2021-11-26

Terms of Reference Final Evaluation of the Somali Joint Response (SOMJR) – Somaliland & Somalia

Somaliland & Somalia
Posted on November 26, 2021

OXFAM

Terms of Reference Final Evaluation of the Somali Joint Response (SOMJR) – Somaliland & Somalia

1. Introduction

This document provides the Terms of Reference for the external evaluation of the Somali Joint Response Project funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Dutch Relief Alliance.

The Dutch Relief Alliance

In response to the challenges of the humanitarian system and the growing gap between humanitarian needs and humanitarian funding, the Dutch Minister for International Trade and Development Cooperation in 2015 set up a Dutch Relief Alliance to increase effectiveness of Dutch humanitarian aid. The DRA is an alliance of 14 Dutch NGOs which respond to chronic crises as well as acute crises, for which they receive funding from the Netherlands MFA. The main objectives of the Dutch Relief Alliance are to deliver effective, efficient, relevant and timely humanitarian aid through collaboration to more beneficiaries in a better way. DRA partners implement Joint Responses (JRs) to address protracted crises enabling capacity building, localisation and investment in community resilience. The four strategic pillars of the DRA include collaboration, localization, accountability and innovation.

The Somalia Joint Response

The Somalia Joint Response project was running from January 2019 to December 2021. The four DRA members (the SOMJR members) implementing the project are Help a Child/Medair, Oxfam Novib, SOS Children Villages and World Vision. They worked together with eight local partners including Havayoco, Candlelight, Kaalo, Dawa, Zamzam, Somali Aid, SACCID, and Taakulo. The SOMJR Project was focusing specifically on Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, Health and Nutrition, Protection, and using Multi-Purpose Cash where this is considered an appropriate modality. Target groups for the interventions are IDPs, agro-pastoralist and pastoralist communities living in IPC 3/at risk of IPC4 areas, many of them in remote and hard to reach areas, with limited access to basic services.

1.2. Project Background

Somalia’s population has been experiencing multiple shocks (conflict, floods, locust, drought, COVID-19): the Desert Locust upsurge that started in late 2019 and continues to threaten the food security and livelihoods of pastoralists and farmers in many parts of the country; riverine and flash floods that affect the food security, livelihoods and safety of farmers and people living in flood-prone, populated areas; the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is having severe health and socio-economic impacts both in Somalia and globally; the extended impact of previous shocks (flooding, drought, displacement, etc.) on livelihoods; and conflict, which continues to result in new displacements. Peace and stability in Somalia remain a major challenge.

In response to this protracted humanitarian crisis, the members of the Somalia Joint Response (SOMJR) have been supporting the communities affected by the multiple shocks or natural disasters and/or conflict, both in their home communities and in IDP camps in terms of providing life-saving and protection assistance, and support rebuilding of livelihoods.

Project objectives

The project had the following four strategic projects:

Life-saving: Provide life-saving and life-sustaining integrated, multi-sectoral assistance to reduce acute humanitarian needs and excess mortality among the most vulnerable people.
Nutrition: Reduce emergency levels of acute malnutrition through integrated, multisectoral response. Enhance integration of Nutrition, WASH, Health and Food Security programmes to strengthen nutrition sensitive programming.
Protection: Support provision of protection services to affected communities, including in hard-to-reach areas and in IDP sites, targeting the most vulnerable, especially those at risk of exclusion.
Resilience: Support the protection and restoration of livelihoods, promote access to basic services to build resilience to recurrent shocks, and catalyze more sustainable solutions for those affected, including marginalized communities.

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1. Application procedure

Individuals/firms that meet the above requirements should submit an expression of interest (EOI) to SOM-Consultancies@oxfam.org latest 10^th Dec 2021, which should include: –

Technical Proposal detailing the approach, methodology and work plan of the assignment
Financial Proposal including daily rates in USD (transportation, enumerators, accommodation, meals etc.)