A Proposal

For

End Term Evaluation

ENHANCE: Enhancement of Vulnerable Households’ Resilience

against COVID-19, Project Ethiopia

Consultant of the evaluation

Alebel Guangul (MA in media and communication, PHD candidate)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

November, 2021
Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Brief profile of the consultant ………………………………………………1
1.2.Project background…………………………………………….…………….1
1.3. Objective of the evaluation………………………………………………… 2
1.4. Scope of the evaluation………………………………………………….…. 3
1.5 Expected output ……………………………………………………………..4
2. Approaches and Methodology
2.1. Evaluation design ……………………………………………………….…5
2.2. samples and sampling Techniques…………………………………………5
2.3. Evaluation Instruments…………………………………………………….5
2.3.1. Interview………………………………………………………………6
2.3.2. Focus group discussion……………………………………………….6
2.3.3. Document analysis…………………………………………………...6
2.3.4. Questionnaire ………………………………………………………. 6
2.4. Desk review……………………………………………………………….6
2.5. Data Analysis……………………………………………………………...6
2.6. Ethical Consideration……………………………………………………..7
2.7. Responsibilities of the evaluator(s)…………………………………….…7
2.8. Structure of the proposal and submission Guidelines………………….…7
3. Refences
4. Annexes
1. Introduction

1.1. Brief profile of the consultant

Alebel Guangul Gessesse is working as a senior lecturer in Media and communication at

Dilla University. He received his B. A and MA degree in Wollo and Bahir Dar University
respectively; he is currently conducting his PhD degree at Bahir Dar University. His research
interests include Communication social affairs and topical issues. He has also participated in
different research conferences and has experience on conducting research. He has also been
participating in various community service projects. Besides, he participated in evaluating and
mentoring college level researcher proposals. He awarded a number of trainings.

1.2. Project background

The current novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which originated in China in

December 2019, becomes a substantial challenge for the entire world. COVID-19 has turned the
world upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each other,
how we work and communicate, how we move around and travel. Every aspect of our lives has
been affected (CCSA, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic is a disaster taking an enormous toll on
humanity disrupting lives and livelihoods. The scale and severity of COVID-19 is
unprecedented. This pandemic has, therefore, impressed attentions from various organization. It
is becoming a sensitive issue of intense public interest and discourses (Gulseven et al., 2020).

More specifically, women are mostly the victims of such sensitivities. According to the
Lancet report (2020), although there has not been any gender analysis of the pandemic by any
government of health organization or any estimates of potential victims in preparedness phases,
in times when social isolation and distancing practices are being applied, there are increased
risks of violence against women, their abuse, exploitation and neglect. Past evidences inform us
that diseases outbreak affected men and women differently in their day-to-day activities (Malik,
& Naeem, 2020).

The socio-economic impact assessment of COVID – 19 has been drafted by the United
Nations (UN) in Ethiopia in the spirit of ‘One UN’. Our next goal is to develop substantive
proposals on socio economic response and recovery, which are expected to be ready very soon.
This assessment leaves little room for doubt that the impact on Ethiopia is already serious and

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could, depending on conditions, become severe. It urges a policy response that puts people and
their rights at the centre, especially those most impacted and left behind (Josephson,2021; Ozili,
2020).
Of the people most at risk, Women are at the center of any disease outbreak - and
outbreaks affect women and men differently. Health emergencies disproportionately affect
women and girls in several ways including access to health care services (e.g., SRH and HIV
services), livelihood, food security, and protection. Pandemics, including COVID-19, compound
existing gender inequalities and vulnerabilities, increasing risks of abuse and a regression in
development gains for women and girls (Rafaeli & Hutchinson, 2020). In times of crisis such as
an outbreak, women and girls may be at higher risk, every COVID-19 response plan, and every
recovery package and budgeting of resources, needs to address the gender impacts of this
pandemic (Azcona et al.,2020).
Considering these rationales, the organization for Women in Self-Employment (WISE) is
an Ethiopian Civil Society Organization that was registered with the Ministry of Justice in
August 1997 and reregistered with the Charities and Societies Agency in 2009. As part of its
overall programme, and with a financial support from the European Union Civil Society Fund
WISE is implementing a project entitled ENHANCE: Enhancement of Vulnerable Households’
Resilience Against COVID-19, contract ref. FED/2020/418-963 in the period November 18/2020
to November 17 2021. Thus, it is essential so as to evaluate the contribution of WISE to
strengthening accountability to key stakeholders of WISE with regard to performances in
programme implementation and the internal learning.

