The team of experts conducting the evaluation must have the minimum following skill set:
- Knowledge and professional experience in evaluation in the development cooperation field
- Experience in terms of budget support / policy-based loans evaluations
- Knowledge and experience on the evaluation method called "contribution analysis"
- Knowledge of the various aid modalities, and in particular budget support / policy-based loans
- Technical and sector-specific knowledge and expertise in the fields of climate and environment 
- Knowledge of and experience in Colombia or region
- Excellent knowledge of English and Spanish, good knowledge of French (a number of the documents to be consulted are written in French)

AFD considers that the team size should ideally not exceed 6 to 8 experts (quality control/coordination of the study included).