Consultancy for Outcome Evaluation on Environment Projects in Angola - Home-based

 According to the evaluation plan of the UNDP Country Office in Angola an outcome evaluation on the Environmental Program is planned to be conducted during the current cycle (2009-2014).

The evaluation will be based on reviewing how the UNDP Angola Environmental portfolio has met the environmental objectives outlined in the UNDAF (2009-2014) and CPAP (2009-2014) core documents:

UNDAF Outcome 4: National and decentralized institutions strengthened integrated rural development guaranteeing food security based on environmental protection of natural resources and the management and adaptation to climate change.
Furthermore the UNDAF Outcome #4 states: Environmental protection is a matter of concern for the Government, and the UN agencies will support the development of strategies for the protection and sustainable use of natural resources, such as Land Water, and Bio-Diversity, as well as mainstreaming environmental protection strategies at a national level and in various sectors. The need for climate change adaptation is also a recognized priority which will also be supported by UN agencies, namely through natural disaster mitigation strategies and programmes.

CPAP Programme Component: Environment and Sustainable Development. Expected Outcomes: Strengthened National capacities to mainstream environment into national development plans and programmes

Outcome evaluations move away from the old approach of assessing project results against project objectives, towards an assessment of how these results contribute, together with the assistance of partners, to a change in development conditions. Outcome evaluations work backwards from the outcome; they take the outcome as their starting point and then assess a number of variables.

In this context, UNDP would like to take stock of its work and contribution and influence in support to the development of the national capacity for the environmental protection of natural resources and the management, to ensure that its planned programme and portfolio are relevant to national priorities and support the achievement of the planned outcome. The aim is also to take stock of how UNDP has influenced the partners to contribute to the attainment of this outcome.

2. EVALUATION SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

Evaluation Scope
The evaluation period will cover environmental interventions implemented by UNDP, between 2009 and 2013, in the Republic of Angola taking into account all sources of funding and all modalities of implementation. The main evaluation areas to be analyzed are: 
Relevance;sustainability and;Effectiveness.      The evaluation findings and recommendations will be used by the UNDP CO Angola to inform the 2015-2019 environment programme.

Specific projects that will be part of this analysis are:
LDC and SIDS Targeted Portfolio Approach for Capacity Development and Mainstreaming of Sustainable Land Management;Environment Protection and Sustainable Management of the Okavango River Basin Project
Evaluation Objectives

Primary objective:

Provide recommendations on how best to implement future environment related CPAP outcomes.
 
Secondary objectives:
Evaluate the impact of UNDP interventions and its contribution in building national capacity for the protection of the environment;Review and assess the Programme’s partnership with the government bodies, civil society and private sector, international organizations in Programme implementation and comment on its sustainability;
Evaluation questions:
Were stated outcomes achieved?What progress toward the outcomes has been made?What factors have contributed to achieving or not achieving intended outcomes?what extent has UNDP outputs and assistance contributed to outcomes?Has the UNDP partnership strategy been appropriate and effective?What factors contributed to effectiveness or ineffectiveness?
* Evaluation questions could be refined in consultation with the evaluation consultant.

Methodology

Overall guidance on outcome evaluation methodologies is provided in the UNDP Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation for Results and the UNDP Guidelines for Outcome Evaluators. Based on these guiding documents, the evaluator should develop a suitable methodology for the outcome evaluation, particularly taking into account that only one outcome is being reviewed, namely the CPD/CPAP outcome related to environment and sustainable development. 

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