Endline Evaluation of SCA’s Strategic Plan 2018-2022

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organization working to assist in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. SCA’s interventions inside Afghanistan began in 1982. Today SCA runs four major development programs within Disability, Education, Health, and Rural Development and is one of the largest NGOs in the country.

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Kabul Management Office (hereinafter called “the SCA”) invites you to submit your technical and financial proposal for Endline Evaluation of SCA’s Strategic Plan 2018-2022 of Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) (hereinafter called “the Service”) as specified in the Request for Proposal and attachments hereto (hereinafter called “the RFP Documents”). Interested qualified companies can submit their offers either as a hard copy or via email to the below address.

From RFP:

Background Information about Swedish Committee for Afghanistan

SCA has been operational in Afghanistan for the last 40 years. Currently, SCA operates in 18 out of 34 provinces in Afghanistan. SCA presence in Afghanistan consists of the Kabul Management Office (KMO), five Regional Management Offices and three Liaison Offices. SCA receives funds from various international and private donors, mainly from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). With more than 8000, Afghan employees, it is one of the largest organizations in Afghanistan. SCA utilizes the Rights Based Approach in its humanitarian and development programming in the education, health, and disability sectors in rural and urban areas. SCA puts more emphasis on capacity development of individuals and organizations, including civil society organizations, with the aim of enhancing their capacity to advocate for their rights and also supports empowerment and rights of women throughout its programmes.

Vision:

The vision of SCA is ‘An Afghanistan free from poverty, violence and discrimination, where human rights are respected and all live in dignity, enjoy equal opportunity and social justice’

Mission:

The mission of SCA is ‘To empower individuals, communities and local organizations, primarily in rural areas and with particular focus on women, girls, boys and vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, so that they may participate fully in society and influence their own development’.

Core Values:

All our work is based on the following values:

Responsiveness: We work in respectful cooperation with target groups to address their needs and legitimate demands with an emphasis on local ownership.

Impartiality: While upholding the duty to be inclusive and non-discriminatory in our approach, we do not take sides in conflict and we do not support specific factions or parties representing various interests in society.

Equality: We promote equal opportunities and facilitate equal access to resources for all citizens, including women, girls, boys and persons with disabilities.

Social Justice: We strive to be fair to all with whom we work. While working to affirm the rights of all individuals, we recognize that differences in gender, individual capabilities and identities give rise to varied needs and interests.

Integrity: We are true to our mission, maintaining honesty and transparency in all of what we do and say, up-holding a spirit of openness and sharing with stakeholders, while always prepared to be held to account for our actions.

Rationale

The implementation of the SCA strategic plan 2018-2021, extended to 2022, commenced in January 2018. The strategic plan and results framework covers programmes in health, education, rural development, disability, advocacy and communication. Within the strategic plan, gender & human rights-based approach, environment, conflict sensitivity and support to civil society and capacity development are cross cutting issues in all the SCA programmes. SCA has finally concluded the implementation of the strategic plan 2018-2022, and therefore would like to conduct a study that correspond to its baseline and, evaluate the relevance, impact, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of the strategic interventions as. This will inform current strategy for the new strategic period 2023-2025 and serve as a baseline accounting for feedback from staff, donors, project participants, stakeholders, as well as changes in the operating environment. He

The evaluation will also serve as a starting point for the future Strategic Plan. The evaluation will draw from experiences in the implementation of the strategic plan, lessons learnt and propose changes where necessary to ensure the plan provides a useful roadmap to the organization.

To read the full RFP please go to:

Endline Evaluation of SCA’s Strategic Plan 2018-2022 of Swedish Committee for Afghanistan – SCA