Abt Britain Ltd

The objective of the portfolio MEL (PMEL) programme is to align outputs from programme level MEL activities, synthesise new evidence products and use these materials to help FCDO Nepal develop and deliver strategic learning that will help the office answer a range of questions that will help them adapt, manage and plan the portfolio of programmes.

PIN is a pilot study to take stock of UK foreign policy engagement and development programming support in Nepal with a specific focus on influence and how to systematically plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate influencing to achieve BEK’s foreign policy and development goals. This work will be the first of its kind in the region and as such will not only serve to inform work in Nepal but also across FCDO. The evidence produced in this review will be used by BEK delivery colleagues and requires Abt to provide longer term support to embed a process of planning, implementation action, monitoring, evaluation and learning of influencing within the British Embassy, Kathmandu (BEK).

The overarching objective of the NHSP3 programme is to improve the health of women, children, the poor and socially excluded in Nepal, including by restoring health services in areas affected by the 2015 earthquake, and improving the quality and governance of health services nationwide. MEOR is an oversight component of NHSP3. Its primary role is to facilitate continuous adaptation and improvement of NHSP3 to ensure that intended outcomes and impact are achieved.

Throughout the life of the program, ASCEND is responsible for progressing Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) targets in 20 high burden countries for five NTDS: Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, Lymphatic Filariasis, Visceral Leishmaniasis; and Trachoma. ASCEND will target 10 countries, two in South Asia (Bangladesh & Nepal) and eight in East Africa (Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia). ASCEND will deliver a range of interventions for control and elimination of NTDs in line with national NTD strategies while also ensuring a strong health systems approach. The interventions will include Prevention and treatment, mass drug administration; intensive case management; surgery for trachoma; Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) and behaviour change communication interventions. Commencing in May 2019, Crown Agents and its consortium are now mobilising core staff, programme designs and in-country presence in the countries identified under Lot 1. As part of this inception period (13 May – 12 August 2019), each country office will prepare a Country Assessment. These Assessments will inform investment choices over the life of the programme and include: strategic directions and theories of change; political economy analysis; inclusion analysis; an epidemiology assessment; institutional capacity including Sustainability assessment, and; a supply chain review.