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Terms of Reference (ToR) For hiring consultant/consulting firm

to conduct

Sustainability Assessment (SAF II)

of

South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP) in

Bangladesh

Country Coordination Unit

Plan International Bangladesh

August 2017

ToR SAF II Bangladesh

The assignment is expected to commence in late August 2017 and would need to be completed by 30 October 2017.


1. Background of the ProgrammeIn April 2014, Department for International Development (DFID) awarded a four years South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP) to Plan International UK as the consortium lead. In Bangladesh SAWRP is being implemented by Plan International Bangladesh, WaterAid Bangladesh, Unilever and Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP). Plan International Bangladesh and WaterAid Bangladesh are mainly implementing the programme focusing on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at the rural areas and Unilever/WSUP is concentrating on Schools.

SAWRP is designed to promote and enable the sustained use of hygienic household toilets, and the practice of hand washing with soap, by nearly 4.3 million people especially children in poor rural communities across Bangladesh. The South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP) is operating in selected districts of Bangladesh where very high numbers of poor people do not use improved sanitation. The programme is implemented through the ‘Payment by Results’ (PbR) approach and the programme is split into two phase i.e output phase and outcomes phase. The main objective of the programme is to promote and enable the sustained use of hygienic household toilets and the practice of handwashing with soap. The programme will also make water supply improvements in a limited number of communities that experience acute water supply problems.

The output phase (ended in December 2015) focuses on the construction and installation of water points and latrines and the delivery of handwashing and hygiene messages. The outcomes phase (January 2016 – December 2017) focuses on sustained use of WASH infrastructures and continuing good hygiene practices of the output phase beneficiaries. The closing phase of the programme is January – March 2018.

Sustainability is a core part of the programme implementation and SAWRP is keen to understand issues of sustainability especially in terms of i. Equity and inclusion, ii. Institutional and Financial and iii. Environmental aspects. Understanding this, Sustainability Assessment Frameworks (SAFs) were developed by programme partners to assess the sustainability of the interventions. For the purposes of SAWRP, five dimensions of sustainability are considered, namely:

Functional sustainability - ensuring services remain operational in the long-term, including aspects such as appropriate design, quality of construction, the availability of spare parts and, supply chain development

Institutional sustainability - ensuring organisations and structures (public, private, community) are in place to support functional, financial and environmental sustainability, and that these are aligned with country norms

Financial sustainability - ensuring that funds collected will be sufficient to meet annual recurrent and periodic costs

Environmental sustainability – ensuring assessment of the impact on water resources (including groundwater) and of the potential impacts of climate change, building climate resilience and adaptation into the design of technology or systems

Equity – ensuring that vulnerable groups are benefiting from the interventions, and understanding whether there is any exclusion

Based on this assumption, SAWRP Bangladesh has conducted the first round of Sustainability Assessment in 2016 for each of these three areas, where both areas of Plan International Bangladesh and WaterAid Bangladesh were part of the study. The final document of the first round of SAFs are currently being finalized and will be available to the consultant when this piece of work commences.


2. Objectives of assessmentA second round of SAF study has been planned to be conducted in August - September 2017 as a follow-up study of SAF I, which builds on SAF I reports. Following points are the main objectives of the second round of SAF study, which will be covering all three thematic areas (I&F, E&I and environmental aspects):

• Progress on addressing management responses and recommendations from the SAF I reports, summarizing specific actions taken, what remains to be done and what aspects are best left to other stakeholders.

• Revisiting RAG and risk ratings – review the RAG ratings from SAF I and highlight the changing trends (both improvements and challenges)

• A summary analysis of key lessons from the project in terms of addressing key risks and detailing what has worked well and not so well.

• Draft case studies related to three thematic areas of SAF. These could potentially address: progress on addressing difficult challenges, innovations, new or revised project processes, or discussing successful interventions.

3. Methodology and the assignmentMore targeted version for the SAF II studies is envisaged which will focus on how programme partners have addressed the recommendations, RAG ratings and management responses from the first round of SAFs. Initially, as much as possible, it would be assessing/ reviewing the relevant documents including SAF-I reports, followed by carefully structured interviews and group discussions with senior and relevant staff to achieve the objective as explained in the above section. Where there is a need for further information or to answer outstanding questions, limited field visits, or visits to other organizations/Implementing Partners should be conducted. Refer to the following Annexes at the end of this document:

Annex 1: Quality Control / Quality Assurance Processes and Expectations Annex-02: Sustainability Assessment Frameworks/SAF II notes

A mix of both quantitative and qualitative methodology is proposed for conducting the second round of the SAF study. The consultant will submit detail inception plan, proposed tools, criteria and detailed methodology for this assessment. When read in conjunction with SAF I full and consolidated reports, the completed SAF II study reports should provide a complete picture of how sustainability has been addresses within SAWRP.

