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OppsLink is a platform that connects academic experts, PhD students, (early career) researchers and alumni with funded consulting opportunities. These range from UK and local government to the European Commission and international organisations. It offers a searchable database of current tenders that are open for applications.

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Call for Expression of Interest to establish a list of scientific/academic/operational experts to assist the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Security and Safety (DG SAFE)
parlement européen, SAFE - Directorate-General for Security and Safety
The European Parliament is seeking to establish a list of experts to provide independent external expertise to its Directorate-General for Security and Safety (DG SAFE). This expertise would relate to issues within DG SAFE’s scope of interests and responsibilities. The list of experts will be set up under Article 242 of the EU Financial Regulation. This list will be valid for five years from the date of its publication and may be used throughout this period, whenever Parliament deems it appropriate. This call is exclusively addressed to experts with scientific, academic, operational and research experience in security and safety issues, as specified in paragraph 3.2. Furthermore, the call is exclusively addressed to natural persons, that is to say, to individuals with official residence in the EU, or who have official residence in a non-EU country that has concluded a specific public procurement agreement with the EU, giving official residents of that country access to this type of...
EU-UN joint courses – Plan, organise and support the delivery of training courses in cooperation with JET, WHO, WFP and OCHA/INSARAG
DG ECHO
The purpose of this call for tender is to select the contractor that will plan, organise and support the delivery of training courses in cooperation with JET, WHO, WFP and OCHA/INSARAG
Education and Skills Development and International Programmes Health Organisations and Management Consulting Media, Communications and Creative Workforce, Employment and HR Services
Strengthening smaller and medium-sized towns – together in Europe (SMTs)
ESPON
This territorial study is being carried out at the request of the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB), with the intention to shift more attention of territorial policies to small and medium-sized towns as interfaces between urban and rural areas in national and European strategies for urban and spatial development. Stakeholders engaged in spatial and urban planning and related policy development shall benefit from the findings of this study by getting a clearer understanding of the roles that small and medium-sized towns play in the everyday life of people, and therefore the consideration they should be given in strategies and funding programmes to achieve a balanced and cohesive territorial development, both in Germany and across Europe.
Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transport
Technical assistance for Support Measures – Cooperation Facility for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island Countries
European Commission, INTPA - International Partnerships
The Cooperation Facility financed under this contract will support the implementation of the Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2021–2027 for Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific Multi country MIP for the components relevant to Pacific Island partner countries, in particular PNG and also (non-exhaustive list) Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The overall objective is to facilitate the implementation of EU funded programmes in the above mentioned countries, by providing technical assistance to the EU Delegation to the Pacific and by supporting coordination and dialogue with partner country institutions and other stakeholders. A team of experts will provide: (i) high quality expert level technical advice for the identification, design, implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation of EU funded programmes and projects with a focus on the PNG MIP and the Pacific Multi country MIP, including...
Trade, Export and Investment Support Development and International Programmes EU Institutions and Programmes Environment and Energy Government, Regulation and Public Administration Organisations and Management Consulting Research, Evaluation and Surveys Equality, Inclusion and Social Policy Education and Skills
Policy Support Framework Contract 2026-2030
DG ECHO
The objective of the Framework Contract is to provide support and assistance to DG ECHO policy development and analysis, through the deployment of short-term expertise.
Development and International Programmes
Oxfordshire Growth Hub Business Support
OXFORDSHIRE LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Enterprise Oxfordshire requires a supplier to build on our Growth Hub business support offer to Oxfordshire SMEs. The supplier will be required to set up, implement, manage and deliver an outstanding Growth Hub offer for Oxfordshire. This will include: • Triaging businesses to ensure they access the most suitable support for them. • Designing business support options for any sector, stage and type of business. • Delivering business support activities which are innovative, tailored to SME business needs in Oxfordshire and impactful - driving benefits for businesses and the wider economy. • Working with internal teams to attract new clients to the support as well as promoting the support offered. • Generating new clients for the Growth Hub. • Providing programme management support including back-office administration and reporting. • Evaluating delivery and providing case studies and impact reports.
Evaluation of the African Guarantee Fund and Denmark’s contribution
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
The African Guarantee Fund - for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Ltd (AGF) is a non-bank financial institution established to enhance access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa. Its activities include the provision of guarantees to financial institutions and capacity development support to both lenders and SMEs. AGF was one of five concrete initiatives recommended by the Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa in 2010, and has now been in operation for almost 15 years. Denmark was a founding shareholder and has supported the AGF through a combination of shareholder capital, grant financing, and representation on the board. A 2016 evaluation of the results of the Africa Commission included an early assessment of AGF, which found the AGF to be relevant, innovative, and on a promising path, with rapid portfolio growth, strong interest from partner banks, and early indications that participating banks had increased the SME...
Organisations and Management Consulting EU Institutions and Programmes Development and International Programmes