International Terminal Evaluation Consultant UNDP-FREAGER (IC/PNG/009-2022-INT)

Consultant Environment

Overview

Conduct terminal evaluations of renewable energy projects in Papua New Guinea.

You have:

• Master’s degree in Engineering (preferably Energy, Electrical, or Mechanical) or closely related field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience in results-based management evaluation methodologies, especially GEF financed projects.
• Experience in evaluating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is a requirement.
• Relevant experience in working in Papua New Guinea, the Asia Pacific Region or Developing Countries.
• Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender and renewable energy.

Contract

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Background

International Terminal Evaluation Consultant UNDP-FREAGER (IC/PNG/009-2022)

Location: Port Moresby, with travels to Wewak, Goroka and Alotau, Papua New Guinea; Duration of Initial Contract: 2 months Expected Duration of Assignment: 35 working days (7 weeks)

1. Introduction

In accordance with UNDP and GEF M&E policies and procedures, all full- and medium-sized UNDP-supported GEF-financed projects are required to undergo a Terminal Evaluation (TE) at the end of the project. This Terms of Reference (ToR) sets out the expectations for the TE of the full-sized project titled “Facilitating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Applications for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction (PIMS#5569) implemented through the Climate Change Development Authority and Responsible Parties namely Papua New Guinea (PNG) Power Limited, Milne Bay, Eastern Highlands and East Sepik Provincial Governments. The project started on the 01 October 2017 and is in its 5th year of implementation. The TE process must follow the guidance outlined in the document ‘Guidance for Conducting Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-Supported, GEF-Financed Projects’ Guidance for Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-supported GEF-financed Projects’.

2. Project Description

Papua New Guinea’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction efforts to date have focused on the forestry sector. Yet, despite low per capita energy use at present, with only 15 percent of the population having access to electricity. The adoption of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) technologies in PNG has strong potential both to reduce current GHG emissions and avoid future, growing GHG emissions expected as rising per capita energy use and electrification accompany development of the nation. Analysis shows that community RE mini-grid and township diesel center-based EE programs present particularly compelling win-win propositions for PNG. Over time, both will present substantial cost savings over the business-as-usual case, in which diesel is used, while at the same time lowering present or avoiding future GHG emissions. FREAGER will demonstrate the relevant technologies for and aim to achieve widespread replication of micro/mini-hydro mini-grids, solar PV mini-grids, and township EE programs. It will aim to do so by removing barriers to these technologies in the areas of policy and planning, technical and commercial viability, availability of financing, and information and awareness. In the policy and planning area, the project will promote these technologies via: capacity building programs for officials, through which the officials develop actual pipeline RE mini-grid projects and township EE programs; design of policy incentives; standards work; national roadmaps for community RE mini-grids and township EE programs; and provincial level RE and EE plans.

Technical and commercial viability will be supported through capacity building for technical personnel on RE mini- grids and on building and industrial EE. It will also be supported through developing and disseminating information on best international sourcing channels for EE and RE and on the “honest,” best costing for community RE mini grids in PNG. Project demos will include two mini-hydro mini-grids and one PV mini-grid, with support also provided for productive use of RE at all three sites. In addition, demos of comprehensive EE programs (including building and industrial energy audits and retrofits, support for residential customers, support for future, large power customers, and street lighting retrofits) will be developed in two townships that are fully powered by diesel. The project will also support demonstration of PPAs and billing systems, as well as O&M training, for two mini-hydro projects that are already under development. Efforts related to financing EE and RE will include capacity building for the financial sector and the set-up of an ESCO fund to finance EE retrofits and a loan fund for community RE projects. Information and awareness work will include support to develop domestic manufacturing of RE mini-grid and EE products (and thus achieve lower cots) and briefings on the cost competitiveness of RE and EE as compared to diesel. It will further include a multi-channel media campaign for RE and EE and educational materials on RE and EE. It will also include RE mini-grid how-to handbooks tailored to PNG, pipeline RE mini-grid project listings, data from RE resource assessments, and curriculum from various project workshops, all available at a one-stop-shop website on RE and EE in PNG.

The project has the following Goal, Objective and Outcomes:

Goal: Reduction in Green House Gas emissions from the energy production and energy end use sectors in PNG

Objective: Enabling the application of feasible renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies for achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction in PNG.

