Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN Women undertakes interventions across its triple mandate:
- Normative work: to support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and the General Assembly, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms, as well as ensuring compliance and accountability with global normative frameworks, particularly CEDAW and the Beijing Platform for Action, and Inter-American human rights treaties such as the “Belem do Para” Convention.
- Operational work: to assist Member States in the implementation of global norms and standards and to forge effective partnerships with civil society and other key partners.
- Coordination work: to promote the accountability of the United Nations system on gender equality and empowerment of women (GEEW), including regular monitoring of system-wide progress, and more broadly mobilizing and convening key stakeholders to ensure greater coherence and gender mainstreaming across the UN.
The major strategic areas of the Strategic Note in Mexico are[1]:
[1] The detailed list of interventions and projects covered by the SN 2014-2019 will be provided at the beginning of the evaluation.
1. Increased political rights and leadership of women. UN Women Mexico supports national processes to ensure civil and political rights with the aim to achieve parity across government and eradicate violence and discrimination against women in politics. The office promotes gender parity in decision-making positions, the strengthening of women's leadership, as well as actions to prevent political violence against women and to guarantee substantive equality between women and men in political parties.
2. Gender-responsive policies, budgets and statistics. UN Women Mexico promotes the development of gender-responsive policies, plans, and budgets by generating knowledge and tools for decision-makers. The office collaborates with national and local stakeholders to mainstream gender in national and local plans, and in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and programmes. The office promotes a gender-responsive approach to statistical production and analysis –especially concerning violence against women and girls, time use and unpaid work– in order for gender statistics to be used in public policy design and evaluation.
3. Women’s economic empowerment. UN Women Mexico promotes public policies and strategies focused on ensuring income security, decent jobs, and economic autonomy for women, especially regarding care work, the rights of domestic workers, and equal opportunities for women on the labor market. The office also works women’s economic empowerment in post-earthquake contexts, increase job and entrepreneurship opportunities, and formal education paths for indigenous and for young women, as well as promotes equality between women and men in the private sector in accordance with the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
4. A life free of violence for women and girls. UN Women Mexico supports national efforts to prevent, address, sanction, and eradicate all forms of violence against women and girls– including feminicide. This includes support to improving legislative frameworks and public policies, strengthening institutional capacity, establishing adequate prevention programmes, and improving services and information systems. Additionally, the office seeks to prevent and address sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces through data production and partnerships with different actors, design and application of laws and policies, investment in gender-responsive urban planning, and promotion of a sociocultural change concerning sexual violence.
5. Global norms, policies, and standards on gender equality. UN Women Mexico enables the participation of the civil society in global and regional fora aiming to position the women's rights agenda and accompanies the government of Mexico in global fora Human Rights Committees - especially the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), and during review processes of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Crosscutting approaches to these thematic areas are communications, knowledge management and M&E. The country office implements communication campaigns promoting sociocultural change to end gender stereotypes and involve all sectors of society in achieving gender equality. Additionally, it implements a knowledge management strategy in close collaboration with partners from government and academia and mainstreams M&E across its internal programmatic work as well as in interventions with external partners to ensure evidence-based and results-based approaches.
- Background
The Country Office (CO) Strategic Note (SN) is the main planning tool for UN Women’s support to normative, coordination and operational work in Mexico. The CO has been operational in Mexico since the creation of UN Women in 2010, and before that it functioned as UNIFEM Sub-Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and Dominican Republic. This evaluation will consider the SN covering the period 2014-2019. A new Strategic Note is due to be developed starting in July 2019 for the period 2020-2025 and this evaluation will inform its development.
In line with UN Women’s commitment to Results Based Management, the Mexico Strategic Note contains a Development Results Framework (DRF) and an Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness Framework (OEEF) with performance indicators. The evaluation is expected to use these frameworks to assess UN Women´s results and organizational performance. The Country Office is based in Mexico City, with total personnel of 32.
A draft stakeholder analysis has been undertaken by the CO. This is expected to be reviewed and updated by the evaluator as part of the inception phase The underlying theory of change of the SN will be reviewed by the evaluator through a participatory process with relevant members of the team.
The Mexico SN is linked to the UN Women Global Strategic Plan 2014-2017 and aligned to the recently approved UN Women Global Strategic Plan 2018-2021, national gender equality policies and norms as well as the Mexico UNDAF 2015-2019.
The SN results framework has been aligned to the following Outcomes of UN Women’s Global Strategic Plan 2018-2021:
- Outcome 1: A comprehensive and dynamic set of global norms, policies and standards on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls is strengthened and implemented
- Outcome 2: Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems
- Outcome 3: Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy
- Outcome 4: All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence
The office also incorporated a ‘Frontier Issues’ outcome area to better reflect emerging programmes of more crosscutting nature such as migration and education.
The Strategic Note is aligned with the results of the UNDAF, specifically the following development areas of cooperation:
- Area of Cooperation I Equality, Equity and Social Investment (Direct Effects 1 and 8)
- Area of Cooperation II. Productive economic development, competitiveness and decent work (Direct Effect 5)
- Area of Cooperation IV Citizen Security, social cohesion and justice (Direct Effect 9)
- Area of Cooperation V. Democratic Governance (Direct Effect 11)
The SN’s normative foundation are the standards, principles and obligations of the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Concluding Observations of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), as well as the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.
Evaluation in UN Women is guided by these normative agreements to be gender-responsive and utilizes the entity’s strategic plan as a starting point for identifying the expected outcomes and impacts of its work and for measuring progress towards the achievement of results. The UN Women Evaluation Policy and the UN Women Global Evaluation Strategy 2018-2021 are the main guiding documents that set forth the principles and organizational framework for evaluation planning, conduct and follow-up in UN Women. These principles are aligned with the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms for Evaluation in the UN System, Standards for Evaluation in the UN System (2) and Ethical Guidelines (3)
(2) UNEG, “Norms for evaluation in the UN system”, 2005, available online at: http://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/21, and “Standards for evaluation in the UN system”, 2005, available online at: http://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/22
(3) UNEG, “Ethical guidelines”, 2008, available online at: http://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/102
The key principles for gender-responsive evaluation at UN Women are:
- National ownership and leadership
- UN system coordination and coherence with regard to gender equality and the empowerment of women
- Innovation
- Fair power relations and empowerment
- Participation and inclusion
- Independence and impartiality
- Transparency
- Quality and credibility
- Intentionality and use of evaluation
- Ethics
A Country Portfolio Evaluation (CPE) is a systematic assessment of the contributions made by UN Women to development results with respect to gender equality and women empowerment at the country level.
The UN Women portfolio is a set of interventions that includes normative, operational and coordination work. The CPE focuses on their individual and combined success in advancing gender equality in Mexico. It uses the Strategic Note as the main point of reference.
It is a priority for UN Women that the CPE is gender-responsive and applies a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) and will actively support the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The evaluation is expected to have primary secondary sources of information and previous evaluations (summative backwards looking) perspective, to support enhanced accountability for development effectiveness and learning from experience.
The primary intended users of this evaluation are:
- UN Women Mexico CO, UN Women ACRO and other internal UN Women stakeholders
- National government institutions
- Civil society representatives
- Donors and development partners
- UN Country Team
- Target groups, their households and community members
- Programme/project partners
[1] The detailed list of interventions and projects covered by the SN 2014-2019 will be provided at the beginning of the evaluation.
[2] UNEG, “Norms for evaluation in the UN system”, 2005, available online at: http://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/21, and “Standards for evaluation in the UN system”, 2005, available online at: http://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/22
[3] UNEG, “Ethical guidelines”, 2008, available online at: http://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/102
Duties and Responsibilities
- Objectives (evaluation criteria and intended use)
The primary intended uses of this evaluation are:
- Learning and improved decision-making to support the development of the next Strategic Note 2020-2025 to be developed during the second half of 2019;
- Accountability for the development effectiveness of the CO Strategic Note 2014-2019 in terms of UN Women’s contribution to gender equality and women’s empowerment;
- Building on lessons learned from previous years, ensure the alignment of SN in support of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2020-2025 and the National Development Plan 2019-2024.
The evaluation specific objectives are:
- Assess the internal and external strategic coherence of the Strategic Note.
- Assess the alignment of SN 2014-2019 with international norms and standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment and SDG´s
- Assess effectiveness and contribution of UN Women to interventions at local level in progressing towards the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment results as defined in the Strategic Note.
- Identify and validate lessons learned, good and innovative practices to support gender equality and human rights.
- Provide insights into the extent to which the UN Women CO has realized synergies between its three mandates (normative, coordination and operational)
- Provide actionable recommendations with respect to the development of the next UN Women Mexico Country Office Strategic Note 2020-2025.
The evaluation will apply four OECD/DAC evaluation criteria (relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability) and 8 sub-criteria. Human Rights and Gender Equality is mainstreamed as a sub-criterion. The evaluation will not consider impact (as defined by UNEG) as it is considered too premature to assess this.
The evaluation will seek to answer the following key evaluation questions and sub-questions:
Key Criteria | Key Questions | Sub Criteria | Sub Questions |
Relevance | Are we doing the right things? | Alignment | Is the portfolio aligned with national policies and international human rights norms, SGDs?
Is the portfolio aligned to the global Strategic Plan of UN Women? |
Human Rights and Gender Equality
| Is the choice of partners most relevant to the situation of women and marginalized groups?
Is the choice of interventions most relevant to the situation in the thematic areas? | ||
Efficiency | Are we doing things right? | Coherence (internal and external) | Are the interventions achieving synergies within the UN Women portfolio and the work of the UN Country Team?
What is UN Women’s comparative advantage in this area of work compared with other UN entities and key partners? |
Human Rights and Gender Equality | Which groups is the portfolio reaching the most, and which are being excluded? | ||
Effectiveness | Are the things we are doing working?
| Achievements | Are interventions contributing to the expected outcomes?
What unexpected outcomes (positive and negative) have been achieved?
What has been UN Women’s contribution to the achievement of outcomes?
What are the main enabling and hindering factors to achieving planned outcomes? |
Human Rights and Gender Equality | Is the portfolio addressing the root causes of gender inequality?
Has the portfolio been implemented according to the following human rights and development effectiveness principles?
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UN Coordination | What contribution is UN Women making to UN coordination on GEEW in Mexico? | ||
Normative
| What contribution is UN Women making to implementing global norms and standards for gender equality and the empowerment of women in Mexico? | ||
Triple mandate | What results have been achieved through synergies between the coordination, normative and operational mandates of UN Women? | ||
Sustainability | Will the changes last?
| Capacity development | To what extent was capacity developed in order to ensure sustainability of efforts and benefits? |
Ownership | Is there national ownership and are oversight systems for SN priority results in place? |
The evaluation is expected to take a gender-responsive approach. In accordance with UN Women guidelines gender-responsive evaluation “assesses the degree to which gender and power relationships—including structural and other causes that give rise to inequities, discrimination and unfair power relations, change as a result of an intervention using a process that is inclusive, participatory and respectful of all stakeholders (rights holders and duty bearers)" (4).
(4) UN Women Independent Evaluation Office “How to manage gender responsive evaluation: evaluation handbook”, 2015, available online at: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2015/un-women-evaluation-handbook-en.pdf?la=en&vs=1401
This technique ensures that the data collected is analyzed in the following ways (these are detailed below as an indication for the evaluator):
- Determining the claims of rights holders and obligations of duty bearers
- Assessing the extent to which the intervention was guided by the relevant international (national and regional) normative frameworks for gender equality and women’s rights, UN system-wide mandates and organizational objectives
- Comparing with existing information on the situation of human rights and gender equality in the community, country, etc.
- Identifying trends, common responses and differences between groups of stakeholders (disaggregation of data), for example, through the use of graphs or illustrative quotes (that do not allow for identification of the individual)
- Integrating in the analysis of the context: the structural and other causes that give rise to inequities, discrimination; identify power dynamics between and within different groups, etc.
- Analyzing the structures that contribute to inequalities experienced by women, men, girls and boys, especially those experiencing multiple forms of exclusion
- Assessing the extent to which participation and inclusiveness (with respect to rights holders and duty bearers) was maximized in the interventions planning, design, implementation and decision-making processes
- Triangulating information to identify similarities and/or discrepancies in data obtained in different ways (i.e., interviews, focus groups, observations, etc.) and from different stakeholders (e.g., duty bearers, rights holders, etc.)
