it comes to formulation of Laws that will have far-reaching implications not only to the implementation of global Pacts such as UNFCCC, but also delivering on the national commitments under National Adaptation and Mitigation strategies.

Comprehensive and transparent involvement of the public is advocated for by both national and international laws. Public participation in climate dialogue is necessary in identifying, addressing, adapting and mitigating climate crisis. This, therefore, implies that Kenya must take bold measures on emission reductions, just transition, climate finance, loss, and damage and guarantee meaningful public participation to meet their human rights obligations and to protect the human rights of all, now and in the future.

About Kenya Platform for Climate Governance

The Kenya Platform for Climate Governance (KPCG) is the Designated National Platform (DNP) of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) in Kenya, which, as per the mandate bestowed by the Alliance, aims to bring together grassroots organizations, civil societies, and other non-state actors to dialogue on climate change, advocate for low-emission, green development pathways and hold the state accountable to the commitment to all tenets of climate action, including, but not limited to, the Paris Agreement, regional and global climate change interventions.

KPCG works through 5 thematic working groups (TWGs) Adaptation TWG, Technology TWG, Knowledge Management and Capacity Building TWG, Climate Finance TWG and Gender, Youth and Marginalized Groups TWG.

It is the cardinal believe of KPCG that Non-State Actors and sub-national entities should proactively play their legitimate role in determining the way international Protocols such as the Climate Change Convention and the Paris Agreement are implemented. This is provided in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and the principle 10 of the Rio Convention, which Kenya is a signatory. The anticipated participation should not be a mere formality, tokenism or ritual, but relevant government authorities, as per their mandate, should provide the enabling environment where everyone satisfactorily contributes to the process.

The Climate Change (Amendment) Bill 2023

The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry has invited the public to submit comments on the proposed Climate Change (Amendment) Bill 2023. The Bill proposes the ratification of the Climate Change Act 2016 to address gaps and provide a chance for engagement and participation in carbon markets. Carbon market are mechanisms that enable and allows public and private entities to transfer and transact emission reduction units, mitigation outcomes or offsets generated through carbon initiatives, programmes, and projects.

According to the notice, the proposed Climate Change (Amendment) Bill 2023 seeks to provide for different objectives that resonate with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The development and implementation of carbon markets and non-market approaches should also be in compliance with international obligations. The Bill also proposed the creation of benefit-sharing mechanisms in carbon markets and the formulation of guidance and policy direction on carbon markets to the national and county governments as well as the public and other stakeholders. The Ministry issued a deadline of May 26 for all public participation input and notified Kenyans that a virtual public meeting would be held between May 10 and May 24.

It is with this background that KPCG is seeking to engage an suitably qualified Expert to provide technical support on the proposed amendments as per objectives below.

Objectives of the Assignment

1. To review and analyse the Bill so as to provide sound advice to KPCG, its members, Civil Society and all stakeholders on the pros and cons of carbon markets, both in Kenya and globally, to enable informed feedback on the proposed Amendments, and drawing from relevant international best practices.
2.  To facilitate stakeholders’ engagement and consolidate their inputs which will be presented in a memorandum to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry.
3. To provide technical support during engagement of members of Parliament, Counties, relevant stakeholders and the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry in review of the Bill and to ensure full consideration of stakeholder’s input.
4. To provide technical guidance on the trends of carbon markets and benefits sharing initiatives/efforts in Kenya, make comparisons in other jurisdictions and draft a policy brief outlining the best scenarios for the proposed amendments.
5. Interrogate other amendments of the proposed Bill, analyse their potential implications on civic participation and provie advise accordingly.

Deliverables

• A Memorandum on the Proposed amendments
• Record of the proceedings of Stakeholders Engagement
• A Policy Brief

Qualifications

1. A first degree in Law, Development Studies or any other equivalent qualification
2. A Master’s qualification is desirable.
3. Five years’ experience in Kenyan (and/or global) climate governance and policy landscape
4. Strong facilitation and interpersonal skills with unique training delivery methodologies
5. A demonstrable ability to meet tight deadlines of such nature

6.0 Reporting

The Consultant (s) will report to the National Coordinator, Kenya Platform for Climate Governance (KPCG).

