US Government mission in Central Asia Learning from Evaluations and Assessments for Development (LEAD) – ME&A
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US Government mission in Central Asia Learning from Evaluations and Assessments for Development (LEAD)


Project Snapshot

Client: U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Central Asia

COUNTRY: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan

PRACTICE AREAS: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning and Cross-Cutting Program Support.

SUBCONTRACTORS: NORC and RTI

TIME PERIOD: 2018 to 2023

LEAD IDIQ evaluations of US Government missions projects in Central Asia

Overview

The US Government mission in Central Asia Learning from Evaluations and Assessments for Development (LEAD) Activity is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for external/independent special studies in five Central Asian republics: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.


Activities

The contract assists US Government mission in Central Asia and its partners and stakeholders in generating empirical data as well as fostering a participatory approach to knowledge management and learning to strengthen results and improve evidence-based programming. This, in turn, is expected to promote more effective use of US Government missions development assistance resources and provide greater transparency. It has three objectives:

  • Conduct various types of special studies required throughout the program cycle
  • Support and/or provide services to the Mission’s staff as well as implementing partners and/or stakeholders to ensure appropriate use of empirical data and evidence to improve programming at all levels
  • Meaningfully engage and strengthen the capacity of US Government mission in Central Asia, relevant partners/stakeholders, and local organizations and/or individual experts in relation to research, evaluation, and use of empirical data to improve development programming

Funding

The five-year US Government missions IDIQ has an $8 million ceiling.

  • Central Asia 1
  • Central Asia 2
  • Kyrgyzstan Song-Kul
  • Central Asia 3