Outcome 1: Rigorous implementation and enforcement of approved national and provincial energy policies, plans, and standards to promote the application of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

Outcome 2A: Enhanced technical-commercial viability and capacity in the application of energy efficiency technologies and development of feasible RE-based energy systems in the country.

Outcome 2B: Increased installed capacity of RE based power systems and implementation of viable EE technology applications in PNG.

Outcome 3: Improved availability of, and access to, financing for renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives in the energy generation and end-use sectors.

Outcome 4. Improved awareness of, attitude towards, and information about renewable energy and energy efficiency applications in the energy generation and end-use sectors.

3. TE Purpose

The TE 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, and aid in the overall enhancement of UNDP programming. The TE report promotes accountability and transparency and assesses the extent of project accomplishments.

The TE is also being conducted to document best practices, challenges and capacities that are at hand and that are missing that can inform UNDP CO Programing going forward. The UNDP CO Management and the Implementing Partner/Executing Agency will act on the TE Results. The TE is in line with the UNDP PNG’s current evaluation plan.

The TE will assess project performance against expectations set out in the project’s Logical Framework/Results Framework (see ToR Annex A). The TE will assess results according to the criteria outlined in the Guidance for Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-supported GEF-financed Projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

TE Approach & Methodology

The TE report must provide evidence-based information that is credible, reliable, and useful. All relevant evidentiary documents must be presented/provided to the TE evaluators to confirm the reported results of the project’s baseline/co-financed and incremental activities, delivery of agreed component outputs and levels of achievement of the end-of-project targets of the objectively verifiable indicators that are set out in the project results framework (log frame). It is important to also provide explanations/justifications of the attribution of any indirect results (e.g., energy savings, GHG emission reductions, etc.) of parallel/associated activities of the project. In this regard, the TE Team must state in the TE report if the team has checked, evaluated, verified and confirmed all the evidentiary documents during the terminal evaluation and provide comments regarding, and where necessary, pertinent recommendations to improve, the credibility, reliability and usefulness of such documents.

The Project Management Office/Unit and the commissioning UNDP country office must provide all relevant sources of information including documents prepared during the preparation phase (i.e. PIF, UNDP Initiation Plan, UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure/SESP) the Project Document, project reports including annual PIRs, 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 TE team shall review all of these sources of information, including the baseline and midterm GEF focal area Core Indicators/Tracking Tools submitted to the GEF at the CEO endorsement and midterm stages and the terminal Core Indicators/Tracking Tools that must be completed before the TE field mission begins.

The TE team is expected to follow a participatory and consultative approach ensuring close engagement with the Project Team, government counterparts (the GEF Operational Focal Point), Implementing Partners, the UNDP Country Office(s), the Regional Technical Advisors, direct beneficiaries and other stakeholders.

Engagement of stakeholders is vital to a successful TE. Stakeholder involvement should include interviews with stakeholders who have project responsibilities, including but not limited to UNDP PNGCO Management, Climate Change Development Authority and PNG Power Limited; the executing agencies, senior officials and task team/component leaders, key experts and consultants in the subject area, Project Board, project beneficiaries, academia, local government and CSOs, etc. Additionally, the TE team is expected to conduct field missions to Alotau in the Milne Bay Province, Goroka in Eastern Highlands Province and Wewak in East Sepik Province, including the following project sites namely Samarai Island, Gotomi, Miruma and Maprik.

The specific design and methodology for the TE should emerge from consultations between the TE team and the above-mentioned parties regarding what is appropriate and feasible for meeting the TE purpose and objectives and answering the evaluation questions, given limitations of budget, time and data. The TE team must use gender-responsive methodologies and tools and ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment, as well as other cross-cutting issues and SDGs are incorporated into the TE report.

The final methodological approach including interview schedule, field visits and data to be used in the evaluation should be clearly outlined in the inception report and be fully discussed and agreed between UNDP, key stakeholders and the TE team.

The final TE report should describe the full TE approach taken and the rationale for the approach making explicit the underlying assumptions, challenges, strengths and weaknesses about the methods and approach of the evaluation.

Detailed Scope of the TE

The TE will assess project performance against expectations set out in the project’s Logical Framework/Results Framework (see ToR Annex A). The TE will assess results according to the criteria outlined in the Guidance for TEs of UNDP-supported GEF-financed Projects Guidance for Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-supported GEF-financed Projects.

The Findings section of the TE report will cover the topics listed below. A full outline of the TE report’s content is provided in ToR Annex C.

