Consultancy Services for Reporting for Results-based REDD+ Actions (RRR+) Project

Deadline extension: Friday 30 September 2022 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time

Consultancy Services for Reporting for Results-based REDD+ Actions (RRR+) Project

The overall goal of the Reporting for Results-based REDD+ Actions (RRR+) project is to contribute to the assessment of progress towards the ultimate objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement through improved greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory (GHGI) reporting. In particular, the project aims to develop and institutionalize the capacities of tropical forest countries to prepare and report to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement on anthropogenic GHG emissions and removals from the agriculture, forestry, and other land use sectors (AFOLU).

The RRR+ project is co-funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD) and by the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN). The CfRN is the implementing entity in cooperation with KPMG. The first phase of the RRR+ project ran from 2016 and 2019 and set out to build capacity for measuring reductions in GHG emissions and enhancement of carbon stocks in agriculture, forest, and other land use in 21 tropical and subtropical forest countries. Currently, CfRN is implementing the second phase of the RRR+ project (2020-2023) covering a total of 13 rainforest nations that have and/or are still receiving support (Belize, Bolivia, Cameroon, Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Honduras, Mozambique, and Saint Lucia).

Objective

The objective of the MTR is to assess the RRR+ project’s relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and contribution to the impacts and sustainability beyond the program period. The evaluation also aims to assess the project risk management.

Purpose of the Mid-Term Review evaluation

The Mid-Term Review (MTR) is aimed at assessing how the different contexts in which the project is implemented affect its performance; whether the underlying assumptions and logic of the project hold at the country level; and whether external assumptions, needed to enable and sustain change, are valid. The MTR will consist of evaluation of the performance of the project, identification of good practices and challenges, and outlining of corrective actions for the next phase, if appropriate. Specifically, the MTR will:

Provide for an independent assessment of:
The extent to which the RRR+ project is performing against its results framework;
The extent to which the project represents good value for money; and
Limitations and challenges encountered and expected, and mitigatin measures undertaken.
Provide recommendations to enhance project implementation and maximize delivery of results.
Provide recommendations for a potential project extension, including any appropriate modification or improvement for the next phase.
The MTR should not aim to explore or challenge the results framework itself, nor does it directly explore financing aspects of the project, although it does include assessment of value for money where this is possible/relevant.

Scope of work

The MTR will analyze all the countries in which the RRR+ project is being implemented. Ideally, to have a proper sense of counterfactuals (e.g., what would have happened if the project did not take place?), the evaluation would also include analysis of some control countries where the project is not being implemented.

The review will consist of desk research (or possible field visits, TBD) to participating countries, as well as online surveys and interviews with stakeholders who are involved in the RRR+ project.

Eligibility requirements:

The MTR is expected to be conducted by a team with a diverse set of multi-disciplinary members, one of them being the designated team leader. Preference will be given to candidate teams with diverse members. Individual vendors are still welcome to submit. The team or individual will have the following competencies and/or experience:

At least ten (10) years of experience in evaluating projects of a similar nature and scope.
At least five (5) years of experience in conducting mid-term reviews or end of project evaluations for NORAD or other development bank funded projects.
At least a master’s degree in natural resource conservation and management or related fields such as: environmental economics, natural resources economics, environmental science, climate change, gender & development, or other relevant fields.
The team leader will have at least five (5) years of expertise in areas related to GHG inventories, Paris Agreement and REDD+, as well as expertise and demonstrated experience in designing evaluation methodology and data collection tools and demonstrated experience in leading similar reviews/evaluations.
The role of the team leader will be defining the approach and methodology; guiding and managing the review team; leading the mid-term review mission; drafting and revising, as required, the MTR reports; and debriefing and presenting the findings.
Excellent English, French, and Spanish communication skills preferred
Proposal submittal information

Proposals are due 27 September 2022 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time
Proposals should follow technical and cost proposal guidelines above, as well as highlight eligibility requirements
Format should be in PDF
Proposals should be submitted to mtrsubmissions@cfrn.org
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Coalition for Rainforest Nations
mtrsubmissions@cfrn.org