02 Individual CONSULTANTS to carry out outcome assessment

JOB ADVERTISEMENT : 0 - PNUD Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement 1Terms of Reference (TOR)Position Title02 Individual Consultants to carry out outcome assessment of the Recovery Phase interventionsProjectPresidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the North-West and South-West of CameroonReporting toProgramme Coordinator - RPDuty StationYaoundé - CameroonDuration of AssignmentThree (03) monthsTravel RequiredYesA.Background/ContextSince 2016, Cameroon has faced a socio-political crisis in the North-West and South-West regions, leading to widespread loss of life among civilians and combatants, economic decline, and the displacement of thousands of people both within the country and across its borders.The crisis in the NW and SW has broken the social fabric, damaged public infrastructure and slowed down the economy of both Regions as shown in an assessment done by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) in 2019 and updated at the end of 2020. That assessment already reported considerable damage. At that time, more than 116,000 people had been affected in terms of housing, with 23,273 housing units damaged or destroyed, 107 villages burned down in the Northwest and 99 in the Southwest. In the education sector, 174 out of 555 schools were damaged in the Northwest and 119 out of 501 in the Southwest. The health sector was not spared: 13% of health facilities in the Northwest and 10% in the Southwest suffered damage. In terms of transport infrastructure, 258 km of roads and 14 bridges were damaged in the Northwest, compared to 315 km of roads and 26 bridges in the Southwest (MINEPAT, 2020).The humanitarian impact has continued to grow. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of February 2025, a total of 583,112 people were internally displaced in the Northwest and Southwest regions, 73,481 were refugees in neighbouring Nigeria, and 1.8 million people needed assistance (of which only 991,000 were targeted for assistance). Young people and women represent a significant proportion of these displaced people, often living in precarious conditions without adequate access to essential services.In response to this situation, the Major National Dialogue held in 2019 recommended a Reconstruction and Development plan for the NW and SW Regions. This recommendation got materialised through the Presidential Plan for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD), which aims to address the damage caused by the crisis and lay the foundation for sustainable development.The PPRD is enshrined in the National Development Strategy 2020-2030 (NDS30) and is broken down in three simultaneous phases highlighted below.2Phase 1: RECOVERYOver a period of two (2) years (2020-2021), the recovery phase shall bring tangible solutions to immediate needs by providing:−compensation for losses incurred by individuals, public companies, private operators, religious bodies, traditional leaders, etc.;−rehabilitation of public infrastructure and public facilities destroyed by the crises or that have become obsolete, especially school, health, transport, energy, water and telecommunications infrastructure.−reconstruction/construction of priority economic infrastructure;−direct social assistance;−conduct of a proactive policy to create decent jobs, particularly for young people and women living in the Regions affected by the crises.Phase 2: RECONSTRUCTIONOver a period of five (5) years (2020-2024), the stabilization phase aims to revive and strengthen the economic fabric, and tapping into the immense potential of the North-West, South-West and Far North R