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This is to procure services to promote EU business cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Japan. The action aims to strengthen the presence and visibility of EU companies in Japan and the Republic of Korea through an increase and diversification of export and/or investments and more resilient, green and digital value chains.

The legislative proposal on deforestation and its impact assessment explicitly undertakes the commitment of launching a study with view to extending the product scope to additional derived products within the six commodities initially covered in the initiative (beef, palm oil, soy, wood, cocoa, and coffee). This requires a specific study to extend the product scope, as foreseen in the impact assessment of the legislative proposal. The Regulation aims at eliminating deforestation driven by EU consumption of seven agricultural commodities: rubber, soy, beef, palm oil, wood, cocoa and coffee, and some of their derived products whether they are produced in the EU or imported. The new rules will help to ensure that the products that EU citizens buy, use and consume on the EU market, do not contribute to global deforestation and forest degradation.

The Council requires a supplier for the provision of a Public Health Community Partner within the Pakistani Community, assisting with the dissemination of the Pakistani Community Health Profile amongst commissioners, key stakeholders across the city, Pakistani communities, and organisations with high percentages of Pakistanis. The Council has recognised the importance of providing funding to grassroots organisations in supporting the community to tackle the inequalities that they face and are now seeking to commission a service provider to: Read through the Pakistani Community Health Profile to make sure that all terminology and language is sensitive to the Pakistani community. This feedback will be in the first 2 months of the contract, during anticipated initial promotional and marketing stages. Promote and disseminate the Pakistani Community Health Profile amongst key stakeholders across the city. This list includes, but is not limited to, commissioners, public...

NHS England, in collaboration with the UK National Screening Committee, is looking to award a contract to a national Evaluator to conduct a health-economic evaluation of the NHS-Galleri research test. The requirements are: i) to scope and plan the evaluation through model conceptualisation and development, ii) to understand and obtain the model inputs required,. and iii) to analyse the model for cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and resource constraints. 

Focus Ireland is requesting tenders to undertake an evaluation of the Women’s Outlook Programme in Dublin. The programme’s goals are to prevent homelessness and to prevent recidivism for women who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. The service developed from the recognition of a need for step-down, community-based services specifically for women assessed as low risk for reoffending and as low risk to society. This collaborative service provides accommodation and combined support of both on-site Case Managers, and IPS/Probation Service supports. This evaluation will have a particular emphasis on family-centred approaches to rehabilitation and reintegration. It will examine family, and social reintegration both before, during and after entry to the programme and explore what familial supports and challenges exist and what can be improved upon. Notably, the evaluation will inform the next iteration of the Women’s Outlook Programme.

The Health Foundation is seeking a supplier to work with them to produce a themed synthesis of the Health Foundation-funded research from 2012–2022. The supplier will work with project and strategic priority teams within the Health Foundation to develop the focus of the synthesis and identify specific lines of enquiry for each of our three strategic priority areas outlined in our strategy for 2023–25. Once the focus is defined, the supplier will synthesise the evidence against our three strategic priorities, summarising key findings to: provide insights as to how findings align with, and add to the existing literature in the wider external context identify the strengths and limitations of research findings provide a consideration of the strength of methodological approaches of the research. The supplier must have the relevant subject matter expertise and knowledge to proficiently review and appraise the research in the context of the three...

The aim of this research is to provide the Scottish Government with timely, robust information on International Equality Duties and Legislation to enable a strong evidence base to help inform, futureproof and ensure robust revised regulations as we review the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland.   This research aims to inform policy decisions on the review of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland by researching international duties and how these compare to proposed and current duties in Scotland.   Specifically, the research specified has the following objectives:   To identify countries which have similar equality legislation to the current duties outlined in The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. The criteria for similar legislation would be based on the outputs from Scotland Specific Duties, such as reporting on progress toward mainstream equality, gathering employee information, publishing gender pay...

This tender seeks to find a professional company to undertake formative research on the forthcoming War in the Mind Exhibition at Imperial War Museum London.   In partnership with UKRI, War and the Mind will challenge visitors to rethink war through a psychological prism. Wars are not simply a quest to physically destroy or protect. They are fought within and for our minds. This exhibition will open in Autumn 2024.   The museum wishes to explore the target audience’s relationship and understanding of the exhibition topics and themes to help facilitate the creation of an open and accessible exhibition.

This invitation to tender is seeking a suitably qualified independent evaluator to support Women’s Aid in reviewing the five key strands of the Too Into You Project (noted below), assess their impact, and consider the potential for this work to form part of Women’s Aid’s strategic output beyond the end of 2024. It is intended that the independent evaluator of the project will engage with the project over 12 months from mid- 2023, until mid-2024, when a report should be presented, including evidence based and specific recommendations regarding the potential continuation (including potential for expansion and/or diversification) of the Too Into You project.   Too Into You (http://www.toointoyou.ie) is a project by Women’s Aid which began in 2011 due to an increase in young women contacting the Women’s Aid 24Hr National Freephone Helpline and using our One to One services. We are also frequently invited to deliver training or awareness talks to...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is looking for tenderers to submit bids to support and build the evidence base for the Nature for Climate Fund Tree Planting Programme (‘the Programme’).   We welcome proposals from a consortium of organisations bringing together several institutions including (but not limited to) commercial, academia, and / or subject matter experts.   The overall aim is to demonstrate the Programme’s impact in the following outcome areas: a.   Carbon sequestration b.   Biodiversity c.   Flood mitigation d.   Water quality e.   Air quality The development of indicators will be used to demonstrate the short-term changes caused by the Tree Planting Programme up to 2025, and address evidence gaps in the Programme Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Framework.

