BBRSO187338 - Independent Terminal Evaluator (CariSecure)

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Background

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BACKGROUND

CariSECURE 1.0 is a Key Activity under the USAID’s larger Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Project executed across 8 countries, namely: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname. The project is being implemented by the UNDP Barbados Multi-country Office in cooperation with the UNDP Offices in Guyana and Suriname and with specific oversight from the UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC) due to the regional scope of the project (Eastern and Southern Caribbean).

At the national level, the project engaged partners and stakeholders to include: National Security Ministries, police forces, statistical offices, probation and parole services, public prosecution offices, courts, prisons, Ministries of Youth. CARISECURE worked with regional institutions such as the Regional Security System (RSS) and supported the establishment of a regional crime observatory at the organisation to collect and aggregate national data on the citizen security indicators from their member states on a monthly basis and generate regional analysis to feed into their semi-annual meeting of the Council of Ministers of National Security. The Project also engaged with CARICOM IMPACS to expand such analysis to CARICOM Member States, through the establishment of a crime and violence data warehouse which hosts the Police Records Management Information System (PRMIS) application and will support the RSS with the collection, monitoring and analysis of these regional indicators to support evidence-based decision-making on crime and violence within Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.

CariSECURE also collaborated with UNWOMEN and the IDB Citizen Security Programme in Guyana to cost share and pilot the recently approved CARICOM GBV Prevalence Survey Model in order to test the validity of data received on incidences of sexual and domestic violence. Additionally, CariSECURE through an agreement with UNODC and the Saint Lucia Central Statistics Office supported the implementation of the 2020 National Crime Victimization Survey in Saint Lucia. The Project has also collaborated with the Office of the Attorney General in Barbados to support activities in Barbados to combat trafficking in persons including: training for officers of the Barbados Police Service on the detection, investigation and prosecution of trafficking in persons; a TIP knowledge and perception survey of the Barbadian public and public awareness products – jingle, PSAs and video targeted at the Barbadian Public.

The purpose of the YES Project is to increase the institutional and technical capacity of regional bodies, selected national government systems and community stakeholders to reduce risk factors that drive youth crime, violence, and victimization. It has a specific goal of reducing youth involvement in crime and violence in target communities. Accordingly, the YES Project has three expected results under its relevant Activities:

• CariSECURE Project - Strengthened Evidence-based Decision-making in Youth Crime and Violence Prevention Policy and Programming
• Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) Project - Communities, families, and youth strengthened to withstand, mitigate and recover from crime and violence and the
• Juvenile Justice Reform Project (JJRP) – The rehabilitation and reintegration of youth in conflict with the law in society

The Strategic Objective of CariSECURE was to ensure Regional, national and local organizations use evidence-based decision making for youth crime and violence prevention and policymaking with associated outputs as follows:

• Output I: Standardized and Disaggregated Crime Data Reporting Within and among National Authorities to foster the reliance on valid, reliable, and comparable data on Citizen Security
• Output II: Utilization of evidence-based analysis on crime data to inform citizen security strategies, programs and policies
• Output III: Improved decision-making on youth crime and violence based on available evidence at the national level

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK

The independent evaluator (with experience and exposure to similar projects and evaluations in other regions) will conduct the Final Evaluation. The evaluator will conduct interviews with local counterparts, conduct site visits, liaise with local counterparts to schedule meetings and visits (with some support from UNDP), be responsible for the overall design and writing of key reports and supporting documents (Inception and Final Evaluation report), analyze and interpret data collected, present findings, deduce key lessons, insights and recommendations and ensure these are reflected in the relevant reports.

The consultant cannot have participated in the project preparation, formulation, and/or implementation (including the writing of the Project Document) and should not have a conflict of interest with project related activities.

The Final evaluation report will assess the achievement of project results against what was expected to be achieved and draw lessons that can both improve the sustainability of benefits from this project, future projects with similar objectives, and aid in the overall enhancement of UNDP programming. The Final evaluation report promotes accountability and transparency and assesses the extent of project accomplishments and is one of the evaluations to be implemented under the UNDP 2022 to 2026 evaluation plan within outcome 4 of the Country Programme document and Outcome 1 of the UNDP 2022- 2025 Strategic Plan.

The final evaluation report must provide evidence-based information that is credible, reliable and useful. The Evaluator will review all relevant sources of information including documents prepared during the preparation phase (i.e. Project Document, UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure/SESP) project reports including annual APRs, project budget revisions, lesson learned reports, national strategic and legal documents, and any other materials that the team considers useful for this evidence-based evaluation.

The total duration of the Final Evaluation will be approximately 45 days over a time period of 10 weeks starting from the date of contract signature and shall not exceed 5 months from when the consultants are hired.

Competencies

• Certification in project management is an asset
• Relevant experience with result-based management evaluation methodologies;
• Experience applying SMART indicators and reconstructing or validating baseline scenarios;
• Competence in adaptive management, as applied to citizen security
• Experience in evaluating projects;
• Experience working in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, in particular Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname;
• Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender, youth crime and violence and citizen security. Experience in gender sensitive evaluation and analysis;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Demonstrable analytical skills;
• Project evaluation/review experiences within United Nations system will be considered an asset;
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum a Master’s degree in criminology, criminal justice, public policy, monitoring and evaluation or other closely related field