[SOS Fshatrat Femijeve]

Maqedoni

June 2026​

TERMS OF REFERENCE

FOR CONDUCTING A FINAL EVALUATION ON BEHALF OF SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE NORTH MACEDONIA FOR THE PROJECT “Youth Empowerment Enabling Prospects (YEEP II)” ​

SOS Children’s Villages is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit international organization working to ensure that every child grows up with the care, protection and support they need to thrive. Established in 1949 in Austria, the organization now operates in more than 130 countries and territories.
SOS Children’s Villages focuses on strengthening families, providing alternative care for children without parental care, supporting young people on their path to independence, and working with communities and partners to create safe and nurturing environments for children and youth. The organization is guided by the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, placing child well-being, safeguarding, participation and non-discrimination at the center of its work.

SOS Children’s Villages Worldwide (CVW) and SOS Children’s Villages International (CVI), together with the national associations of SOS Children’s Villages in Albania, Bosnia and Herzgovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia have been implementing the regional project “Youth Empowerment Enabling Prospects (YEEP II) since July 2023. The three-and-a-half-year project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), focuses on the sustainable improvement of the living conditions of 2,770 vulnerable young people (aged 16-35, at least 50% female) from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia.

These Terms of Reference (ToR) outline the purpose, scope, methodology and requirements for conducting the Final External Evaluation of the regional project Youth Empowerment Enabling Prospects (YEEP II).
The ToR serve as an official invitation for qualified external evaluators—individual experts, consulting teams, or evaluation companies—to submit proposals to carry out the evaluation. The evaluation should be independent, impartial, methodologically sound and participatory, ensuring meaningful engagement of young people, civil society partners, state actors, employers and project teams in all five project countries.

All interested parties are required to submit their proposals electronically to the following email address: info.na@sos.org.mk, with the subject line “YEEP II – Final External Evaluation – Technical Proposal,” no later than 22 July 2026.

For further information regarding the terms of reference, please refer to the attached documents by clicking the link provided here:ToR for Evaluation YEEP II project

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