2021-08-18

Terms of Reference – External Impact Evaluation BMZ-financed FSP Project in Mogadishu, Somalia

Mogadishu, Somalia
Posted on August 18, 2021

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia

Terms of Reference – External Impact Evaluation BMZ-financed FSP Project in Mogadishu, Somalia

Terms of Reference – External Impact Evaluation BMZ-financed FSP Project in Mogadishu, Somalia

Introduction

This TOR serve as a request for proposals from individual or company consultants who are interested in conducting an impact evaluation or final evaluation of the family strengthening project (FSP) funded by BMZ “Sustainable socio-economic integration of vulnerable target groups in Heliwa/Mogadishu through strengthened community structures”. Details regarding contents of proposals and submission procedures are explained herein.

SOS Children`s Village Somalia was registered as a national organization of the international umbrella organization of SOS Children`s Villages in 1983 and is a non-political, non-governmental organization. The program activities with the components of Health, Nutrition, Protection, Family strengthening and Family based alternative child care are carried out by 397 highly qualified employees at two program locations (Heliwaa, Badbado in Mogadishu and Baidoa). SOS Children`s Villages worldwide and SOS Somalia have been working together successfully in the field of children’s rights since 1983. SOS Somalia has developed a successful fundraising strategy for national and international sources of funding, which ensured annual revenues of 6,179,695 EUR in 2017, of which 440,772 EUR were acquired locally. Accounting, human resource management and procurement meet international standards. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting are guided by the requirements of the main public donors.

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia (in the following referred to as SOS Somalia) has officially been working in Somalia since 1983. SOS Somalia is an officially registered non-profit and non-governmental organization in the country. SOS Somalia has decision-making power over its own facilities and is a local, independent and responsible body.

From October 2018, a project jointly funded by BMZ and HGDF has been implemented in Mogadishu, Heliwa District and supported 200 families, 150 youths and 1200 children of parents/guardians of the direct target group. In order to know the impact of the project to beneficiaries and community, SOS Children’s Villages Somalia is seeking to recruit an external consultant to conduct a final evaluation of BMZ FS Project in Mogadishu.

Background and rationale

Following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1991, Somalia has, for two decades, been locked in a vicious cycle of chronic poverty and underdevelopment. Protracted conflict, chronic drought and frequent floods with attendant famine, diseases, severe acute malnutrition and economic collapse have caused mass displacement of Somali communities. However, recent positive political and security developments as well as the international recognition of the Federal Somali Government that formed in 2012, give an outlook that is more positive than it has been in a long time. These improvements have witnessed the return of many refugees and internally displaced people, who are eager to reconstruct their country. Complex problem situations, in connection with poverty, poor living conditions, lack of education and health problems prevent people from realizing their ambitions on their own.

Poverty is abundant in Somalia, with a half of the country’s population of about 12 million living below the international poverty line (of $1.90 a day). One in every 3 people receiving remittances is poor (35.4%). Inequality is high, driven by the difference in the incidence of poverty in different locations: it is close to 60% in Mogadishu, more than 40% in other urban settings, a little over 50% in rural areas, and much higher in IDP settlements at about 70%(World bank Somalia). When parents are unable to pay for the basic needs of their children (such as medical and school bills, food, clean water, or electricity), children are at much greater risk of leaving their families or being abandoned. To prevent child abandonment, SOS Children’s Villages Somalia has implemented family strengthening programs in Baidoa and Mogadishu to provide support to families who need it most. The target group has been facing multi-dimensional problems and challenges. Due to the recurring drought, armed conflict and displacement of families, loss of livelihoods has been one of the critical problems and the greatest needs observed. On average families with 8-12 members need to survive from a monthly income of less than $100. Child protection is also an issue in that most of the school going age children do not attend formal education and there are child right violation and abuse cases in the target locations. Oftentimes, these families are single parent households, orphaned, or face serious financial disadvantages. Through

these programs SOS aims to keep families together, while at the same time building safe environments for children to thrive in.

In this context, different interventions have been carried out in communities through various projects implemented under Family Strengthening Programme. Those projects are Empowering communities for sustainable development project in Baidoa, Bay, Somalia (ended) and Sustainable socio-economic integration of vulnerable target groups in Heliwa/Mogadishu through strengthened community structures (01.10.2018 until 31.12.2021) with an overall objective (Impact) of Poverty reduction and sustainable socio-economic integration of vulnerable target groups in Heliwa, Mogadishu.

It is in this framework that after three years of implementation of the BMZ FSP Mogadishu, SOS children’s villages Somalia intends to assess the progress made towards achievements of the specific objectives of the project, its outcomes and impact. The evaluation will also gauge the level of stakeholder’s participation and the ownership of the implementation by the participants. It shall identify the intended and unintended outcomes, best practices, lessons learnt as well as challenges arising from programme implementation. In addition, the evaluation will come up with conclusions and recommendations that will support SOS Somalia in continually developing and adjusting its Family Strengthening Programmes, which have become one of the core activities of SOS children’s villages Somalia, to achieve the best possible impact on families and communities.”

Purpose, Objectives and Use

The overall objective of this evaluation will be to determine the impact of the FSP Mogadishu implemented with BMZ support in the period from 1 October 2018 to 31 December 2021. This will be done through provision of information on whether the objectives of the project have been achieved, by collecting quantitative and qualitative information on the objectively verifiable indicators in the matrix indicator/log frame.

How to Apply

We welcome applications from both individuals and firms with a deadline of September 10th 2021, 12:00 am (East Africa time). Documents should be submitted to: procurement@sossomalia.org ,referencing *External Impact Evaluation – BMZ-financed projects* in the subject of the email.

The specific objectives of the evaluation are: