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The purpose of the mid-term evaluation is:

• Assess if interventions are sufficient to reach desired outcomes. Identify barriers to achievement of objectives to provide recommended actions to guide the programme staff and partner organisation through the last year of the programme and a potential new programme period.
• To assess how well the Palme Center has designed and adapted the programme to the needs of the partner organisations.
• Collect most significant change stories.
• To come up with possible recommendations for developing the programme in a potential second period based on the findings of the evaluation.

The purpose of the end-programme evaluation is:

• Assess if the programme met the stated goals and objectives; (b) the effectiveness of the technical approach of the Palme Center; (c) development of the overarching lessons learned from the programme, and (d) a strategy for use or communication of these lessons both within the organisation and to partners.
• To collect evidence of behavioural change among the actor groups and how these changes have contributed to the outcome areas.

The outcomes of the evaluation are intended to be used as:

• Supplementary documentation for reporting the programme.
• Input for future planning and efficiency work.
• Input to capacity assessment of the Palme Center, by Sida.
• Supplementary documentation of the current situation, in relation to the outcome areas (see below), to be used in the baselines of new programmes.

Background

 The Olof Palmes Internationella Center, hereinafter the Palme Center, with its 26 member organisations, constitute an active hub of the Swedish labour movement’s international work articulated through trade unions, political party, and civil society organisations. These organisations represent more than one hundred years’ experience of promoting political and civic engagement, democratisation, and poverty reduction. Through our development partnerships, we seek to empower people to change their own lives. The Palme Center has its main office in Stockholm and several local offices.

The programme that will be evaluated is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and includes nine civil society actors such as unions, women’s- and environmental organisations and citizens movements.

The overall objective of the programme is: Sustainable civil society organisations engage in broad alliances that contribute to the advancement of good governance, labour rights, citizen’s engagement, and women’s equal political participation.

Five outcome areas, reflecting the five political priorities in Palme Center’s International Strategy, give further content to our theory of change and how we view and define progressive development, aimed at contributing to several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the 2030 Agenda.

The five priorities are:

1. Countering the threats to democracy and human rights
2. Advancing equality and worker’s rights – building new alliances and pushing progressive politics
3. Sustainability through a just transition – countering climate change
4. Promoting peace and dialogue – mitigating armed conflict and social tensions
5. Opposing the backlash – increasing gender equality

The programmes take an innovative actor-focused approach. Four categories of actors have been identified from the Palme Center’s strategy: decision makers, rights-holders, actors working in cooperation (e.g., networks and alliances) and the partner organisations. The programmes focus on change in behaviours and relations among and between these actors, that contribute to the outcome areas.

The assignment

For evaluating the programme, the evaluator will have access to inhouse documentation (including assessments and partners’ reporting) but the main method is meeting with partner organisations and rights holders in Kinshasa.

Relevant evaluation questions are, but not limited to:

• Are interventions sufficient to reach desired outcomes?
• Which barriers to achievement of objectives are there?
• Was adaptation timely and responsive to partners’ needs? What drove the adaptation process? (agility and responsiveness)
• What are the programme’s main achievements?

The documentation will be provided in French and English. All interactions with partners and rights holders will be in French. The report shall be submitted in two versions, English and French.

The assignment shall be finalised, and the final evaluation reports submitted by:

• Mid-term evaluation: 18 December 2024
• End-programme evaluation: 1 March 2026

Participants

The evaluation will cover the regional programme in the DRC. Documentation for the desk study will be forwarded to the evaluator digitally. The consultant is expected to interview staff at the Palme Center, representatives from all nine partner organisations, the Swedish member organisations rights holders and other relevant stakeholders.

Methodology

The evaluation will be held in two steps, the mid-term evaluation and the end-evaluation. The process below will be repeated for each step.

The evaluation will begin with a dialogue between the Palme Center and the consultant, where the concrete methods of evaluation, number of interviewees and timeframe will be defined and agreed more in detail.

• The evaluation will take place in Kinshasa.
• Approximately 15-20 interviews.
• The assignment includes the following methodologies:
  • Document review/desk study (log frames, application and reporting documents, monitoring documents, etc.)
  • Interviews with partner organisations, rights holders and the Swedish member organisations.
  • Most significant change stories.
• The evaluator winning the assignment shall present an inception report where the methodology and work plan is developed in more detail no later than 10 October.

Timeframe and duration

Mid-term evaluation

• The mid-term evaluation should be held in October – November 2024.
• The mid-term evaluation should end by 18 December 2024.
• Estimated time for the evaluation is 15-20 working days (in total 30-40 working days for both mid-term/end-term evaluations).
• The draft report for the mid-term evaluation should be submitted by to the Palme Center 6 December 2024.
• The Palme Center will have five working days to comment on drafts.
• The final reports (English and French) for the mid-term evaluation should be submitted to the Palme Center 18 December 2024.
• The evaluator should hold two seminars to the present the results in January 2025 (one in English and one in French).

