Norwegian Evaluations
Study of evaluation use in the Norwegian development cooperation system
The purpose of this study is to learn about the impact of its evaluations in the Norwegian development cooperation system, how the current follow-up system works and what are the incentives, capacities and mechanisms in place to ensure use of the evaluations in decision making and for broader learning.
Timeplan: Out to tender
Responsible: Beate Bull
Evaluation of the World Bank Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Health Result Innovation (HRITF)
In 2007 Norway signed a contract with the World Bank to establish a Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Health Result Innovation (HRITF), and in 2009 the United Kingdom c/o DFID signed a contract for long term support to the fund. The total contractual amount from the United Kingdom and Norway is more than 500,000,000 USD up until 2020.
The aim of the fund is to reduce mother and child deaths through support for the implementation, evaluation and communication of knowledge on various forms of result based financing in the poorest countries.
The evaluation has two aims: to assess the performance of the trust fund and to provide recommendations that can improve current operations and future programming and governance of the initiative.
TED: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:271612-2011:TEXT:EN:HTML
Timeplan: Out to tender
Responsible: Siv Lillestøl
Evaluation of support for information on aid and development
This may include support for information activities concerning developing countries through the RORG, but also Norad’s, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ and the major NGOs’ information work concerning aid and development.
Timeplan: To be initiated january 2012
Responsible: Siv Lillestøl
Joint Evaluation of Norwegian Support through the Multilaterals to Basic Education
Norway’s aid to education has doubled over the past decade and the significant increase of the support is being channelled through multilateral entities. UNICEF and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) receive the bulk of the Norwegian multilateral funds for basic education. Norad’s evaluation department will commission an evaluation of Norwegian support to basic education through UNICEF and GPE with the purpose of generating evaluation evidence on the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of Norwegian aid to basic education through the multilateral channel during the past decade (2002-2011), in order to inform policy and programming decisions in this area. The countries selected for case studies are Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nepal, Pakistan and Zambia. The evaluation will be carried out in three phases, where the first two phases will be covered in the current tender, and the third phase, the impact evaluation, will be initiated only subject to approval by Norad of a proposal submitted at the end of the second phase.
Timeplan: The deadline for proposals are June 11th, 2012. 1:00 P.M
Responsible: Vibecke Dixon
Development Aid through Civil Society in Asia
Following studies of aid through the Norwegian civil society in Central America and Africa, an evaluation of such projects in Asia is being planned for 2011.
Timeplan: To be initiated second half of 2012
Responsible: Anette Haug
Results concerning equality and women’s rights
Previous evaluations on gender equality and women’s rights in development, including the mid-term review of the Norwegian Action Plan for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation (2007-2009), have mainly focused on institutional issues and processes. There is little knowledge of and documentation on what happens at the field level. The focus of this evaluation will be on results.
Timeplan: To be initiated 2012
Responsible: Siv Lillestøl
Evaluation of Humanitarian Programs of the Norwegian Refugee Council and of NORCAP
The evaluation will assess five humanitarian programs of the Norwegian Refugee Council in three African and Asian countries during the period 2010-2012, and the NORCAP work in the same countries during the same period. The purpose is to provide insights and contribute to the improvement of humanitarian programs of NRC and contribute to the improvement of NORCAP activities. The evaluation will focus upon results. The Evaluation should contribute to a learning process for persons and organisations covered.
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Timeplan: The deadline for proposals is June 8th 2012 13:00
Responsible: Sigurd Endresen
Mid-term review of the Norwegian Environmental Plan of Action
Baseline studies for the plan of action were done in 2009, and a final evaluation is due in 2015. The mid-term review will be carried out as an evaluation with emphasis on organisation and performance.
Timeplan: To be initiated 2012
Responsible: Jon Teigland
Evaluation of aid to the agricultural sector
The agricultural sector will be the subject of a sector-specific evaluation in 2011. The evaluation should include multilateral support.
Timeplan: To be initiated second half of 2011
Responsible: Hans Peter Melby
Evaluation of Oil for Development Programme
The evaluation will focus on the development of regulatory frameworks at national level and building institutional capacity. Casestudies in Ghana, Mozambique, Sudan, Uganda and East-Timor. In addition primary data will be collected by field work in two or three other countries to be decided during the inception phase.
Scanteam won the bid for tender and will excute the assignment.
Timeplan: Report June 2012
Responsible: Balbir Singh