Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mid-term evaluation for the project: “Give a Chance to Justice!”

Terms of Reference

Mid-term evaluation for the project: “Give a Chance to Justice!”

1. Background

People in Need (PIN) has been implementing projects in the DRC (South Kivu) since 2008 with a specific focus on access to and quality of primary health care and primary education, safe drinking water, assisting undernourished children, enforcing civil protection, human rights and access to justice.

On September 18, 2015, PIN DRC and its local partner ICJP (Initiative Congolaise pour la Justice et la Paix) began implementing the pilot project: Give Justice a Chance! The project strives to improve access to justice for citizens while strengthening the formal judicial system in Kalehe territory in South Kivu province in Eastern Congo. The project’s activities are being coordinated by PIN’s offices in Minova and Bukavu and its partner organization in Bunyakiri.

The overall objective of the proposed project is to enhance access of Congolese citizens to the strengthened civilian justice system in Kalehe territory, South Kivu, DRC.

The specific objective of the action is to reduce information, geographic and institutional barriers of Kalehe citizens to access justice.

The project has 4 expected results:

• Result 1: Enhanced knowledge on human rights and basic judicial procedures of 52 650 women and men in Kalehe territory;
• Result 2: Improved physical access to justice for the Kalehe citizens through 9 mobile courts;
• Result 3: Improved financial access to justice for at least 2,250 citizens of Kalehe territory is piloted by organizing “saving groups”
• Result 4:.The capacities of 115 justice officials, police and traditional authorities are reinforced

2.Objective and Scope of the Evaluation

Overall Objective:

To evaluate the progress in delivery of project results and outcomes and inform management team decisions on the future focus and implementation strategy of the project during its remaining time.

Specific Objectives:

The specific objectives will be to a) determine progress towards project results and objectives, b) propose improvements or changes in implementation approach and strategy; and c) provide recommendations on ensuring impact and long-term sustainability of outcomes.

Scope:

The evaluation will assess all components of the project in all areas of intervention (Zone de Sante Minova and Bunyakiri). Differences in achieving the results in ZS Minova and ZS Bunyakiri should be analysed in detail, given their significantly different contexts and different implementing partners.

Special attention should be paid to gender sensitive approaches (specifically inclusion and access of women to all project activities).

The evaluation will look at the implementation period from October 2015 to August 2016.

Please find detailed ToR here: https://www.clovekvtisni.cz/en/jobs/536

Qualification requirements

1. Minimum of 2 years of experience in conducting studies, collecting data and producing quality baseline/midterm/end line study reports, preferably for international non-governmental organizations or multilateral agencies (mandatory)

2. At least a Master’s degree in Social Science, Political Sciences, Statistics or related field (mandatory)

3. Sectoral expertise and experience in civil justice system related projects, experience in evaluating community sensitization (mandatory)

4. Experience working in the Great Lakes region or other conflict or post-conflict environments, with preference given to Great Lakes-specific experience (preferred, not mandatory)

5. Good knowledge of DRC and preferably South Kivu where the project is being implemented (preferred, not mandatory)

6. Experience of effective interaction with local non-government organizations, government departments, and population (preferred, not mandatory)

7. Excellent spoken and written communication skills in French and English (mandatory), Swahili (preferred, not mandatory)

8. Evidence of similar work in the recent past (mandatory)

Application process

Applicants are requested to send their applications by email to jana.vyhnalkova@peopleinneed.cz, stating “Justice evaluation_DRC” in the subject field. The application deadline is 22.8. 2016, 23:59 CET.

Applicants are requested to submit:

1) CV demonstrating previous experience in relation to the evaluation (references related to evaluations/monitoring/data collection/analysis will be welcome);

2) brief evaluation proposal including methodology, indicative time plan and budget (incl. all taxes, total sum and daily rate, in USD);

3) up to 3 examples of previous relevant work (evaluation reports related to similar projects).

PIN applies a transparent selection process that will take into account competencies and experience of the applicants as well as their financial offers.