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Purpose of the Consutlancy:

The overall objective of the Country Programme Evaluation is to assess the achievements of the Programme in terms of its sustainability, effectiveness, efficiency, and its relevance to the dynamic context of Pakistan as well as its alignment to the national priorities, UNFPA Strategic Plan and Sustainable Development Goals.

1. Assess the relevance of the programme to the national needs and priorities, especially in the area of, GBV/Gender, youth and adolescents, population dynamics and data for development, as well as its strategic alignment with the SDGs, ICPD Programme of Action and UNFPA 2030 transformative results (a) end preventable maternal deaths, (b) end the unmet need for family planning, and (c) end gender-based violence and all harmful practices, including child marriage;

2. Strategically assess the achievements of CPD9 towards its commitments listed under the results & resources frameworks, challenges to achieving these commitments, capacity and structure of the CO to deliver the planned results. It also involves assessing the CP achievements in terms of advocacy and policy dialogue, capacity building and knowledge management based on the following conditions and principles: (a) broad-based participation and reaching the furthest behind first; (b) gender mainstreaming and human rights-based approaches; (c) leveraging local capacities; (d) long-term investments and system building efforts to address complex problems; (e) ongoing learning and adaptation;

3. Conduct an analysis of how UNFPA has positioned itself within the development community and national partners with a view to adding value to the country development results, enabling evidence-based policy improvement for SRHR, GBV/Gender equality, youth and adolescents, population dynamics and data;

4. Assess the overall coherence of the programme implementation to position UNFPA Pakistan within the development-humanitarian context of the country as well as the effectiveness of resource mobilization endeavors;

5. Identify and analyze innovative/high impact approaches, lessons learned and good practices and provide strategic and actionable recommendations to inform the direction of the next Programme Cycle which is aligned with national priorities, UNSDF, the new UNFPA Strategic Plan, ICPD, FP2030 and the SDGs.

Provide strategic and actionable recommendations to inform the direction of the next Programme Cycle which is aligned with national priorities, UNSDF, the new UNFPA Strategic Plan, ICPD, FP2030 and the SDGs

Scope of Work

The Evaluation will cover the time period from the beginning of the ninth programme cycle to date (2018-2021) and will include all initiatives under CPD9 (funded by regular resources and other resources, and those implemented by Implementing Partners and UNFPA). The evaluation will cover all four provinces as well as the interventions at the federal level under both development and humanitarian context.

The Country Programme Evaluation shall systematically use the five OECD –Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability, coherence as well as the two UNFPA criteria to cover the humanitarian interventions namely Coverage and Connectedness.

The criterion of relevance brings into focus the correspondence between the objectives and support strategies of the CP, on the one hand, and population needs, government priorities, and UNFPA global policies and strategies on the other. In particular, it will look into the extent to which the objectives of the UNFPA CP correspond to population needs at country level and were aligned throughout the programme period with government priorities, with strategies of UNFPA and UNDAF.

Assessing the effectiveness, the extent to which CP outputs have been achieved, and the extent to which these outputs have contributed to the achievement of the CP outcomes, will require a comparison of the intended goals, outcomes and outputs with the actual achievement of terms of results.

The efficiency criterion-the extent to which CP outputs and outcomes have been achieved with the appropriate amount of resources and captures how resources such as funds, expertise, time and etc, have been used by the CO and converted into the results along the results chain.

The sustainability is related to the likelihood that benefits from the CP continue after UNFPA funding is terminated and the corresponding interventions are closed. Therefore, the sustainability criterion - the continuation of benefits from a UNFPA - financed intervention after its termination, will assess the overall resilience of benefits to risks that could affect their continuation.

The coherence is related to the synergies, interlinkages, coordination and added value of the UNFPA’s CP with programmes of other UN agencies and development partners, government policies and programmes and alignment of the CP with the relevant norms and standards

The Evaluation team will comprise of an International team leader and three team members (SRH/ASRH Expert, Gender/GBV Expert and PD/Youth Expert).

The Gender Expert will primarily be responsible for assessing the Gender and Gender Based Violence thematic area of the CP in both regular development and humanitarian settings. She/he will take part in the data collection and analysis work during the design and field phases, and shall be responsible for drafting key parts of the design report and of the final evaluation report, including (but not limited to) sections relating to Gender.

S/he will be responsible for covering the Gender component of the evaluation, focusing on gender quality and women’s empowerment, with linkages to gender-based violence and domestic violence. S/he will develop the Gender part of the design report including the evaluation matrix, and collect information, conducting desk reviews of relevant documents and interviews with key stakeholders in the respective area. S/he will draft the Gender part (Gender equality and Gender Based Violence) part and provide inputs on GBV related parts including programme adjustments and priority actions of the 1st and 2nd drafts and the final evaluation report that meets all of UNFPA’s quality standards;

The Gender/ Gender Based Violence Expert will be responsible for:

• Covering the Gender/GBV component of the Evaluation, focusing on gender quality and women’s empowerment, with linkages to gender-based violence and domestic violence both in development and humanitarian context;

• Developing the Gender /GBV part of the design report including the review matrix;

• Collecting information, conducting desk reviews of relevant documents and interviews with key stakeholders in the respective area;

• Draft the Gender part (Gender equality and Gender Based Violence) and provide inputs on related sections of the 1st and 2nd drafts and the final review report that meets all of UNFPA’s quality standards;

The Evaluation team members will be working closely with the team leader at all stages of the evaluation, especially more closely during the field phase, where continuous exchanges need to take place to ensure data collection is conducted based on the evaluation principles and methodology, and to communicate with the team leader, results of meetings, interviews, etc. in a prompt and efficient manner.

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Duration and Working Schedule:

45 working days spread over the time frame of May-October 2021

Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:

• Master’s Degree in social sciences, including population and gender studies, and other relevant fields;

• At least 7 years of professional/technical experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE), including in gender-based violence and harmful practices;

• 3 years of experience in conducting complex reviews, evaluations, research in areas of GEWE;

• Good knowledge of humanitarian strategies, policies, frameworks and international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles, as well as the international humanitarian architecture and coordination mechanisms

• Substantive knowledge and/or significant experience on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, Gender Based Violence and other harmful practices,

• Ability to consistently integrate human rights and gender perspectives in all phases of the evaluation process.

• Familiarity with UNFPA or other United Nations organizations’ mandates and activities will be an advantage;

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary teams;

Excellent analytical, communication and writing skills;