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Annex 1: Terms of Reference

Decades of civil war, poor macro-economic management and economic policies have inflicted a considerable toll on Angola’s economy and created severe humanitarian and social problems. There has been rapid urbanisation resulting in significant stress on physical infrastructure and degradation of urban settlements. Over 3 million of Luanda’s inhabitants live in peri-urban shantytowns (musseques) surrounding the city. People lack basic services such as piped water and rubbish collection and have great difficulty in securing economic livelihoods. The Luanda Urban Poverty Programme (LUPP) has been working in this context.

LUPP has been ongoing since 1999, implemented through CARE, Development Workshop, One World Action, and Save the Children, with support from DFID in two phases. The second phase of the project is scheduled to end in September 2006. A further phase will not be funded by DFID.

The purpose of LUPPII is to influence pro-poor policies and best practices for Angola by demonstrating and promoting effective, sustainable, and replicable gender and age sensitive models (methods) and strategies for basic service delivery in peri-urban Luanda.

The programme has four output areas:

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  best practice models, methods and approaches demonstrated & validated
  
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  strategic information available to and acted upon by key stakeholders
  
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  strengthened commitment and capacity of local authorities and civil society to promote and implement inclusive and participatory local development
  
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  greater engagement, inclusion and accountability between government and civil society on urban issues
  

The review assessed that LUPP was well on course to largely achieve its purpose of influencing equitable, inclusive, pro-poor policies and best practices for poverty reduction in Luanda. It recommended to reach its full potential and to do itself justice, LUPP needed a consolidated approach in its last year, continuing to build on its strengths by addressing a number of challenges. LUPP needed to:

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  Review and refine the models and approaches to promote best practice
  
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  Ensure quality and sustainability
  
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  Document the LUPP methods and approaches at various levels
  
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  Focus on clear demonstrable outcomes from influencing.
  

The objective of the evaluation is to provide an assessment of the overall impact of the Luanda Urban Poverty Programme in Angola.

It will provide an objective and independent assessment to feed into the end of project review of LUPPII by DFID, scheduled for mid August 2006. It will also provide a key resource for the LUPP partners to use for their purposes in promoting urban poverty in Angola and pursuing future financing.

3. Scope of Work

The evaluation will focus on the overall impact of LUPP at goal and purpose level. It will cover five main areas:

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  influencing urban poverty policy and practice at municipal, provincial and national levels
  
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  engagement and linkages with external partners including other NGOs both local and international, other donors, government institutions and the private sector
  
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  participatory governance, networks and social dynamics
  
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  service provision - its impact on poor people in target municipalities and the replicability of approaches
  
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  programme strategy management arrangements and the effectiveness of the consortium approach.
  

External factors/context should also be considered.

Recommendations should be made for the sustainability of the project outputs.

The evaluation will be conducted by:

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  Reviewing LUPP documentation, specifically taking account of the recent LUPP impact assessment work
  
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  Meeting LUPP partners
  
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  Meeting community members
  
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  Meeting government partners and stakeholders
  
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  Visiting representative project areas
  

There are three outputs:

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  A verbal report to LUPP partners on the main findings of the evaluation prior to the end of the visit.
  
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  A written report including a summary of the main findings and a brief report of impact against the LUPP logframe. The report should be no more than 20 pages long. Supporting annexes can be provided. The draft report should be submitted by email to DFID and LUPP partners within one week of the end of the review. Allowing one week for LUPP/DFID comments, a final report incorporating comments should be submitted within one further week.
  
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  A verbal report to DFID on the main findings (likely to take place in London or Pretoria with a telephone link to Angola).
  

The consultant will provide an input of up to 15 days, including at least 12 working days in Angola, 2 preparatory days, and 3 report writing days including the time for incorporating comments. The consultant should aim to complete the bulk of the draft report while in country in order to share the findings with the LUPP partners.

The evaluation will take place in July/early August. Dates will be agreed with the LUPP partners.

An outline visit programme should be agreed with LUPP partners prior to the start of the visit. This should include field visits and key meetings allowing flexibility for non-availability.

The consultant will be responsible for booking flights and obtaining a visa.

The LUPP partners will provide in-country support including airport pick-up. LUPP will accompany the consultant and provide transport as required during the visit. LUPP will also provide space for meetings as necessary. Other preparation by LUPP partners such as presentations is not required. It is appreciated that the LUPP team have recently completed work on documenting the programme.

LUPP will also provide a translator for the duration of the visit.

DFID will provide accommodation.

7. Key documents

Documents are:

Project Memorandum LUPPII, 2002

Project logframe (revised Oct04)

DFID Annual Review, June 2004

DFID Monitoring mission report, April 2005

DFID Annual Review, June 2005

Chapter on Participation, mutation and political transition: new democratic spaces in peri-urban Angola, Sandra Roque and Alex Shankland, final May 2006

Proposal for LUPP phase III and DFID comments, May 2006

Other documents will be provided by the LUPP partners such as recently developed documentation on impact.

Final version

DFID