7.0 Duration

The consultancy shall be conducted in twenty (20) days after the successful submission and satisfactory acknowledgement from KPCG

8.0 Copyright and attribution

All intellectual property rights in or relating to any works produced during this Consultancy shall belong to KPCG

9.0 Application Process

Interested entities or persons must submit their proposals to  info@pacja.org, copying hr@pacja.org by April 26, 2023 quoting “Climate Change Amendments Bill 2023” in the email subject line.

The proposal should include:

• Cover letter
• CVs of key Consultants or Consulting team members
• Description of the proposed plan for achieving the objectives outlined in this Call, including methods and activities
• Detailed proposed activities, including workplan of the proposed stakeholder engagements
• Sample of similar work done in line with this Call
• Detailed budget to implement the work

The KPCG, at its sole discretion, will select the successful Consultant/s. Only shortlisted firms/persons will be contacted.

Consultancy ToR for web development, hosting and maintenance for the Kenya Platform for Climate Governance website.

Background information

Kenya Platform on Climate Governance (KPCG) brings together Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other non-state actors to dialogue, advocate for low emission, green development pathway and hold the national government accountable to the commitment of the Paris agreement and other regional and global climate change interventions.

KPCG implements its activities through the following five Thematic Working Groups: Mitigation; Adaptation; Technology, Knowledge, Management and Capacity Building; Climate Finance; and Gender, Youth and Marginalized TWGs.

KPCG functions as the national designated platform for the Pan African Climate Alliance Justice (PACJA) and is hosted at the PACJA Secretariat in Nairobi; Kenya. The KPCG implement its mandate and goals through dialogues, influence, inclusive country- wide membership movement, and impression over the past 4 years on climate and environmental justice.

KPCG is progressive movement on influence, voice, agency, mobilization, networks leveraging on its political and social capital. The Platform has grown in membership, scale and intensity of actions; and partnerships.

The KPCG pursues to be an autonomous, inclusive and transparent system of CSOs with a shared vision of a fair, equitable, ecologically-just, inclusive, youth and gender-responsive response to climate change and deliver its mandate towards the National Climate Change Action Plan priorities, National Determined Contributions and accelerated efforts climate actions as well as take into account their key strengths, gaps and opportunities for enhancing their overall effectiveness and impact through capacity strengthening and the background understanding of CSOs’ capacity needs, and developing sector-wide capacities.

Objective of assignment

The objective of this consultancy is to design and construct a comprehensive and responsive website that offers a visible web presence for the KPCG initiatives and also as a tool of awareness on the platform. The web development project will also offer functionality to its members such as information sharing and dissemination.

     Specific objectives

• Provide a platform for interaction and information sharing among all those involved in the project.
• Help build understanding of activities and trends in KPCG initiatives as well as climate justice space.
• Be an online repository for the project’s documentations, reports and other relevant resources.

Download the TORs Here

Duration of assignment: The assignment is expected to be carried out between 31^th April to 31^st May 2023

Application Process: All applications should be sent to hr@pacja.org copying info@pacja.org  by  17^th of April 202

THE NAIROBI SUMMER SCHOOL ON CLIMATE JUSTICE (NSSCJ)

CALL FOR APPLICATION COHORT-III, JULY 2023

THEME: CONNECTING IDEAS, SHAPING NARRATIVES FOR JUST, AND EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION

The call for applications for the Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice (NSSCJ) Cohort 3, 2023 is now open. Application form.

The Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice  invites eligible applicants from diverse fields to apply for a two (2)-week long NSSCJ that will take place from July 3 to 14 July 2023 at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Target applicants include climate advocates, activists, and campaigners, policy makers, grassroots community leaders, academia, climate scientists, researchers, smallholder producers’ organizations and trade union members, and leaders of Civil Society Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith-Based Organizations, Community Based Organizations, Self Help Groups, youth groups, women’s groups and all others with a passion to address the most profound challenge society has ever faced. READ MORE HERE

What’s The Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice?

NSSCJ is an initiative pioneered by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), and is currently co-coordinated with Kenyatta University based in Nairobi, Kenya. The School is designed to provide a timely opportunity for long-standing scholar-activists, community-based scholars and the younger generation of climate justice advocates as well as practitioners from the Global South and North. Summer school participants share experiences, exchange perspectives and collectively reflect on just, equitable and inclusive pathways to a low-carbon, climate-resilient development trajectory using modules that are designed in practical and uncomplicated ways.

NSSCJ is conceptualized as an intergenerational platform to share, learn and network on  disruptive ideas that are needed to catalyze economy-wide transformation in a climate-catastrophic world. The school adopts a society-wide focus, targeting sectoral and thematic experts and frontline activists irrespective of formal education and cultural backgrounds.

Climate Justice (CJ) is a central concept in the training programme of the NSSCJ. CJ is a concept that addresses the ethical dimensions of global warming and poses tough questions to the dominant mode of policy making and practice. CJ incorporates equality, human rights, collective rights, the rights of nature, and the historical responsibilities for the climate crisis. It is a philosophy designed not only to ensure emissions cuts (including leaving fossil fuels underground), but to ask who bears the burden and how Just Transitions can be achieved. CJ questions the current power relations associated with race, gender, class, generational and North South biases.

The NSSCJ is designed as a continuous learning process since graduates undertake to extend outreach into their respective localities by initiating creative communal action to solve immediate local-level challenges that they consider detrimental to climate justice. This “bottom-up”, “from-below” approach is vital for effective grassroots organizing, and in turn has awakened consciousness about humans living interdependently with nature. The role of young people and community scholars is the most vital for thorough-going socio-economic transformation.

Climate Justice Education, thus, becomes ever more urgent, and the NSSCJ is ever more relevant for popular movements that are climate literate and capable of interpreting the changes they observe as climate challenges become overwhelming.

Since the school’s inception in the midst of Covid-19 in 2020, the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance has successfully delivered two NSSCJ cohorts, with more than 900 alumni.  The school offers tailor-made course modules developed by outstanding scholars, experts, researchers and community scholars and activists from both the South and North. The School has secured its leading role in setting Africa’s climate policy discourse and intervention strategy courtesy of its growing and influential Alumni network of vibrant climate specialists.

The NSSCJ Alumni network, constituting young people drawn from all over Africa, illustrates a successful mobilization that in turn feeds into country-based advocacy platforms, Africa-wide advocacy and into the UNFCCC and related processes. The ever-expanding reach through this network has motivated an energized growing climate justice movement, broadened engagement in overall climate discourse processes and increased awareness of the climate crisis.

Terms of Reference for the Mid Term Review (MTR) of the AACJ Programme

1. Background

The African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ) a five-year programme (2021- 2025) that aims to unify and amplify the voices in Africa; demanding that the most vulnerable groups – women, youth and local and indigenous communities – in the target countries and beyond have the capacity to defend and realise their human rights and live a decent and dignified life in a healthy and sustainable environment, within the context of the climate emergency.

