Tender for supply of monitoring and evaluation services to Galway 2020

Tender description

“Galway 2020” is the company with the primary function to deliver on Galway’s European Capital of Culture 2020 programme. Galway Cultural Development and Activity Company Limited by Guarantee (“Galway 2020”) is currently seeking charitable status. As a charitable company, Galway 2020 is not a profit-making organisation. The company is controlled by its Board of Directors. Galway 2020 will oversee the commissioning and delivery of a 365-day cultural programme taking place across the city and county of Galway. Spanning all art-forms, this diverse cultural programme will draw local, national and international audiences to experience a European Capital of Culture. This will be supported by a public engagement programme in the lead-up to and during 2020, including a large-scale volunteering initiative, learning and participation projects, and wider community engagement activity. The team delivering the project will support this with marketing and communications activity. The programme sets out to deliver on the ambitions, commitments and step-changes as set out in the successful bid book document. As part of European Commission requirements and to enhance understanding and knowledge and inform future cultural policy in the city and county, a programme of work is underway to monitor and evaluate the Galway 2020 cultural programme against the objectives of the European Commission and Galway 2020. Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture is working with strategic partner, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), to deliver this body of work. We are now seeking one or more suppliers with relevant experience to support this monitoring and evaluation process and help map this story of change in the following areas: • Input into Research Design and Project Management • Baseline Assessment for benchmarking purposes (Report to be delivered by September 2019) • Programme Evaluation o Outcomes Evaluation o Process Evaluation • Sector Development • Knowledge Transfer & Dissemination in collaboration wi