The asterisk “(*)” indicates criteria for which a rating is required.

Findings

Project Design/Formulation

• National priorities and country driven-ness
• Theory of Change
• Gender equality and women’s empowerment
• Social and Environmental Safeguards
• Analysis of Results Framework: project logic and strategy, indicators

• Assumptions and Risks

• Lessons from other relevant projects (e.g. same focal area) incorporated into project design

• Planned stakeholder participation
• Linkages between project and other interventions within the sector
• Management arrangements

Evaluate whether the project design (e.g., approach, activities and outputs) was adequate/sufficient and appropriate to achieve the project objective and outcomes that were set out in the project results framework.

Project Implementation

• Adaptive management (approved changes to the project design and project outputs during implementation, whether such changes were adequately and properly implemented, and impacts/results of the implemented changes)
• Actual stakeholder participation and partnership arrangements (in addition, also cite issues/challenges encountered, impacts of such issues/challenges on project implementation and results; and the resolution of these)
• Project Finance and Co-finance (evaluate actual project financing, actual realization of committed co-financing, and any leveraged financing – provide evidentiary documents to support the evaluation)
• Monitoring & Evaluation: design at entry (*), implementation (*), and overall assessment of M&E (*)
• Implementing Agency (UNDP) (*) and Executing Agency (*), overall project oversight/implementation and execution (*)
• Risk Management, including Social and Environmental Standards

Evaluate whether the actual project implementation did or did not facilitate the provision of the necessary resource inputs for the implementation of project activities and the delivery all the required project outputs.

Project Results

• Assess the achievement of outcomes against indicators by reporting on the level of progress for each objective and outcome indicator at the time of the TE and noting final achievements.

Evaluate the following: (a) whether all the approved project outputs were delivered. These include outputs in the original project design and other approved outputs that were included based on adaptive management; (b) how these outputs contributed to the achievement of the end-of-project targets of the project; and (c) actual resource inputs that were utilized to deliver each output.

• Evaluate the results of the project activities (i.e., GEF-funded and baseline/co-financed activities that were carried out by project partners) that are contributing towards the end-of-project target of the objective indicator and each outcome indicator. This may also include monitored results from indirect activities that were facilitated, enabled or influenced by the FRAGER Project’s activities. The relevant evidentiary documents on these activities must be evaluated to verify and confirm potential attribution of the results to the FREAGER Project.
• Relevance (*), Effectiveness (*), Efficiency (*) and overall project outcome (*) - For “effectiveness”, evaluate to what extent the barriers that the project is designed to remove were actually removed.
• Sustainability: financial (*) , socio-political (*), institutional framework and governance (*), environmental (*), overall likelihood of sustainability (*) – For overall likelihood of sustainability, evaluate whether the removed barriers will recur or not, and suggest ways of ensuring that the removed barriers will not recur.
• Country ownership
• Gender equality and women’s empowerment
• Cross-cutting issues (poverty alleviation, improved governance, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster prevention and recovery, human rights, capacity development, South-South cooperation, knowledge management, volunteerism, etc., as relevant)
• GEF Additionality
• Catalytic Role / Replication Effect
• Progress to impact

One important issue that must be considered in the reported results that are contributing to the achievement of the project targets is their attribution to the FREAGER Project. Make sure that all declared results are attributable to the Project. Where necessary, explain the attribution or non-attribution.

Main Findings, Conclusions, Recommendations and Lessons Learned

• The TE team will include a summary of the main findings of the TE report. Findings should be presented as statements of fact that are based on analysis of the data, and evidentiary documents. One important issue that must be considered in the reported results that are contributing to the achievement of the project targets is their attribution to the FREAGER Project. Make sure that all declared results are attributable to the Project. Where necessary, explain the attribution or non-attribution.
• The section on conclusions will be written in light of the findings. Conclusions should be comprehensive and balanced statements that are well substantiated by evidence and logically connected to the TE findings. They should highlight the strengths, weaknesses and results of the project, respond to key evaluation questions and provide insights into the identification of and/or solutions to important problems or issues pertinent to project beneficiaries, UNDP and the GEF, including issues in relation to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Since the FREAGER Project strategy is barrier removal, one of the main conclusions of the TE must be on the extent of barrier removal that the Project has achieved. Explain in detail (based on the project results) for each project component of the barrier(s) is/are removed, and to what extent the barrier removal was achieved.
• Recommendations should provide concrete, practical, feasible and targeted recommendations directed to the intended users of the evaluation about what actions to take and decisions to make. The recommendations should be specifically supported by the evidence and linked to the findings and conclusions around key questions addressed by the evaluation.
• The TE report should also include lessons that can be taken from the evaluation, including best practices in addressing issues relating to relevance, performance and success that can provide knowledge gained from the particular circumstance (programmatic and evaluation methods used, partnerships, financial leveraging, etc.) that are applicable to other GEF and UNDP interventions. When possible, the TE team should include examples of good practices in project design and implementation.
• It is important for the conclusions, recommendations and lessons learned of the TE report to include results related to gender equality and empowerment of women.