The programme is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the Power of Voices programme and is implemented in eight African countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia and South Africa, as well as an African regional and global perspective in addition to a Netherlands component. The AACJ consortium, led by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), a coalition of over 1000 civil society organisations spread across 48 countries in the African continent working in the climate justice space. PACJA has been at the forefront of advancing climate justice in Africa for over 10 years, using evidence-based advocacy to shape and improve policies and laws on natural resource management, and supporting local communities to develop climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Other consortium members include:

• Natural Justice (NJ), a team of pioneering lawyers and legal experts working with 24 partners in 10 countries in Africa. NJ uses legal empowerment, research, litigation and advocacy to stand with indigenous and local communities as they defend themselves and their ecosystems against environmental impacts caused by climate change and harmful extractive and infrastructure developments.
• FEMNET, a pan-African feminist network that brings together 800 members in 43 countries in Africa. It is strategically positioned as a convener and dialogue facilitator, enabling women and girls to claim, affirm and use their collective power to end all forms of exclusion, oppression, exploitation and injustices against them. FEMNET pushes for the implementation of commitments made by African governments to advance gender equality and realisation of women’s rights.
• Oxfam Novib, a world-wide development organisation that has over 65 years of advocacy and campaign experience. Working in alliance with local allies and people’s movements, it has advocated, and supported numerous actions and initiatives for climate accountability, funding for systemic climate solutions and support for communities least able to adapt. Oxfam Novib is part of the Oxfam Confederation which works in 35 countries on the African continent.
• The African Youth Commission (AYC), an implementing partner playing a key role in bringing more young people on board to raise awareness on climate change and influence national governments to implement climate-related projects in a transparent manner that benefits young people. The network also sees a vital role for youth in Africa to contribute to the development of practical solutions and efforts to enhance the livelihoods of vulnerable communities. The AYC has 228 members in 46 countries on the African continent.

The AACJ Consortium believes that building strong and inclusive movements for climate justice in Africa – starting with the target countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa will be an engine for a powerful pan-African movement for climate justice. These programmes are supported by interventions aimed at influencing policies in the Netherlands and at the level of multinational institutions. 9 Programme Advisory Committees (PAC) are responsible for the implementation of these 10 programme components (8 Country, 1 Regional & Global and the Netherlands).

The 5-year programme started being implemented in May 2021 and a Mid Term Review is planned for 2023. These Terms of Reference (ToR) outlines a proposed set-up of the review at programme component level.

2. Objectives of the Mid Term Review (MTR)

General Objective of the Mid – term Review

Halfway through its programme, the AACJ wishes to engage in a review and reflection process that fosters learning, and feeds plans and strategic decisions on the remaining period of implementation – 2023-2025. It will pave the way for improved programme delivery for the remaining programme duration and propose amendments (if any) required in programme design, implementation arrangements and/or institutional linkages in order to effectively and sustainably contribute to its key objectives.

The MTR is specifically intended to contribute to the following objectives:

• Assess the implementation of the programme against the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability criteria as well as identify related issues and recommend any course corrections.
• Relevance – Has there been any change since the programme was formulated that might have affected its relevance? If so, what are these changes and to what extent the project has managed to adapt to ensure it remains relevant?
• Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the partnership and collaboration within the consortium, focusing on the partnership between the consortium members, the partner organisations, and between the consortium and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassies within the program countries
• The MTR will be expected to contribute to provide an assessment of the status of indicators/achievements at output and outcome level and provide answers to the MEL/learning questions.
• Assess, in a participatory manner – i.e., consortium and partner organisations supported by the project facilitation of the consultant team – the relevance of the theory of change, in light of the progression of the programme at mid-term. Include, in the assessment of the theory of change, the evaluation of the implementation of the programme cross-cutting issues (safeguarding from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH); fraud and corruption; gender, social inclusion and intersectionality).
• Provide recommendations on any corrections of the programme theory of change, and on the operationalization of the cross-cutting issues.

3. Timeframe and Scope

The mid-term review process should start not later than April 2023 and end not later than September 2023.

The geographical scope of the MTR will be agreed during the inception phase of the MTR. If a choice is made to sample among the 10 (8 Countries, 1 Regional & Global and the Netherlands) programme components the consultant will be expected to provide a clear and justified sampling strategy. The sampling strategy should allow the review to provide conclusions and recommendations that are relevant at programme level.

