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The focus of evaluations is on the assessment of achievements, the quality, and the results.2 Of interventions in the context of an evolving cooperation policy, with increasing emphasis on result-oriented approaches and the contribution towards the achievement of the SDGs.3
From this perspective, evaluations should look for evidence of why, whether, and how the EU intervention(s) (has/have contributed to the achievement of these results and seek to identify the factors driving or hindering progress. As the EU contributed to the HRF pooled fund, this evaluation should take a broader view, i.e., also cover UK and Irish funds.
Global objectives:
- To provide the relevant services of the European Union and interested stakeholders with an overall independent assessment of the performance of the Health Resilience Fund (HRF 2022-2025), paying particular attention to its different levels of results measured against its expected objectives and to the reasons underpinning such results.
- To identify key lessons learned, conclusions, and related recommendations to inform decision-makers on how to improve current and future interventions.
Specific objectives:
- To assess the extent to which the HRF has contributed towards the achievement of sustainable and equitable health outcomes to enhance Zimbabwe’s human capital development towards a prosperous and empowered upper-middle society by 2030. This will include outputs, e.g., vaccination rates and contribution to long-term impacts, e.g., reduction in maternal mortality, within the HRF framework. The aim is to evaluate the HRF, but the evaluation could also comment on the impact of the HRF and its predecessor HDF, and HRF on impact indicators, e.g., MMR.
- To assess the extent to which the HRF has embraced the humanitarian/development nexus in this context of multi-layered hazards.
- To assess the extent to which the HRF has safeguarded gains achieved through the Health Transition Fund (2010-2015) and the Health Development Fund (2016-2021), and also ensured sustainability after the end of the HRF, by investing strategically to end preventable deaths, and consolidate Zimbabwe’s Global Health Security systems, while strengthening the health system and advocating for enhanced allocative, technical, and operational efficiencies.
- To assess the extent to which gender-specific needs and perspectives identified and addressed in the planning, execution, and outcomes of the HRF initiatives, and what impact did this have on achieving equitable health resilience among different gender groups in Zimbabwe.
As part of the ongoing program, HRF donors and stakeholders have requested an independent evaluation of the HRF program, inclusive of program delivery of governance structures, to document progress to date.
Qualifications and skills required for the team:
- Excellent analytical and reporting skills, [including gender and conflict-sensitivity analysis where applicable].
- Excellent communication skills liaising with different stakeholders.
- The evaluation team will have command of English at level C1 of the CERF – both spoken and written.
- At least one team member will have command of English at level C2 or higher.
Professional experience of the team:
- The evaluation team must have a cumulative experience of at least 12 years in the evaluation of health projects in developing countries.
- The Team Leader must have a minimum of three years of successfully completed intervention-level or strategic evaluations, of which at least two as team leader in the health sector.
- The experts must have at least 2 years previous working experience in the African Region.
- Both experts must have recent technical/health knowledge and 2 years of experience in implementing or evaluating health projects.
- The evaluation team must have at least 2 previous experiences of working with gender mainstreaming approaches.
- The evaluation team must have at least 5 previous experiences in research, analysis, review, and assessment of complex data.
- The evaluation team must have at least 5 previous experiences in communicating and disseminating evaluation results to a variety of audiences using different dissemination products and platforms, including social media.
