South Africa - Mid-Term Review of the Programme of Assistance to the South African government to prevent and react to human trafficking

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A team of two experts is required:
• Expert 1 (Team Leader – Senior Expert): this expert will have an education
equivalent to a Masters Degree, or 3 years specific experience in one of the fields
indicated below, in addition to at least ten (10) years of professional experience
relevant to the assignment.
• Expert 2 (Junior Expert): this expert will have an education equivalent to a Masters
Degree, or 3 years specific experience in one of the fields indicated below, in
addition to at least three (3) years professional experience relevant to the
assignment.
Collectively, the team of experts should demonstrate the following:
• Extensive knowledge and experience of EC projects implementation by means of
the project delivery modality;
• Sound knowledge and experience of conducting reviews and evaluations of EC
funded projects;
• Qualifications and Experience in Development Studies, Law, and Social Sciences
disciplines, including (but not limited to programme sustainability, stakeholder
coordination, high level communication, public education and awareness and
capacity building.) A qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation would be an
additional recommendation
• Extensive knowledge and practical experience of developing and implementing
comprehensive policies and strategies in the areas of multi-sectoral development
initiatives and of women’s justice empowerment/ Gender Justice ,initiatives
preferably in the Southern African region;
• Sound knowledge and experience of the legal and social sector in Southern Africa
will be advantageous.
Both experts should be fluent in spoken and written English, and should have excellent
technical writing skills.
The Framework Contractor must ensure that the experts have adequate administrative
support, so that their time and expertise can be used optimally for achieving the
objectives of the assignment.

Location and duration
The assignment has to be executed during a period of 6 weeks, indicatively between the
1/04/2010 and the 30/05/2010.
Both experts will be expected to work full-time during the first four weeks (of 20
working days each), while the receipt and incorporation of comments on the Draft Final
Report will occur during the last two weeks. A total of 32 working days have been
made provided for each of the experts (a total of 44 calendar days). Experts may work
from their home base after the debriefing report if preferred.
A mobilisation and briefing meeting will be held in Pretoria. The date will be
confirmed once the contract has been awarded.
The assignment will be executed mainly in Pretoria, South Africa, where the EU
Delegation to South Africa and the National prosecuting Authority Human Trafficking
PCU are based.
Additional travel is foreseen to three of the provinces that are being supported through
the programme, namely Mpumalanga, and the Kwazulu-Natal and Limpopo Provinces.
The visit will include (but not limited to) key interviews with PSC members, Civil
Society, Consultative Forum and National Task Team representatives
For the purpose of this contract, experts have the permission to work during weekends
and public holidays, as required for delivering the requested services.
The contractor will cover the travel costs and subsistence allowance of the consultants
from the overall budget value. The budget should make provision for:
• International travel depending on the home base of the experts proposed;
• Per diems;
• Local travel (inter-city travel).

2.1 Global objective
The overall objective of the Mid-Term Review of the Programme is to provide decision
makers in the South African Government and the EU with comprehensive information
to make an informed judgment about the overall performance of the Programme
according to the five criteria set out by the OECD DAC Network on Development
Evaluation: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability.

2.2 Specific objective(s)
The specific objectives of the Mid-Term Review of the Programme are:
• Based on the design of the Programme, to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of
programme implementation to date;
• To assess the prospects and conditions for successful delivery of the programme
log-frame activities and results, and achievement of the programme purpose;
• Provide clear key recommendations on future activities in the sector of prevention
of trafficking in persons especially women and children that would benefit from
donor support.

2.3 Requested services
The work of the mid-term review team will rely on the following background
documents:
- Financing Agreement SA/21.031700-05-06
- Rider N.1 to the Financing Agreement
- Contribution Agreement EC-IOM
- Service contract NPA-ILO
- ToR of the research study HSRC
- ILO baseline study
- HSRC draft research study
- Draft National Action Plan
- Palermo Protocol
- ROM report on result 4 (ILO)
- Programme Estimates 1, 2, 3
- National Task Team Mandate
- Annual and biannual interim reports from NPA, IOM, ILO
-Draft human trafficking curricula (IOM)
- Baseline survey on training needs (IOM)
- Training manual (IOM)

Required services will include:
1) A brief assessment of the extent to which the programme remains consistent with,
and supportive of, local and regional NPA strategies to tackle human trafficking;
2) A thorough assessment of stakeholder participation in the management and
implementation of the programme, and the level of ownership at institutional
level;
3) A critical assessment of programme performance with respect to efficiency (input
delivery, cost control and activity management) and effectiveness (actual and
potential delivery of outputs and progress towards achieving the purpose);
4) A thorough assessment of programme management and coordination
arrangements, and the extent to which timely and appropriate decisions are being
made to support effective implementation and problem resolution;
5) A thorough assessment of the quality of operational work planning, budgeting
and risk management;
6) A brief assessment of the quality of information management and reporting, and
the extent to which key stakeholders are kept adequately informed of programme
activities (including target groups and beneficiaries);
7) An assessment of the effectiveness and successfulness of aligning the outcomes
and activities of the programme with other EU/Government/donors funded
programmes;
8) An initial assessment of the prospects for sustainability of benefits;
9) If deemed necessary, to provide recommendations for modification of programme
implementation scope in order to support effective implementation and the
achievement of the programme purpose.
10) Provide key recommendations on future activities in the sector of human
trafficking improvement and reform that would benefit from donor support.

2.4 Required outputs
The following outputs are required:
• Inception Report, detailing the organisation and methodology to be adopted for the
assignment;
• Debriefing Report, indicating the critical findings with respect to the assessments
undertaken, and the corresponding recommendations;
• Draft Final Report, documenting all aspects of the review; and
• Final Report, incorporating comments on Draft Final Report.

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