The programmatic scope of the MTR will basically look at the 5 pathways of change as defined in the programme’s theory of change. The five pathways for change will contribute to the programme’s strategic objective. Within each pathway, the focus is on standing behind local communities, women and (young) citizens to defend their rights in the face of the climate emergency and to join movements that urge governments, the private sector and citizens to take bolder action. Two crucial themes are mainstreamed in the programme: inclusion – ensuring groups in vulnerable positions play a key role in all programme interventions; and civic space – empowering local groups and organizations to navigate shrinking space and protect rights defenders against harassment and attacks. The Five pathways of change are as below highlighted.

1. Strengthening Movements – Strengthening climate movements which are driven by women and youth, and connected with global movements
2. Developing and Sharing African Narratives – Developing and spreading African climate justice narratives

• Strengthened human rights frameworks – Empowering communities and individuals to claim and defend their social and environmental rights

1. Strengthening Communities’ Adaptive Capacities – Scoping and scaling community-based best practice that strengthen adaptive capacities of climate frontline communities
2. Increasing Political Will for Climate Just Policies – Increasing political will of decision-makers (national and international) to support policies that advance climate justice

4. Guiding Principle & Methodology

Principle

The MTR is designed as an internal review process to be conducted by an external consultant at overall programme level. The selected consultant will be expected to design, lead, and implement the review, in a participatory manner, to ensure ownership of the findings by the consortium members, the partner organisations and the target communities/ stakeholders, and to strengthen the validity of the review’s outputs.  The review should also fully incorporate, and apply, the principles of inclusivity, and focus on being learning oriented, evidence based, useful and applicable.

Methodology

The consultant(s) is expected to propose and to justify a preliminary causal approach, design, methods, and sequence of activities in the proposal. The full methodological approach (design, approach, methods) will be further elaborated on in the inception report, if deemed necessary, based on the initial desk review of the programme’s documents. To evaluate the achievements and effect of the programme, the consortium is not only interested in understanding the degree of achievement or non-achievement of the results; interest is also in understanding the role or contribution of the programme in any observed change, achieved results, and unintended change, and in identifying any other external factors of change. The consultant(s) should propose a design, approach, and methods that allow addressing this contribution question(s).

A clear evaluation matrix making use of the result framework indicators should be included in the proposal, further elaborated in the inception report, and should guide the entire evaluation process. In line with that, the consultant will be expected to articulate in the review report around the evaluation questions, so that all evaluation and sub-evaluation questions are answered, with clear statements, conclusions, and evidence supporting those recommendations. The consultants will be expected to refer, and incorporate in its evaluation / review matrix, the programme and MOFA’s basket indicators, in addition to being encouraged to identify additional indicators, if need be, to effectively address the evaluation questions in this review.

In regard to the methods, the AACJ consortium welcomes the use of a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Given the nature of the programme, and of its sought outcomes, suggestion is however made to privilege qualitative methodological approaches, and to use quantitative data as a complementary approach. Quantitative approaches should ideally be used to collect data related to the achievements of outputs and so that the review is able to trace the extent to which the achievements of outputs link to the achievements of outcomes. The consultant(s) will be expected to use data collected by the consortium with the programme’s preferred MEL methodologies (outcome harvesting, most significant change, legal case tracking, capacity assessment tool (CAT)) and will also be expected to collect secondary data to complement and evidence the statements and conclusions incorporated in the report. Community surveys and other forms of large-scale quantitative data collection are not foreseen. Primary and secondary data such as literature (e.g., newspapers, government journals and other publications on relevant changes and trends) can be included in the analysis and MTR report.

The MTR will align with the programme’s PME cycle as much as possible – Annual planning and Annual reporting moments   as structured in the PME cycle of the project. Necessary documents will be provided to the consultant.

5. Core evaluation questions

The MTR at Programme Component level will aim to answer three core and associated sub-questions; The Consultant will however, based on his/her own reading of the program document and were found relevant, suggest additional questions in his/her technical proposal and/or inception report.

