UR-Beira: strengthening of emergency medical services in the City of Beira

PuntoSud was assigned the independent external – mid-term and final – evaluation of the three-year project UR-Beira: strengthening of emergency medical services in the City of Beira (AID 012314/02/6), funded by AICS and coordinated by Veneto Region. The project is implemented in Mozambique and involves – as partners – Medici con l’Africa CUAMM, University Ca’ Foscari, Pia Opera Croce Verde di Padova, Central Hospital of Beira, Serviço de Emergência Médica de Moçambique (SEMMO) e Serviço Distrital de Saúde, Mulher e Acção Social da cidade da Beira (SDSMAS).

The project started on 1^st February 2022 and is aimed at aimed at strengthening the emergency health services managed by local authorities in the district of Beira, with a particular focus on obstetric and paediatric emergencies.

The evaluation exercise will be carried out thanks to the involvement of the largest number of stakeholders, with the aim to ensure the quality and the usefulness for the contracting authority (and the project partners) of the reports that will be drafted and submitted.

In particular, the assignment includes the elaboration and the submission of:

• inception report, within 45 days from the conclusion of the contract. The document describes the methodology that will be followed during the implementation of the evaluation exercise, as well as the evaluation team and the workplan.
• Mid-term and final evaluation reports, respectively within 30^th September 2023 and 31^st December 2024. In both cases, the document shall be composed of an executive summary and of the detailed description of the evaluation carried out.

The evaluation reports will be drafted in line with the OECD/DAC evaluation criteria, as encompassed and applied by AICS, as per DGCS guide for the impact evaluation of development cooperation projects (November 2020).