Call for applications: External Evaluation on Empower Ukraine for European Disability Forum
The European Disability Forum (EDF) is a non-governmental European umbrella organisation set up to represent organisations of persons with disabilities at EU level. EDF brings together representative organisations of persons with disabilities from across Europe, promoting the rights of 100 million Europeans with disabilities. EDF is run by persons with disabilities and their families.
EDF is seeking a consultant to undertake an external evaluation of its work responding to the war in Ukraine under the Empower Ukraine programme.
This programme started in July 2023 and is running until December 2025.
Empower Ukraine is a programme working towards the better inclusion of at-risk internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, veterans, older people, single-headed households, adults and children in institutions, and members of host communities with and without disabilities in specifically six oblasts (regions) in Ukraine.
The purpose of this evaluation is to help the programme partners to learn from the programme so far, identifying strengths and weaknesses, to make informed decisions moving forward during future programming and further extensions and tops ups to this programme to be able to provide the most effective possible response in future. It will also be used to inform new work.
Partners
Our partners on this programme are our EDF members in Ukraine:
The programme is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) and CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission Christian Blind Mission e.V. to a value of 4.600.000,00 EUR.
The programme takes place in Ukraine in: West (oblasts: Volyn, Chernivtsi, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk) + East of the Dnipro (oblasts: Poltava, Cherkassy).
How to apply
If you are interested in assisting EDF in growing to be a stronger and more effective advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe, and you have the experience we require, please send a letter of intention to Phillipa Tucker (phillipa.tucker@edf-feph.org and copy Kateryna.ostashkova@edf-feph.org) by 15 June 2025 at 17.00 Central European Time.
- Curriculum vitae
- A brief description of your experience in assessing the performance of international not for profit organizations, network and coalitions and your experience in the relevant fields, as described above
- A proposed methodology of how you would approach this work, including time schedule
- A written work sample
Note: Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.
We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including individuals with disabilities. For more details, please refer to the attached call below.