- Identifying the context behind the numbers and people (using case studies to illustrate broader findings or to go into more depth on an issue)
- Comparing the results obtained with the original plan (e.g., through the application of the evaluation matrix)
- Assessing the extent to which sustainability was built into the intervention through the empowerment and capacity building of women and groups of rights holders and duty bearers
The preliminary findings obtained through this process should be validated through a stakeholder workshop with evaluation management and reference groups.
b. Scope of the evaluation
The timing of this CPE is intended to assess the effectiveness, strategic coherence, identify lessons learned and provide actionable recommendations and feed into the development of the new Strategic Note of the Country Office.
The period covered by the evaluation will be 2014-mid 2019. The CPE will focus on a representative sample of some thematic projects and programmes undertaken by the CO under the Strategic Note period. Programme work will be considered based on the thematic areas established by the UN Women Strategic Plan 2014-2017 and the alignment to the Strategic Plan 2018-2019 as well as covering the crosscutting areas of UN Women’s mandate to deliver the programme (normative, programmatic/operational, and UN and stakeholder coordination).
Previous to the inception report, the evaluator and the Evaluation Management Team, will organized a workshop to establish the boundaries for the evaluation, especially in terms of thematic areas of work to be determined by an internal prioritization exercise and selected initiatives (projects and programmes), which stakeholders and partnerships will be included or excluded from the evaluation, as well as to determine the coverage of field visits (including a representative sample of UN Women initiative at local level). These will need to be clearly described and justified in the Inception Report to be approved by the Evaluation Management Team.
UN Women organizational structures and systems outside of the CO (such as regional architecture) are not within the scope of this evaluation and should be referenced only where there is a clear implication for the design and implement of the CO Strategic Note.
The evaluation is expected to consider the country context in terms of progress and challenges relating to gender equality and women’s rights, as well main cultural, religious, social and economic differences between the different regions covered by the evaluation when analysing the contributions of UN Women to development results.
The evaluator is expected to undertake a rapid evaluability assessment at the inception stage. This should include the following:
- An assessment of the relevance, appropriateness and coherence of the implicit or explicit theory of change, strengthening or reconstructing it where necessary;
- An assessment of the quality of performance indicators in the DRF and OEEF, and the accessibility and adequacy of relevant documents and secondary data;
- A review of the conduciveness of the context for the evaluation;
- Ensuring familiarity with accountability and management structures for the evaluation.
With regard to data availability, the UN Women Mexico Country office has carried out a review to rate the actual accessibility to relevant information, with the following results:
Data required | Availability |
Baseline data | High |
Project reports (Interim and final) | High |
Independent evaluations (project, programmes and joint programmes) | Medium/high |
Strategic Note Mid Term Review | High |
Monitoring of products (Quarterly) | High |
Monitoring of results (Quarterly) | High |
Financial records | High |
Corporate reports | High |
Communication products | High |
Knowledge products | High |
The evaluation is expected to face the following challenge which will be mitigated jointly with the office:
- A newly elected federal government, in addition to new local governments in locations with UN Women interventions, resulting from 2018 general elections, which could affect stakeholder interviews and other data collection methods targeting government officials.
Where these constraints create limitations in the data that can be collected, these limitations should be understood and generalizing findings should be avoided. In addition, cultural aspects that could impact the collection of data should be analysed and integrated into data collection methods and tools. The evaluator is expected to include adequate time for testing data collection tools.
c. Management of the evaluation
This evaluation will have the following management structures:
- UN Women Evaluation Task Manager for coordination and day-to-day management;
- Evaluation Management Group for decision-making: Country Representative, Evaluation Task Manager, Regional Evaluation Specialist
- Evaluation Reference Group for substantive technical support: a representative of UN Women programme staff, of National government partners, Development partners/donors, UNCT representatives, Civil Society Advisory Group.
