End-of-Project Review of Policy Impact, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, and

Background

The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI‑TOC) is an independent civil society organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with a globally dispersed Secretariat working across 42 countries. Founded in 2013, GI‑TOC brings together a global network of more than 750 independent experts and a team of over 130 staff dedicated to understanding and responding to organised crime. Through research, analysis, policy engagement and support to civil society actors it works to deepen understanding of organised crime and strengthen effective, rights‑based responses. In 2024, GI‑TOC produced 167 publications and reached more than 713,000 website users worldwide.

GI‑TOC Works To:

• Identify, analyse and map criminal trends and patterns of regional instability, and their impact on illicit flows, governance, development, security, conflict and the rule of law.
• Connect and support civil society actors working on organised crime and corruption, and on their links to instability and conflict.
• Strengthen local monitoring and analysis of national, regional and international organised crime and insecurity trends.

Job Summary

GI‑TOC seeks consultants, organisations or consortia to support an end‑of‑project review of a project implemented under its Asia‑Pacific Observatory. The assignment will focus on how the project contributed to policy influence, stakeholder engagement, learning and broader impact within the Observatory’s area of work. It is not an organisation‑wide review but a targeted support to the Asia‑Pacific Observatory and the specific project.

Assignment Focus

• Review the project’s achievements, results and contribution to intended outcomes, including monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Assess how the project generated policy relevance, stakeholder engagement, uptake and influence in the Asia‑Pacific context.
• Co‑produce practical tools and recommendations to strengthen impact‑oriented project design, implementation, monitoring and learning in future work.

Scope and Deliverables

The selected consultant or organisation will review the project as a whole and examine selected activities, outputs or workstreams as case studies, such as research products, convening activities, stakeholder engagement processes, communications outputs or other project components identified with the Observatory team. The review will assess project‑level results and wider learning, including the extent to which existing MEL systems captured meaningful signs of policy influence, stakeholder uptake and impact.

Phase 1: End‑of‑Project Review and Evidence Assessment

• Review the project’s objectives, theory of change, logic model, workplan, performance measurement framework, MEL plan, donor reports and other documentation.
• Assess delivery against planned outputs, activities and intended outcomes.
• Review available quantitative and qualitative evidence, including output data, engagement records, feedback, event participation, dissemination data, stakeholder responses, reporting materials and internal learning documents.
• Conduct targeted interviews or consultations with relevant Observatory staff.
• Review how success was defined and documented, and whether MEL tools captured policy relevance, uptake, influence and learning.
• Identify evidence gaps.
• Assess the extent to which activities aligned with intended audiences, policy processes and Observatory priorities.

Deliverable: An end‑of‑project review report setting out main achievements, evidence of results, MEL findings, evidence gaps and initial lessons for the Observatory.

Phase 2: Policy Impact, Learning and Strategic Recommendations

• Analyse the project’s pathways of influence, including research, convening, stakeholder engagement, communications and partnerships.
• Assess which activities, outputs or engagement approaches were most effective.
• Identify factors that enabled or limited impact.
• Analyse visible forms of influence, including indirect or informal evidence.
• Develop transferable lessons and practical recommendations for future design and implementation.
• Conduct a validation workshop with GI‑TOC staff to test findings and prioritise recommendations.

Deliverable: A policy impact and learning report setting out main pathways, success factors, constraints, transferable lessons and prioritised recommendations.

Phase 3: Practical Toolkit and Learning Support

• Co‑produce core tools through working sessions with Observatory staff.
• Develop guidance on integrating policy impact thinking into project design.
• Develop tools for stakeholder and target mapping relevant to the Asia‑Pacific context.
• Develop lightweight stakeholder listening and feedback processes.
• Develop guidance on documenting policy influence, including proxy indicators.
• Produce MEL and design integration guidance aligned with varying donor requirements.
• Create a differentiated impact framework distinguishing project‑level MEL results and Observatory‑level influence.
• Facilitate learning sessions to test and adapt tools.

Deliverable: A practical impact, MEL and learning toolkit, including tools and guidance for future use by the Observatory.

Indicative Deliverables

• End‑of‑project review report.
• Policy impact and learning report.
• Practical impact, MEL and learning toolkit.

Submission Requirements

Short expression of interest (≤600 words). Outline relevant experience in end‑of‑project reviews, MEL assessments, policy impact analysis or similar learning‑oriented assignments; propose methodology; describe experience with policy influence, stakeholder engagement, research uptake or programming in sensitive governance, security or development contexts.

Additional Information

GI‑TOC operates a flexible working environment, encourages a suitable work‑life balance and supports professional development and learning. Only short‑listed candidates will be contacted.