Evaluator for democracy support At Christian Democratic International Center

The consultant is expected to evaluate the Programme for Young Politicians in Africa, implemented in 16 sub-Saharan African countries, and contribute to the mutual learning of stakeholders, the continuous improvement of programme design and implementation and not least the monitoring and reporting of results. KIC and its partners encourage an evaluation model that is inspired by outcome harvesting, but it is not a requirement. However, the evaluation model used should recognise the need for upward accountability at the same time focusing on learning.

The cooperation and dialogue between the evaluator and the PYPA programme coordinator (KIC) is essential but the consultant will also work together with three other Swedish partners and their respective regional partners (based in South Africa, Zambia and Burkina Faso).

The aim of the evaluation is to

• Evaluate the design, content, methods, and implementation of the programme in order to safeguard, confirm or improve it.
• Shed light on target groups and their possibilities to change structures related to the core objectives/issues of the programme.
• Contribute to learning which in turn contributes to change directed towards solutions and results during and after the programme period.

The evaluation process of PYPA 2023 will start with a dialogue between KIC and the consultant in which the final design of the evaluation effort, methods of the evaluation and the time frame will be defined in detail.

KIC suggests that the assignment includes:

• Participants’ self assessment in relation to the objectives of PYPA
• Dialogue with PAOs and implementers in all four subregions
• Semi-structured interviews (individual and/or group interviews) (The consultant will be granted access to participants, the PYPA Steering Committee and its representatives, the PYPA coordinator, alumni-representatives, implementers in the regions and other key-persons such as mother party representatives.)
• Visit to 2-4 countries/subregions
• Monitoring of alumni in relation to the PYPA objectives