The Adaptation Fund was established through decisions by the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. At COP24 in December 2018; the Parties to the Paris Agreement decided that the Adaptation Fund shall also serve the Paris Agreement. The Fund supports country-driven projects and programmes; innovation and global learning for effective adaptation. All of the Fund's activities are designed to build national and local adaptive capacities while reaching and engaging the most vulnerable groups; and to integrate gender consideration to provide equal opportunity to access and benefit from the Fund's resources. They are also aimed at enhancing synergies with other sources of climate finance while creating models that can be replicated or scaled up.The Technical Evaluation Reference Group of the Adaption Fund (AF-TERG) is an independent evaluation advisory group accountable to the Fund Board. It was established in 2018 and operates in line with the Evaluation Policy of the Fund[1]. The AF-TERG provides an evaluative advisory role through evaluation generation; utilization and capacity-building functions. Ex post evaluations have been integral to the work of the AF-TERG since its initial Strategy and Work Programme. The rationale for conducting ex post evaluations stems from the Adaptation Fund's interest in assessing the intended impact of its projects and programmes; recognizing that the effects of adaptation efforts may take time to materialize and may only become apparent years after project completion. At its forty-second meeting; the Board approved the second multi-year work programme of the AF-TERG[2] covering the period FY25-FY27 (July 2024 – June 2027). Under the new work programme; the AF-TERG has conducted two ex post evaluations in FY25 and plans to carry out two more in FY26; followed by four in FY27. These evaluations will focus on strategically selected projects that completed implementation 3-5 years prior to the evaluation. Against this background; the Adaptation Fund would like to seek the support of a qualified vendor to conduct this evaluation in line with the Evaluation Policy and the existing guidance notes. Objective and Scope of Work:In line with the Evaluation Policy of the Adaptation Fund; the ex-post evaluations of selected Fund-financed projects are conducted three to five years after project closure with the aim of assessing and learning from longer-term impact and sustainability.The evaluation has three primary purposes:(1) To assess changes in project outcomes – both positive and negative – from the final evaluation to the ex post evaluation conducted three to five years after the project’s administrative closure.(2) To identify conditions that contributed towards – or detracted from – sustaining the project’s adaptation outcomes over time.(3) To analyse ways through which the sustained outcomes are contributing to local resilience. [1] Available at: https://www.adaptation-fund.org/document/evaluation-policy-of-the-adaptation-fund-graphically-edited/ <https://www.adaptation-fund.org/document/evaluation-policy-of-the-adaptation-fund-graphically-edited/> [2] Available at: https://www.adaptation-fund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AFB-EFC.33-6-Rev-1-AF-TERG-Second-multiyear-work-programme-2.pdf <https://www.adaptation-fund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AFB-EFC.33-6-Rev-1-AF-TERG-Second-multiyear-work-programme-2.pdf>