Data Collection for Project Evaluation South of Libya (Alkufrah, Brak Alshati, Murzuk, Sebha, Ubari)

The project ‘‘Recovery, Stability and Socio-Economic Development in Libya, Phase 2 (RSSD2) – (Baladiyati2)’’, is funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund(EUETF) for stability and to address the root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa. 

The project is in line with the priorities of the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) in the area of service delivery while ensuring a conflict sensitivity approach to Do No Harm so that project interventions to not exacerbate existing tensions, but mitigate them, thus contributing to local peacebuilding. The local context will guide the exact shape of the support to partner municipalities against detailed assessments (including on local conflicts/dynamics) which will be conducted at the beginning of the project and updated regularly throughout the implementation.

The project is closely coordinated with Libyan national institutions, such as the MoLG, and other relevant authorities, including targeted municipalities and implemented in close cooperation with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  

The implementation of the current action is being closely coordinated with other on-going and planned activities under other EU Trust Fund for Africa programmes in Libya, particularly with activities under the programme "Managing mixed migration flows in Libya through expanding protection space and supporting local socio-economic development".  

The Project’s Theory of Change assumes that:

If essential service delivery is improved following a participatory planning process, ensuring that livelihood capitals is preserved with increased livelihood opportunities for the most vulnerable groups, while social cohesion and security are fostered among and within the communities, then the trust between the communities and the municipalities will be strengthened as a result of the authorities responding to the populations needs, the communities will be self-reliant and capable of rebuilding their lives as well as equipped to prevent/mitigate conflicts, and then ultimately the communities, including the most vulnerable - migrants, refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), returnees and host communities will be able to effectively cope with and mitigate the risks of irregular migration and be strong drivers of recovery and resilience-building efforts on the path towards sustainable development in Libya. 

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to improving the living conditions and resilience of vulnerable populations - including migrants, refugees, IDPs, returnees, and host communities - in the selected municipalities and communities of Southern Libya.

The project is built around three specific objectives:

The project’s five (5)Outputs were designed along the following areas: 

The project focuses its intervention on municipalities and communities in the South of Libya given the region’s particularly vast challenges and in line with the focus set in the Berlin Declarations on Libya. All municipalities under RSDD (phase 2) are in the South , namely Al-Kufrah, Brak al Shati, Ghat/Tahala, Murzuk, Quatrum, Sebha, Shawerif, Rebiyana, Daraj, AlgurdhaAshshati, Alsharguiya, Ubari, Alghrayfa, BintBayya, are covered by our client  in relation to the production of rapid municipality profiling and conflict analysis under Output 5, activities 5.1 and 5.2. Al-Kufrah, Brak al Shati, Murzuk, Sebha, Ubari, are supported - confirmed during the inception phase - in relation to providing basic services, strengthening livelihoods opportunities, and promoting social cohesion and community security under Outputs 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.  

The expected results include:

The project beneficiaries, both direct and indirect, are the population in the catchment areas. As of September 2024, the total number of beneficiaries stands at approximately 70 thousand people (male 57% and female 43%) from public service sectors of WASH, education, youth and sports.

in consultations with our client's  project staff, the consultant will undertake the following steps:

Support the international consultant to define the scope of the analysis and evaluation questions specific to the assigned project final evaluation. Propose feasible and cost-effective solution to narrow down the scope of analysis and focus on the most relevant information;

Support the international consultant to collect qualitative, quantitative and contextual information regarding the current state of supported communities, regional and national levels. Identify sources of information, including the results of studies or prior reports that are relevant to the current project environment, data and identifying key informants and target groups for surveys in the supported communities. 

Support the international consultant in developing an inception report (IR). The IR will be shared with MoLG and other relevant partners. The report will include a detailed methodology and data collection plan. The consultant will include in the IR proposed sample size, sampling plan, questions, technical tools to conduct surveys and other data collection. Other tools may include in-depth interviews with key local partners and beneficiaries. Suggested key informants will be identified and questions will be presented in the IR. The IR will include a plan for fieldwork and data analysis. All approaches will follow the conflict sensitivity principle by ensuring that the methodologies used do not increase risk for respondents, the Project team and the consultants.

A local consultant will translate the approved IR data collection tools into Arabic.

Based on the approved incepption report,the consultant will participate in data collection under the guidance and with the involvement of the international consultant. The local consultant will administer surveys and organize focus groups and interviews. Following the fieldwork, the consultancy team (international and national consultants) will prepare and deliver a short presentation to our client on the initial findings and recommendations. 

Building on the debrief and initial feedback received, the consultancy team will produce a draft evaluation report that will be shared with project partners for review. The report will include, at a minimum: executive summary, list of acronyms, introduction, project context and evaluation purpose, framework and methodology, findings and recommendations. Annexes will include the inception report, list of documents reviewed, list of persons interviewed or consulted, and data collection instruments. The comments will be addressed and the final evaluation report, summary product and presentation will be submitted

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Competencies

Special skills requirements

Functional Competencies:

Results Orientation

Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing

Team Work and Communication skills