The following steps are proposed for conducting the second round of sustainability assessment of SAWRP in Bangladesh:

a. Preparatory meetings and discussionsPreparatory meetings and discussions with the SAF committee1, senior management of Consortium Partners (CPs) and Head of Country Coordination Unit, SAWRP Bangladesh. The main focus of these meetings would be to build on the previous work of SAF I studies and make use of available reports/evaluations. SAF II study will comprise of three areas of Institutional and Financial (I&F) assessment, Equity and Inclusion (E&I) and Environmental Scoping study. It is expected that the consultant looks into the three areas separately and try to find synergies for integration of findings of the three areas charting a path towards sustainable outcomes of SAWRP.

1 The SAF II committee will be comprised of Project Manager, SAWRP – WAB, Project Manager, SAWRP – PIB, Head of WASH, PIB, Head – CCU Bangladesh, Technical members on E&I, F&I and Environment (TBD) from PIB, WAB and WSUP.


During the preparatory meeting, the consultant will share inception plan with the SAF committee and a way forward will be agreed.

b. Desk review of SAF I reports and other documents and submission of inception report

A desk review of key documents, policy papers, previous SAF I ToR, SAF I reports, SAF I consolidated report including management response documents, and relevant sector report will be done by the consultant/s. Relevant data from existing database would also be assessed where needed. The consultant will share the draft desk review report and an agreement of SAF committee would be required. In the light of desk review, the consultant will recommend the locations and respondents for the field visits and interviews.

The consultant will submit an inception report before the initiation of field visit, which would include detailed work plan for the consultancy.

c. Field visit / interview with the key stakeholders Consultant will conduct field visits to the selected project sites and conduct interviews of communities, SAWRP team, government officials and key informants. Achievements should be discussed and potential case studies to be prepared according to the thematic areas of SAF.

The field for visit would be selected after the desk review as this process might/would highlight areas that need to have an in-depth look. The field visits would be more of qualitative assessment that focus more on lesson learned, visiting field where interesting sustainability learning for each of the three sustainability areas (equity and inclusion, institutional and financial and environmental) in terms of what has worked well, key challenges addressed. During the field visits the consultant may be accompanied by the relevant project staff/staff from CCU.

d. Drafting consolidated ‘Sustainability Assessment Framework’ report

A draft report shall be submitted by the consultant based on the findings of the SAF II studies and in the proposed format (please see section 9) and answering all the objectives of the assessment.

A report of SAF-II, covering status of management response, key challenges, context of compliance or non-compliance and case studies will be shared with SAF committee. The report will include the summary of the information and data collected, approach and tool used etc.

The summary of findings and recommendations in the assessment report should include the summary of the RAG ratings for each of the recommendations in each areas of SAF II. The report should clearly address the causes of any deviation and non-attainment of SAF I recommendations and suggestions on areas for improvements and recommendations for the way forward.

e. Joint discussion meetingThe consultant will hold a joint discussion meeting with the committee members of study to:

• Present key findings of the analysis and seek the feedback of the committee members on draft report

• Hold discussion on RAG Rating and incorporate the feedback of committee members


f. Review and dissemination An initial draft will be shared with WEDC and UK partners for their comments and contributions. Once the initial draft has been broadly agreed it can be distributed more widely for comment leading to finalization of the report and dissemination to relevant partners.

3.1 Indicative involvement days of consultant(s)

Methodological aspects Indicative daysPreparatory meetings and discussions 3Desk review of SAF I reports and other documents and submission of inception report

8

Field visit / interview with the key stakeholders (PIB, WAB, WSUP) 9Drafting consolidated ‘Sustainability Assessment Framework’ report 10Joint discussion meeting 1Review and finalization of SAF II report 3Total days (indicative) 34

4. Key stakeholders to be consulted during the SAF II

SAWRP consortium partners (Plan International Bangladesh, WaterAid Bangladesh, WSUP) team members and relevant senior management staff.

