RFP - Research service: Conduct a three-country evaluation of the effectiveness of the Freedom Rising program

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About the Organization

The Freedom Fund is a global fund with the sole aim of helping end modern slavery. Through our investments and support, we aim to shift power, so that frontline organisations and communities can shape and drive the change required to bring modern slavery to an end. By partnering with survivors and those at risk of slavery as well as visionary investors, governments and anti-slavery organisations, we bring together the knowledge, capital and will needed to dismantle the systems that allow slavery to exist and thrive.

About the Proposal

We fundamentally believe in the power of local and lived experience leadership, as we have seen how leaders who are deeply connected with their communities are able to drive the change that is needed to end exploitation in these communities. However, we have also noticed limited opportunities and support available for frontline leaders to develop their leadership skills. Individuals from marginalised groups, including women and survivors, face additional barriers. The Freedom Fund believes that this lack of investment in diverse and lived experience leadership is preventing the anti-slavery movement from reaching its full potential. The Freedom Rising program emerged to address these gaps and support the growth of a diverse movement that can drive systemic change required to end slavery. The program was launched in 2021, completing two pilot cohorts in India and is now currently underway in Brazil and Nepal.

The Freedom Rising program is a transformative leadership program that aims to provide space for leaders to reflect, analyse, experience, practice, and action change to achieve their mission. It brings together leadership pairs from grassroots NGOs for a year-long journey, including four week-long residentials, during which participants build their leadership capacity and relationships. The main objective of Freedom Rising is to grow and strengthen anti-slavery movements that are shaped and led by women, survivors, and individuals from marginalised groups. It does this by supporting change at three levels - namely on individual participants, their organisations, as well as the broader anti-slavery movement, within the program’s implementing areas.

The program evaluation described in this Request for Proposals aims to assess the effectiveness of the program against the outcomes that have been drafted by the Freedom Fund to measure progress across the three dimensions of impact mentioned above.

The Freedom Fund anticipates this to be a combined seven-month project, with planning commencing in May 2024 and final reports due in November 2024.

Budget :

A fee of roughly USD 55,000 has been made available for this evaluation, although budgets that are higher or lower would still be considered if the costs are well justified. Budgets will be reviewed with respect to the strength of the proposal in meeting the project objectives in a cost-effective manner - we do not simply prioritise the lowest budget.

Eligibility

Individual researchers, organisations and consortia are invited to submit proposals for this research. Given that this evaluation spans multiple countries, the Freedom Fund is prepared to assist the chosen research team or researcher in identifying appropriate data collectors in each country. Nevertheless, we are keen to learn if you currently have any existing connections in India, Nepal, or Brazil that could potentially facilitate this process. Priority will be given to researchers or teams that have connections in either of the three implementing countries.

Deliverables

• Proposed timeline Kick off meeting with the Freedom Fund to agree on methodological strategy and essential elements to be included in the protocol
• Desk review of program documents and discussions with the FF team. Evaluation questions drafted and finalised
• Draft evaluation/research protocol outlining the methodological strategies for the evaluation (including data collection instruments and ethical considerations).
• Finalised evaluation/research protocol outlining the methodological strategies for the evaluation (including data collection instruments and ethical considerations), incorporating feedback from the Freedom Fund
• Memo confirming completion of data collection
• Meeting with the Freedom Fund to share preliminary findings from the evaluation
• Validation workshop with the Freedom Rising team and implementing partners to validate the evaluation findings.
• Draft of report outlining the key findings and recommendations for the Freedom Rising program, based on a structure pre-agreed with the Freedom Fund
• Final Report outlining the key findings and recommendations for the Freedom Rising program, based on a structure pre-agreed with the Freedom Fund, incorporating Freedom Fund and other reviewers’ comments
• Online workshop with program participants

How to Apply

Interested parties should prepare a proposal of no more than 6 pages, plus cover page, CVs and annexes if applicable. Proposals should contain the following sections:

• Short biography of project lead(s) and key team members, outlining relevant subject matter expertise and prior experience leading similar research projects. CV(s) of the project lead(s) should be included in the annex. Past report(s) from similar projects could be included as a link or in a separate annex.
• Methodology, addressing the topics listed in the ‘Evaluation methodology’ section of this document.
• Team structure, defining the role and time commitment of key project team members.
• High-level work plan with timing of key project deliverables and proposed format of final report.

Proposed budget in USD. The proposal must be written in English or Portuguese and sent electronically in Microsoft Office or PDF format.

Proposals should be submitted via email to Matilde Chora (mchora@freedomfund.org) no later than Thursday 25th April 2024 at 10am UK time. Proposals should be no more than 6 pages, plus cover page, CVs and annexes if applicable.

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