Background

The Cambodia Community Based Adaptation Programme (CCBAP), funded by Sweden has an overall objective of improving community based adaptation and climate resilience in vulnerable communities in flood/drought prone provinces of Cambodia. The CCBAP started on 10 December 2010 and will end on 31 March 2015 with a total budget of US$ 4,774,228.8. The CCBAP has three main outputs: (1) improved necessary capacity within NGOs, CBOs and local communities to implement community adaptation measures; (2) mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change at commune level; and (3) lessons learned and good practices documented and shared to influence changes of policy and programme development. The CCBAP is being implemented under the existing established UNDP/GEF/SGP implementation infrastructure.

Since the launch of the programme in January 2011, 71 LNGOs / CBOs have been funded by CCBAP to plan and implement adaptation measures in 428 villages, 113 communes, 59 districts and 21 provinces of Cambodia. The projects of LNGOs / CBOs aimed to increase adaptive capacity of rural poor communities in locations in question by providing them access to water to improve agricultural yields, to productive assets such as finance, quality seeds, and animals, by improving agricultural techniques of rural communities, by raising awareness of rural communities and local authorities on climate change, its impacts, and adaptation measures, and by working with all concerned stakeholders to integrate adaptation measures into commune development plans to ensure sustainability.

In order to implement CCBAP-funded projects, LNGOs/CBOs have been working closely with local stakeholders and authorities such as the Commune Councils, Provincial department of water resources (PDOWRAM), and Provincial Department of Agriculture (PDA).

CCBAP is now looking to hire a qualified and experienced evaluation team to conduct the CCBAP terminal project evaluation.

Duties and Responsibilities

The objectives of this evaluation are to assess the achievement of project results, and to draw lessons that can both improve the sustainability of benefits from this programme, and aid in the overall enhancement of UNDP programming.
 
The overall objectives of the CCBAP terminal evaluation are as follows:

  • To review and assess the overall development progress to date at 3 levels of development results (outputs, outcomes and impacts), as well as to identify opportunities and challenges in related to design, implementation and management of the CCBAP based on the following criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability;
  • To assess how the programme is related to or complements other climate change and gender sensitivities and equality activities including overall contribution to the UNDP Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) 2011-2015;
  • To identify lessons and good practices from CCBAP, with potential for replication or inclusion in national policies or programmes; and
  • To synthesize lessons and provide recommendations on the design of the future UNDP’s work on community-based adaptation and engagement with civil society organisations.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

  • Strong technical background and proven competency in environmental management, climate change adaptation, rural development or related areas;
  • Excellent evaluation skills, including capacity to produce high quality and constructive reports;
  • Excellence in writing evaluation reports with constructive and practical recommendations;
  • Demonstrated analytical skills, ability to assess complex situations, to succinctly and clearly distill critical issues, and to draw practical conclusions;
  • Demonstrated ability to work with developing country government agencies and NGOs;
  • Experience leading multi-disciplinary, multi-national teams. Ability to meet short deadlines;
  • Excellent interpersonal, coordination and planning skills. Sense of diplomacy and tact;
  • Ability and willingness to travel to provincial areas;
  • Computer literate (MS Office package).

Corporate Competencies:

  •  Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
  •  Exerts strict adherence to corporate rules, regulations and procedures;
  •  Familiarity with the internal control framework and results-based management tools is a must;
  •  Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Minimum of a master’s degree or equivalent in natural resource management, environment, development studies or related field demonstrably relevant to the position.

Experience:

  • At least 10 years of relevant experience, including experiences in conducting review or evaluation of development projects in the field of climate change adaptation, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, rural development or related field;
  • Good experiences in data collection, analysis and evaluation report writing;
  • Good experience in project and programme management, as well as capacity development;
  • Demonstrated knowledge of climate change adaptation approaches and related monitoring and evaluation tools;
  • Knowledge of community-based approaches will be an asset;
  • Experience in rural livelihood improvement through climate change adaptation knowledge;
  • Prior experience in Cambodia or South-East Asia will be an asset;
  • Previous work experience with UNDP will be an asset.

Language:

  • English fluency.

Important note

Interested offeror is strongly advised to read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=17822 for more detail about term of references, instructions to offeror, and documents to be included when submitting offer.

Documents to be included when submitting the application:

Interested offeror/individual must submit the following documents/information.

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

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