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Request for Proposal (APEP): EVALUATION OF ANU-UPNG PARTNERSHIP
2 June 2023 3:40pmApply by16/6/2023
Region
Pacific,
Summary
A partnership between the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Business and Public Policy (SBPP) and the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy (ANU) has contributed to the SBPP becoming a regionally recognised, high quality centre for learning and applied research in economics and public policy.
The Partnership consists of four components:
• Stream 1: Strengthening SBPP teaching and the student experience
• Stream 2: Collaborative research and outreach
• Stream 3: Student and faculty exchanges in economics and public policy
• Stream 4: Project management
An extension of the Australian Government funded Partnership beyond its current February 2024 end date to 28 February 2026 is being considered.
An independent evaluation of the performance of the ANU-UPNG Partnership over the period March 2021 to February 2024 is required to inform considerations of a further extension to the Partnership, highlighting the benefits and outcomes of the Partnership and making recommendations on possible areas to strengthen it.
Description
Document and assess the performance of the ANU-UPNG Partnership from March 2021:
• develop a workplan and program of stakeholder engagement to conduct the study in consultation with the Australian-PNG Economic Partnership;
• review existing documents including, for example, the ANU-UPNG Partnership subcontract scope of services and milestone deliverables, annual work plans, semester deliverables reports, and budgets;
• develop suitable quantitative and qualitative data collection tools and protocols to gather stakeholder and beneficiary views to evaluate to performance the Partnership;
• administer data collection tools with key ANU, UPNG, DFAT and APEP staff using semi structured interview forms and a client satisfaction form;
• gather reflections and stories of change resulting from Partnership activities from stakeholders including students enrolled in courses conducted by SBPP;
• ensure women and children and persons living with disability are fairly represented in the study and in the collection and analysis of data;
• identify lessons for the Partnership and suggest strategies to further strengthen SBPP’s teaching and applied research in economics and public policy; and
• develop a final report including approach and methodology, analysis of data collected, and provide suggestions and recommendations to strengthen any future support to be provided by the Partnership.
• develop a workplan and program of stakeholder engagement to conduct the study in consultation with the Australian-PNG Economic Partnership;
• review existing documents including, for example, the ANU-UPNG Partnership subcontract scope of services and milestone deliverables, annual work plans, semester deliverables reports, and budgets;
• develop suitable quantitative and qualitative data collection tools and protocols to gather stakeholder and beneficiary views to evaluate to performance the Partnership;
• administer data collection tools with key ANU, UPNG, DFAT and APEP staff using semi structured interview forms and a client satisfaction form;
• gather reflections and stories of change resulting from Partnership activities from stakeholders including students enrolled in courses conducted by SBPP;
• ensure women and children and persons living with disability are fairly represented in the study and in the collection and analysis of data;
• identify lessons for the Partnership and suggest strategies to further strengthen SBPP’s teaching and applied research in economics and public policy; and
• develop a final report including approach and methodology, analysis of data collected, and provide suggestions and recommendations to strengthen any future support to be provided by the Partnership.