Call for Individual Consultant 2025: Baseline Evaluation – Promoting Youth Inclusion in Governance and Decision-Making Project

Restless Development Uganda, a youth-led improvement company, is wanting for an particular person guide as it’s launching a transformative 3-12 months venture titled “Promoting Youth Inclusion in Governance and Decision-Making” in Uganda’s Karamoja area. With assist from the Royal Danish Embassy, the venture goals to empower younger folks to actively take part in governance buildings, affect resolution-making processes, and maintain establishments accountable. To lay the muse for impression measurement and adaptive programming, a baseline study might be carried out throughout six districts in Karamoja. This study will assess the present panorama of youth civic engagement and institutional responsiveness, offering essential insights that can information the venture’s implementation by means of 2025–2027.

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Project Summary

• Project Title: Promoting Youth Inclusion in Governance and Decision-Making
• Project Duration: 3 years (1st April 2025 to thirty first December 2027)
• Type of Study: Baseline Study
• Project Location: Karamoja Region (Kotido, Nabilatuk, Napak, Abim, Nakapiripirit, Moroto)
• Donor: Royal Danish Embassy
• Duration of Assignment: Approximately 42 working days
• Expected Start/End of Assignment: 1st July 2025 to 1st September 2025

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1. Introduction

Restless Development Uganda is an company for youth-led improvement that helps younger folks to demand and ship a simply and sustainable world. Operating since 1985, the company ensures youth voice, training, livelihood, sexual rights, and local weather justice are prioritized. Visit www.restlessdevelopment.org for extra data.

The group seeks a certified guide to conduct a Baseline Evaluation for the 3-12 months venture “Promoting Youth Inclusion in Governance and Decision-Making”. This survey goals to set benchmarks for the venture’s Results Framework, enabling impression measurement and progress monitoring.

2. Project Background and Context

Implemented in partnership with Media Challenge Initiative (MCI) and Karamoja Youth Effort to Save the Environment (KAYESE), and funded by the Royal Danish Embassy (RDE), the venture seeks to reinforce youth inclusion in governance processes in Karamoja and nationally by 2027.

Karamoja, one in every of Uganda’s most marginalized areas, faces low youth engagement in resolution-making. National statistics reveal that 89.8% of youth don’t take part in nationwide choices, 77.1% at district ranges, and 45.6% at neighborhood ranges. Barriers embody elder-dominated cultural norms, socio-financial exclusion, local weather change, and insecurity.

Key Interventions:

• Train youth as peer mentors, accountability advocates, and content material creators
• Leadership camps, civic training periods, social audits
• Awareness campaigns, youth summits, dialogues, and neighborhood barazas
• IEC supplies, coverage briefs, and civic media improvement
• Local authorities coaching and structured youth suggestions mechanisms

Theory of Change: If youth acquire governance data and engagement expertise, and obligation bearers are educated for youth inclusion, governance buildings will turn out to be extra inclusive and accountable, resulting in improved youth participation in governance.

Outcomes:

1. Strengthened youth civic competence
2. Enhanced institutional responsiveness to youth wants

3. Overall Objective of the Study

3.1 General Objective:

To set up a baseline for key indicators and analyze the context to information efficient implementation, adaptive administration, and outcomes monitoring.

3.2 Specific Objectives:

• Assess present standing of quantitative and qualitative indicators
• Analyze social, financial, institutional, and political context
• Identify gaps, wants, and alternatives
• Generate knowledge to assist efficiency monitoring and studying
• Provide actionable suggestions for planning and stakeholder engagement

4. Scope of the Assignment

Geographical Scope:

The study might be carried out in Kotido, Napak, Moroto, Nabilatuk, Nakapiripirit, and Abim. National stakeholders just like the National Youth Council can even be consulted.

Thematic Scope:

• Youth Civic Competence
• Governance Participation
• Institutional Responsiveness
• Barriers to Youth Inclusion

Target Groups:

• Youth aged 15-30 (together with marginalized teams)
• Local authorities officers and neighborhood leaders
• Consortium companions, CSOs, media, and native improvement companies

Timeframe

• 42 working days beginning 1st July 2025

5. Key Deliverables

#	Deliverable	Description	Responsibilities
1	Inception Report	Outlines methodology, instruments, work plan, moral/threat concerns	Develop instruments, sampling, and mitigation plans
2	Draft Report	Presents baseline knowledge evaluation and suggestions	Analyze knowledge, determine boundaries and institutional capacities
3	Final Report	Integrates suggestions, contains methodology, findings, and annexes	Review suggestions, finalize report, guarantee alignment
4	Abridged Report	3-web page abstract of findings and suggestions	Prepare concise report as per template
5	Dissemination of Findings	PowerPoint presentation and workshop	Summarize findings and facilitate stakeholder workshop

6. Methodology

The guide should design a strong methodology for baseline knowledge assortment and evaluation, with approval from Restless Development. This contains:

• Quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Sampling methods and pattern sizes
• Analysis of Theory of Change and Results Framework
• Risk mitigation methods
• Tool improvement (surveys, KIIs, FGDs)

Data have to be rigorous, participatory, and replicable for future evaluations (midline and endline).

7. Consultant Qualifications

Education:

• PhD or MSc in Public Policy, Governance, Human Rights, Social Work, or associated fields
• M&E {qualifications} are an benefit

Experience:

• 5+ years in MEL, analysis, governance, and youth inclusion
• Prior baseline evaluations in related contexts
• Mixed-method analysis experience
• Familiarity with Karamoja area

Skills:

• Proficiency in quantitative/qualitative knowledge evaluation
• Strong writing and presentation expertise
• Fluency in English; native language proficiency most well-liked
• Commitment to safeguarding and anti-fraud rules

8. Management

Reporting: The guide will report back to the Programme Manager. MEL Manager gives technical assist; MEL Coordinator gives operational help.

Restless Development Will:

• Coordinate and assist analysis
• Participate in guide choice
• Review experiences
• Support sampling and validation

Consultant Will:

• Coordinate each day analysis actions
• Obtain vital clearances
• Design instruments, recruit/practice enumerators
• Oversee knowledge assortment and evaluation
• Share uncooked knowledge and experiences
• Facilitate dissemination workshops

9. Proposal Evaluation Criteria

Responsive proposals might be evaluated utilizing a Combined Scoring Method:

• Technical (70%): Based on {qualifications}, expertise, and methodology
• Financial (30%): Based on price range and value breakdown

10. Application Process

Deadline: Monday, twenty third June 2025, by 5:00 PM (EAT)
Submission: Email proposals to: ugandajobs@restlessdevelopment.org
Subject: Youth Inclusion in Governance Baseline Evaluation

Required Documents:

• Expression of Interest (cowl letter)
• Technical proposal with workforce construction and work plan
• Financial proposal with detailed value breakdown
• At least 2 latest analysis experiences/contracts

Note: Re-submission is just not required for those that have already utilized. No application charges are charged.

11. Confidentiality

The guide should not disclose any proprietary or confidential data associated to this project with out written consent. All supplies produced will stay the property of Restless Development Uganda.

Application Deadline

• twenty third June 2025, by 5:00 PM (EAT)

 

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