Implementing partners of the consortium partners. WASH committees at the grassroots. Relevant local government institutions at the Union and Upazilla level. Country coordination Unit (CCU) Bangladesh

5. Intended users of the report DFID Plan International UK Plan International Bangladesh WaterAid UK WaterAid Bangladesh Consortium implementing partners Government

6. Outputs / deliverablesThe consultant is expected to produce and submit the following deliverables:

6.1 Consolidated ‘Sustainability Assessment Framework’ Report

A consolidated ‘Sustainability Assessment Framework (SAF II)’ report, based on desk review, community level field assessments, interviews, status of management response and RAG ratings of objectives and indicators as elaborated in sustainability assessment framework will be developed. Following will be the sub deliverable of the assignment;


a. Inception report, methodology and proposed tools Consultant will develop and share the detail methodology, work plan, tools for data/information collection (formats, questionnaire, FGD/KII checklists, Case study format etc) for conducting the SAF II study.

b. Desk Review of previous SAF I reports and other related documents

The consultant will share findings of desk review, these will be containing progress of management response of each CP’s, identifying key findings and knowledge gaps. In the light of desk review, the consultant will also share revised tools and methodology with the SAF committee for execution of fieldwork and further analysis.

c. Draft field assessment reportsThe consultant will share a brief report (15-20 pages report) of field visits. This report will contain outcome of the interviews of key stakeholders, field observations, key findings, approaches/tools used, RAG ratings and summary of the information/data collected. This report will be shared with the SAF II committee through a presentation and their feedback/ input will be sought. The consultant(s) will also develop case studies as per the three SAF II areas and those will be shared with the committee.

d. Drafting consolidated ‘Sustainability Assessment Framework’ report

In the light of feedback/ discussions with the SAF II committee, the consultant will draft the consolidated SAF II report for each areas including, key findings, summary of the RAG ratings, clearly address the causes of any deviation and non-attainment of SAF I recommendations and suggestions on areas for improvements and recommendations for the way forward. The case studies could reflect learnings and/or achievements of progress of SAF activities.

7. Dissemination Plan The consultant will be responsible for presenting the findings with CCU Bangladesh, consortium partners and key stakeholders to get their feedback on critical areas. SAF II committee will facilitate the entire process.

8. Documentation and Outline of the reports to be deliveredThe consultant will be expected to submit detailed reports (electronic – MS Word format and hard copy) in English as well as all back-up documentation and data (electronic copies). More specifically, documentation that will be expected from the consultant includes the following:

• All reports to be prepared in line with guidelines and details (including tools, methodology, UKAID branding guidelines) provided by SAF II committee.

• Detailed recommendations for the future programme• Desk review of relevant materials/documents, community level field visits, data collection,

analysis and reporting, in line with agreed timelines, and takes into consideration an appropriate amount of time to solicit and incorporate feedback from the stakeholders listed under section 4 above and SAF committee.

Final SAF II report format should have below:


• Standard cover sheet having with the i. Title of the Study, ii. Month and year of execution, iii. Consortium partners’ Logo, iv. Name and address of consultant/firm who conducted the evaluation

A tentative Table of Content (ToC) is provided below as reference, which will be finalized in discussion between the consultant and SAF II committee:

a) Introduction and backgroundb) SAF process and methodologyc) Overview of SAF II sustainability findingsd) Summary of the final functionality resultse) Addressing management responses and recommendations from SAF I reports

(This could include key project interventions in the outcome phase, plus a summary of updated RAG and risk ratings, details of which can be included in Annexes)i) Equity and inclusionii) Environmentiii) Institutional and financial

f) Case study summaries (related to the 3 thematic areas of SAF)

g) Anything else to include to demonstrate project efforts to enhance sustainability of project outcomes?

h) Summary analysis of key sustainability lessons from the project(This could draw on findings from SAF studies, functionality results, plus key final outcome survey results)

i) Conclusions and lessons for future programmes

j) Annexesi) Updated RAG and risk ratings for the 3 SAFsii) SAF II ToRiii) People met and interviewed

10. Criteria for evaluation of proposalThe consultant(s) should have a minimum of 5 years of experience WASH sector with specific experience of working in Bangladesh on Institutional & Financial sustainability, Equity & Inclusion and Environmental aspects. S/he should have expertise of applying modern research methodology including case study. The consultant should have experience of participatory research and in conducting FGDs, KIIs. All outputs must be delivered in English and fluency in Bangla is must. The consultant must be able to travel to the project sites and conduct interviews where required.

