Germany – Foreign economic-aid-related services

Description of Work and Services to be Provided: structured around eight work packages (WPs) covering the full cycle from system design through operationalization, capacity development, and digital enablement. WP1: Inception, Alignment, and Mobilization. It establishes the analytical and operational foundation for the assignment. The contractor reviews and consolidates the OECD/Sigma diagnostic findings, conducts targeted design assessments to collect operational information required for subsequent WPs, including data feasibility mapping, institutional baseline mapping, planning-budgeting process validation, pilot site readiness assessment, and a digital systems inventory. The contractor establishes the governance and coordination arrangements, detailed workplan, stakeholder engagement plan, and risk register. The primary deliverable is a comprehensive Inception Report. WP2: National M&E System Framework and Governance. It produces the foundational design of the national M&E system, developed jointly with MoFP and key government stakeholders rather than as an externally designed product. It defines the system"s purpose, scope, institutional roles, governance mechanisms, core M&E processes, data governance principles, integration logic with planning and budgeting, evaluation framework, and system stewardship mandate. The deliverable is a government-endorsed National M&E Framework. WP3: Results and Measurement Architecture. It redesigns the Strategic Results Framework using a methodology-first, pilot-based approach that accounts for the current limitations of the national development plan. The contractor develops a comprehensive SRF methodology and standards framework designed for the next national planning cycle, conducts a participatory results clarification exercise with a pilot of sectors, and produces a transitional indicator set for the remaining current planning cycle to enable piloting. Deliverables include the revised SRF Methodology Document and the Updated...