Call for external evaluator

ERGO Network is contracting an independent expert to evaluate the first two years of its 2022-2025 work programme “Roma Equality, Inclusion and Participation” funded by the Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Commission.

ERGO Network

ERGO Network (www.ergonetwork.org) brings together 30 members from across Europe and supports organisations with a common perspective on Roma grassroots empowerment and equal citizenship to combat antigypsyism. We mobilize and connect organisations and individuals that share and express our values – active citizenship, shared responsibility, and passion – to strengthen and empower Roma civil society involvement in decision-making at local, national and European level and to address existing shortcomings of policies targeted at Roma.

We are supported by the European Commission through a 4-year Partnership Framework Agreement that allows us to work closely with our members and to advocate for better policies for Roma through our work programme entitled “Roma Equality, Inclusion and Participation (EQUIP)”.

Role of the evaluator

We are searching for an external evaluator to assess the first two years of our Framework Partnership Agreement with the European Commission.

The evaluator is expected to assess the effectiveness, achievements and impact of ERGO Network in implementing the first half of our EQUIP work programme and to give recommendations for future work.

Specifically, the evaluator is expected to:

Conduct evaluation interviews with ERGO Network staff and members involved in the work programme.
Interview relevant EU policy-makers and civil society partners to assess the achievements on European level.
Conduct a workshop with ERGO staff and members to jointly assess our achievements, lessons learnt and recommendations.
Draft a report describing outcomes and achievements, lessons learnt and recommendations for improvements during the second half of the work programme.

Profile:

Excellent knowledge of evaluation methodology and experience with programme evaluations
Expertise on Roma issues and policies on European Union and member state level
Experience working with civil society organisations in the fields of advocacy, capacity-building and network building
Excellent writing skills and ability to concisely summarise evaluation results for different audiences
Excellent research and analytical skills
Ability to work independently

Conditions

The evaluation will be conducted throughout the second half of 2023, with the final report expected for December 2023.

Times for interviews and workshop with ERGO staff, members and stakeholders will be agreed with the selected consultant.

Contract and budget: The independent evaluator will be subcontracted to fulfil part of the work programme in the Framework Partnership Agreement between ERGO Network and the European Commission. The expert has no rights vis-à-vis the European Commission.

The expert shall be paid for the execution of the activities and services a fee of maximum 5,000 EUR, all taxes and VAT included.

Application procedure

Interested and qualified candidates should submit the following documents:

CV, highlighting past similar assignments
Proposed methodology, timeline and budgetary proposal, including envisaged number of working days

We will select the expert according to the principle “Value for money”. Please send your application to info@ergonetwork.org by June 30 2023, 23:59 CET.

For further questions, please contact Christine Sudbrock at c.sudbrock@ergonetwork.org