OECD Request for Expression of Interest: Multi-Donor Evaluation of Donor Activities in Sri Lanka using the Draft DAC Guidance on Evaluating Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities

Over the past years, OECD DAC members have increasingly come to recognize the negative impacts of violent conflict on poverty reduction and human development, and there is a growing interest amongst the donor community to systematize lessons learning to develop a common understand of how aid contributes to ending or sustaining conflicts and to identify specific modalities for improved coordination and strategic focus that would improve the positive impact of aid.

To facilitate such lessons learning, and recognizing the unique challenges facing donors when undertaking evaluations in conflict situations, the DAC has been developing a draft guidance on evaluating conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities, which is designed to fit the intersecting needs of practitioners who may have limited familiarity with evaluation practices, and evaluators who may have limited experience with operating and evaluating programs that take place within a conflict context. The draft guidance has been circulated, and is currently being applied to a series of joint evaluations, the purpose of which is to collect evidence on the applicability of the draft guidance that would enable its finalization, while at the same time provide targeted advice and support to DAC partners at headquarters and in the field to improve their effectiveness and positive impact.

As part of the application period, the DAC is planning a larger evaluation of donor activities in Sri Lanka, and is currently looking for an experienced evaluation manager who would be the team leader for this exercise and have the overall responsibility for the final outputs.

Further information about the consultancy can be found in the attached TOR.

Expression of interest should be submitted by 21 April 2008.