Deadline: 30-Jul-22
The Global Environment Facility (GEF)- Small Grants Programme (SGP) Maldives is seeking a civil society organization (CSOs) with priority for national and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and research institutions to conduct an impact assessment, monitoring, and documentation, and advocacy campaign of the Country Programme.
The Small Grants Program (SGP) is a corporate program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) since 1992.
The program finances community-led initiatives to address global environmental and sustainable development issues. SGP was specifically designed to generate innovative and impactful local actions by empowering civil society organizations (CSOs) and community-based organizations with a strong focus on social inclusion, including indigenous peoples, youth, women and girls, and persons with disabilities.
Objectives
The objectives of the assignment are fourfold;
- To undertake an impact assessment of GEF-SGP in the Maldives,
- visit the field, monitor and evaluate at least 5 of the ongoing projects
- to document success stories and the factors that contributed to the success and
- to document lessons and areas for improvement and
- to communicate success stories and lessons and raise awareness of CSOs and stakeholders at local and national level on sustainable development.
Methodology/Tasks/Deliverables
The scope of the assignment includes two parts as described below.
- Assessment of impact, documentation of success stories and lessons. This includes an overall report/brief looking at the impact, successes, and lessons with 15 in-depth case studies.
- Production of communication material and conducting a year-long advocacy campaign celebrating GEF SGP succ esses and lessons as part of the 10-year anniversary
Eligibility Criteria
Organization requirements
- Proven experience in evaluations, documentation of lessons and production of knowledge products
- Proven experience in planning and executing successful advocacy campaigns
Applications should include the following
- Organization profile
- A detailed approach and methodology for the two parts of the assignment
- CVs of the proposed team and their designated roles
- Letter of application including details of relevant experience
- References list for the organization and individual team members
- Budget breakdown including fee structure
For more information, visit https://www.undp.org/maldives/monitoring-and-evaluation-call-gef-small-grants-programme-sgp