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Evaluation of FAO's Country Programme in Lao PDR, 2009-20!

Call for Expression of Interest Team Leader and members

FAO"s Offi#e of Evaluation $OED% is #urrently in t&e ro#ess of initiating an evaluation of

FAO"s Country Programme in Lao PDR from 2009-20!( )&e evaluation *ill ta+e la#e over

t&e first semester of 20(

a#+groun.

Lao PDR, a lan.lo#+e. #ountry in /out&east Asia"s e+ong /u1-region, &as a oulation of (3

million( Lao PDR ran+e. 49 out of 53on t&e 6uman Develoment 7n.e8 in 204( Among

#&il.ren un.er five, 2( er#ent are un.er*eig&t, !!(2 er#ent are stunte., an. t&e revalen#e

of *asting is (9 er#ent(2 Furt&ermore, roug&ly one-t&ir. of its oulation lives 1elo* t&e

national overty line, *it& signifi#ant variations 1y region an. et&ni# grou( Lao PDR is

#urrently e8erien#ing a erio. of e#onomi# gro*t&, &o*ever t&is &as t&us far &a. little

sillover effe#t on t&e #omle8 an. en.uring #&allenge of foo. inse#urity(4

et&o.ology)&e evaluation *ill #over rograms e8e#ute. .uring t&e erio. of 2009 to 20!, an. *ill 1e

#on.u#te. in #lose asso#iation *it& national government #ounterarts an. ot&er national

sta+e&ol.ers( 7t *ill #on#entrate on assessing t&e results of FAO"s *or+ in Lao as *ell as

otential future areas of *or+( 7t *ill, in so far as ossi1le, ma+e use of lo#al &uman resour#es

an. e8ertise, an. #oul. otentially involve longer more in-.et& stu.ies, fo#using on areas of

arti#ular interest to FAO"s man.ate an. role(

)&e evaluation *ill fo#us on FAO"s a#tual an. otential #ontri1utions in t&e follo*ing se#tors

agri1usiness an. value #&ains: forestry, natural resour#e management, an. 1io.iversity: #limate

#&ange a.atation an. .isaster ris+ re.u#tion: foo. an. nutrition se#urity: an. lan. tenure(

Timetable)&e tentative timeline is as follo*s

$a% Prearatory .es+ resear#& in O#to1er-De#em1er 20!:

$1% An in#etion mission 1y OED staff in late ;anuary 20 to t&eme=#ountry-notes=LAO(.f2 Lao /o#ial 7n.i#ator /urvey, 20-202, #arrie. out 1y t&e Lao PDR inistry of 6ealt&(

&tt==.&srogram(#om=u1s=.f=FR25=FR25(.f

4 Foo. an. ?utrition /e#urity Atlas of Lao PDR, 204, #arrie. out 1y t&e @orl. Foo. Programme(

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Foo. /e#urity an. ?utrition

Agri1usiness

Forestry

Disaster Ris+ Re.u#tion an. Climate C&ange A.atation

Poli#y /uort an. 7nstitutional Caa#ity Develoment

7nformation /ystems

)&e team *ill *or+ un.er t&e overall suervision an. resonsi1ility of t&e OED )eam Lea.er()eam mem1ers s&oul. not &ave 1een involve. in t&e .esign or imlementation of FAO roe#ts

in Lao .uring t&e erio. un.er s#rutiny, an. *ill 1e reBuire. to sign a #onfli#t of interest

.e#laration( Female an. national #an.i.ates are strongly en#ourage. to aly(

Essential qualifications of experts

Postgra.uate .egree in /o#ial s#ien#es $E#onomi#s, /o#iology, E.u#ation, /tatisti#s, 7nformation

anagement, et#(% an.=or e8ertise in se#tors relevant to t&e evaluation as liste. a1ove:

Past e8erien#e in t&e #ountry an.=or in t&e region(

At least 3 years of relevant an. roven e8erien#e at international level in t&eir fiel.s of e8ertise:

E8#ellent *riting an. ver1al #ommuni#ation s+ills in Englis&:

Previous e8erien#e in #on.u#ting=ta+ing art in in.een.ent evaluations(

)&e *or+ing language *ill 1e Englis&( no*le.ge of Lao language is referre.(

Ali#ation ro#ess

7ntereste. #an.i.ates s&oul. sen. t&eir ali#ation 1y 23 January 2!", to t&e email a..ress

savina.tessitore@fao.orgwith copy to tala.talaee@fao.org( Please se#ifyEvaluation of FAO's Country Programme in Lao PDR in t&e email su1e#t line(

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