Consultancy Services to support an Evaluation of Ireland’s term on the UNSC 2021-2022

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External consultancy services, consultant/s will be members of a mixed team with three officials of the Evaluation and Audit Unit (EAU); the purpose of which is to implement an independent evaluation of Ireland’s term on the UN Security Council 2021-2022. The evaluation will be managed by an officer of the DFA’s Evaluation and Audit Unit. The consultant(s), as part of the mixed team, will apply a mixed-methods approach to data collection. With guidance from a Reference Group, the Evaluation will include, inter alia: Data collection (review of project documents, project expenditure, interviews, (including a visit to Ireland’s Permanent Mission to the UN (PMUN) in New York); Data Analysis and drafting findings Internal Consultation / Presentation workshop to present and test initial emerging themes, to identify any issues for further consideration and to help facilitate the development of recommendations; Lot 1: External consultancy services, consultant/s will be members of a mixed team with three officials of the Evaluation and Audit Unit (EAU); the purpose of which is to implement an independent evaluation of Ireland’s term on the UN Security Council 2021-2022. The evaluation will be managed by an officer of the DFA’s Evaluation and Audit Unit. The consultant(s), as part of the mixed team, will apply a mixed-methods approach to data collection. With guidance from a Reference Group, the Evaluation will include, inter alia: Data collection (review of project documents, project expenditure, interviews, (including a visit to Ireland’s Permanent Mission to the UN (PMUN) in New York); Data Analysis and drafting findings Internal Consultation / Presentation workshop to present and test initial emerging themes, to identify any issues for further consideration and to help facilitate the development of recommendations;