The required services may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Assessing the readiness of a policy, program or initiative to be evaluated
- Planning specific evaluations or related studies of individual or clusters of programs, policies or initiatives
- Developing terms of reference for evaluation projects
- Preparing logic models, program theories/theories of change or assessment tools
- Constructing work plans, including evaluation planning reports or frameworks and associated methodologies
- Developing, testing and implementing evaluation methods and data collection tools (including surveys, interview guides, focus group discussions, case studies)
- Collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data (including socio-economic and statistical analysis, collecting baseline data, conducting impact analysis)
- Assessing the relevance and performance (including impact, efficiency and cost-effectiveness) of programs, policies or initiatives
- Validating evaluation approaches, methodologies, findings, conclusions and recommendations, using methods such as but not limited to: validation with participants, organizations and conduct of expert panels or peer reviews
- Developing evaluation reports or associated products (briefing note, deck, technical report) containing findings, conclusions and recommendations, and undertake report validation and consultations where appropriate and requested
- Conducting and writing synthesis or meta-evaluations
- Aid in the compilation, analysis and dissemination of findings, lessons learned and best practices
- Briefing evaluation staff and program management on major results and findings, including preparation of presentations
- Aid in writing other materials, documents, tools and instruments related to the work
