Global Evaluation Framework Agreement – Department for International Development, UK (DFID-UK)

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK Government’s effort to promote international development. The UK continues to demonstrate a significant commitment to global poverty reduction: DFID spends around 90% of British development assistance and plays an important role in influencing the policy and performance of other international institutions. Given the size of its programmes, and the rate at which they will expand by 2013, DFID bears a heavy responsibility to ensure that it can demonstrate impact and value for money to British taxpayers. DFID has identified 28 focus countries, where it will concentrate bilateral funding. DFID’s overall aim is to reduce poverty in poorer countries, in particular through achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). DFID seeks to establish a Global Evaluation Framework Agreement (GEFA) to ensure the provision of efficient and effective consultancy services for the design and implementation of evaluations across its programmes, adhering to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Quality Standards for Development Evaluation. The services will also extend to programmes  funded  through the UK Government’s £2.9 billion International Climate Fund (ICF), jointly managed by DFID, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The scope of work under the Framework Agreement consists of 6 core elements:

• Design and implementation of evaluations
• Geographic coverage
• Thematic coverage
• Programme coverage
• Working with others

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