Impact Assessment Consultant
EUROPEAN UNION
Impact Assessment ToR For Consultant.
Introduction
The specific objective of this project that commenced in August
2010 was to enhance the capacity of grassroots communities in 3 regions
to access formal and informal justice towards preserving , protecting and
defending the rights of widow’s, vulnerable children’s and youth’
and the physically challenged to access, own and use land and property through
community centered and lead approaches and interventions.
Programme objective
- The
overall objective of the project was to contribute to the realization of
Millennium Development Goal 1 (Eradicate extreme poverty) and 3 (promote
gender equality and empower women)
- Project
outcomes
- Increased
access to justice for grassroots communities to safeguard & protect
against land grabbing/disinheritance.
- Increase
capacity of grassroots community in handling land& property violations
through WDG's.
- Increased
legal awareness of community members, local leaders and provincial
administrators on rights and laws protecting widows and orphans
- Increased
interaction between national level stakeholders and community WDG towards
safeguarding rights of widows & orphans through community centered and
led approaches
Project Outputs
The programme has four major outputs:
- Formation
of 1 and replication of 2 Community Land and Property Watchdog groups in
Nanyuki, Kitui and Mathare informal settlement.(At least three WDGs in
each of the region formed)
- Capacity
development and legal empowerment of formed watchdogs within the areas
targeted
- Participatory
governance dialogue with stakeholders towards safeguarding &
protecting rights of widows, youth and orphans.
- Legal
awareness of community members, local leaders and the provincial
administration on land, property and inheritance rights and laws of
widows, and vulnerable orphans and youths Increased.
The project was implemented with close coordination with
three grassroots women led Community Based Organizations in Kitui, Nanyuki and
Mathare namely; Tei Wa Wo, Likii Home based Care Givers and Mathare Mothers
Development Center in the three areas respectively.
The purpose of the evaluation is to take stock of the project achievements, review the current legislative, social and economic environment and the interface with land and property inheritance rights of widows and orphans in the three areas and give recommendations on new strategies to enhance and scale up access to informal justice for widows and orphans in Kenya.
The recommendation emerging from this evaluation should
inform GROOTS Kenya on the role of women/community led informal
justice mechanisms including the watchdog model and how they can be
involved in the current devolved government for the land management and
administration including stating what role they could play in the new devolved
governance.
Purpose of Evaluation
- The
main purpose of the evaluation is to provide an independent assessment of
the effectiveness, impact, relevance, replicability and
sustainability of the past activities of the 2 years project in the three
regions (Kitui, Nanyuki and Mathare), so as to facilitate the elaboration
of an enhanced women property programme lay-out.
- The
consultant should provide GROOTS Kenya with useful information, analysis
and recommendations, thereby enabling the organization to effectively
continue engaging in access to justice processes.
- The
impact assessment will evaluate the success of the project in relation to
the overall progress in relation to achievement of programme objectives.
In particular:
- Assess
the watch dog formation process towards enhancing access to informal
justice mechanism, the strategic role of women in the watch dog groups,
and their partnership with the provincial administration and other
stakeholders.
- As
well as the capacity development and legal empowerment of formed watchdogs
within the areas targeted
- Assess
the influence of the project on governance issues surrounding women
inheritance rights, institutional transformation at the community levels,
grassroots women participation on decision making towards safeguarding
& protecting rights of widows, youth and orphans.
- Assessment
on the levels of legal awareness of community members, local leaders and
the provincial administration on land, property and inheritance rights and
laws of widows, and vulnerable orphans and youths.
Scope of work and methods
The assignment should evaluate the entire work done with the assistance of this grant given to GROOTS Kenya in the period August 2010 and September 2012.
The main perspective of the impact assessment is to provide an
end-term review of the informal justice mechanisms strategy in enhancing access
to justice to women and orphans particularly land, and property inheritance
rights
The methodology will include:
Desk review-as general background, the consultant should study relevant material in regarding to project. These may include, the project proposal, work plans Log frame, correspondences, agreements and reports
Field visits to various field sites to Kitui, Nanyuki and Mathare where GROOTS Kenya has implemented the projects.
This will include physical visit to the beneficiaries’ homes/
farm to assess the impact of the project.
In depth studies through interviews and focus group discussions during field visits to Kitui, Nanyuki and Mathare areas where the project was implemented.
In depth studies through interviews and focus group discussions during field visits to Kitui, Nanyuki and Mathare areas where the project was implemented.
These visits should include interviews with target group’s
including watchdog group members, women and orphans beneficiaries, the
provincial administrators, community opinion leaders and heads of other
government institutions relevant to this work.
Gathering information from other relevant stakeholders
The evaluation should try to answer the following questions
Gathering information from other relevant stakeholders
The evaluation should try to answer the following questions
- Relevance – Was the project
well-conceived given the situation? Is it still relevant to the original
problem it was intended to address? To what extent is it contributing to
the strategic direction of GROOTS Kenya women leadership and governance
strategy and access and control of property and inheritance rights for
women and orphans in Kenya? Is it relevant to the current reform process
in the spirit of the current constitution dispensation in Kenya?
- Efficiency - Was the project delivered in a
timely and cost-effective manner? Have resources been used cost
effectively? Do the results -- quantity and quality – justify the
resources expended?
- Effectiveness – To what extents were
planned results achieved. What are the reasons learnt? What supports and
barriers have affected achievement?
- Impact - To what extent has the
project contributed to longer-term outcomes and goals of GROOTS Kenya? Are
there unanticipated positive or negative consequences from the project?
Why did they arise?
- Sustainability – Is there an enabling
environment that supports ongoing positive impacts especially on
governance and accountability on widows and orphan’s access to justice at
the grassroots level? Can the outcomes be sustained beyond the life of the
project? Will impacts continue to be realized?
- External
Utility/Replicability -
To what extent are the strategies employed in this project replicable in
pursuit for governance and accountability of widows and orphans access to
justice in related to property and inheritance rights? Might its
approaches, methods, and/or content have potential value in another
situation or programme both in the three regions and other parts of the
country?
Timeframe and budget considerations
- The
whole impact Assessment will take 10 days starting in Mid-
September.
- This
time frame includes data collection, report writing and feedback to the
community.
- The
consultant/s will work closely with the Program Officer, Finance and Human
Resource Manager and the National Coordinator in GROOTS Kenya during the
evaluation.
- All
details regarding time frame, field visits and approval of the report will
be reached upon close coordination with the above team
The Consultant
- The
consultant/s appointed will have a solid mix of skills, training,
attributes and experience including relevant advanced University
education.
- A
minimum of 5 years hands on experience in carrying out a range of M &
E activities in development work including end of project/program term
evaluations.
- Excellent
analytical and communications (oral and written) is essential.
Application
Application including consultant profiles, testimonials, and a motivational cover letter.
A technical & financial proposal
Three references to accompany your application
Not later than Thursday, 13th September 2012.
Send the application to
The National Coordinator
GROOTS Kenya
PO Box 10320-GPO
Nairobi, Kenya
grootsk@grootskenya.org/ admin@grootskenya.org
