Consultancy Services- Conduct the Final Independent External Evaluation of the Skills for Energy in Southern Africa Project.

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The overall purpose of the final independent evaluation is to promote accountability, assess progress, bottlenecks and strengthen organizational learning among the Office, ILO constituents, and key stakeholders. The specific objectives of the evaluation are to: 1. Establish the relevance of the project design and implementation strategies in relation to the SADC region national and regional policies on energy, final beneficiaries’ needs, ILO and UN development frameworks and on skills development around energy related strategies; 2. Determine the extent to which the project has achieved its stated objectives and expected results integrating gender and non-discrimination, social dialogue and tripartism, international labour standards and a fair transition related to environment; 3. Identify the supporting factors and constraints that have led to the results, including implementation modalities chosen (how and why); 4. Identify unexpected/unintended positive and negative results of the project; 5. Examine the implementation efficiency of the project; 6. Analyse the extent to which the project outcomes will be sustainable and will have potential, either positive or negative, impacts on project targeted institutions and final beneficiaries; 7. Provide recommendations to the project key stakeholders towards achievement of project outcomes; 8. Identify lessons learned and good practices to inform key stakeholders for future similar interventions. The final evaluation will focus on the 48 months of the project, namely from January 2021 to the end of December 2024, assessing all the results and key outputs that have been produced in this period. The evaluation will integrate gender equality as a cross-cutting concern throughout its deliverables and process. It should be addressed in line with EVAL guidance note n° 4 and Guidance Note n° 7 to ensure stakeholder participation. Clients: The primary users of the evaluation are the project implementing partner (KGRTC) as well as the ILO tripartite constituents, ILO CO-Lusaka, the ILO DWT Pretoria, the ILO Regional Office for Africa (ROAF), and the relevant technical units in ILO Headquarter and the donor, the Swedish government. The evaluation will cover the following evaluation criteria, in line with the DAC criteria and UNEG standards on evaluation in the UN system: • Relevance and strategic fit; • Coherence; • Effectiveness of project implementation and management arrangements; • Efficiency of resource use and project set-up; • Impact orientation; • Sustainability.