Defra is now commissioning new research to provide an update assessing the impact of the FIC regulation and to measure recent changes in consumer behaviour and business activity bought about by recent legislative, societal, and technological changes. The evidence will be used to underpin food labelling policy development. We are purchasing one type of service and procuring one contract.   The project is defined by two work packages. Work Package 1 seeks to understand what conclusions can be drawn from existing evidence around how consumers respond to different food labels on the same food products.   The Contractor will be required to undertake a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) as developed by Defra. If during the lifetime of the contract it is identified that findings from the REA need to be explored in more detail and are within scope of the original requirement, this may be instructed through the variation procedure outlined in the contract.

The overarching aim of this research is to reach a better understanding of those people who are homeless, at imminent risk of homelessness or who face housing insecurity but do not appear in Scotland’s official figures.   This includes people who do not approach their local authority for help; people who approach their local authority but do not get a response that meets their needs; those who find alternative solutions; or those who do not see themselves as homeless.   An improved understanding of the different routes into and out of homelessness will help us address gaps in provision and make Scotland’s homelessness system more responsive to people’s needs.

Overall, this work will help the UKRI IUK Urban Systems team identify where its future strategy may go and where it may be able to use its resources to target certain challenges. It will also allow places to identify where they can have the maximum impact in resolving current and future challenges.   The first part of this project is producing a report summarising the work which has already been done looking at the future of our towns and cities and identifying current trends as a result of this synthesis. This streamlined report will identify the key themes and trends. UKRI IUK then expect these trends to be further evaluated within the report, with a more place-specific outlook. This means a taxonomy/classification mechanism of towns and cities being adopted, if a suitable categorisation mechanism already exists, or created. Thereby, each classification will have its key focal themes/trends specified. For the themes and trends, the potential resultant innovation...

Nigeria Portfolio Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) - EME The purpose of PMEL is to directly support the more effective delivery of ODA in Nigeria and maximise the UK's impact. It will generate learning which will inform all HMG activity in Nigeria PMEL will improve the quality, consistency and availability of data across programmes which will feed into useful and relevant analysis at the portfolio level. Evidence produced by PMEL will inform decisions which lead to more effective delivery of programmes and other activity and at a higher level, feed into strategic decision making about the content and shape of the HMG Nigeria portfolio. PMEL will primarily be repurposing existing data and building confidence in results reported through the activities listed.

We are looking for Race Equity Associates with expertise and experience in at least one of YEF’s main focus areas. While we are open to applications from individuals with experience in any of the focus areas, in 2023, we will be particularly interested in those with expertise in: Positive Activities: Structured sports, music, arts and outdoor activities can help young people develop social and emotional skills, which means they’re better able to express their feelings in constructive ways – reducing any violence or harm to others. These positive activities can also be used as ‘hooks’ to engage children and young people in other beneficial services and support. Therapies: Therapies used to help a child to deal better with challenging issues in their lives that might otherwise put them at risk of getting involved in violence. Cognitive behavioural therapy is one example. Presence in schools: School absence – missed attendance, as...

Race Equity Associates – Research & Evaluation will work alongside evaluators commissioned by YEF. We hope this will achieve two interconnected objectives: • To support YEF in embedding a race equity perspective in all its research and evaluations. • To increase the diversity of researchers contributing to the design and execution of YEF research and evaluations. We’re interested in applicants from a range of sectors, including research, academia, funding, government and community engagement. We’re particularly interested in hearing from applicants who have practical experience of informing and especially driving race equity within evaluations and research. Whilst we are interested in hearing from a people with a broad range of perspectives on evaluation and research, experience of working on impact evaluations, such as randomised control trials and quasi-experimental designs, would be an advantage. Applicants can be freelancers, sole...

The NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is seeking to commission four new Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) to join the existing PHIRST teams. The new teams will conduct evaluative research of local government initiatives to build the evidence base for local government decision-making as it relates to health and health inequalities.   Each team will be commissioned for four years at a value of up to £2 million in total over the four years.

BEIS is seeking to procure a contract to help achieve a step-change in access to, purchase of, and/or use of smart technologies, products and services amongst low-income and vulnerable consumers. Is it anticipated that this work will include approximately 6 months of research and engagement with low-income and vulnerable consumers, informing approximately 14 months of design, development and testing of commercially viable innovative solutions to meet these consumers’ needs. This innovation project follows a commitment in the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published jointly by Government and Ofgem in 2021, to remove barriers for consumers who may otherwise struggle to participate in smart energy. This is important to help ensure the benefits of flexibility are accessible to all consumers. This work sits within the BEIS Net Zero Innovation Portfolio's £65m Flexibility Innovation Programme.