1.3 Objective of the Evaluation

The overall objective of the final evaluation is, accordingly, to contribute to
strengthening accountability to key stakeholders and the internal learning of WISE with regard to
performances in programme implementation.

More specifically, the evaluation will attempt to:

✓ Identify and assess outputs and outcomes of activities implemented as part of the
project “EUcsf3 project”.

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 ✓ Assess the extent possible the contribution of the activities to the overall objectives of
the project as well as to that of the mission of WISE
✓ Evaluate how and to what extent the approaches applied by the project contribute to
resilience against COVID 19 of vulnerable house holds
1.4. Scope of the evaluation
This evaluation should be based on a wider investigation of country contexts and specific
activity portfolios since WISE wants to maximize the relevance and learning potential of the
evaluation to contribute to the national COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts. This
places strong emphasis on the role of the inception phase for specifying the scope, in accordance
with the considerations outlined below.
Thematic focus - The project is financed by EU/CSF III the overall objective of which is
to increase the contribution of citizens and CSOs in the development and democratization
process of the country. Accordingly, important focus areas of this evaluation include:
➢ Capacity strengthening of WISE SACCO leaders and their team in nine sub cities of
Addis Ababa Putting women and girls at the center of economies will fundamentally
drive better and more sustainable development outcomes for all, support a more rapid
recovery, and place us back on a footing to achieve the sustainable development Goals.
➢ Support the informal economy with few protections against dismissal or for paid sick
leave and limited access to social protection. To earn a living depend on public space and
social interaction which are now being restricted to contain the spread of the pandemic.
➢ The chain of results - The project is primarily about “Enhancement of Vulnerable
Households’ Resilience Against COVID-19”. Thus, the evaluation will primarily check
the achievements of the high-level results and their indicators in the approved Logical
Framework Matrix (LogFrame) of the project. The same can be said for improved
participation/advocacy efforts. The evaluation will look for indications of broader
development outcomes where possible, but the assessment will primarily be based on the
work of WISE and Partners
Monitoring and Evaluation information for accountability and learning. The evaluation
will among others examine how results and monitoring are aligned with broader Overall
Objectives with reference to the indicators included in the Log frame of the project proposal.

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 Geographic/Regional focus: The evaluation will as point of departure consider project
activities in Addis Ababa of seventy SACCOs from nine woredas.
Time frame: The evaluation is expected to cover the activities implemented by WISE
during the period from November 2020 to November 2021. This will allow focusing on activities
and results related to the specific project, and analysing the temporal aspects and their
implication for the potential achievement of results.

1.5. Expected Output

The main outputs of the evaluation consist of inception and evaluation report.
Inception report
It includes the result of the desk review the detailed proposal on methodologies and the
elaborated analytical framework for the evaluation, survey instruments, timeline, and process
progress indicators. The page limits will not be exceeding 5 pages excluding annexes.

Evaluation report, draft and final version

The draft version will be first reviewed and commented by WISE through Core Task
Force before presenting it to the final validation workshop of key stakeholders, likewise, the final
version will incorporate feedbacks solicited from the Client as well as from the final validation
workshop. The final report must include an executive summary of not more than 4 pages. In
addition to the above WISE is expected to prepare and present concise summary of the findings
of the evaluation during the validation workshop to be organized by WISE. The page limits of
final version of the evaluation will not exceeding 25 pages excluding annexes.

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2. Approaches and Methodology

2.1. Evaluation Design

To achieve those objectives, a descriptive survey research design involving both
qualitative and quantitative has been chosen. The survey is selected as a research method it
enables the research to have a comprehensive image on the objectives. The mixed methods
approach counterbalances the shortcomings of using just either quantitative or qualitative one,
providing a well-rounded investigation that helps to answer questions through combining the
qualities of both the methods and the qualitative method will be the dominated one (Creswell &
Clark, 2017).

2.2. Samples and Sampling Techniques

The target population of the evaluation will be partners, project staff and key
stakeholders include SACCO leaders and target groups which are implementing members, the
collaborating governmental departments woredas as per Agreements entered), selected project
beneficiaries from amongst 70 SACCOs and the donor (EUD/TAU). Since partners and project
staff are manageable, comprehensible sampling will be used. To make the number of the
participants manageable, systematic random sampling will utilized to reach a valid conclusion
for the key stakeholders. Since it is believed that this much sample size could be enough holding
the idea forwarded by scholars that the sample size is determined by the purpose of the study and
the nature of population (Cohen et al., 2017; Gray, 2013; Kothari, 2004).