The TE report will include an Evaluation Ratings Table, as shown in the ToR Annex.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

The TE Team shall prepare and submit:

• TE Inception Report: TE team clarifies objectives and methods of the TE no later than 2 weeks before the TE mission. TE team submits the Inception Report to the Commissioning Unit and project management. Approximate due date: 05 August 2022
• Presentation: TE team presents initial findings to project management and the Commissioning Unit at the end of the TE mission. Approximate due date: 24 August 2022
• Draft TE Report: TE team submits full draft report with annexes within 3 weeks of the end of the TE mission. Approximate due date: 01 September 2022
• Final TE Report* and Audit Trail: TE team submits revised report, with Audit Trail detailing how all received comments have (and have not) been addressed in the final TE report, to the Commissioning Unit within 1 week of receiving UNDP comments on draft. Approximate due date: 15 September 2022

*The final TE report must be in English. If applicable, the Commissioning Unit may choose to arrange for a translation of the report into a language more widely shared by national stakeholders.

All final TE reports will be quality assessed by the UNDP Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). Details of the IEO’s quality assessment of decentralized evaluations can be found in Section 6 of the UNDP Evaluation Guidelines.[1]

[1] Access at: http://web.undp.org/evaluation/guideline/section-6.shtml

Competencies

TE Arrangements

The principal responsibility for managing the TE resides with the Commissioning Unit. The Commissioning Unit for this project’s TE is UNDP PNG Country Office.

The Commissioning Unit will contract the consultants and ensure the timely provision of per diems and travel arrangements within the country for the TE team. The Project Team will be responsible for liaising with the TE team to provide all relevant documents, set up stakeholder interviews, and arrange field visits.

Duration of the Work

The total duration of the TE will be approximately (average 35 working days) over a time period of (# of weeks) starting (date) and shall not exceed five months from when the TE team is hired. The tentative TE timeframe is as follows:

• 28 February 2022: Application closes
• 28 March 2022: Selection of TE Team
• 25 July 2022: Prep the TE team (handover of project documents)
• 01 August 2022: 4 days (recommended 2-4): Document review and preparing TE Inception Report
• 05 August 2022: 2 days: Finalization and Validation of TE Inception Report- latest start of TE mission
• 09 August 2022: 10 days (r: 7-15): TE mission: stakeholder meetings, interviews, field visits
• 23 August 2022: Mission wrap-up meeting & presentation of initial findings- earliest end of TE mission
• 25 August 2022: 05 days (r: 5-10): Preparation of draft TE report
• 01 September 2022: Circulation of draft TE report for comments
• 08 September 2022: 1 day (r: 1-2): Incorporation of comments on draft TE report into Audit Trail & finalization of TE report
• 12 September 2022: Preparation & Issue of Management Response
• 14 September 2022: (optional) Concluding Stakeholder Workshop
• 23 September 2022: Expected date of full TE completion

The expected start date of contract is 01 August 2022.

Duty Station

The Consultants’ duty station is Port Moresby for the duration of the contract. The Consultants are also expected to travel to Wewak and Maprik in East Sepik Province, Goroka in Eastern Highlands Province and Alotau in Milne Bay Province depending on the Covid situation in the country.

Travel:

• International travel will be required to Papua New Guinea during the TE mission;
• The BSAFE course must be successfully completed prior to commencement of travel;
• Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director.
• Consultants are required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under: https://dss.un.org/dssweb/
• All related travel expenses will be covered and will be reimbursed as per UNDP rules and regulations upon submission of an F-10 claim form and supporting documents

Required Skills and Experience

.REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

TE Team Composition and Required Qualifications

A team of two independent evaluators will conduct the TE – one team leader with experience and exposure to projects and evaluations in other regions and one team expert, who is a national. The team leader will be responsible for the overall assessment of the project results and improve sustainability of project gains including design and writing of the TE Inception Report, lead the TE mission, supervise the national consultant and write the final TE report, etc. The team expert will report to the Team Leader and support the TE lead consultant to assess the extent to which the project is achieving project results and improve sustainability of project gains. He/She will also work with the Project Team in developing the TE itinerary of the mission including meeting appointments and schedules.