The main roles and responsibility for the management of the evaluation are:
Evaluator |
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Evaluation manager [supported by the Regional Evaluation Specialist (6)] |
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Evaluation management and reference groups |
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(5) Strengthening evaluation capacities project http://foceval.org/
(6) The regional evaluation specialist participates in the country visit including data collection in an active advisory and quality assurance role, ensuring that learning stays within the organization.
d. Time frame
Under the direct supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation manager the national consultant will
The evaluation is expected to be conducted according to the following time frame, with the Inception Phase commencing during the month of July.
The estimated number of person-days required for the evaluation is 45 days approximately as follows:
Task | Time frame | Responsible party |
Inception phase (desk review to prepare for evaluation) | 15 days (post contract signing) | Evaluator |
Inception Workshop | 1 or 2 days | Evaluator, task manager and UN Women staff |
Data collection stage | 7-8 days | Evaluator |
Reporting stage (analysis and presentation of draft Final Report) | 10 days (post final data collection) | Evaluator |
Evaluation Reference Group feedback to draft Final Report | 5-6 days | UN Women evaluation reference group |
Findings validation and participatory recommendations workshop | 1 day | Evaluator, task manager and UN Women staff |
Presentation of Final Report | 5 days | Evaluator |
TOTAL (Evaluator) | 40-47 days |
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*The number of days of field mission will be agreed during the inception phase.
The evaluator is expected to design and facilitate the following events:
- Participatory inception workshop (including refining the evaluation framework, stakeholder map, and theory of change);
- In-country entry and exit briefs for UN Women staff and key stakeholders;
- Findings validation and participatory recommendations workshop.
[1] UN Women Independent Evaluation Office “How to manage gender responsive evaluation: evaluation handbook”, 2015, available online at: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2015/un-women-evaluation-handbook-en.pdf?la=en&vs=1401
[2] Strengthening evaluation capacities project http://foceval.org/
[3] The regional evaluation specialist participates in the country visit including data collection in an active advisory and quality assurance role, ensuring that learning stays within the organization.
Competencies
- Findings validation and participatory recommendations workshop.
CORE VALUES
* Respect for Diversity
* Integrity
* Professionalism
CORE COMPETENCIES
* Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
* Accountability
* Creative Problem Solving
* Effective Communication
* Inclusive Collaboration
* Stakeholder Engagement
* Leading by Example
Please click on the link below for further information on UN Women competencies:
Required Skills and Experience
UN Women is seeking to appoint a qualified national/regional consultant to undertake the evaluation.
The evaluator is expected to be able to demonstrate evidence of the following capabilities:
Education: | Bachelor’s degree in a social science discipline or similar Proficiency in Spanish and fluency in reading comprehension in English |
Experience: |
*Please specify in the UN Women Personal history form (P11) the titles of the knowledge products developed. |
Desirable requirements |
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OFFERS PRESENTATION
All applications must include only one attachment that consists in an updated UN WOMEN P11 (Personal History) duly signed, technical and economic offer in accordance with the indicated products, as well as 2 evaluation samples conducted previously. Applications without complete and duly signed UN WOMEN P11 will not be considered for evaluation and will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. The UN WOMEN P11 form can be found at the following link: http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment
Only the applicants selected for the short list will be contacted. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
UN Women is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
If you are experiencing difficulties with online job applications, please contact vacantes@unwomen.org
TECHNICAL OFFER MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST:
Evaluation design (process and methods)
The evaluation will use a theory-based[1] design. The performance of the country portfolio will be assessed according to the results framework and its underlying theory of changes stated in the Strategic Note (SN) 2014-2019. To ensure the validity of the Theory of Change underlying the development of the Strategic Note, the evaluator will, during the inception phase, promote a workshop with UN Women national team to validate a comprehensive theory of change that will both provide information regarding: a) the overarching ToC of the SN, b) the ToC that articulates the work of UN Women in each strategic area. The evaluation will analyze programming, coordination, and normative activities of the Country Office around the thematic areas included in the SN.
The evaluation will undertake a portfolio analysis that includes a synthesis of secondary results data for the Development Results Framework (DRF) and the Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency Framework (OEEF) of the Country Office. This will cover a representative sample of the activities undertaken by the Country Office for the development results.
The portfolio analysis will be triangulated through a mixed methods approach that should include:
- Desk review of additional documentary evidence;
- Consultation with all main stakeholder groups; and
- An independent assessment of development effectiveness
- An independent assessment of organizational effectiveness and efficiency
The method should include a range of data sources (including documents, field information, institutional information systems, financial records, beneficiaries, staff, donors, experts, government officials and community groups).
