Low Carbon Agriculture in Brazil. Phase II - Monitoring, Evaluation and Knowledge Management II

Description

The Inter-American Development Bank invites specialized consulting firms to submit proposals for the integrated evaluation study of the Cerrado Sustainable Rural Project.

The ultimate goal of the consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive and rigorous performance evaluation of the project, integrating the collection, processing, and analysis of quantitative, environmental, and qualitative data. The study is based on international evaluation criteria to determine the real impact and sustainability of low-carbon agriculture interventions in the Cerrado biome.

1. International evaluation criteria
Relevance: Assess the coherence of the project's objectives in relation to the actual demands of the agricultural sector and the strategic guidelines of the Government of Brazil, the IDB and DEFRA (United Kingdom).

Effectiveness: Measure the degree of achievement of the goals established in the LogFrame and the Outcome Matrix, testing the validity of the causal logic described in the Theory of Change.

Efficiency: Analyze the cost-benefit ratio of the resources invested in relation to the results obtained, including the execution of an ex-post economic analysis.

Sustainability: Identify and measure the risks and conditions (financial, institutional and operational) that ensure the continuity of the benefits generated after the end of external financing.

2. Field research and data management
Structuring of instruments: Elaborate and update the survey questionnaires, design the final statistical sampling and select the groups for semi-structured interviews and focus groups.

Training and pilot: Train the team of enumerators and field applicators, carrying out pilot tests with the collection instruments for methodological calibration.

Oversight and data quality: Conduct direct supervision of fieldwork and consolidate two independent databases (one quantitative and one qualitative) with a high standard of auditable consistency.

3. Documentary analysis and territorial adaptability
Institutional history review: Analyze in detail the project preparation and execution documentation to understand the key success factors in implementation.

Adherence to local realities: Evaluate how the interventions responded to territorial particularities, community organizations and the different productive realities of the rural producers served.

Note: Interested companies should review the requirements on the BEO Bidder Portal.