Context
Horizont3000 is one of Austria’s largest non-governmental development organizations, supported by 11 Catholic member organizations. It collaborates with civil society actors in Africa, Latin America, and Oceania. Its work focuses on sustainable livelihoods, human rights, and gender equality through three main instruments:
- Co-financing of development projects and programs;
- Technical assistance provided by international and regional experts;
- Knowledge management and learning via its knowhow3000 platform .
In Senegal, horizont3000 operates through its national office in Dakar, supporting nine partner organizations to empower rural communities, promote climate resilience, defend land rights, and advance women’s empowerment.
About the Framework Programme
The Framework Programme “Gender Equality 4 Sustainable Development” (2023–2026) , co-financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation, is being implemented in 10 countries worldwide. It aims to achieve three strategic results:
- Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment;
- Integrating gender into sustainable livelihoods and human rights;
- Strengthening knowledge management on gender equality through knowhow3000 .
In Senegal, the program includes 8 projects with a budget of 3.9 million euros , reaching 62,000 participants (more than 65% of whom are women) and approximately 800,000 indirect beneficiaries .
Activities include:
- Sustainable livelihoods : Agroecology, Value chains, Rural entrepreneurship, Access to inputs (women & youth), Climate adaptation, Sustainable management of natural resources, Nutrition and healthy diet
- Organizational strengthening : Capacity building, Women’s empowerment, Women’s leadership, Organizational learning (gender & climate), Exchange of good practices, Raising awareness among authorities (gender, nutrition, climate)
About the Assessment
This mid-term evaluation will examine the progress of the programme between January 2023 and mid-2025 , and make recommendations for the next phase ( 2027–2030 ).
Goals
- To assess the relevance and effectiveness of the horizont3000 approach to gender equality (GM2) and climate-smart food security at the level of the program interventions in Senegal and the knowhow3000 program, and to reconstruct the underlying theory of change (ToC).
- To assess the relevance, sustainability and effectiveness of the application of gender mainstreaming and gender transformative approaches in the sustainable livelihoods sector as well as gender and climate-sensitive food security at the community/project participant level by partner organizations within the framework of the program intervention in Senegal.
- Document lessons learned and good practices based on the evaluation findings, and make concrete, evidence-based recommendations at the strategic and operational levels for future programming.
Scope and Methodology
- Participatory, gender-sensitive and human rights-based approach ;
- Mixed methods : document analysis, surveys, key informant interviews, focus groups and 7 case studies
- Deliverables include: Inception Report , Theory of Change , Interim and Final Evaluation Reports , and Workshop Presentations .
Skills and Experience Required
The evaluation team will have to demonstrate:
- Successful completion of at least two evaluations of similar scope and budget (evidenced by at least two reports);
- Successful completion of at least two evaluations related to gender equality and/or women’s empowerment in the context of development cooperation (evidenced by at least one report);
- Strong expertise and practical experience in the field of gender equality, women’s rights and food security
- Expertise in sustainable livelihoods (with experience in rural entrepreneurship, climate change, agroecology and functional literacy)
- At least 5 years of experience in developing and implementing qualitative evaluation methods, including focus group discussions, case studies and extensive experience in survey design and implementation;
- Proven experience in conducting gender-sensitive assessments in various sectors
- Experience in planning and conducting evaluations in Senegal
- Advanced university degree in gender studies , international development, social sciences or a related field with a strong gender component;
- Experience working with civil society organizations of different sizes and origins in Senegal
- Excellent writing and proofreading skills ;
- Excellent command of French , English and local languages (Wolof, Serer, Fulani)
For further details, please see the full Terms of Reference .
How to apply
Bids must be submitted in French by email to the address below no later than November 17, 2025. A technical and financial bid must be submitted.
The technical offer (maximum 12 pages, excluding annexes) must include:
– A brief description of the understanding of the mission (maximum 2 pages);
– Proposed evaluation approach and methodology, suggested methods, sequencing and sampling strategies, data processing and analysis, envisaged challenges and ways to address them;
– Presentation of the team composition, including the team leader, distribution of tasks, work plan, timetable, as well as at least two signed references from separate and independent sources;
– In annex: detailed CVs of all team members, at least two mission references, other documents.
The financial offer (maximum 2 pages) must include:
• Personnel costs: name and functions of team members, estimated number of working days per person, task and evaluation phase, rate of pay per working day, total amount
• Travel costs (for case studies): travel, accommodation, other expenses, if applicable;
• The total budget, which must be presented in euros and include travel costs, logistics (including workshop fees, accommodation and meals for participants, etc.) and other expenses. The total amount must be shown once in net value (for comparison purposes) and once all taxes are included . Please note that horizont3000 is not allowed to deduct VAT – the total budget must therefore also include VAT .
The estimated net cost for this evaluation is between 70,000 and 75,000 euros. Taxes will be reimbursed, but will not be used as a basis for evaluating the financial offer.
The contract will be awarded to the most technically and economically advantageous bidder (best value for money). For all offers within the budgetary framework, the following evaluation grid will be applied:
• Technical offer: 80%
• Financial offer: 20%.
Offers that do not comply with the submission deadline, specifications and requirements listed above will not be considered.
The offer must be sent before November 17, 2025 to office-SEN@horizont3000.org. horizont3000 reserves the right to extend the deadline if the offers received by this date do not meet the requirements.