DIAKONIE KATASTROPHENHILFE – DIAKONIE EMERGENCY SUPPORT OFFICE FOR LATIN AMERICA
Terms of Reference
To carry out the mid-term evaluation of the project “Sustainable access to drinking water with community participation from a gender and rights-based approach.” NDICI LA/2023/447-988
K-VEN-2023-9009
September 23, 2025
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Presentation
The Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe office for Latin America (DKH) was established in Bogotá in 2001. In Colombia and Venezuela, the program supports between 10 and 15 national/local partners to assist populations that are victims of armed conflict. The program focuses on the protection of children and women, as well as rapid emergency response, mainly for displaced populations.
In Central America and the Andean region, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe strategically focuses on emergency preparedness and rapid response. In close collaboration with Bread for the World, the country’s development cooperation department, DKH trains local and national NGOs to respond to small-scale natural disasters.
DKH actively supports the localization agenda in Latin America and, particularly in Colombia, advocates, together with several partner organizations, for changes in the humanitarian architecture and more direct funding for local actors.
In addition to supporting partners throughout the project cycle, DKH also seeks to strengthen capacities through specialized capacity-building programs, currently in partnership with the Fundación Mujer y Futuro (FMF). This organization, with more than 35 years of experience, works to transform women’s lives through the exercise of their rights, promoting social justice, gender equity, and peacebuilding.
In January 2024, it began implementing the project “Sustainable Access to Drinking Water with Community Participation from a Gender and Rights Approach,” with EU INTPA funding. In Venezuela, the Project was implemented during the first year of execution by the Peasant Action Organization and the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho (VAPA) and from March 2025 only by Peasant Action.
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Basic project information:
Project name: “Sustainable access to drinking water with community participation from a gender and rights-based approach” Project number: NDICI LA/2023/447-988 – K-VEN-2023-9009.
Place of execution: Amazonas, Venezuela.
Duration : 30 months (January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026)
Implementing Partner: Acción Campesina and Human Rights Office of the Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho (only in the First phase)
Donor : European Union INTPA.
General objective: Improve management capacity and access to basic services to contribute to reducing one of the main drivers of migration in the municipalities of Atures and/or Autana in the State of Amazonas, Venezuela.
Specific objectives or effects:
Effect1 . Improve water services at the community level in the municipalities of Atures and/or Autana in the State of Amazonas to improve the quality of life and increase the resilience of the Venezuelan population, helping to reduce their need to emigrate.
• Output 1. Construction and/or rehabilitation of water solutions (collection, storage, and distribution).
• Output 2. People from local communities and HIDROAMAZONAS have strengthened their capacity to maintain water systems.
Outcome 2. Strengthen dialogue and participation of the indigenous population (women and men of the community) in relation to water systems, through improvements in management capacity and promotion of population entrepreneurship.
• Output 1. Functional conflict resolution mechanisms.
• Output 2. Communities empowered in the care of their natural resources.
• Output 3. Increased participation of women in water management.
Project coverage:
Target groups: 12,000 people and 3,000 households from rural and indigenous communities located in the municipalities of Atures and Autana, as well as staff from the local hydrological authority of the state of Amazonas, Venezuela. There are currently 21 indigenous communities in the state of Amazonas. The direct beneficiaries, by sex, are 6,240 women (52%) and 5,760 men (48%), while their age distribution is 4,200 children under 15 years of age (35%), 7,200 people between 15 and 64 years of age (60%), and 600 people over 65 years of age (5%).
3. Consulting objectives:
• To assess the extent to which the initiatives implemented in the communities have achieved the objectives, outcomes, outputs, and indicators of the K-VEN-2023-9009 project to date.
• To understand and demonstrate the lessons learned from the institutional intervention in relation to the actions covered by the project.
• To verify whether the project is meeting transparency criteria based on the effectiveness and efficiency in the use of available resources and funds.
• To highlight the potential for sustainability of the initiatives implemented according to the intervention’s strategy and ownership.
• To identify the project’s challenges, lessons learned, and best practices to strengthen interventions of this type.
• To identify areas for improvement and recommendations, identifying what is working well and what is not, in order to improve and incorporate it into future planning.
• To demonstrate lessons learned from the institutional intervention, identifying how the actions covered integrate a gender perspective.
• To verify transparency and resource efficiency, considering equity in access to and use of resources by gender.
• Identify challenges, lessons, and best practices, including gender-specific obstacles and facilitators.
• Identify areas for improvement and recommendations, differentiating needs, challenges, and proposals by gender to improve future planning.
4. Recipients:
• Peasant Action. Venezuela.
How to apply
6. Work Schedule/Methodology:
The proposed activities aim to gather information, experiences, knowledge, lessons learned, and good practices that will be useful to communities, partner organizations, and DKH, with the goal of improving strategies, methodologies, and work tools in future projects.
Participatory tools disaggregated by gender and age (focus groups with women, youth, etc.) must be used. Ensure the presence of women in interviews and workshops and promote safe spaces for their opinions. Consider gender variables in data collection and analysis instruments.
7. Outputs:
I. Consulting work plan (including schedule).
II. Initial report.
III. Preliminary report.
IV. Evaluation report in Spanish.
V. Case study.
8.Period/duration of the consultancy :
From October 3 to November 7.
9. Fees and Payment Method:
The consultancy fee has a maximum value of €15,000, which includes fees, transportation to regional offices, meals, and lodging during the fieldwork. Payment can be made in three installments, as follows:
20% – Contract
40% Complete field work
40% Presentation of the report
- The relationship between DKH and the person to be hired will be established through a service provision contract.
- Fees will be paid based on the time provided per hour/day/week, in accordance with the accepted financial proposal and the needs of the organization.
- The consultancy will be carried out over a specific period and with specific activities.
- The consultant will assume the taxes, fees or contributions that are caused by or on the occasion of this contract, if applicable, in accordance with the current legal regulations.
10. Proposed format for presenting the evaluation report:
• Executive summary of the evaluation.
• Introduction.
• Context of the intervention area.
• Evaluation objectives (include gender approach and findings). Basic information on the project to be evaluated.
• Basic information on the project to be evaluated.
• Background.
• Description of methodology and tools used (detail how the gender dimension was collected).
• Report of the evaluation results and/or findings in Spanish (disaggregate by sex/gender and age whenever possible).
• Recommendations for affirmative action for girls and women and for gender equity.
• General recommendations.
• Lessons learned and good practices identified in project implementation.
• Document a case study (with a gender perspective and reflection where possible).
11. Consultant Profile:
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the field of humanitarian aid project evaluation.
• Demonstrable experience conducting project evaluations that consider a gender perspective.
• Knowledge of the intervention area.
• Understanding and sensitivity to gender and intersectionality contexts and dynamics.1
• Ability to engage in dialogue with grassroots peasant, indigenous, and women’s groups.
• Please submit a resume demonstrating work experience and contacts for job references.
12. Application:
Interested parties may submit a technical and financial proposal detailing daily rates no later than September 28, 2025, to the following address: empleo.col@diakonie-katastrophenhilfe.de in PDF format.
The subject of the email should be: Name and Surname – Consulting Intermediate Evaluation of the project – K-VEN-2023-9009
Bogotá DC, September 23, 2025.
Diakonie Emergency Support for Latin America