Tasks of the consultant: The consultant’s assignment shall involve the following:

• Inception: Desk reviews and preliminary consultations with critical stakeholders to develop a solid understanding of the goals, scope, and context of the evaluation and develop the methodological foundations for the study, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis strategy and tools presented in the form of an Inception report.
• Data collection and analysis: The Consultant will execute the data collection and analysis strategy as approved in the Inception Report. This includes conducting in-depth document reviews, analysis of secondary data, key informant interviews, and field missions to selected regions and countries.
• Reporting: During this exercise, the Consultant will produce a case study report, comprehensive draft and thereafter a final evaluation report that analyses and synthesizes findings, conclusions and emerging lessons.