1. What can be said and evidenced about the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and sustainability of the programme, in light of what has been implemented since the inception of the programme in May 2021.
2. Relevance – Has there been any change since the programme was formulated that might have affected its relevance? If so, what are these changes and to what extent the project has managed to adapt to ensure it remains relevant?
3. Effectiveness – Under the five pathways, to what extent have outcomes been achieved, reported and substantiated so far at international, regional, national and subnational level? What are the early markers of the programme being on track to achieve its long-term objectives? Are there any barriers or risks that may prevent future progress towards the achievement of the programme’s longer-term objectives?
4. What are the factors of achievements and non-achievements that can be captured? To what extent have the programme implementation strategies^[1] contributed to outcomes?
5. Efficiency

• To what extent are the programme’s results in balance with the level of effort, time and resources spent?
• To what extent has spending and project delivery progressed according to the planned schedule?
• To what extent are the current operational modality and governance structures efficient in contributing to the overall achievements of the programme?

1. To what extent has the project management^[2] been able to adapt to any changing condition to improve the efficiency of project implementation?
2. Sustainability – What efforts are being made to ensure sustainability of the programme’s results in the long term? What sustainability mechanisms can be identified (with evidence), proposed for institutionalisation, and can be scaled-up 2023 – 2025 and beyond?
3. Based on the above, what recommendations can be made for the programme to strengthen its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability?
4. To what extent is the partnership within the consortium, and between the consortium members, partner organisations, and the donor, other project stakeholders including beneficiaries effective and efficient?
5. To what extent is the organisational setup and the processes supporting the programme in delivering and achieving its key objectives and outcomes?
6. To what extent are the organisational set-up and processes well established and effective? What improvements could be proposed in regard?
7. What is the effectiveness of the consortium, “what can be observed and said about the capacity of the consortium members and partners, to work jointly, at sub-national, national, and international level?”
8. What recommendations can be made to strengthen the partnership, and more specifically, collaboration between the above-mentioned actors (consortium members, partner organisations, ministry /donor, other project stakeholders including beneficiaries)?
9. In light of what has been achieved since the inception of the programme in May 2021, what is the relevance of the theory of change and its underlying assumptions and to what extent are the cross-cutting issues^[3] effectively considered and implemented?
10. To what extent has each cross-cutting (Climate, Gender and youth) issue been integrated and are effectively implemented? Are processes and mechanisms established to ensure they are?
11. What corrections can be proposed, to effectively integrate cross-cutting issues to the programme, for the remaining time of its implementation until 2025?
12. What are some of the reflections that can be derived from the programme’s learning agenda in light of the TOC assumptions.
13. In light of the implementation of the programme so far, its achievements and the potential challenges captured, is the theory of change relevant, if yes why, or if not why? In particular, are the underlying assumptions, key objectives and outcomes still relevant? What adjustments can be made to the theory of change and why?
14. In view of the changing contexts, what are the emerging risks that the project needs to take into account? What are the impacts of those risks and what potential adjustments/mitigations measures can be put in place to address them.
15. Deliverables

The consultant and the AACJ country consortiums will be responsible for timely delivery of reports and other deliverables as specified in this ToR. The consultant is responsible for the draft and final MTR report structured in a standardised way according to minimum requirements as outlined in Annex II; Outline MTR report and assessment criteria.

The following table describes the expectations from both the AACJ consortium and the consultant(s), with an indicative timeframe.

