Mid-Term Evaluation of the Corporate Accountability, Resilience and Participation for an Equitable Transition (CARPET) Project
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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Background
The CARPET Project is a 42-month action implemented from 1 January 2025. It is led by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC UK) in partnership with the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) in Kenya and Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia (YLBHI) in Indonesia.
The project operates across Kenya, South Africa, Indonesia, and the Philippines and focuses on four high-risk sectors: critical minerals mining, renewable energy, textiles, and agribusiness. It seeks to support a transition to a green, rights-based economy in Africa and Asia through stronger rights-holder agency, improved business practice, and more rights-respecting public policy.
Purpose of the assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to conduct an independent mid-term evaluation of the CARPET project to support evidence-based decision-making during the remaining implementation period. The evaluation will cover project implementation from 1 January 2025 to 30 September 2026 and will serve two complementary purposes: learning and adaptive management, and accountability for progress and emerging results.
The evaluation will assess whether the project remains relevant and is on track to achieve its intended outcomes, examine its contribution to observed and emerging changes, and provide practical, prioritised recommendations for strengthening implementation, learning and sustainability. The detailed evaluation objectives, questions and methodological requirements are set out in the accompanying Terms of Reference.
The external evaluator, selected through a competitive tender process, will carry out the evaluation through consultations with the project team, consortium partners, the European Commission and EU Delegation staff, and other relevant stakeholders. The evaluation will be guided by relevant European Commission evaluation principles and methodological good practice, including established approaches for external action evaluations.
Scope of work
The successful tenderer will be expected to:
- Assess the continued relevance and coherence of the project’s intervention logic, assumptions and country and sector strategies
- Examine progress toward outcomes, contribution to wider change, the functioning of partnerships.
- Review the design, management and early implementation of the Financial Support to Third Parties component, recognising its stage of implementation.
- Identify key lessons, risks and adaptation needs.
- Provide feasible and prioritised recommendations for the remaining implementation period
The evaluation will apply the OECD DAC criteria proportionately and use a contribution-oriented approach. It will be conducted primarily remotely, supported where appropriate by locally based expertise or data-collection support. No international travel is anticipated.
Location
Remote
TBC
24 Aug 2026