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Terms of Reference Evaluation of the of Capacity Development Initiatives of Change the Game Academy Programme, 2016-2019 Introduction and context The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the ICCO Consortium are involved in a strategic partnership – Civic Engagement Alliance (CEA). The Partnership Aims to ensure that in and by this partnership, the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the civil society at large, both in the ‘Global South’ as well as the overall global context, can contribute to reducing inequality and injustice in societies for fair economic, social and political development. The CEA program developed in with the analysis of socio-economic and political context, implementing partners’ track record on lobby and advocacy in Bangladesh. This partnership is all about countering the worldwide tendency of limited and decreasing political space for CSOs. Strengthening the lobbying and advocacy capacity of CSOs is central in our Theory of Change (ToC), as described in our application Convening and Convincing. The themes of our Theory of Change are closely related to the Multi Annual Strategic Plan (MASP) of the ICCO Cooperation with two main pillars: Justice and Dignity for All and Sustainable Livelihoods. The Change the Game Academy is supporting capacity strengthening for lobby and advocacy in eight countries under the Civic Engagement Alliance (CEA) programme. Change the Game Academy was initiated by Wilde Ganzen Foundation (Netherlands) and developed in collaboration with KCDF (Kenya), Smile Foundation (India) and CESE (Brazil). The Change the Game Academy (CtGA) aims at empowering Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Community Based Organisations (CBOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and other types of informal groups all over the world, but especially in low and middle income countries, to mobilise domestic support for their work and the people they represent. This is done by strengthening their capacities to:
Under the Civic Engagement Alliance, NGOs, CBOs and informal groups have been trained on lobby and advocacy and subsequently supported in lobbying for issues around food security and the position of smallholder farmers. Please send the proposal/documents on or before 20 August, 2020 at procurement.bd@icco.nl. For any queries please email at f.noor@icco.nl. ** ICCO Cooperation holds the authority to cancel the order without any compensation if the deliverables do not match the promised quality and/ or sample provided by the vendor. |
