Individual Consultant for the Assessment of UNDP Gender Responsive to Environmen

Country: ESWATINIDescription of the Assignment: The overall objective of the assignment is to undertake a strategic portfolio-level contribution assessment of UNDP Eswatini’s Environment Portfolio to determine the extent to which UNDP has substantively contributed to advancing gender-responsive healthy planet outcomes through Phatsa Sakho Nawe, Powering Equality, and Circular Economy programming, while identifying catalytic contributions, pathways of change, institutional value-add, strategic gaps, missed opportunities, lessons learned, and future programming opportunities for gender-responsive environmental sustainability and inclusive green transformation in Eswatini.The Consultant shall undertake a strategic portfolio-level contribution assessment of UNDP Eswatini’s Environment Portfolio with specific focus on Phatsa Sakho Nawe, Powering Equality, and Circular Economy programming. The assessment will cover the period 2021–2025, or the respective implementation periods of the three interventions where these differ. The assignment shall go beyond a conventional project performance evaluation approach and instead assess the extent to which UNDP substantively contributed to advancing gender-responsive healthy planet outcomes through catalytic influence, institutional strengthening, behavioral change, strategic partnerships, innovation, policy engagement, inclusive livelihoods, and systems-oriented environmental action.The assignment shall adopt a contribution-focused and learning-oriented analytical approach that examines how UNDP influenced systems, institutions, partnerships, narratives, policy discussions, behaviors, market systems, financing opportunities, participation pathways, and inclusive environmental governance processes, rather than focusing solely on delivery of activities against predefined indicators or log frame targets. Where applicable, the Consultant shall align the assessment with relevant OECD/DAC evaluation criteria including relevance, effectiv