2.3. Evaluation Instruments

Three data collecting instruments, interview, focus group discussion, questionnaire and
document analysis will be employed in the study. Interview and focus group discussion will be
the main dominant method of data collection used in this evaluation study. An attempt has also
been made to achieve some form of methodological triangulation, where interview and focus
group discussion are used in tandem with other methods to see how they corroborate each other.
As the study are descriptive, in which interview can be employed for securing relevant data since
the evaluation could obtain more information and that too in greater depth. Interview, thus, are
felt to be suitable for the study. (Baryman, 2004; Cohen et al., 2017; Herbert et al, 1989).

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 In-depth interviews will conduct with ENHANCE project coordinators in the
organization and SACCOs’ leaders from beneficiaries. The aim of interviewing, which mainly
focus on themes the core strategic agendas of the project, is to assess the overall activities of the
project.

Focus group discussion will be targeted the beneficiaries in 9 sub cities in order to have
comprehensive image about the project. In the discussion it will have 6 up to 8 discussants in
each FGDs. Totally, it is expected there will be 9 FGD groups

The study will use strategies, reports and other documents related with the project. The
data will be triangulate using a variety of methods. Besides, semi- structure questionnaires will
be administrated for the beneficiaries to collect data a phenomenon which is not easily observed
such as attitudes and self-concepts and that helps us to have representative data with limited
resources.

2.4. Desk review

The first point of departure will be the project specific documentation available from
WISE. Besides, the Consultant will review reports/correspondences held by and to be made
available from WISE; the donor (EU/TAU), collaborating government sources, from resource
organizations (Network/Apex organizations), higher learning institutions, the media and the
likes. Such reports may include: reviews and profiles of CSO institutional and organizational
capacities; the approaches and strategies mostly promoted; internal networking for shared
learning and joint actions; their participation and/or contributions in the overall national/regional
development processes; status/trends in their partnerships with government and donors;
status/trends in the operational environment, and the likes.

2.5. Method of Data Analysis

The nature of the data analysis of any research depends on the nature of data collected
(Cohen et al., 2017). Since the collected data are qualitative and quantitative in nature, the
analysis method also employed both techniques. Considering the participants’ words and ideas,
the researcher will be sort out and organize the main ideas by organizing in a certain unit that
represented the finding from the interview. Finally, the data that will be gathered from interview
and focus group discussion will descriptively analyzed; the data obtained in these tools will be

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coded and group into themes. Then, the responses group and describe thematically as
complementary evidence for the quantitative data. Items which were constructed for the
questionnaire will be analyzed with a statistical package of frequency and percentage.

2.6. Ethical Consideration

The researcher only asks the respondents if there is already an approval from the
respondents. Furthermore, certain requests of the respondents such as; the time limit of the
interview, or if they decide not to answer a particular question and guide with other ethical
concerns.

2.7. Responsibilities of the evaluator(S)

The Evaluator(s) are responsible to

✓ Consolidate the findings from the analysis and present recommendations to the client
✓ Undertake the evaluation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in TOR
✓ Submit progress, planned outputs/outcomes and final report in accordance with the
agreement.
✓ Respond duly to requests from the organization about progress reports and final
evaluation report conduct
✓ Develop and present a plan to implement the recommended changes
✓ Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research design and
analysis.

2.8 Structure of the Proposal and Submission Guidelines

Accordingly, the proposal format, content, and submission process, including details are
incorporated in the structure of the proposal. These are:
1. Signing of contract, writing inception report, presenting and endorsement of the inception
report, data collection, data analysis, writing first draft and submit Final report will be
covered.
2. It will be submitted via PDF and word format and the page limit will be based on the ToR
3. The deadline will be based on the agreement of ToR
4. The final Mode(s) of transmission will use all options (post, email and in person)

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 5. Criteria and timeline for judging proposals will be decided with WISE officials
6. Opportunities for clarification can be made if WISE need to have

Work Plan
No Evaluation phases Deliverables Responsible Location Timeline/unit
person days
1 Signing of contract 18 November 2021: Project WISE 1 day
coordinators Office
2 Writing inception Up to end 30 Consultant Home 10 days
report November 2021 based
3 Presenting and Up to end 30 Consultant WISE 1day
endorsement of the November 2021 Office
inception Report
4 Data Collection 30 November to mid- Consultant and Field work 15 days
15 December 2021 data collectors
5 Data analysis 15 December to end Evaluation Home 10 days
25 December 2021 Team based
6 Writing first draft 26 December to 28 Evaluation Home 2 days
December 2021 Team based
7 Submit Final report 29 December to end Consultant Home 2 days
30 December 2021 based

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