Bprm End Of Project Evaluation - Strengthening Education And Protection For Children Affected By The Syrian Crisis In Lebanon

Strengthening Education and Protection for Children Affected by the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon– EOP TOR Role: End of Project Evaluation of the BPRM Project Funded by: BPRM Supervisor/s: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Director      Time Frame of Assignment: 20 Working Days    Location:  Bekaa, Beirut and Mount Lebanon   Project Background The Governorate of Bekaa is host to the largest proportion of Syrian Refugees – as of February 2016 at least 370,000 of the 1.2 million refugees in the country reside in Bekaa. Parts of Beirut and Mount Lebanon have also witnessed a sustained increase in refugees who have either arrived directly from Syria or relocated from border regions. Save the Children aims to contribute to the fulfilment of children’s rights to protection, education and development in the Bekaa and Beirut and Mount Lebanon governorates. Currently Bekaa is the only Lebanese governorate where over half of its Street-Based Children (SBC) resort to begging for survival. Meanwhile, almost three-fifths of the SBC in Lebanon reside in Greater Beirut (Beirut and Mount Lebanon governorates). SBC in Greater Beirut generate less than $13/day through negative coping mechanisms like begging, while in the Bekaa region the average daily earning was under $12/day. The project tackled the following overall objective: “Early childhood care and development (ECCD) needs of children are met through community based programming”. The project’s duration is from 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017 and was implemented in the Bekaa and Beirut and Mount Lebanon governorates. SC planned to conduct an in-depth assessment of the capacity of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education through site visits and Focus Group Discussions with current beneficiaries. Based on the assessment’s results, it planned to provide trainings to caregivers in positive parenting skills, provide safe spaces for refugee children through the ECCD program, and provide developmental and educational stimulation to the participating children. SC has also aimed to provide teachers with trainings to ensure they have the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively facilitate ECCD programs in support of cognitive, physical and social emotional domains in a child’s development. Hygiene promotion sessions in order to increase the awareness of children, their parents and the teachers about the linkages between hygiene and health, were also planned. In addition, SC intended that a total of about 14 suitable spaces continue to run in communities through informal spaces and/or community centers, whereby it has planned to equip these sites with furniture suitable for the age group and to carry out minor rehabilitations for safety and security as well as water/sanitation. Objectives of the Evaluation This End of project Evaluation aims at evaluating the project outcomes, objectives and impact, with a focus on understanding the outcome for children in particular from the interventions in Education and Child Protection. The Evaluator will be answering the following main question: “Did SCIL’s integrated Education and CP approach contribute to the fulfilment of children’s rights to protection, education and development in the Bekaa and Beirut and Mount Lebanon governorates?” The objective of this final project evaluation is to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability of the “Strengthening Education and Protection for Children Affected by the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon” project. The project final evaluation will focus on all the activities carried out during the lifetime of the project. Hence, the evaluation will address the following Identification of key project’s challenges, risks and opportunities as well as the strengths and weaknesses, in the light of its prospective continuation. Measurements of key attributes of processes and implementation using different technical methods. Recommendations on how to improve the design and/or operational processes of the project to cause more impact and increase implementation efficiency and effectiveness, and to attain project’s sustainability.   Deliverables The evaluation team will submit three reports and three presentations to the SCIL Steering Committee: Assignment timeline: The assignment timeline should include clear dates and deadlines of deliverables beginning by the submission date of the inception report. Inception report: Following the desk review and prior to beginning of the field work, an inception report will be produced subject to approval by SCIL. This report will detail a draft work plan with a summary of the primary information needs, the methodology to be used, and a work plan/schedule for the field visits and major deadlines. With respect to methodology, the inception report will include a description of how data will be collected and a sampling framework, data sources, and drafts of suggested data collection tools such as questionnaires and interview guides. It should also include the draft of the final report outline (i.e. Table of Content).  Once the report is finalized and accepted, the evaluation team must submit a request for any change in strategy, methodology or approach to the SCIL MEAL Director.  Draft report: A draft evaluation report will be submitted to SCIL MEAL Director who will lead the revision process with the reference group and provide feedback within two weeks of receipt of the draft report. Quantitative and qualitative data collected and analysis developed should be annexed to the draft report. Final report: The Final Evaluation Report should include a two page executive summary that summarizes the key lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations. It should also include best practices case studies that can be shared with SCIL technical and management staff. Quantitative and qualitative data collected and analysis developed should be annexed to the draft report.   All material collected in the undertaking of the evaluation process should be lodged with the SCIL Person to be referenced by the MEAL Director prior to the termination of the contract. Presentation of findings: At the end of the field work and after submission of the draft report, the evaluation team will present preliminary findings to validate and prioritize learning at the SCIL Lebanon level After submission of the Final Evaluation Report, the evaluation team will provide a final presentation for relevant stakeholders One Skype call for the SCIL headquarters and other interested SCIL staff who may benefit from the learning with the lead Evaluator.                                                  Essential Competencies Required Save the Children seeks expressions of interest from people with the following skills/qualifications and expertise: Expertise in Social and Child Protection approaches Expertise in Child Protection and Education programming evaluations Sound and proved experience in conducting evaluations, particularly utilization and learning focused evaluations. Expertise in qualitative data collection techniques Expertise in participative evaluations with focus on child participation and designing evaluation tools.   Application Process Interested consultants or consultancy firms are required to send an expression of interest email to the email address below using the following subject line “BPRM End of Project Evaluation”. Upon expressing interest, the interested consultant or consultancy firm will receive the detailed TOR based on which they would submit their proposal. The proposal should include the methodology, the CV(s) of the consultant(s), and their respective rates. The deadline for submitting proposals is: 6 September 2017 Submit completed proposals to lebanonhrb@savethechildren.org