End-evaluation

Detailed time plan will be set later.

Reporting

The below instructions regard both the mid-term evaluation and the end evaluation.

• The findings and conclusion shall be presented in a report not exceeding 15 pages. The report should be addressed to the responsible Programme Manager at the Palme Center.
• The report should follow the Palme Center’s graphic design and include visual aid.
• The report shall describe facts, draw conclusions and make recommendations. The evaluation report shall at least contain;
  • Index
  • Summery
  • Background
  • The purpose of the evaluation
  • The scope of the evaluation, work carried out within the assignment, methodology and limitations
  • Observations, analysis, assessment and conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Attachments (ToR, reference list, list of people interviewed and in which location, interview questions, etc.)
• The reports shall also be presented in two oral presentations. Slides should be provided for these presentations.
• The Palme Center will be the sole owner of the results of the assignment.

Requirements on the evaluator

The evaluator is expected to have the following qualifications:

• Experience of evaluating civil society support in development cooperation.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation.
• Knowledge about the context in the DRC.
• Documented theoretical and practical experiences with evaluations of international development cooperation, including in-depth analyses based on interviews and reports, as well as a good capacity of reporting results and conclusions.
• Fluent knowledge in English and French.

Meriting qualifications:

• Documented in-depth knowledge and previous experiences of collecting change stories.
• Documented experience of well-written and designed reports and briefs.
• Experience of using participatory and intersectional methods.

Compensation

The budget and remuneration for the assignment will be according to the winning bid but cannot exceed SEK 300,000, excluding VAT.

The payment will be made as follows:

Mid-term evaluation, up to SEK 150,000:

• First payment: 25% percent when the inception report has been approved and upon receiving an invoice from the consultant. The second payment: 75% of the budget after approval of the evaluation report, oral presentation and upon receiving an invoice from the consultant.

End-term evaluation, up to SEK 150,000:

• First payment: 25% percent when the inception report has been approved and upon receiving an invoice from the consultant. The second payment: 75% of the budget after approval of the evaluation report, oral presentation and upon receiving an invoice from the consultant.

Tenders

• Tenders shall be submitted via email to elin.zaulich@palmecenter.se no later than 9 September 2024.
• The bid must include: curriculum vitae for members of the evaluation team and their respective roles in the assignment, details of previous experience in the field, references (names and contact information) suggested methodology, procedures for quality assurance, suggested timeframe and work plan, budget excluding VAT).
• The budget should include all costs related to the evaluation, excluding VAT.
• We reserve the right not to accept any of the bids received.

Handelsanställdas förbund och Palmecentret går i täten för en rättvis omställning

Handels engagerar sig i miljö- och klimatfrågan – vår tids största ödesfråga. Förbundet vill ta en aktiv roll för att bidra till en rättvis omställning som tar hänsyn till både jorden och människan. Handels har presenterat ett miljö- och klimatpolitiskt program med förslag på åtgärder som kan göra handeln mer miljövänlig, och är en Fair Union som arbetar för mänskliga och fackliga rättigheter och ett hållbart samhälle med mindre påverkan på klimatet.

Handeln är en av våra mest globala branscher, och står inför en omfattande förändring för att vi ska nå klimat- och miljömålen.

9 av 10 av Handels medlemmar tycker att branschen måste bli mer hållbar. Och de flesta vill vara med och bidra till det på sin arbetsplats.

Därför är det extra kul att Handelsanställdas förbund tillsammans med Palmecentret nu ökar sitt arbete för en rättvis och grön omställning i världen.

Rättvis omställning handlar om att ta kampen för klimatet och miljön, utan att någon lämnas efter. För att möta klimat- och miljökrisen måste hela branscher ställa om på kort tid. I det arbetet spelar facket en nyckelroll för att säkra jobben, trygga villkoren och värna medlemmarnas intressen. Alla jobb ska vara gröna och bra!

Fadderskap: Stötta kamrater på Filippinerna

Nu kan er avdelning vara med i ett nytt fadderskap som Palmecentret tagit fram tillsammans med Handelsanställdas förbund för en rättvis grön omställning. Fadderskapet riktar in sig på Filippinerna, där klimatkrisen redan drabbar landets mest utsatta. Demokratin i landet är på tillbakagång och civilsamhället och våra fackliga kamrater behöver allt stöd de kan få i arbetet framåt.