Deadline	Item	Description	Responsibility
08.03.2023 To 24.03.2023	Applications	Consultants / applicants to send a proposal to the AACJ Consortium – RE-ADVERTISEMENT	Interested Applicants
25.03.2023 To 31.03.2023	Short listing	Review and Evaluation of submitted proposals and Shortlisting candidates for interview	AACJ Consortium
10.04.2023 To 14.04.2023	Interviews and Offer	Recruitment processed and finalised	AACJ Consortium
Inception phase
24.04.2023 To 05.05.2023	Kick-off meeting	Inception Meeting	AACJ Consortium & Consultant(s)
	Programme documents and any initial material sharing	AACJ Consortium shares with consultant(s) all programme documents and any useful / necessary material (e.g., list and contact information of stakeholders involved in the programme’s delivery)	AACJ Consortium
	Inception phase	Consultants work on the preparation of the inception report (see template) and submit it to the AACJ Consortium for review	Consultant(s)
	Review & approval of inception report	AACJ Consortium review the inception report, and approve it or ask for adjustments	AACJ Consortium & Consultant(s)
Implementation phase
08.05.2023 To 22.05.2023	Desk and literature review	–	Consultant(s)
	Development and finalisation of data-collection tools	Consultants develops, and shares with the commissioners all data-collection tools for review	Consultant(s)
	Data collection tools review and approval	AACJ Consortium reviews data-collection tools and approve them or ask for adjustments	AACJ Consortium
29.05.2023 To 30.06.2023	Data-collection	Data-collection conducted by the consultant(s)	Consultant(s)
	Processed data regularly shared with AACJ Consortium	Consultant(s) are expected to regularly share not only updates, but also outcomes (raw / processed collected data) with the AACJ Consortium. Suggestion is made to establish a weekly catchup between the consultant(s) and the AACJ Consortium to discuss key results and general progress of the review.	Consultant(s)
	Theory of change review workshop (suggestion)	This is a suggestion for the consultant(s) to confirm usefulness, depending on their methodological approaches and choices. Consultant(s) run the theory of change workshops with consortium and partner organisations, to address one of the objectives of the review consisting of testing the validity of the programme theory of change.	AACJ & with recommendations from the Consultant(s)
	Finalisation of the data analysis	–	Consultant(s)
	All processed / analysed data shared with AACJ Consortium	Consultant(s) are expected to share all processed data with the AACJ Consortium	Consultant(s)
03.07.2023	Draft Report	Submission of MTR draft report	Consultant(s)
04.07.2023 To 14.07.2023	Draft report review and approval	Draft report Review and approval by the	Consultant(s) & AACJ Team
24.07.2023 To 31.07.2023 & 10.08.2023	Validation workshop/s & incorporating and views into the Final Report	Consultants with the support of the consortium MEL workstream plan, coordinate and facilitate validation workshops. It is expected that these workshops, to the best possible, should include consortium organisations, partner organisations and target communities / individuals. Generation of Final Report	Consultant(s) AACJ Team + Country teams
11.08.2023	Final Report	Final report submitted incorporating feedback from the validation meetings	Consultant(s)
14.08.2023 To 18.08.2023	Review & Approval	Review and Approval of the Final report	Consultant(s) & AACJ Team
21.08.2023 To 01.09.2023	Dissemination Workshops	Consultant in consultation the MEL workstream plan country specific dissemination meetings for the MTR findings, and develop action points with reflection from the MTR report findings and recommendations	MEL Workstream, Country leads & Consultant(s)

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of the Key Deliverables

MTR Deliverables at Programme Component level

Preparation Phase: Inception report, that includes a clear evaluation matrix, describing indicators and methods to be used for each evaluation question. The inception report should be approved before the start of the implementation phase

Data-collection tools, to be approved before the start of the implementation phase

Raw and processed data, of both qualitative and quantitative data

Results dissemination strategy, among all relevant stakeholders (consortium / partner organisations, communities)

MTR Dissemination meetings (material and facilitation)

Draft AACJ Consortium MTR report

Final AACJ Consortium MTR report

Dissemination Meetings (aligned to the Project PME cycle)

The AACJ Consortium PMU desk will provide necessary practical, technical and administrative guidance and support to the consultant to ensure delivery of a quality final MTR report. The AACJ PMU desk (using internal approval processes) will provide approval of the final MTR report.

7. Qualifications and skills of the external consultant

In view of the purpose, scope and focus of the MTR, we seek to contract a consultancy firm for not more than 45 Consultancy Days to undertake the MTR review of the AACJ Programme.

