Tenders Are Invited For Independent Summative Evaluation Ise Of The Global Partnership For Education Gpe And Of Gpes Work Associated With The Gpe 2020 Strategy

Tenders Are Invited For Independent Summative Evaluation Ise Of The Global Partnership For Education Gpe And Of Gpes Work Associated With The Gpe 2020 StrategyAn Independent Summative Evaluation Ise Is Proposed For The Global Partnership For Education Gpe And Of Gpes Work Associated With The 2016 2020 Strategy Gpe2020 Https Www Globalpartnership Org About Us Strategy The Evaluation Is Envisaged Under Gpes Monitoring And Evaluation M E Strategy 2017 The Evaluation Is To Be Utility Focused And Meant To Be Instrumental In Helping Shape Gpes Post 2020 Strategic Directions The Evaluation Is Expected To Review Gpes Implementation Progress And Achievements Thus Far Identify Lessons And Provide Insights For Improvement To Be Considered For Future Strategy Planning The Evaluation Will Conclude By June 2020 Before The End Of Gpe2020 In December 2020 With The Evaluation Serving As An Input Into The Gpe 2025 Strategy The Bulk Of The Strategy Work Is Likely To Take Place Between June 2019 And June 2020 And The Evaluation Should Be Designed And Staged To Inform The Process As It Progresses For The Evaluation To Be Independent Of Gpe The Gpes Strategy And Impact Committee Sic Proposed That The Evaluation Be Steered By An Independent Evaluation Committee Iec That Would Oversee The Process And Be Organized Through The Gpe Secretariat Which Is Housed At The World Bank Group The Iec Determines The Terms Of Reference Tors And Its Objectives Of And Specific Approach To The Evaluation And Selects The Evaluation Firm This Approach Is Similar To The One Successfully Implemented For Gpes Independent Interim Evaluation Of Gpe 2010 2014 2015 Https Www Globalpartnership Org Content Independent Interim Evaluation Gpe 2010 2014 The Proposed Governance And Administration Arrangements And The Relatively Short Timeline Are Based On The Expectation That The Evaluation Will Not Require Extensive Primary Data Collection A Corpus Of Evaluations And Review Studies Are And Will Become Available From Gpes M E Strategy See Annex 1 In Line With Good Practice And To Proceed In An Efficient Manner The Ise Is Expected To Draw Extensively On This Existing And Forthcoming Body Of Work The Firm Envisioned To Take On This Work Will Have Previous Experience In Conducting Summative Evaluations Related To The Work And Goals Set Out Under Formal Strategies Such As Gpe 2020 Ideally With Key Staff Who Have Worked In The Education Sector In Developing Country Contexts Throughout The Consultants Will Engage With The Iec Which Will Be Determining With The Consultants The Final Areas Of Evaluation Inquiry The Methodological Approaches To Be Used And Reviewing The Work Of The Evaluation Firm The Gpe Secretariat Will Be Responsible For Ensuring The Transfer Of Existing Reports And Data To The Consultants International Travel Is Likely To Be Involved Important Note Firms Are Asked To Declare Any Potential Conflicts Of Interest In This Assignment Scope Of The Work And ActivitiesA Summary Of The Main Supporting Activities Envisioned Though The Consultants Are Invited To Propose Alternate Arrangements Is Below But Details Will Be Elaborated In The Request For Proposals Rfp 1 Throughout Participate In Consultations Seeking Input From Stakeholders The Iec The Sic The Board The Gpe Secretariat And Gpe Partners 2 Based On The Rfp Guidance Further Refine The Evaluation Questions And The Methodological Design As Part Of The Inception Note Development 3 Conduct The Evaluation Reviewing Existing Data And Reports And Carrying Out New Data Collection As Necessary Developing And Presenting Progress Reports And An Intermediate Report Along The Way 4 Participate In Review Processes With The Iec And Edit And Refine The Final Evaluation And Outputs 5 Package All Outputs For Publication And Presentation 6 Present The Findings In Meetings About The Evaluation

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