RfP: Evaluation of the Couffo Project, Benin

Country: Benin
Organization: Médecins Sans Frontières
Closing date: 30 Mar 2025

The MSF Stockholm Evaluation Unit (SEU), based in Sweden, is one of three MSF units tasked to manage and guide evaluations of MSF’s operational projects, and works primarily with Operational Centre Brussels (OCB).

The SEU is now requesting proposals to conduct an evaluation of the Couffo Project, in Benin.

MSF Operational Centre Brussels (OCB) has been operational in the KTL health zone (Klouékanmè, Toviklin et Lalo) in Couffo department, Benin, since 2022. The project is a maternal and neonatal health project, which includes elements of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, and more recently has integrated sexual violence and safe abortion care. The project is foreseen to run until 2027.

The primary purpose of this evaluation is to assess the success of the Couffo project since it began in 2022, to understand what has worked well and what has worked less well, and the factors that have contributed to this.

Deadline for application: March 30th, 2025

Expected start date: April 2025

Expected end date: August 2025

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES INCLUDE

1. Inception Report
2. Real-time learning and sense-making: Debriefing with the team in Couffo at the end of the data collection visit, to provide ongoing feedback as preliminary findings emerge.
3. Working Session I: Present emerging findings from data analysis.
4. Draft Evaluation Report
5. Working Session II: As part of the report writing process, the evaluator(s) will present the findings to the project/evaluation stakeholders, collect feedback and facilitate discussion on lessons learned.
6. Final Evaluation Report
7. Dissemination of the findings through: a) a summary report; b) a presentation and discussion of the evaluation process and results to a general MSF audience in the form of a webinar; and c) presentation of the evaluation findings to patients, communities, partners and staff, in an appropriate format to be defined.

PROFILE/REQUIREMENTS FOR EVALUATOR(S)

• Requirements:
  • Proven competencies in evaluation
  • Experience leading participatory evaluations with community members
  • Experience fostering stakeholder understanding of evaluation processes
  • Experience/expertise in maternal & neonatal health care and/or SRH service provision
  • Degree in public health, health service management, or related area
  • Fluency in French, or fluency in English with a strong command of French
• Assets:
  • Experience in humanitarian medical emergency response and/or humanitarian project design and implementation
  • Experience in quality of care implementation/monitoring
  • Experience in sexual violence service management/provision
  • Experience in implementing community engagement approaches in a humanitarian response
  • MSF experience and/or understanding
  • Experience in Benin and/or understanding of the Benin context
  • Language skills in Adja and Fon

How to apply

The proposal should include:

• a technical proposal
• a budget proposal
• CV of the evaluator(s)
• a previous relevant work sample

Ideally, applications should be submitted in English, but we will also accept applications in French. Technical proposals should be no longer than 10 pages.

Interested teams or individuals should apply to [email protected] referencing COUFFO no later than Sunday, March 30th, 2025.

For more information on the background, deliverables, and requirements, please refer to the Terms of Reference published on the MSF Intersectional Evaluation Group (IEG) website.