: Diakonia Thailand Country Office
: Nonprofits / องค์กรไม่แสวงหาผลกำไร
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: 7 December 2020
10 January 2021
Diakonia is an international Faith Based development organization rooted in two churches in Sweden, the Swedish Alliance Mission and the Uniting Church in Sweden. The organization currently works through local offices in 24 countries in Africa, Latin America, Middle East and Asia by supporting local partners. Diakonia’s vision is a Just, Equal and Sustainable world. Our mission and goal is to change unfair political, economic, social and cultural structures that cause poverty, oppression, inequality and violence.
Diakonia Thailand supports local partner organizations with funding and capacity building. Partners’ works are aligned with Diakonia Thailand Country Strategy and Programme with 4 main interventions including human rights, democracy, gender equality and social and economic justice. With various works of partner organizations, Diakonia intends to strengthen partner capacity based on the necessary and needed topics.
Diakonia Thailand currently runs a 3-year programme called Safe Migration: Rights for People on the Move from 2018 to 2020. The goal of the programme is to promote and protect the rights of migrants particularly the new wave migrants who were once refugees in the 9 refugee camps to reduce their vulnerabilities to labour exploitation and human trafficking. The geographical areas cover Thai-Myanmar border, Karen State and Eastern Shan State in Myanmar, Tak, Maehongson, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai in Thailand and Sweden for communication works. Implementing partners working under this programme include
1) ECPAT Foundation Thailand
2) Karen Development Service Foundation
3) Legal Status Network Foundation
4) MAP Foundation
5) Thailand Lahu Development Foundation
6) ECPAT Sweden
The purpose is to establish how the grant has been implemented during the three years, including its effectiveness, in order to advise the future implementation of such grant.
The objective is to assess the relevance and effectiveness of the project. The evaluation will focus on Diakonia’s role, choice of focus on migration and ways of working with the five local partners and one partner in Sweden to provide practical recommendations to Diakonia on how to improve our implementation. In addition, the evaluation will look at the relevance and effectiveness of the activities implemented by the five local partners and ECPAT Sweden.
Relevance:
The evaluation should analyse this question broadly, taking into consideration the following aspects;
Effectiveness:
The evaluation should analyse this question broadly, taking into consideration the following aspects;
Approach and methods for data collection and analysis
It is expected that the consultants describe and justify an appropriate approach/methodology and methods for data collection in the tender. These should be based on the evaluation questions. The tender should include a cost-effective ambition level. The consultants should take into consideration appropriate measures for collecting data in cases where sensitive or confidential issues are addressed and avoid presenting information that may be harmful to some stakeholder groups.
This Evaluation is commissioned by Diakonia Thailand country office. The intended user is Diakonia; country, regional and head office but also Diakonia’s partners. At a later stage Diakonia will share the report with back donors.
It is expected that a time and work plan is presented in the tender. The final report should be delivered not later than 31-March-2021. The following meetings are regarded as a prerequisite:
The final report shall be written in English and professionally proofread. The final report should have a clear structure and follow the report format agreed with Diakonia. An executive summary of maximum 3 pages shall be included. Conclusions shall be substantiated by findings and analysis and it should be possible to follow the line of reasoning. Recommendations and lessons learned should flow logically from conclusions. Recommendations shall be specific and directed to relevant stakeholders. The report shall be no more than 40 pages, excluding annexes. The consultants shall submit the final report through e-mail to the contact person at Diakonia Thailand country office.
The Evaluation may be conducted by a single consultant or a team with the following qualifications and competencies:
One person shall be assigned as team leader with the overall responsibility for the review. The team leader shall have experience of leading review/evaluation assignments. A CV shall be included for each team member and contain full description of the consultant’s qualifications and professional work experience.
The consultants must be independent from the review object and activities, and have no stake in the outcome of the review.
The budget is upon agreed. Cost of travel within the country and accommodation will be covered by the consultant and is included in the submitted budget (Thai Baht).
The contact person at the Diakonia Thailand country office is Bandit Yuenyongtham, the Country Director. The contact person should be consulted if any problems arise during the evaluation process.
The consultants will arrange the logistics, booking interviews, preparing visits including any necessary security arrangements. Some assistance will be offered by Diakonia Thailand country office upon request. Diakonia will prepare the documents to read in advance.
The consultant is responsible for income tax, travel insurances, and interpreters if needed.
The consultant is required to sign and follow Diakonia’s code of conduct. The consultant should also follow the Diakonia Child safeguarding policy if children are involved in some way during the evaluation.
The tender shall be sent per e-mail to Diakonia Thailand (thailand@diakonia.se) by 10 January 2021. This should include;
