Detailed description of project Back

The programme and component managed by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East under the EU support to be evaluated aim to provide scholarships to Palestinian Refugees living in Lebanon.

Legal restrictions to the labour market coupled with discrimination, bring the unemployment of Palestinian refugees to extremely high levels. This has been traditionally offset by engaging on the black labour market and by labour migration (mainly within the region).

The overall objective of the scholarship support is to contribute to economic self-reliance of the young Palestinian refugees by improving their access to labour market. The specific objective is to provide qualified Palestinian students with the opportunity to pursue academic education at Lebanese higher education institutions and benefit from complementary job coaching and networking support.

The specific objective of the assignment is to undertake the final evaluation of two programmmes, implemented by UNRWA through contribution agreements.

Types of services provided

Evaluation using the standard six DAC evaluation criteria namely: relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency,  sustainability and perspectives of impact.

In addition, the evaluation will assess the added value of the EU (the additional advantages of the Action compared to an intervention only from the MS).

The evaluation team shall furthermore consider whether and how gender was mainstreamed; the relevant SDGs and their interlinkages were identified; the principle of Leave No-One Behind and the rights-based approach methodology was followed in the identification/formulation documents and the extent to which they have been reflected in the implementation of the Intervention, its governance and monitoring.

Main staff provided:

• Team leader (20 w/d);
• Evaluation Specialist (70 w/d).