Parameters for Selection of Firm/Individual to Carry Out the Assignment/Task

The following table outlines the selection criteria:

Sl Selection Criteria Score

1

The individual/institution/firm's track record, general reliability, including experience and capacity on technical analysis

• Consultant has provided comparable assignments that they have successfully completed (10)

• Consultant has a track record of work in the area of sustainability of developments, exit strategy. (10)

20

2 The qualifications and competence in the combination of personnel proposed are 20


Sl Selection Criteria Scoresuitable to undertake the analysis as specified in the ToR

• The consultant possess the academic qualifications, training and experience requested in the ToR

3

The methodology and the detailed Assessment Plan• Does the methodology adequately address the objectives and scope

outlined in the TORs? (10)• Is the methodology technically proven and comprehensive? (10)• Consultant has identified compatible tools and techniques for data

collection (quantitative and qualitative) (10)• Does the work plan provide a logical approach to tasks and issues? (10)

40

4

Budget• Does the budget seem realistic? (05)• Does the budget address all critical costs? (05)• Is it competitive? (10)

20

Total Score 100

11. PaymentsTerms of payment shall be 25% on approval of the inception report, work plan and tools, 25% upon submission of the 1st draft of field report and 50% on submission of approved final report. Professional fees, administrative costs related to transport, accommodation and stationary will be handled by the consultant thus need to be include in the proposed budget. All payments will be paid after due verification from SAF committee Bangladesh.

The financial proposal must be submitted in Bangladeshi Taka with a detailed break up of all activities budgeted for, showing unit, unit cost and duration.

12. Ethical and child protection considerationsThe evaluator must follow Ethical Principles2 for involving human subjects in a research and obtain written/ verbal consent from the human subjects. Permission from elder must be sought if the children under 18 years are involved as subjects. Signed informed consent of each child and his/ her parents need to taken after explaining purpose of the study and its usage. Individual responses should not be shared to observe confidentiality of data. Plan has to ensure that no risk or harm is involved in this study. Study findings has to provide evidence to implementers and planners in that it will benefit the overall population. The consultant should understand and sign child protection policy of Plan International, Bangladesh at time of signing agreement with Plan. In case, the report contains photos; the consultant has to take written consent from the photographed person, on a form will be shared by Plan and should be submitted in original form separately along with final report. Moreover, to protect the children, do not use their family names when providing a quote in the report. The preferred style for giving reference to an individual child is to provide the first name, first initial of last name, age and where he/she is from. For example: “Maria O., 13-years-old, from XYZ”. Consultant shall avoid plagiarism3 of any kind and abide by the principle of intellectual property and joint data ownership in the case of study carried out in collaboration with others.

2 Helsinki Declaration 2012: Ethical Principles for Research Involving Human Subjects3 Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit. Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.


13. Submission ProcedureThe technical and financial proposals (both in hard copy) should be sent in separate sealed envelopes, marked on the top right hand corner Technical and financial Proposals for “ Sustainability Assessment Framework (SAF II) Study of South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP)”. Please submit proposals by or before 5 PM close of business by 22 August 2017 to Plan International Bangladesh, House # CWN (B) 14, Road # 35, Gulshan-2, Dhaka -1212. The Envelop must be marked with the title of the assignment.

For any queries please contact A.K.M Rashedul Karim Sazzad-Administrative Coordinator email: [email protected]

The agency/consultant will submit a detailed proposal for the assessment. The proposal must reflect the clear understanding of the assignment. The proposal should be divided into two parts i.e. technical and financial.

1. A detailed technical proposal no more than 15 pages clearly outlining the proposed methods for the assessment study

2. Curriculum Vitae(s) of proposed staff/consultant outlining relevant education, expertise (WASH preferred) and experience. Clear reference to child protection and gender equality experience should be made where applicable.

3. A table clearly stating the level of effort of each proposed team member (for consulting firm/agency).

4. A financial proposal with a detailed breakdown of costs for carrying out the assignment (Consultant fees, field visit costs – food, accommodation, VAT, Tax, other costs etc).

