Policy Communications Consultant for SEED Project

Country:   Philippines

Description of the Assignment:  

In December 2022, NEDA formulated the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028, anchored on the 8-point socioeconomic agenda of the current administration. The PDP 2023-2028 states that a national evaluation agenda will be crafted to set out the priority evaluations that the government will pursue as a means of measuring and obtaining evidence on results derived from strategies and priority interventions laid out in the plan, highlighting as well the crucial role of evaluation in: (a) informing further articulation of the PDP and implementation of programs; (b) conveying progress in priority areas of investment; and (c) promoting transparency and accountability by making evaluation results accessible to all branches of government, and most importantly, to the public.

To realize this vision, the Australian Government partnered with UNDP Philippines to implement the Strengthening Evaluation for Evidence-based Development (SEED) Project. This initiative is designed to assist the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in reinforcing the governments evaluation capacity in alignment with the strategies in the PDP 2023-2028.

The SEED Project aims to support the NEDA Investment Programming Group (IPG) in cultivating evaluation culture within the government, fostering evidence-based decision making, good governance and accountability. The project also actively contributes to the implementation of a National Evaluation Agenda.

With support from the Australian Government, the SEED Project is designed to facilitate the following activities: (a) conducting impact evaluations of government flagship programs and projects; (b) developing evaluation training modules; (c) conducting training sessions to address evaluation capacity needs of the government; and (d) providing technical support for structured coaching and mentoring sessions with NEDA in producing evaluation knowledge products. 

To enhance the utilization and dissemination of monitoring and evaluation reports, concise policy briefs shall be developed to effectively disseminate findings and recommendations. In line with this, a policy communications consultant is being sought to create guidance notes for policy briefs on evaluation studies and the annual Official Development Assistance (ODA) Portfolio Review Reports. The consultant shall present these two guidance notes to NEDA and use them to produce six policy briefs: five based on recently concluded evaluation studies and one on the CY 2023 ODA Portfolio Review Report.

Period of assignment/services: September 2024 - January 2025

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