In November 2006, a comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) was signed between the Government of Nepal (GoN) and the Communist Party of Nepal (the Maoist movement), ending a 10-year period of conflict. A range of bilateral and multilateral donors and organisations, Denmark being one of them, has since then supported the peace process in Nepal. Financial support was provided both to the GoN and to the UN and civil society organisations, mostly through joint mechanisms like the Nepal Peace Trust Fund (NPTF) and the UN Peace Fund for Nepal (UNPFN), but also through other joint or bilateral support. Denmark channelled approximately 170 000 000 DKK (approximately 32 400 000 USD) to Nepal through its peace support programme (PSP), while a further app. 170 000 000 DKK was channelled through its human rights and good governance programme (HUGOU). In addition, substantial support has been given to other sectors, such as education and energy.
The Evaluation Department of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now planning to conduct an evaluation of the Danish support to the peace process in Nepal, taking into account that this Danish support is part of a broader international effort to support the peace process in Nepal. The evaluation is to serve dual purpose: on one hand, the evaluation is to document and assess the Danish support and its contribution to the Nepal peace process and what has been achieved in this context, while on the other it is to provide recommendations and lessons-learned that can serve as input both to the future support to the peace process in Nepal and to other situations where international actors aim to support a peace process. Due to the largely joint character of the Danish support, the evaluation must address the Danish support to the peace process as a part of the wider support, and with due consideration of the context and the interplay with other development interventions and issues. This means that the core of the evaluation must include (but not necessarily be limited to) both the PSP support, not least the joint funds to which Denmark has contributed, as well as the bilateral Danish support through HUGOU. In order to assess the Danish contribution as well as the wider dynamics, achievements and possible gaps of the support, the evaluation must consider the support and its results in light of the context of Nepal, including other donor’s support to the peace process and the interplay with other areas of support and development of relevance to the overall peace process. In line with this, the evaluation process is expected to include (but not necessarily be limited to) document review, stakeholder interviews and field visits, in order to be able to address a range of different areas of support and levels of results. Both qualitative and quantitative methods may be required.
The evaluation should have its main focus on the period from the signing on the CPA up to the present. However, in order to create a sufficient basis for understanding the peace process, the different areas of support, modalities and achievements, the evaluation must be based on a thorough understanding of the context and the conflict prior to the CPA. Conflict analysis is expected to be an important part hereof.
The evaluation is expected to include the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and, to the degree possible, impact. In addition, the evaluation criteria of coherence, coverage and linkages should be included. The evaluation should also take into consideration relevant guidance on support (and evaluation of support) to fragile situations and peace building, and this may have implications for the criteria applied.
The required competences for carrying out the evaluation are expected to include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: planning, leading and reporting complex evaluations; evaluation methods, including theory based evaluation, conflict analysis, contribution analysis approaches as well as thorough experience with designing evaluations based on a mix of methods; knowledge of aspects related to conflict prevention and peace building, capacity building, good governance and human rights, inclusion, reconciliation and resettlement issues; aid architecture and modalities, including Danish development cooperation; development assistance infragile states/conflict and post conflict situations; specific knowledge of Nepal (Country and context knowledge as well as language skills).
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 3102
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
28.12.2011
V.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received: 2
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Particip GmbH with Niras A/S, 79100 Freiburg, GERMANY