5. A proposed timeframe detailing activities and a schedule/work plan (including a Gantt chart), in line with the timeframe provided in this ToR and with consideration for the time it will take for SAF II committee to review documents (desk review and assessment report, etc.) before finalization.

6. Names and contact information of three references who can be contacted regarding relevant experience

7. A copy of 2 - 3 previous reports of similar work undertaken8. A Consulting Firm Profile (if applicable) as per below instructions

The detailed technical proposal should:

• Show a thorough understanding of the Terms of Reference (ToRs)• Include a description of how you would approach the data gathering methods prescribed in

the TORs and how you would approach sampling• Demonstrate previous experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative study

approaches• Demonstrate inclusivity, gender equality and non-discrimination in the conduct of the study• Demonstrate approaches that will be used to ensure child protection and ethics and

principles will be applied throughout the design and data collection phases of the project, and how marginalized or vulnerable people will be included.

The financial proposal should contain:

• Itemized consultancy fees/costs• Itemized field data collection expenses• Itemized administrative expenses• VAT and Tax• Validity period of quotations


The consulting team profile should contain:

• The full names of all participating consultants and their roles, including technical expertise• Physical address of the firm• Telephone number(s) of the firm (if applicable) and participating consultant(s)• Full name and contact information of the contact person within the consulting team

The financial part will describe the estimated cost for the assessment in details, including income tax and VAT as per government policy. It should be given in a separate sealed envelope, including bank account details. Income Tax and VAT applicable for the consultancy fee as per government policy will be deducted at source.

Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Plan reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and is not bound to any legal claim in this regard. No telephone inquiries will be entertained.

14. Lead person for this assignment The evaluation process of SAF II consultancy will be led by CCU SAWRP Bangladesh in consultation with Plan International Bangladesh and WaterAid Bangladesh. Plan International Bangladesh will be contracting authority and contact detail is ……. (TBD).

Activity DateAdvert published on bdjobs.com 13 August 2017Deadline for submission of Financial and Technical Proposal 22 August 2017Review and selection of successful bidder by CCU – Bangladesh in consultation with Plan International Bangladesh and WaterAid Bangladesh

27 August 2017

Negotiation and contracting process 28 August 2017Commencement of assignment. 31 August 2017Draft report of SAF II (of all three areas) 30 October 2017


Annex 1: Quality Control / Quality Assurance Processes & ExpectationsThe steps outlined below outline Plan International’s Bangladesh and Water Aid Bangladesh expectations for quality control/quality assurance processes that should be included in the planning, design and implementation phases of the consulting mandate.

• Briefing discussions with consultant on general expectations for the mandate• Exchanges on the draft report, finalization and validation of report, including data collection

instruments• Finalize sampling design and size in consultation with the SAF II committee. • Review of data collection instruments• Field testing of data collection instruments on men and women, boys and girls (if required)• Revision and finalization of data collection instruments• Field visits will be accompanied by SAF II team member and/or relevant organization’s staff,

to assess the quality of the data, and to ensure that sampling and interviewing protocols are followed

• Data quality assurance procedures• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis• Preparation of final study report• Exchanges on final study report and validation• Transfer to Country Coordination Unit (CCU), South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP)

Bangladesh all data collected (soft and hard copies)

Annex 02: Sustainability Assessment Framework / SAF II notes Table 1: Traffic light scoring of likelihood of achieving relevant project objectives

Score Criteria for grading

0 Not able to assess at this stage of the project

1 Unlikely to be achieved. No progress on achieving objectives

2 Only likely to be achieved to a very limited extent, with much less achieved than expected.

3 Likely to be partly achieved, with less achievement than expected to date.

4 Likely to be largely achieved. There is good progress towards achieving the relevant objectives.

5 Likely to be completely achieved. The objectives are well on the away to being completed (or are completed).

This approach is suited to qualitative assessments and should be used for the SAF II to show the assessment of sustainability.


Institutional and Financial Assessment Framework questionsTable 2: Proposed water institutional and financial assessment criteria and format

Project sustainability assessment questions Comments 0 1 2 3 4 5

Water supply

1 To what extent have Village WASH or Water User Committees been trained and provided with technical and operational guidance?

Assessments of capacity development events against learning objectives and plans, can also be conducted

2 To what extent are Village O&M and repair systems in place?

Data on water point functionality will also be collected and analysed

3 To what extent are Water User Committee (WUC) functioning effectively?

Data on WUC functionality can also be collected and analysed

4 To what extent are adequate revenues collected and recorded for sustainable water services?

5 To what extent have effective capacity development and/or collaboration to enable Local Government to support community water supplies?