Inom ramen för fadderskapet finns:

• Fackförbundet POWER, som organiserar medlemmar i energisektorn. De leder vägen för en övergång till förnybar energi och är en föregångare i facklig klimatkamp.
• SIM-CARRD, som utbildar unga miljökämpar och hjälper människor att rusta sig mot klimatkatastrofer.
• National Confederation of Transportworkers, som framgångsrikt förhandlat för att deras medlemmar i transportsektorn ska ha trygghet i övergången till gröna transporter, och…
• Fackförbundet MARINO, som representerar arbetare i fiskeindustrin. De jobbar för att skydda sina vatten från farliga utsläpp från gruvor, och för ett hållbart fiske.

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The Olof Palme International Center with its 27 member organisations constitute an active hub of the Swedish labour movement’s international work articulated through trade union, political party and civil society organisations. These organisations represent more than one hundred years’ experience of promoting civic engagement, democratisation and poverty reduction. Palme Center cooperates with people and organisations throughout the world, in countries such as Bosnia-Hercegovina, Myanmar/Burma, South Africa, Palestine, and Bolivia. Through our development partnerships, we seek to empower people to change their own lives. Women, youth, and grassroots activists are our main target groups. The Swedish Labour Movement’s extensive international network enables cooperation with global partners who share our values.

Purpose

The purpose of the assignment is to develop a methods material, including a set of tools for increasing the knowledge about, assessing, and developing internal democratic practices and structures for the Palme Center’s partner organisations with the aim to support partner organisations to strengthen its internal democracy.

The assignment

The assignment is:

1. To produce a pedagogical methods material on internal democracy for Palme Center’s partner organisations.
2. The methods material should include a set of practical tools that can be used for assessing internal democracy as well as how to improve the practices and structures for internal democracy.

Design and logic:

The development of the methods material/toolbox should include the following.

1. Document study – a sample of relevant organisational descriptions and assessments of partner organisations and current methods materials and tools for organisational development/internal democracy.
2. Interviews and dialogue with a selection of methods and programme staff at the Palme Center
3. Interviews with a selection of representatives from the partner organisations
4. Interviews with a selection of representatives from the Palme Center’s Member Organisations.
5. Develop a relevant methods material including examples with best practices and a set of practical tools for internal democracy suitable for the Palme Center’s partner organisations.

The Palme Center will provide relevant documents, assist with introduction to the partner and member organisations and assist with coordination of interviews. The Palme Center will be the sole owner of the results of the assignment.

Timeframe and duration

The duration of the production of the material is expected to be approximately 6 weeks, during the period 9th of March 2020 and 15th of April 2021, including the preparatory reading and presentation of the final material (this period can be adjusted per the requirements of the consultant).

The Palme Center will request a first draft on the 15th of April 2021. The deadline for the final version is the 31st of April 2021.   

Deadline for submitting your tender is 4th of March 2021.

Target group

The target groups for the material are board members, nomination committee members and other elected representatives within the Palme Center’s partner organisations.

Language

The publication shall be written in English, not exceeding 20 pages.

Requirements on the consultant

The consultant shall have the following qualifications:

• Have good knowledge in the English language, spoken and written
• Have previous experience of developing and writing methods materials for civil society organisations
• Have documented experience in organisational development for civil society organisations
• Have extensive experience from working with democratic processes in civil society organisations

Meriting qualifications

• Have experience from working with or at one of Palme Center’s member organisations

Compensation

The budget and remuneration for the assignment will be decided between the parties, upon suggestion in the winning proposal. The total cost of the assignment, including VAT, may not exceed 100 000 SEK. Fees, costs and VAT are to be separated in the budget.

Payments will be made in the following manner:

1. First disbursement: 50% of the total compensation after the start of the assignment and upon receiving an invoice from the consultant.
2. Second disbursement: 50% of the budget after the Palme Center’s approval of the evaluation report and upon receiving an invoice from the consultant.

Tenders

• Tenders shall be submitted via email to Frida Perjus at the Olof Palme Center frida.perjus@palmecenter.se, no later than the 4th of March.
• The bid must include curriculum vitae of the consultant including references, details of all relevant previous experience, suggested methodology, suggested timeframe, and budget including VAT.
• The budget shall include the remuneration of the consultant as well as all other costs related to the evaluation. The budget must specify fees, costs and VAT.
• We reserve the right to refuse any of the bids received.
• The review process at the Palme Center involves the Methods advisor on capacity building, the Head of Team Methods Support and Head of International Department. The tenders are assessed according to their merits related to the above mentioned qualifications. The decisions are made collectively by the group. The final decision will be made before March 8th  and will be sent to all tenderers as soon as possible.
• For questions or clarifications, please contact Frida Perjus at the Olof Palme Center frida.perjus@palmecenter.se, +46 8 677 57 87.