Mid-term Evaluation “From Innovation to Creation” Programme

Tender Description

Contracting authority – SPARK

SPARK supports higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their fragile and conflict-affected societies into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing, international not-for-profit development organisation with 100+ staff members, in more than 14 offices around the world.

SPARK creates pathways that give youth the tools they need to succeed in regions affected by conflict, climate crisis, and displacement. New ways to empower students and entrepreneurs to study, work and grow their own businesses.

Programme background

Through a four-year programme funded by the European Union, SPARK is strengthening innovation and startup ecosystems, together with two of its strategic partners, IACE (based in Tunisia) and Ruwwad (based in Jordan), and its local partners in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia. The programme aims to accelerate the current development trend towards scaling and equipping ecosystems with the means to replicate their best practices. Furthermore, it focuses on enhancing the startup environment in the four countries through advocacy and regional exchange.

The overall objective of this programme is to strengthen the local start-up ecosystems and its actors in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia in order to support innovation, employment and economic growth.

The specific objectives are:

To provide existing and emerging innovation support organisations (tech hubs, accelerators, incubators, university hubs, etc.) with capacities and opportunities to improve their services and exploit regional and EU dimensions of innovation;

To support and promote the competitiveness of innovative initiatives and provide them with resources to mature, scale and internationalize;

Start-up ecosystem actors active in changing policy and legislative framework based on best regional and EU practices.

Objective of the mid-term programme evaluation

The objective of this mid-term programme evaluation is to contribute to SPARK’s learning and accountability processes, related to the programme’s performance. The evaluation will cover the period from the programme’s inception until the mid-term point, examining activities and outcomes related to innovation, employment and economic growth.

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Location Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem, Jericho, Salfit, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, Qalqilya, Tubas, Outside Palestine, Rawabi (Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia)

Deadline 17, Apr

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