6 To what extent are local private sector undertaking repairs and supply of spares effectively for water supply?

Table 3: Proposed sanitation institutional and financial assessment criteria


Sanitation

1 To what extent has capacity development and/or collaboration enabled village institutions and people to promote ODF, as well as continued use and maintenance of latrines?

Assessments of capacity development events against learning objectives and plans, can also be conducted

2 To what extent are village institutions and people effectively promoting ODF, as well as continued use and maintenance of latrines?

The percentage of households who continue to use their latrines will also be measured over time

3 To what extent are poorer households able to repair their latrines, eg when latrines are damaged by flooding?



4 To what extent has work with local government responsible for WASH, enabled them to play a proactive role in the management and co-ordination of local WASH activities including formal ODF verification?

5 To what extent has support to local private sector in supplying hardware and skilled labour for the installation of improved latrines, been effective?

6 How effective have limited well targeted latrine hardware support to hard-core poor families been effective in providing durable latrines (Pakistan )?

7 To what extent have Citizen’s Voice and Accountability initiatives been promoted on the SAWR project? *

8 To what extent has project advocacy influenced Local Government and their ways of working to improve WASH services?

* Note this assessment question 7 has been added because this is the type of activity that Plan and WaterAid would undertake on other projects to enhance prospects of sustainability.

Table 4: Proposed institutional assessment criteria for hand-washing


Hand-washing

1 Plan and WaterAid work: To what extent has capacity development and/or collaboration to enabled village based staff and institutions to promote continued use of hand-washing practices?

2 Plan and WaterAid work: To what extent are Village based staff and institutions effectively promoting continued use of hand-washing practices?

3 Unilever : To what extent has a long term supply of soap to targeted primary schools been enabled?


Environmental Assessment Framework

Water resources

An overview of the types and characteristics of water resources being used for the development of SAWRP water supply infrastructure in the project areas and any risks associated with using these resources, including but not limited to the following;

depth of water table, recharge rates and seasonal variations based on current climatic variation

Potential for salt water intrusion/flooding/inundation Sustainability of source The potential risk reduction measures that can be adopted and the feasibility of these in the

project areas.

Water supply quality

An assessment of: the potential sources of pollution in the project areas the likelihood of water supply contamination through these sources the potential risk reduction measures that can be adopted

ii). Matrix 1 and Matrix 2 (provided by the programme) showing the following;

Key potential risks to both water resources and water supply quality in project areas, Likelihood of that risk The potential impacts on WASH implementation (both in terms of water resources and water quality) Overall risk rating and; The potential mitigating measures that could be adopted in the project areas

Equity and Inclusion Assessment FrameworkThe E&I Assessment Framework is composed of a set of equity and inclusion objectives and their corresponding indicators. Indicators are used to assess performance and progress against each of the objectives. Table 2 outlines the key programme equity and inclusion assessment objectives and indicators.

Table 5 Key programme equity and inclusion assessment objectives and indicators

Objective IndicatorsTargeted groups have participated in the project processes

To what extent have targeted groups participated in CLTS activities To what extent have targeted groups participated in decisions related to water or sanitationTo what extent have actual activities (both hardware and software) aimed at improving social inclusion and equity of targeted groups

Gender and inclusion have been mainstreamed throughout the programme (where feasible)

Extent of trainings conducted for implementing partners and field staff (including volunteers)Extent to which gender and inclusion has been included in the MVE framework and the MVOCGender ratios of staff and volunteers at different levels


Objective IndicatorsEquity issues have been discussed with Government partners

To what extent have equity issues been discussed with Government partners

Table 6 shows the additional over-arching questions that will be addressed throughout the E&I assessment process.

Table 6 Overarching E&I questions

Question When it will be addressed

To what extent did the programme learn about who is marginalised or vulnerable and why during the outputs phase?

During the initial desk study

To what extent have the targeted groups participated in the project processes and decisions during the outputs phase?

During the initial desk study

What lessons can be learnt about improvements/adaptations that could be made to the programme going forward to strengthen equity and inclusion?

Annually as part of the E&I assessment process

What has been the impact (both positive and challenging) from the project activities on the different targeted groups?

During the final (2017) assessment


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