The evaluator is particularly encouraged to use participatory methods to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted as part of the evaluation process. At a minimum, this should include participatory tools for consultation with stakeholder groups and the inclusion of women and individuals and groups who are vulnerable and/or discriminated against in the consultation process. The consultant should guarantee the protection of participants and respect for confidentiality.
The evaluation is encouraged to use a combination of some of the following data collection tools:
- Interviews
- Focus groups
- Secondary document analysis
- Survey
- Observation
- Multimedia (video, photography, drawing)
The evaluator should take measures to ensure data quality, reliability and validity of data collection tools and methods and their responsiveness to gender equality and human rights.
The evaluation will apply Contribution Analysis to assess the effectiveness of UN Women’s country portfolio. The evaluation will also include a basic risk analysis of the country portfolio.
The evaluation is expected to cover interventions in some thematic areas of work in addition to UN coordination and normative work that are crosscutting to all areas.
Stakeholder participation
The consultant is expected to discuss with UN Women during the inception phase how the evaluation will ensure participation of stakeholders at all stages, with a particular emphasis on rights holders and their representatives.
Stakeholders should include:
- Representatives of target groups
- Programme and project partners and beneficiaries
- National government institutions
- Internal UN Women stakeholders
- Civil society representatives, including members of the Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG)
- Political leaders and representatives
- Private sector partners
- Donors and development partners
- UN Country Team members and relevant interagency groups, notably UNDAF M&E taskforce and the Gender Thematic Group
The evaluator is encouraged to pay particular attention to the participation of rights holders—in particular women from marginalized groups—to ensure the application of a gender-responsive approach. It is also important to specify ethical safeguards that will be employed.
ECONOMIC OFFER THAT FULFILL FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
- Use form described in Annex 7 duly filled out and covering the requirements listed in the table of activities in section V. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, specifying operating expenses and fees.
- In case technical offer consider travels for interviews at state or municipal level (approximately 1 visit for 2 or 3 states) you must include in your economic offer estimated costs for flights or land transportation considering the most practical, direct and economic routes, as well as lodging, food and local transportation.
- The prices must be established in Mexican pesos with VAT included and have a validity until December 31, 2019 and according to deliveries according to number IX. PAYMENTS AND DELIVERY DATES.
- Submit with name and signature of the applicant.
- Economic offer must be filled in Spanish.
POINTS TO BE EVALUATED
Applicant who complies with each of the requirements requested in section V. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES and who obtains the highest cumulative total score according to the following evaluation criteria will be selected:
EVALUATION CRITERIA | % |
UNWOMEN P11 (Personal History) | 20% |
Technical offer and samples review | 50% |
Economic offer | 30% |
TOTAL | 100% |
| Documentary review | It will be verified that proposals contain the requested documents according whit the numeral VII. OFFERS PRESENTATION | ||
If any of the documents are missing, the application will be disqualified and will not be considered for the next phase. | ||||
PHASE 2 | P11 Form Evaluation “Experience” | In this phase information presented in P11 form will be evaluated and weighted according with numerals VI. REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE | ||
REQUIREMENTS | SCORE | |||
Education: | Bachelor’s degree in a social science discipline or similar | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | ||
Proficiency in Spanish and fluency in reading comprehension in English. | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | |||
Experience: | At least three (3) years of experience in conducting evaluations (preferably gender-responsive and human rights-based evaluation). | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | ||
At least three (3) years of experience and knowledge in applying, qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | |||
Proven experience in gender analysis and human-rights based approaches. | Yes = 5 points No = 0 points | |||
Process management skills, including facilitation and communication skills. | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | |||
Desirable requirements:
| Working experience and/or proven knowledge of the context in Mexico. | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | ||
Preferable technical competence in one or several of the thematic areas (strategic priorities of UN Women Mexico) to be evaluated. | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | |||
Knowledge of the role of UN Women and its programming, coordination and normative roles at country level. | Yes = 5 points No= 0 points | |||
In order to reach the next phase, the applicant must get at least 70% total of maximum possible points in phase 2. | ||||