The evaluator(s) cannot have participated in the project preparation, formulation and/or implementation (including the writing of the project document), must not have conducted this project’s Mid-Term Review and should not have a conflict of interest with the project’s related activities.

The selection of evaluators will be aimed at maximizing the overall “team” qualities. The evaluator(s) cannot have participated in the project preparation, formulation and/or implementation (including the writing of the project document), must not have conducted this project’s Mid-Term Review and should not have a conflict of interest with the project’s related activities.

The selection of evaluators will be aimed at maximizing the overall “team” qualities in the following areas:

Education

• Master’s degree in Engineering (preferably Energy, Electrical, or Mechanical) or other closely related field such as Environment or Natural Resources Management or other closely related field from an accredited College or University. Additional training in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency including Climate Change related fields is an advantage.

Experience

• Relevant experience with results-based management evaluation methodologies;
• Experience applying SMART indicators and reconstructing or validating baseline scenarios;
• Competence in adaptive management, as applied to Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency and Biodiversity Conservation.
• Experience in evaluating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects;
• Experience working in Papua New Guinea, Asia Pacific Region or Developing Country;
• Experience in relevant technical areas for at least 10 years;
• Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender and renewable energy and energy efficiency sector, biodiversity conservation/community conservation and natural resources management; experience in gender responsive evaluation and analysis;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Demonstrable analytical skills;
• Project evaluation/review experience within United Nations system especially GEF funded projects will be considered an asset.

Language

• Fluency in written and written and spoken English is a requirement

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standard
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Functional Competencies:

• Thorough knowledge of GEF Monitoring and Evaluation Policy
• Familiarity with the challenges developing countries face in sustainable natural resource management and biodiversity conservation including communities
• Conceptual thinking and analytical skills
• An independent, reliable, responsible self-motivator able to work under time pressure
• Excellent communication, team-building and diplomatic skills to develop partnerships.

Evaluator Ethics

The TE team will be held to the highest ethical standards and is required to sign a code of conduct upon acceptance of the assignment. This evaluation will be conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the UNEG ‘Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation’. The evaluator must safeguard the rights and confidentiality of information providers, interviewees and stakeholders through measures to ensure compliance with legal and other relevant codes governing collection of data and reporting on data. The evaluator must also ensure security of collected information before and after the evaluation and protocols to ensure anonymity and confidentiality of sources of information where that is expected. The information knowledge and data gathered in the evaluation process must also be solely used for the evaluation and not for other uses without the express authorization of UNDP and partners.

Payment Schedule

• 20% payment upon satisfactory delivery of the final TE Inception Report and approval by the Commissioning Unit
• 40% payment upon satisfactory delivery of the draft TE report to the Commissioning Unit
• 40% payment upon satisfactory delivery of the final TE report and approval by the Commissioning Unit and RTA (via signatures on the TE Report Clearance Form) and delivery of completed TE Audit Trail

Criteria for issuing the final payment of 40%

• The final TE report includes all requirements outlined in the TE TOR and is in accordance with the TE guidance.
• The final TE report is clearly written, logically organized, and is specific for this project (i.e. text has not been cut & pasted from other MTR reports).
• The Audit Trail includes responses to and justification for each comment listed.

APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

Financial Proposal:

· Financial proposals must be “all inclusive” and expressed in a lump-sum for the total duration of the contract. The term “all inclusive” implies all cost (professional fees, travel costs, living allowances etc.);

• For duty travels, the UN’s Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) rates differs in each location and are applied for Port Moresby, Alotau, Goroka and Wewak, which should provide indication of the cost of living in a duty station/destination (Note: Individuals on this contract are not UN staff and are therefore not entitled to DSAs. All living allowances required to perform the demands of the ToR must be incorporated in the financial proposal, whether the fees are expressed as daily fees or lump sum amount.)
• The lump sum is fixed regardless of changes in the cost components.