Qualifications for the external evaluator/s is/are;

• Hold a Masters’ Degree from a recognized university in a relevant field such as Development Studies, Gender and Development, Social sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation or equivalent
• Track record on conducting reviews or evaluations for multi stakeholder, multi-country and multi-year programmes
• Strong research skills and ability to analyse and synthesise relevant data/information and develop high quality analytical reports.
• Proven experience with advocacy methodologies, notably Theories of Change and Outcome Harvesting;
• Expertise on NGO lobby and (policy) advocacy and measurement thereof;
• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills,
• Strong writing and facilitation skills
• Proven experience with qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Expertise in Human rights approaches and Rights Based Approach, and a clear understanding of matters climate justice
• Familiarity with climate justice and gender equality programming and policies in Africa
• Extensive experience in research and analytical work in gender equality and women’s rights
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and committed to uphold safeguarding with the highest standards.

The following competencies should be made clear in the set of CVs provided:

Required:

• Experience in evaluating the content and intervention strategies relevant to the AACJ Programme
• Proven experience in evaluation of major (above euro 10 million) programs in multi-country settings and with a diversity of stakeholders.
• Previous experience – at least two assignments – comparable in content, time, scope and money;
• Experience in facilitating online, offline, hybrid co-creation and validation workshops and sessions;
• Team members and/or network of experts/specialists/consultants based in the AACJ countries or with experience evaluating Dutch MoFA funded programmes
• Proven abilities in working across geographies, languages, contexts and cultures
• Ability to organise and deliver products on time against a tight deadline;

Preferred:

• Knowledge of the quality criteria of the Dutch Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) for executing evaluations.

8. How to Apply

This evaluation is initiated by PACJA and its procurement rules apply to awarding this assignment. A procedure requesting for competitive quotations is to be implemented. Applicants interested in conducting the MTR, are asked to express their interest by applying with the following documents

1. Technical Proposal (carries 70%)

• A technical proposal (maximum 12 pages) outlining how you plan to undertake the MTR with a detailed evaluation matrix indicating the consultant(s)’
• understanding and interpretation of the Terms of Reference;
• description of the intended approach, methodology, tools and analysis and review strategy;
• overview of the perceived risks and mitigation strategies
• A summary of the team composition and expertise; including an annex of the CVs of the consultants who will carry out the work, outlining how they meet the expected criteria, including relevant experiences.
• A detailed timeline including start/ completion dates and time periods required for each phase of the MTR with the associated phase deliverables.
• Attach at least 2 Samples of previous/similar assignments undertaken

1. Financial Proposal (Carries 30%)

• The consultant shall propose a detailed and itemised financial proposal including the professional fees, logistics, and, tax obligations, administrative costs as well as field mobilisation (including travel and accommodation (Full budget proposition for undertaking the assignment)
• The final budget indication will be determined by the Consortium Programme Management Unit (PMU) Team based on available funds.

9. Supervision / Management of the Assignment

The consultant will work with and be supervised by members of the AACJ Consortium (PACJA, Oxfam Novib, FEMNET, Natural Justice and AYC) under the Coordination of the PMU. The AACJ Consortium is expected to provide the consultant with needed support, materials, and guidance. They will be the ones to determine and agree on whether the consultant’s proposed methodology will yield the desired outcomes and thus give a go ahead or propose changes with a view of ensuring that the desired results are achieved.

10. Payment

The consultant will be paid 30% upon signing of the contract, 30% upon presentation of a satisfactory draft report at the Annual Planning Meeting/s, and the remaining 40% will be paid after submission and acceptance of the final report, or alternatively the consultant can propose a payment plan to be agreed upon.

11. Submission of Technical and Financial Proposals

The prospective consultant/s is expected to submit detailed technical and financial (itemised) proposals to; recruitment@pacja.org  with a c.c to info@pacja.org by close of business Friday 24th March, 2023.