TOTAL OF MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS | 45 points | |||
MINIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS TO REACH TECHNICAL EVALUATION | 31.5 points | |||
PHASE 3 | Technical offer evaluation | In this phase information presented in Technical offer will be evaluated according with numeral VII. OFFERS PRESENTATION and samples provided for applicants. | ||
In order to reach the next phase, the applicant must get at least 70% total of maximum possible points in phase 3: technical offer and samples. | ||||
REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNICAL OFFER | SCORE | |||
a. Methodology of the Evaluation design (process, methods and methodology): the offer presents transparent description of the methodology to be applied, how to address the evaluation criteria, yield answers to the evaluation questions and evaluation purposes and objectives. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
b. Data collection: The offer describes the data collection methods and analysis, the rationale for selecting them, their limitations and includes a discussion of how the mix of data ensure data accuracy. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
c. Data sources: The offer describes the data sources, the rationale for their selection, and their limitations. The report was used to obtain a diversity of perspectives, | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
d. Stakeholders Consultation: The offer report gives a complete description of stakeholder’s consultation process, including the rationale for selecting the particular level and activities for consultation. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
e. Gender and Human Rights considerations: The offer includes a proposal on how to address the analysis for gender and rights issues. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
f. Time frame (included in section V. Duties and Responsibilities)
| 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
TOTAL OF MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS | 90 points | |||
REQUIREMENTS FOR SAMPLES (evaluation reports presented) | SCORE | |||
a. Context of the Evaluation: The logic model and/or the expected results chain (inputs, outputs and outcomes) of the evaluation is clearly described.
(upload 2 evaluation samples in Spanish or English conducted previously in a single file in PDF format). Please consider that the system will allow you to attach only one PDF file with your UN Women Personal history form (P11). | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
b. Purpose, objectives and scope are clearly defined. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
c. The report presents transparent description of the methodology applied to the evaluation (clearly explains how the evaluation was specifically designed to address the evaluation criteria, yield answers to the evaluation questions and achieve evaluation purposes and objectives) | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
d. Reported findings address the evaluation criteria (such as efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, impact and relevance) and questions defined in the evaluation scope. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
e. Conclusions present reasonable judgments (based on findings and substantiated by evidence and provide insights pertinent to the object and purpose of the evaluation) | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
f. Recommendations are relevant to the object and purposes of the evaluation. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
g. Reported findings provide adequate information on gender equality and human rights. | 15 points Very good = 15 points Good = 10 points Satisfactory = 5 points Unsatisfactory = 0 points | |||
TOTAL OF MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS | 105 points | |||
MINIMUM POSSIBLE POINTS TO REACH ECONOMIC OFFER EVALUATION (evaluation of technical offer and samples) | 136.5 points | |||
PHASE 4 | Economic offer evaluation | There will be a weighting with applicants who have reached minimum possible points that will be calculated as following:
Formula: | 30 points | |
PAYMENTS AND DELIVERY DATES
This section describes the type of products (reports, briefs or other) that are expected from the evaluation, who will use them and how they will be used.
Deliverable | Time frame for submission | Person responsible | Payment schedule |
Detailed work plan/inception report (Word format) in Spanish | 5 days (post contract signing) | Evaluator | 30% |
Draft Final report (Word format) (including 2 rounds of revision) in Spanish | 2 weeks after field mission | Evaluator (reference group feedback) | 30% |
Final report (PDF/Word formats) in Spanish | 1 week once consolidated inputs are received | Evaluator | 40% |
Management Response | Within 6 weeks once the report is cleared | CO Representative- Evaluation task manager | N/A |
Development of knowledge products and incorporation of recommendations and findings in the development of the Strategic Note 2020-2025 and other programmes as needed | Starting once the report is cleared | CO Representative- Evaluation task manager – Operations, Communications and Programme Colleagues | N/A |
The evaluation task manager and the Regional Evaluation Specialist will quality assure the evaluation report. The draft and final evaluation report will be shared with the evaluation reference group for quality review. The final report will be approved by the Evaluation Management Group.