?Recommended Presentation of Proposal

1. Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
2. CV and a Personal History Form (P11 form);
3. Brief description of approach to work/technical proposal of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a proposed methodology on how they will approach and complete the assignment; (max 1 page)
4. Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price and all other travel related costs (such as flight ticket, per diem, etc.), supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template attached to the Letter of Confirmation of Interest template. If an applicant is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the applicant must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

All application materials should be submitted to the address United Nations Development Programme, Level 14, Kina Bank House, Douglas Street, PO Box 1041, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in a sealed envelope indicating the following reference “Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of Facilitating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Applications for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction” or by email at the following address ONLY: [email protected] by 28 February 2022 at 1700 hours. Incomplete applications will be excluded from further consideration.

1. Criteria for Selection of the Best Offer

Only those applications which are responsive and compliant will be evaluated. Offers will be evaluated according to the Combined Scoring method – where the educational background and experience on similar assignments will be weighted at 70% and the price proposal will weigh as 30% of the total scoring. The applicant receiving the Highest Combined Score that has also accepted UNDP’s General Terms and Conditions will be awarded the contract.

Technical Criteria for Evaluation for internationals (Maximum 70 points):

• Criteria-01: At least Master’s degree in Engineering (preferably Energy, Electrical or Mechanical) or other closely related field such as Environment or Natural Resource Management or other closely related field from accredited college or University. Additional trainings in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency including Climate Change related fields is an advantage - Max Point 5;
• Criteria-02: Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience of results – based management evaluation methodologies, particularly GEF financed project evaluations - Max Point 25;
• Criteria-03: Previous experiences in evaluating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects -Max Point 25****;

• Criteria-04: Experience of working in Papua New Guinea, Asia Pacific Region or a Developing Country especially having technical knowledge in the targeted focal area(s) is an advantage - Max Point 10;

• Criteria-05: Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender and renewable energy and energy efficiency sector, biodiversity conservation/community conservation and natural resources management; experience in gender responsive evaluation and analysis – Max Point 5 ;

Technical Criteria for Evaluation for national candidates (Maximum 70 points):

• Criteria-01: At least Master’s degree in Engineering (preferably Energy, Electrical or Mechanical) or other closely related field such as Environment or Natural Resource Management or other closely related field from accredited college or University. Additional trainings in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency including Climate Change related fields is an advantage - Max Point 5;
• Criteria-02: Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience of results – based management evaluation methodologies, particularly GEF financed project evaluations - Max Point 25;
• Criteria-03: Previous experiences in evaluating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects -Max Point 25****;
• Criteria-04: Proven experiences in field level data collection with adequate knowledge of data collection tools, including KIIs and FGDs - Max Point 10;
• Criteria-05: Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender and renewable energy and energy efficiency sector, biodiversity conservation/community conservation and natural resources management; experience in gender responsive evaluation and analysis – Max Point 5;

Financial Evaluation (Total 30 marks)

All technical qualified proposals will be scored out 30 based on the formula provided below.

The maximum points (30) will be assigned to the lowest financial proposal. All other proposals received points according to the following formula:

p = y (µ/

Where:

• p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated;
• y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal;
• µ = price of the lowest priced proposal;
• z = price of the proposal being evaluated.

UNDP 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.

****UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.****

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Annexes to the TE ToR

Suggested ToR annexes include:

• ToR Annex A: Project Logical/Results Framework
• ToR Annex B: Project Information Package to be reviewed by TE team
• ToR Annex C: Content of the TE report
• ToR Annex D: Evaluation Criteria Matrix template
• ToR Annex E: UNEG Code of Conduct for Evaluators
• ToR Annex F: TE Rating Scales and TE Ratings Table
• ToR Annex G: TE Report Clearance Form
• ToR Annex H: TE Audit Trail template

Annexes to Terminal Evaluation Terms of Reference

[Share ToR Annexes directly with short-listed applicants. Include link to ‘Guidance for Conducting Terminal Evaluations of UNDP-Supported GEF-Financed Projects’ and other existing literature or documents that will help candidates gain a better understanding of the project situation and the work required.

• ToR Annex A: Project Logical/Results Framework
• ToR Annex B: Project Information Package to be reviewed by TE team
• ToR Annex C: Content of the TE report
• ToR Annex D: Evaluation Criteria Matrix template
• ToR Annex E: UNEG Code of Conduct for Evaluators
• ToR Annex F: TE Rating Scales and TE Ratings Table
• ToR Annex G: TE Report Clearance Form
• ToR Annex H: TE Audit Trail template

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