Contract Notice 2016/S 165-297165: Restricted Procedure: Evaluation of the Danish Bolivian Cooperation (1994-2016)

Description: Danish-Bolivian development cooperation dates back to the 1970s. In 1994 Bolivia was selected as a priority country for Danish development aid and an Embassy was opened in La Paz in 1995. The first strategy for development cooperation was approved in 1997. Thus, for over 20 years Denmark has been a partner in Bolivian development efforts, providing financial and technical support.

Around 120-150 million DKK per year has been provided as Danish aid to Bolivia. However, given the reduction in Danish development assistance to around 0.7 percent of GNI and the decisions taken in 2015 to focus on fewer countries, Danish-Bolivian development cooperation is coming to an end. The Embassy in La Paz will be closed in mid-2017 and programmes funded by Danida will conclude in 2018. In this context it has been agreed to carry out a thorough evaluation of the results and highlights of cooperation over the past 20 years.

The objectives of the evaluation are threefold:

• to document the changes and results achieved through cooperation from 1997 to 2016, with an emphasis on the period from 2002 (i.e. since the previous evaluation);

• to assess the specific value added of the Danish approach to supporting sustainable, rights-based development, including the ability to adapt assistance to changing contexts (policies) and the effectiveness of the partnership;

• to provide lessons learned that are relevant with respect to promoting sustainable, rights-based development.

All development cooperation activities carried out between 1997 and 2016 will be examined through the evaluation, although the focus will be on the period and the portfolio since 2002. It will be particularly important to identify the contribution made by Danida to long-term changes achieved across the various programmes, bearing in mind that the bulk of Danish assistance has been provided through the sector programme support modality (from 1997 to 2013) and through country programme “engagements” in specific thematic areas (from 2014 to 2018). The geographical focus of Danish funded programmes in Potosi and Chuquisaca – as well as more recently in the Amazonas region – will be taken into account in the evaluation.

The maximum budget for the assignment is 1.350.000 DKK.

Expected start date for the assignment is 01.12.2016.


Deadline for applicants: 27 September 2016 at 14:00, Danish time.

Click on the links below to download pre-qualification material. Only the ESPD should be forwarded at this point.

The following key documents are available as indicated:

• Danida Evaluation Guidelines: http://www.netpublikationer.dk/um/11121/index.htm

• Development cooperation exit: http://amg.um.dk/en/management-tools/exiting-with-efficiency-and-effectiveness/

• Bolivia, Country Policy Paper, 2013-18: http://um.dk/en/danida-en/goals/country-policies/bolivia