The purpose of the evaluation is to serve planning and decision making needs in the MFA. The evaluation is expected to bring forward issues and lessons learned and make innovative but practical and concrete recommendations which will help the MFA to develop further the development cooperation in inclusive education and to enhance the cooperation with disability approach. Moreover, the recommendations will help the MFA to enhance the application of HRBA in development cooperation.
Evaluation itself is also a major tool for accountability. Thus, the evaluation will inform the general public, parliamentarians, academia, and development professionals outside the immediate sphere of the decision-makers in development policy of what has been achieved by the use of public funds.
The objectives of the evaluation are:
— To assess the strengths and weaknesses in the realization of HRBA in Finland's development cooperation by assessing the application of HRBA in Finland's development cooperation in inclusive education and in cooperation with disability focus,
— To assess inclusive education in Finland's development cooperation and provide a comprehensive overall view on the achievements, strengths and weaknesses,
— To assess the achievements, strengths and weaknesses of the cooperation with disability approach and to provide disability mainstreaming successes and failures.
Furthermore, the objective of components 2 and 3 is to provide an assessment on the overall results and lessons learned of the Finnish development interventions in the Andean region and Kosovo.
The evaluation covers bilateral and regional instruments, bilateral and regional contributions through multilateral channels (so-called multi-bi cooperation), multilateral and NGO cooperation as well as policy dialogue in selected countries and regions where possible.
The temporal scope of the evaluation is 2004-2013 covering the three Development Policy Programmes of 2004, 2007 and 2012. As an exception, the final evaluations of the development cooperation in inclusive education in Kosovo and the Andean region (Components 2 and 3) cover the entire time frame of Finland's development cooperation in those countries/regions (please see below).
The evaluation consists of five components. It is organized in such a way that the four components can learn from each other. While their findings are presented in separate reports, they are also merged into a synthesis report which forms the component 5.
See further information in the ToR.
Section V: Award of contract
Lot title: Evaluation of Inclusive Education in Finland's Development Cooperation in 2004-2013
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
V.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received: 6
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
The tendering has been interrupted