Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Unit – Danish Arab Partnership Programme 2022-2027

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark is tendering a contract regarding a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Unit in connection with the Danish Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP) 2022-2027. Lot 1: The DAPP has been an important instrument in Denmark’s foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) since its establishment in 2003. The DAPP phase 2022-2027, building on the positive experiences of the past and focusing on employment and human rights, will continue to support Danish policy priorities in the region, and in particular, policies addressing migration. Recognizing that a youth focus is key to ensuring better, more secure, and more prosperous lives in the MENA region, the DAPP adopts youth as its main target group. The DAPP comprises two programmes with complementary strategic objectives aimed at improving young people’s lives: Human Rights and Inclusion (HRI, DKK 460 million) and Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (YEE, DKK 435 million). DAPP partners have been appointed through previous tender processes earlier this year. The DAPP will be monitored according to the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) principles by a MEAL unit (this tender). The MEAL system is designed to ensure accountability through effective and timely information sharing and to provide beneficiaries, taxpayers, and politicians with transparent results reporting allowing them to act upon information received. The overall objective of the assignment is to ensure accountability through effective and timely information sharing and to provide beneficiaries, taxpayers, and politicians with transparent results reporting allowing them to act upon information received. The MEAL unit will have a full-time presence in the MENA region, with two field offices, one in Amman covering Jordan and Egypt and another in Tunis covering Tunisia, Morocco and potentially Algeria. The contracting authority's maximum budget of DKK 28,900,000.00 net of VAT in relation to the procurement does not include renewal of the contract or the options. Lot 1: The DAPP has been an important instrument in Denmark’s foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) since its establishment in 2003. The DAPP phase 2022-2027, building on the positive experiences of the past and focusing on employment and human rights, will continue to support Danish policy priorities in the region, and in particular, policies addressing migration. Recognizing that a youth focus is key to ensuring better, more secure, and more prosperous lives in the MENA region, the DAPP adopts youth as its main target group. The DAPP comprises two programmes with complementary strategic objectives aimed at improving young people’s lives: Human Rights and Inclusion (HRI, DKK 460 million) and Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (YEE, DKK 435 million). DAPP partners have been appointed through previous tender processes earlier this year. The DAPP will be monitored according to the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) principles by a MEAL unit (this tender). The MEAL system is designed to ensure accountability through effective and timely information sharing and to provide beneficiaries, taxpayers, and politicians with transparent results reporting allowing them to act upon information received. The overall objective of the assignment is to ensure accountability through effective and timely information sharing and to provide beneficiaries, taxpayers, and politicians with transparent results reporting allowing them to act upon information received. The MEAL unit will have a full-time presence in the MENA region, with two field offices, one in Amman covering Jordan and Egypt and another in Tunis covering Tunisia, Morocco and potentially Algeria. The contracting authority's maximum budget of DKK 28,900,000.00 net of VAT in relation to the procurement does not include renewal of the contract or the options.