To evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of Anticipatory Action (AA) interventions implemented by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in Venezuela, with a specific focus on assessing the learning curve and knowledge generation related to these interventions.

This evaluation will provide critical insights into the effectiveness of AA in mitigating the impacts of disasters, inform future AA programming, and contribute to the broader body of knowledge on anticipatory action in the humanitarian sector.

• Learning Curve Analysis: The consultant will study the learning curve of AA interventions, developing a baseline and an endline on learning.

  This involves assessing the progress made in terms of knowledge acquisition, skill development, and capacity building among the targeted communities.

• Impact Assessment: The consultant will evaluate the overall impact of the AA interventions. This includes assessing how these interventions have helped mitigate the impacts of disasters, improved the timeliness and efficiency of aid delivery, and reduced the human and economic costs of disasters.

• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: The consultant will analyse the cost-effectiveness of the AA interventions.

  This involves comparing the costs of implementing these interventions with the benefits derived from them, in terms of disaster mitigation and improved aid delivery.

• Recommendations for Future Strategies: Based on the findings from the above analyses, the consultant will provide actionable recommendations to DRC. These recommendations will help DRC enhance the impact and cost-effectiveness of its AA interventions in Venezuela and contribute to the broader discourse on anticipatory action in the humanitarian sector.

Requirements

Essential:

• Excellent written and spoken in Spanish and English required.

• To have a profile of previous publications on the impacts, studies, and measuring the economic feasibility of undertaking anticipatory work over response work.

• Skills to measure impact and lessons learned from the intervention.

• Competencies for conducting an assessment of multisectoral needs in treatment and control areas.

Desirable:

• Experience in disaster preparedness work in Venezuela.

• Availability to start working immediately.

Responsibilities

The consultancy is scheduled to take place in the states of Apure and Zulia, which are frequently affected by disasters, particularly those vulnerable to flooding and droughts.

The objective of the consultancy is to provide evidence-based insights that empower DRC to improve its Anticipatory Action (AA) interventions, reduce disaster impacts, and contribute to the global understanding of anticipatory action.

• Contextual Assessment.

• Baseline Data Collection.

• Learning Curve Analysis.

• Impact Assessment.

• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

• Endline Data Collection.

• Recommendations and Lessons Learned.

• Reporting and Dissemination.