International Development Research Centre is seeking five Program Evaluation teams

Job Description

IDRC requests expressions of interest for five teams to conduct program evaluations of IDRC’s five programs: Climate-Resilient Food Systems, Global Health, Education and Science, Democratic and Inclusive Governance, Sustainable Inclusive Economies.

The objective of IDRC’s Program Evaluations is to provide a systematic formative assessment of the effectiveness of IDRC’s program implementation and the relevance and significance of emerging program results since the launch of IDRC’s Strategy 2030. The evaluations will cover active programming between 2020-2025. 

The Program Evaluations will be centrally managed by IDRC’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team and structured as five discrete, concurrent and commonly structured evaluations. They will use expert assessment by engaging five specialist external evaluation teams. Independence will be a central feature of the Program Evaluations. This neutrality will support public accountability and provide new insights on IDRC’s performance. While one firm may submit Expressions of Interest for more than one of IDRC’s five program evaluations, these must be separate submissions with distinct relevant thematic expertise in each team.

Eligibility

1. Evaluation teams MUST NOT include team members who have had any direct contracts or sub-contracts with IDRC program implementation within the past five years.
2. Individuals are NOT eligible if they: a) have had any involvement in the design, implementation, or oversight of the activities within the scope of programming being evaluated; b) have an expectation of applying for funding from IDRC over the course of the evaluation; and c) have a personal or professional stake in what the evaluation uncovers
3. Proposed evaluation teams MUST include experience evaluating research for development programs or initiatives that facilitate knowledge generation and use.
4. Proposed evaluation teams MUST have expertise in the relevant thematic area(s) covered by IDRC programs: Climate-Resilient Food Systems, Global Health, Education and Science, Democratic and Inclusive Governance, Sustainable Inclusive Economies) in low and middle income countries. Gender Equality and Inclusion is a cross-cutting area of expertise for all programs.
5. Evaluation teams MUST have language proficiency in English, French and Spanish.

Bidding details

To learn more and to apply, please see the full Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI).

IDRC will host two bilingual (English and French) RFEI information webinars on Tuesday October 29th, 2024 at 8:30am EST and 8:00pm EST. Please send a message to evaluation@idrc.ca by Friday October 25th to request an invitation.

About the Organization

Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) champions and funds research and innovation across five regions (Central and West Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean) to drive global change. For more details visit: www.idrc.ca

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