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Introduction
1.1. Plan International in South Sudan
Plan International (PI), an independent global child rights organisation, has been operating in South Sudan since 2006, implementing both sponsorship, development, and emergency response interventions. The civil war that started in December 2013 has caused much suffering to the South Sudanese people and has substantially damaged the country. Because of the civil war, Plan International South Sudan shifted its programming from sponsorship and development to emergency response, focusing on lifesaving interventions. Currently Plan International is operating a triple nexus programming approach that focuses of life saving humanitarian responses, while also implementing recovery and resilience focused interventions as well as development focused Programmes in more stable environments. Plan International have strong presence and visibility in the country, currently operating in 6 of the 10 states (Lakes, Jonglei, Upper Nile, Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria and Western Equatoria states). We are currently implementing several grants in key thematic areas that include FSL, WASH, CPiE, EiE, Nutrition and NFIs. We are working through direct implementation and through partners.1.2. About the Programme
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 NSCR1325) on women, peace and security. Therefore it is time to re-emphasize the important role of (young) women in peacebuilding in South Sudan. The voices of young people, girls and boys, need to be heard in these dialogues and reconciliation processes – especially those at the heart of conflict. It remains crucial that the positive contribution of women and youth to sustainable peace and state building is recognized, supported and celebrated. In this light, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched several grant instruments under the Policy Framework for Strengthening Civil Society (2021-2025) at the end of 2019. One of the grant instruments is the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) grant instrument. The Leaders of Peace alliance, consisting of Plan International (lead), HealthNet TPO (HNTPO), AMA (Assistance Mission for Africa), EVE and PAX, has been granted a five-year Programme under this grant instrument. The Leaders of Peace Programme runs from January 2021 to December 2025 and is based on the 1) UNSCR 1325 and the nine resolutions that followed it, 2) the Theory of Change of the Dutch NAP 1325 (20162020) and 3) the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 5 and 16.
The LoP Programme focuses on enhancing women participation in peace and security. In essence the Programme is highly complex and therefore the Programme monitoring and evaluation focuses on qualitative approaches like outcome harvesting. These qualitative approaches involve establishing the pre-existing behavioural pattern of beneficiaries or target stakeholders and then track the changes both negative and positive using outcome harvesting to deduce contributions to the change observed. We triangulate this qualitative data with complementary quantitative data and wish that the The programme implementation began in January 2021 and a baseline study was conducted in that year, in 2023, halfway through the programme implementation we would like to conduct a midterm evaluation. The LoP Midterm evaluation will be conducted in Five states of Unity, Lakes, Western Equatoria, Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria.
Objectives of the Midterm review
The main objective of this review is to reflect on progress made so far and identify key lessons and recommendations for further implementation and completion of the programme.
• Review and evaluate the validity of the ToC;
• To determine quantitative and qualitative values for the outcome indicators for the period of January 2021 – June 2023;
• To assess and analyze the context and risks and mitigation strategies;
• To assess the effectiveness of key strategies employed by the Leaders of Peace consortium to achieve the outcome of Changing attitudes and beliefs of civil society to facilitate inclusion of W/G and promote gender equality;
• To understand the validity and extent to which recommendations from the baseline study have been employed in the programme;
• Develop concrete recommendations for the next annual plan (2024) and final year based on the data and insights collected during the evaluation.
For further clarifications, refer
ToR for mid term review of Leaders of Peace for circulation.pdf (221.8 KB)
to the attached TOR