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Company | World Univers... |
Industry | NGO/IGO/INGO |
Category | Science |
Location | Accra |
Job Status | Contractor/Co... |
Salary | GH¢ |
Education | Bachelor̵... |
Experience | 10 years |
Job Expires | Aug 27, 2021 |
Contact | ... |
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Company Profile WUSC (World University Service of Canada) is a Canadian non-profit organization working to create a better world for all young people. We bring together a diverse network of students, volunteers, schools, governments, and businesses who share this vision. Together, we develop solutions in education, economic opportunities, and empowerment to overcome inequality and exclusion for youth around the world, particularly young women and young refugees. WUSC currently works in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, with an annual budget of approximately CAD $40 million. We have over 90 staff in our Ottawa office, and over 200 people overseas implementing 16 development projects in collaboration with donors such as Global Affairs Canada, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Mastercard Foundation and the African Development Bank. Job Description TERMS OF REFERENCE – ENDLINE ASSESSMENT (GH)
NATIONAL CONSULTANT OR RESEARCHER
1. Introduction
WUSC is one of Canada's leading non-profit international development organizations committed to building a more equitable and sustainable world. The organization works with a unique and powerful network of post-secondary institutions, private sector partners and volunteers to provide educational, employment and empowerment opportunities that improve the lives of millions of disadvantaged youth around the world.
CECI is a Canadian international development organization whose mission is to fight poverty and exclusion. CECI's Canadian and field teams have over 15 years of experience in governance and inclusive development in the extractive regions of West Africa.
WUSC and CECI are jointly implementing the West Africa Governance and Economic Sustainability in Extractive Areas (WAGES) project in key regions of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Guinea that are impacted by the presence of the extractive industry. The implementation timeline for this 6-year project is from April 2016 to March 2022, with an overall budget of $22.18 million. The WAGES Project is funded by Global Affairs Canada.
As the WAGES project enters its final year of implementation, WUSC and CECI intend to carry out a final assessment of the achieved results as part of its overall monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) strategy for the project. For this reason, WUSC and CECI are seeking the consulting services of a national consultant or researcher (it could be an individual or a firm) to lead and carry out this assessment in each country where the WAGES project is being implemented. The recruited national consultant in each country will work with the guidance and in coordination with the WAGES Project country team as well as the regional MEL Consultant.
2. Background of Project
The West Africa Governance and Economic Sustainability in Extractive Areas (WAGES) project aims to break the vicious circle in which local communities, especially women and youth, are excluded from the benefits of mining investments. In this perspective, the project works to ensure the participation of local communities, and specifically, the integration of women and youth in the governance of natural resources, entrepreneurship, and the sustainable development of these areas. As a result, the project staff work closely with key partners that include local and national governments, mining companies as well as private sector and civil society organizations to achieve these intended results.
The project has three main areas of intervention. The first component, focusing on local governance, aims at strengthening regional and local governments and local institutions, and allowing them to leverage opportunities arising from natural resource development. The second component, focusing on sustainable and inclusive local economic development, aims to increase gender and youth inclusive employment opportunities for community members. The third component, focusing on knowledge sharing, aims to establish an enhanced informed dialogue on inclusive and sustainable strategies for economic growth and local governance in the targeted regions of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Guinea.
It is important to mention that the project was conceived in the context where the legislative texts of the three countries of intervention provide that the local governments of the intervention zones will have access to financial resources derived from mining revenues to invest in local development. Although limited and unpredictable, these resources are accessible to the Districts of Ghana, the first funds have been operationalized in the Communes of Guinea, but these are still not a reality in Burkina Faso. There is, however, direct investment by mining companies to support local economic development in the 3 areas of intervention. The project's strategy is therefore to maximize the benefits of these local public and private investments to improve the well-being of populations living in extractive zones.
The project’s Logic Model (LM) was revised in September 2018 to take into account lessons learned from the first years of implementation, as well as Canada’s newly released Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP). The 2018 revisions aimed to strengthen the project's focus on gender equality and youth inclusion. WAGES also has a Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) which guides process and results monitoring. During the 2018 LM revision process, the project’s PMF was also revised which means that some of the project original indicators are not the same as those used in the project’s baseline study.
3. Purpose and Objectives of the study
The overall aim of the study is to collect evidence on and assess the performance of the project against its intended results and established indicators (as laid out in the performance measurement framework and Gender Equality and Youth Inclusion (GEYI) strategy, which will be made available to the selected consultants/researchers).
4. Scope of Study and Methodology guidelines
The following elements should guide the design and implementation of this end-line study:
Outcome statements, indicators, sources, and data collection methods for each indicator, are included in the project’s draft PMF (available upon contracting). The local evaluation consultant or local researcher for each country will be expected to review this PMF with key project stakeholders, and to collect data for all indicators in the PMF.
While the national consultant or researcher, informed by discussions with field-based project teams is encouraged to suggest complementary methodologies and strategies that may be more appropriate to carry out the study, presently the PMF outlines the following data collection methods or evidence streams to establish a performance measurement throughout the project:
Moreover, the findings, conclusions and recommendations from the study should mostly be presented per component (Local Governance, Local Economic Development, Knowledge Sharing), in order to facilitate the review and the understanding of the knowledge generated and shared throughout the report.
Furthermore, the study will be covering the implementation period of the project since inception, taking into account the strategic review in 2018 (including new and old Logic Models, Performance Measurement Frameworks, etc.) and the adjustment made based on the Feminist International Assistance Policy, including Gender Equality and Youth Inclusion (GEYI) Strategy, GEYI Action Plans, etc.
The national consultant or researcher will also be expected to adjust the overall methodology of the study, as well as each individual data collection tool, to the evolving situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the three countries, in order to ensure compliance with all safety measures mandated by national and local health authorities, as well by WUSC and CECI. Additionally, all efforts should be put in place so that the whole study is timely and complete.
The study is expected to collect data to inform the following project indicators.
Quantitative Indicators
Qualitative Indicators
There might be some additional data to be collected on the GEYI efforts on the project, and this will be adjusted in the data collection tools and clarified with the recruited consultant.
5. Key Activities and Deliverables
The selected Consultant will have overall responsibility for the implementation of the study, and for ensuring quality and timeliness of all deliverables. The study approach and data collection tools have already been designed. The Consultant will be responsible for reviewing and adapting the study approach and the data collection tools as well as responsible for sampling, piloting, enumerators’ recruitment and training, data collection, data entry, data analysis, report writing, results dissemination, and client liaison.
The key activities and deliverables expected from the Consultant(s) for this assignment are as follows:
6. Time Frame and Level of Effort
The contract is expected to be carried out within 45 working days from September 1st, 2021 to December 31st, 2021. The consultant is expected to carry out all the preparation required to roll out the study as per the suggested time frame below.
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