Evaluation Purpose and Scope

The IFRC is conducting this OR because of its commitment to the people being assisted and in improving the relevancy, efficiency and effectiveness of the evolving response. The International Federation is committed to ensuring quality assurance, standards, and a strong culture of learning in its disaster response and, as such is committed to carrying out evaluations/reviews in the wake of all major disasters requiring an international response and as a mandatory exercise when the scale and scope of the operation meets certain triggers.

The focus of this evaluation is to assess the IFRC Network’s response in Turkiye with the following purposes:

1. Evaluate the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the support provided by IFRC to the Turkish Red Crescent relief operation.
2. Evaluate how the IFRC network performed against its Grand Bargain localization commitments.
3. Explore challenges and opportunities related to the Turkish Red Crescent auxiliary role to draw lessons learned for future operations.

Methodology
The team will carry out the OR through a series of approaches, including:
• Secondary data analysis (Emergency Appeal, Operation Updates, in-country documents, mission reports, debriefs, assessments). No primary data collection from assisted people is planned for this OR, this evaluation should utilize results of existing primary data sets collected by TRC or jointly by TRC and IFRC (existing datasets and surveys, studies and analysis completed by TRC and/or IFRC, also including existing reviews and evaluations completed by Kizilay Academy).
• Key Informant Interviews (KII) with key Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) and external stakeholders (i.e. UN Agencies and international organizations) in country and for those who have recently left the operation; and at the Regional and Geneva levels, including interviews with key delegates involved in the earlier stages of the response.
• Meetings and focus group discussions with RCRC and external actors, including TRC, PNS in-country, etc.
• The list of external actors and stakeholders from which the OR will have interviewees will be agreed upon by the IFRC and TRC beforehand.

The Review/Evaluation team will present its preliminary findings to the Turkish Red Crescent, the IFRC in-country team in Türkiye, the ROE and Geneva Headquarters before departure, through a participatory meeting and/or virtual workshop.

An EMT will also be set up to manage and support the OR. The Evaluation Management Team (EMT) will oversee and support the implementation of the OR process, including the finalization and approval of the ToR, quality assurance and approval of deliverables by the commissioners and recruitment of the evaluator(s).

Evaluation Team Competencies and Qualifications

The RMT will select the members of the evaluation team, which will comprise of 3-4 persons, including a team leader. Efforts will be made to ensure gender diversity amongst the team, as well as to respect other diversity/skills criteria.

The team members will have the following skills and experience:

• Five years of experience or more working in international relief operations and/or monitoring and evaluation.
• Master’s degree in international relations, social sciences, humanitarian assistance and/or related fields or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Familiarity with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and its disaster management system.
• Experience in carrying out interviews and facilitating focus group discussions.
• Sound experience in data consolidation, analysis and presentation. Ability to clearly synthesize and present findings.
• Fluent in English.
• At least one of the team members should be fluent in Turkish.
• Should not have a vested interest in the IFRC operation being reviewed.

As it is an ongoing operation, it is important that the team abides by all necessary security rules and that they are sensitive to the significant workload of the various teams and ensure that demands are kept to a minimum. Efforts will be made to appoint logistical focal points at the various levels to assist with the evaluation, along with interpreters at the country level to assist with data collection and analysis.