Expression of Interest: GFFO End of Project Evaluation

**Description of Project**

With funding support from the German Federal Foreign Office, World Vision Somalia Program (WVS) has been implementing the project Integrated Emergency Response Project (funded by German Federal Foreign Office – GFFO**)** in Baidoa district of Bay region , East &South Darfur (Sudan), Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap (South Sudan The project is being implemented in technical partnership with the South West State government represented by Ministry of Health and Ministry of Energy and Water Resources. The project is aimed at reducingthe vulnerability of crisis-affected people, especially IDPs, returnees and the most vulnerable host communities in Baidoa district. Specifically, the project focuses on improving access to food supplies to vulnerable affected population in IDPs and host communities(Food Security and Livelihood) through provision of unconditional multi-purpose cash transfers. The project focuses on improving emergency access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene **(**WASH) through construction of water systems, distribution of WASH non-food items, construction of sanitation facilities and conducting hygiene promotion.

To support protection to the vulnerable individuals, the project focuses on conducting child protection campaigns, establishment of community help desks, establishment of child protection safe spaces, supporting foster families, provision of psychosocial support and provision of psychosocial support (PSS) dignity kits.In improving access to essential health care and nutrition services (H&N) for IDP communities and vulnerable host communities the project facilitates access to a minimum health care package through OPD and mobile clinic, promotion of clean birthing and reducing new born infection and enhancing the capacity of MOH, community structures and implementing staff to offer quality health care services and increasing coverage.

Existing secondary assessment findings shows that Somalia has 4.8 million people in need, with a significant concentration of needs in Bay and Bakool regions. (SomaliaHNRP2026)

The project targets a total of Somalia: 230,000 (146,277 IDPs and 83,723 vulnerable households/host communities HHs)

**Endline Stakeholders**

The endline evaluation findings are intended to inform multiple stakeholders that are involved directly and indirectly in the project implementation. The following stakeholders will be involved in the endline evaluation process:

- Community members that are involved in the project implementation in Somalia.
- Host communities, Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs)/refugees/returnees in Somalia
- Local and international humanitarian organizations operating in Baidoa, Somalia
- Water Environment and Sanitation (WES) Department in Baidoa
- Ministry of Health (MoH) – Somalia,
- Local authorities in the implementation regions
- Local implementing partners for GFFO-MARDO
- World vision Somalia

**Evaluation Purpose**

The main purpose of this endline evaluation is to document and inform stakeholders (donor, and participants) of the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, coverage and inclusion and potential impact of the project interventions including the contribution of the project to changes and its interaction with the broader humanitarian context. The evaluation will provide practical recommendations and document the lessons learnt for adoption in other WV projects.

Specifically, key evaluation themes in line with OECD DAC criteria will be investigated during the evaluation process:

**Relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, coverage and inclusion and connectedness**

The consultancy firm will also assess cross-cutting themes like protection, localization GEDSI as well as accountability to affected populations during the evaluation process. The pre-and-post project performance analysis with the baseline values compared against the end-of-project targets as well as significance of the change in the indicator performance will also be determined during the end-line evaluation.

The specific objectives of the evaluation will be:

1. To assess the extent to which the project has achieved the planned outcomes and outputs.
2. To establish whether, and to what extent, the project design and interventions have been relevant to the needs of the target populations in Somalia.
3. To measure the extent to which other interventions supported or undermined the intervention.
4. To assess the extent to which the sectoral components and protection interventions (WASH, Shelter cash transfer, Livelihoods, Health, and nutrition) were implemented vis-à-vis the criteria outlined, OECD DAC criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and connectedness, and coverage.
5. To establish indications of the impact of the project interventions to the target participants.
6. To assess if the implementation of the short-term humanitarian activities has