Overview

The purpose of the evaluability assessment is to provide a systematic assessment of whether the programme is currently justified, feasibly, likely to produce useful information, and ready for ameaningful evaluation. It will also provide recommendations to inform future programme design in the period between the assessment and the Cash Plus evaluation. The assessment will provide UNICEF and its partners, local authorities, other UN agencies, donors, communities, private sector partners, and rights-holders including but not limited to the Ministry of Cooperative Labour and Social Welfare, Ministry of Justice (National Body on Convention of Rights of the Child) & State Welfare Organization, with evidence-based insight into future program planning, adaptation, and coordination of the Cash Plus implementation and evaluation. More specifically, the objectives of the assessment are to:
• Assess the programme design’s logic and structure to ensure that the logic and structure are clear, relevant, plausible, valid, and consistent; and the logic and structure take account of context and complexity;
• Identify gaps in the availability and accessibility of data and information that may be required for a robust evaluation;
• Assess UNICEF and stakeholders’ institutional contexts for the practicality and utility of an evaluation of Cash Plus in 2025;
• Identify potential geographical scope for evaluation of Cash Plus; and
• Provide recommendations for the adjustment of Cash Plus practices to strengthen the programme’s logic and structure, ensure the availability and accessibility of data, and account for institutional contexts.

Scope of the work
The assessment will cover UNICEF Iran cash Plus social protection programme for the dual ongoing scheme of children in street situations (CiSS) and children of female-headed households and young girls.
Exact number of stakeholders to participate in the evaluability assessment will be determined throughout the inception phase.

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