RFP – Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)

PITCH YOUR PROPOSAL AT THE RESILIENT SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE AND EXPO 2022 BY ICIMOD

admin_apaari — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:36:17 +0000

Are you an individual, organisation, entrepreneur, startup, or research institution working on solutions (any form of science or innovation which provides a solution) for socioeconomic and environmental challenges in mountain communities?

If yes, this is your opportunity to submit your proposal to showcase your work and seek investment opportunities! ICIMOD’s Resilient Mountain Solutions (RMS) conference and expo ‘Unlocking innovations and investments for green mountain economies’ is being held on 5–7 December 2022. Deadline for submitting proposals is 10 October 2022.

ICIMOD strives to identify, package, and demonstrate innovative and context-specific solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. Accordingly, selected proposals will showcase their solutions and deliver business pitches at the expo where we will assess scalability and select solutions for further investments and collaboration.

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Please feel free to reach out to srijana.joshi@icimod.org or santosh.paudel@icimod.org if you have any queries or issues in filling out the form.

About the event:

In collaboration with the Government of Nepal and GIZ, ICIMOD is hosting this international conference and expo to showcase innovative solutions and investment opportunities for the green mountain economy. The conference will take stock of existing solutions, assess their scalability, and select solutions for their scaling potential in the HKH region.

Alongside the conference, ICIMOD will be hosting a one-day expo (6 December 2022) where participants will demonstrate innovative solutions that build the resilience of communities, reduce risks of climate change, and promote green mountain economy.

The conference will bring together experts, public and private sector, international agencies, academia, community-based organisations, youth, entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and developmental partners.

RFP FOR SERVICES AS THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH PROVIDER 2023

admin_apaari — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:41:59 +0000

This Request for Proposal (RFP) sets out a draft scope of work for research provider support required to deliver the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) benchmarks related to the food and agriculture sector, defined as 350 keystone food and agriculture companies. The respective WBA benchmarks are the Food and Agriculture Benchmark and the Nature Benchmark. The RFP is provided to enable interested parties to develop initial cost estimates and options to deliver the scope and as such should not be viewed as any form of agreement between you and the WBA.

The research provider is not expected to create or revise a methodology, but to assess companies using the Food and Agriculture Benchmark and Nature methodology. The key deliverables will be 356 draft company research profiles that WBA’s own core team of staff will finalise following (WBA-led) engagement with benchmarked companies.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE PROPOSAL
We expect that your proposal will, first and foremost, include an estimate of the personnel and financial resources required to produce the expected deliverables listed herein. Furthermore, WBA anticipates that you will be able to demonstrate how you will deliver in three key areas:

Research process and quality: interpreting large volumes of written data and scoring companies consistently against our methodology.
Food and agriculture sector familiarity: depth of and proven knowledge regarding environmental, biodiversity, nutrition and social sustainability issues and business.
Research intensity: being able to handle in-depth research of around 350 companies within condensed timeframes.

Responses to this RFP should be sent to s.posa@worldbenchmarkingalliance.org by 7 October 2022.

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Read Full Proposal here

Request for proposals: ICIMOD/SERVIR-HKH Small Grants Programme

admin_apaari — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:56:59 +0000

SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH) is inviting proposals for the SERVIR-HKH small grants programme to help grow the network of government agencies, universities, and institutions in the HKH region that utilize geospatial tools and information to improve decision-making related to sustainable mountain development with a special focus on climate change and adaptation, vulnerability, or mitigation in relation with agriculture, food security, and disaster risk reduction.

This RFP invites concept papers to explore innovative approaches and thinking to help relevant organizations speed their transition to climate-resilient, sustainable economic growth through improved policy and practice.

The SERVIR-HKH programme seeks to broaden its network of organizations that work with geospatial tools and information by funding proposals that can enhance the existing services and focus on the last-mile connectivity of the services. Proposals that leverage existing services to address current development limitations are encouraged. Innovative ideas to extend SERVIR services to integrate socio-economic data to support damage and/or risk assessments would be encouraged.

ICIMOD/SERVIR-HKH may choose to fully fund or incrementally fund the chosen application(s). SERVIR-HKH expects to award 4-5 grants. Individual grants will not exceed USD 30,000. For this call, applications will be accepted from institutions based in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan.

Concept papers are due 25 March 2022.

To know more about the thematic framework, programme objectives, implementation period, eligibility, application process etc., visit the website.

For additional queries, please write to servirhkh_sgp@icimod.org. We will be accepting questions continuously up to 7 March 2022.
It would very much be appreciated if you could share this RFP with interested colleagues in your network.