PELUM Ethiopia plans to commission an external consultant/s to conduct an external evaluation to facilitate tracking progress and objectively verify the changes made in the lives of the beneficiaries and changes in agriculture extension service

Invitation to a bid of external evaluation for a project entitled

"Scaling-up agroecology in Ethiopia through Networking,

Continuation (Project number - A-ETH-2024-3056)"

PELUM Ethiopia Consortium is a network with thirteen member organizations founded in April 2016. It works to address food and nutrition security by promoting and scaling-up agroecological practices through networking in Ethiopia. It emphasizes supporting and capacitating smallholder farmers, pastoralists, and agro-pastoralists, and member organizations to sustain and increase production and productivity by keeping the environment safe. Moreover, it is mandated to lobby and advocacy.

At the moment PELUM Ethiopia has Seven project implementation woredas in Five Regional Sates of the country and one city administration, namely Addis Ababa, Afar, Benishangul Gumiz, Oromiya, Central Ethiopia and Tigray. Different activities are being implemented that could promote and scale-up of agroecological practices in these project weredas.

Currently, PELUM Ethiopia has been implementing a 31 month project obtaining financial support from the Bread for the World/ PADD. As the project is ongoing (runs until 30 December 2026), PELUM Ethiopia plans to commission an external consultant/s to conduct an extemal evaluation to facilitate tracking progress and objectively verify the changes made in the lives of the beneficiaries and changes in agriculture extension service.

Criteria

• Extensive experience conducting project evaluations, mainly in rural development, food security, agricultural production, and integrated rural livelihood improvement projects and a proven record in delivering professional results. The experience in conducting projects in advocacy among the agriculture extension, ministry, and policy maker's level.
• Excellent in local and English language skills.
• Experience in working with CSOs networks and NGOs in Ethiopia.
• Knowledge of advocacy, agroecological practices, rural livelihood, and livelihood improvement strategies.

The bidders are expected to produce a well-designed evaluation reportin 30 days, including field assessment. Interested bidders are invited to collect a ToR of the overall evaluation tasks beginning from Sunday, 03 May 2026 from PELUM Ethiopia Consortium Head office at Addis Ababa.

Applicants are invited to submit applications along with technical and financial proposals within 10 working days after Newspaper announcement.

Address: - PELUM Ethiopia Consortium

Tel: +251-921239824 (Rahel) /097815102 (Dr. Hailu), Email:- hailuara@yahoo.com

Physical address: - Megenagna, Gedam Mariam Building;-1st floor office No.26

Tender details

• Deadline: 2026-05-14
• Publishing entity: PELUM Ethiopia
• Published: May 03, 2026