The CLEAR Initiative - Call for Expressions of Interest

CLEAR is a multiregional initiative, whose goal is to contribute to strengthening the monitoring, evaluation, and results-based management capacity of countries and their governments to achieve development outcomes. The initiative is supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), and the World Bank Group.

CLEAR will support academic/training institutions based in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia to develop and provide demand-driven, cost-effective, and sustainable capacity development services in monitoring, evaluation, and performance management. CLEAR will support the centers for five years, with the expectation that the centers will begin developing other sources of revenue during this period. CLEAR expects to contribute approximately US$1 million per year for the first three years and lesser amounts in the remaining two years to help the selected institution(s) achieve international quality standards in the areas covered by the program and to reach financial self-sufficiency within that period.

Instructions to Apply to the CLEAR Initiative

The Africa center will be selected through a two-stage process. Institutions will be short-listed based on the EOIs they provide. The instructions to submit EOIs are available at: http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/clear

The short-listed institutions will be invited to present full proposals for the final selection. The selected center will provide demand-based capacity development and technical and advisory services to governments, civil society, and other potential clients. The deadline to submit EOIs is March 30, 2010. Requests for further information should be sent to clear@worldbank.org, attention: Ms. Ximena Fernandez Ordonez, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), the World Bank Group.

The CLEAR Initiative

clear@worldbank.org

http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/clear