Mid-term evaluation of the PUM programme

PUM is seeking a consultancy firm to conduct a mid-term evaluation of its programme Energising Businesses and Business Ecosystems  funded by the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) for the period 2023 – 2030.

This mid-term evaluation primarily serves three objectives: accountability, learning and inform programme improvement. The accountability objective is to assess the results thus far, to account for the use of public funds. The learning objective is to offer insights into why  results were, or were not, achieved, and to draw on these lessons to improve the programme. The programme improvement refers to the recommendations for adapting the programme to remain relevant, effective, efficient, and sustainable.  

The mid-term evaluation will commence in August 2025 with the inception phase and will be finalized in June 2026. Deadline for the submission of the proposal is 18 June 2025. The maximum budget is set on € 130,000 Euro (exclusive of VAT). 

Please find here the full request for proposals and links to relevant documents.  

• Request for Proposals PUM midterm evaluation May 2025
• Annex I.a. PUM Programme: NL Employers 4 SDG8 2023 – 2030
• Annex I.b. Addendum to programme proposal 2023 – 2023
• Annex II PUM Theory of Change
• Annex III PUM Monitoring, Evaluation and KPIs
• Annex IV Changes to the submitted programme 2025
• Annex V PUM Core industries and accelerating skills 2025
• Annex VI.a. Evaluation PUM programme 2001 – 2005 NIB
• Annex VI.b. Evaluation PUM programme 2006 – 2009 Ecorys
• Annex VI.c. Evaluation PUM programme 2012-2015 Erasmus University, Carnegie Consult
• Annex VI.d. Evaluation PUM programme 2017 – 2020 SEO
• Annex VI.e. Evaluation DECP programme 2017 – 2022 MDF

Questions on the RfP can be submitted until 25 of May 2025 to Rens Rutten at midtermevaluation@pum.nl.