Proposed outline of the Final Evaluation Report:
1) Title and opening pages
2) Executive summary
3) Background and purpose of the evaluation
4) Programme/object of evaluation description and context
5) Evaluation objectives and scope
6) Evaluation methodology and limitations
7) Findings: relevance, effectiveness (normative, coordination, operational), efficiency, sustainability, and gender and human rights
8) Conclusions
9) Recommendations
10) Lessons learned
ANNEXES:
• Terms of Reference
• Documents consulted
• Lists of institutions interviewed or consulted and sites visited (without direct reference to individuals)
• Analytical results and methodology related documentation, such as evaluation matrix
• List of findings and recommendations
Notes:
- Physical presence of consultant is not required in the offices of UN Women Mexico. However, sporadically, availability will be required to attend face-to-face meetings.
- Selected consultant must present a medical certificate issued by a certified physician, proving that good health is met for the development of the consultancy.
- The selected consultant must have basic medical insurance issued by a public or private institution and valid during the period of the contract.
- All the products must be delivered according to dates approved by UN Women in the work schedule, for the products listed in the table of activities in section V. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
- In order to process the payment, consultant must give a receipt or invoice in Mexican Pesos indicating the delivered product.
- Payment will be made in Mexican pesos according to the delivery dates of the products, on the total price of selected economic offer.
- Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of deliverables and UN Women certification that each has been satisfactorily completed and will be made 10 working days after its deliver.
IMPORTANT:
- The candidates interested in this evaluation should upload their application attaching all the requested documents (in Spanish) in a single file in PDF format no later than July 8, 2019 (23:59 h NY time). Please consider that the system will allow you to attach only one PDF file
- In case of doubts, questions will be received by email to vacantes@unwomen.org no later than June 30, 2019 (23:59 h Mexico time).
- The answers to all doubts and queries will be published on July 1st, 2019 within this announcement and will also be answered by email to the people who sent them.
- Only those applications that send all the requested documentation will be considered for review
- Please take into account the system will allow only one PDF file attachment.
- Only applications received through the UNDP Jobs platform Will be considered; no application received via e-mail or through any other platforms like Jora, UNJobs, etc.will be accepted.
Annex 1 UNEG Quality Checklist for evaluation reports
http://uneval.org/document/detail/607
Annex 2 UN-SWAP Evaluation technical note and Scorecard
http://uneval.org/document/detail/1452
Annex 3 UNEG Ethical Guidelines
http://uneval.org/document/detail/102
Annex 4 UNEG Code of Conduct for Evaluation in the UN system
http://uneval.org/document/detail/100
Annex 5 UNEG Norms and Standards for evaluation
http://uneval.org/document/detail/21
http://uneval.org/document/detail/22
Annex 6 UN Women Evaluation Handbook
http://genderevaluation.unwomen.org/en/evaluation-handbook
Annex 7
FORMATO PARA PRESENTAR PROPUESTA ECONÓMICA | ||||
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Nombre del postulante:
Firma:
Fecha: *Precios en pesos mexicanos vigentes al 31 de diciembre de 2019 | ||||
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Annex 8
FORMATO PARA PRESENTAR PROPUESTA ECONÓMICA DE TRANSPORTACIÓN TERRESTRE Y/O AÉREA Y DE VIÁTICOS | |||||||
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Nombre del postulante:
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Precios vigentes al 31 de diciembre de 2019 en pesos mexicanos con IVA incluido, correspondientes al pasaje de una persona | |||||||
Medio de transporte |
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*Desglosar hospedaje, alimentación y traslados terrestres por día laborado
NOTA:
Para la evaluación de la Propuesta económica relativa a los costos de viáticos y transportación aérea y/o terrestre, ONU Mujeres México verificará que se encuentren acorde a los lineamientos internos de la Organización. En caso de no cumplir con dichos lineamientos, ONU Mujeres se reservará el derecho de evaluar únicamente las propuestas económicas correspondientes al costo de los productos. Por lo tanto, en caso de seleccionar la propuesta económica únicamente para productos, ONU Mujeres será responsable de la gestión directa de los viáticos y transportación aérea y/o terrestre.
[1] A theory based-design assesses the performance of the Strategic Note based upon its stated assumptions about how change happens. These assumptions can be challenged, validated or expanded upon by the evaluation.