Deadline: 17-Nov-22
Grand Challenges Canada is seeking Subcontractor(s) to support the Global Mental Health program for up to one year (2023-2024).
The Subcontractors will be responsible for conducting Context Analysis to understand and generate ‘system awareness’ on local mental health and wellbeing needs of young people, drivers of their vulnerability, and gaps and capacities within the system and evidence base in one or more of 13 priority countries – Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, India (with a focus on Odisha and/or Rajasthan states), Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
Subcontractors are to focus on understanding the context and identifying drivers of mental health and wellbeing including personal, societal, and environmental factors. Subcontractors are responsible for taking Context Analysis beyond desk research to gather information from a variety of sources including and not limited to existing literature, consultations with stakeholders, and workshops to generate an ecosystem-based research report to be made public. The Context Analysis should work to identify and engage existing relevant in country networks as well as identifying priorities for both research and intervention implementation in each of the countries.
This work is an integral part to a mental health initiative, a strategic and coordinated systemic approach in supporting young people’s mental health and wellbeing through a combination of research and implementation mechanisms. Thus, Subcontractors will play a key role by identifying novel opportunities for priorities and investment in the global mental health ecosystem.
Objectives
The specific objectives for this bid-solicitation are:
- To map available evidence regarding the mental health among young people in the identified priority countries, including context-specific wellbeing drivers of mental health, perceptions of mental health, predominant mental health and substance use issues, related programs and interventions, policies, key stakeholders, and networks
- To identify gaps in evidence regarding the mental health among young people and highlight future opportunities
- To conduct stakeholder consultations to fill-in information gaps and identify priority research and intervention needs, including pathways to scale for innovative solutions
- To bring together diverse interest groups to identify a mental health agenda with the potential to catalyze change in the countr(ies) of interest – ranging from young people with lived experience to relevant government representatives.
- This work is an integral part to a mental health initiative, a strategic and coordinated systemic approach in supporting young people’s mental health and wellbeing through a combination of research and implementation mechanisms. Thus, Subcontractors will play a key role by identifying novel opportunities for priorities and investment in the global mental health ecosystem.
Approach
They seek to create supportive communities and bring system-level change in priority countries and selected cities through a strategic and coordinated approach that combines the following:
- NETWORKS to promote the continuous exchange of new evidence, innovative approaches and learnings between youth mental health stakeholders globally and locally.
- RESEARCH to better understand the mental health and wellbeing drivers and needs of young people, validate new solutions and promote their implementation and scaling
- INNOVATION of community-based, youth-led and other approaches that address the drivers of mental health, supports prevention and early detection of mental health challenges, and encourages mental health and wellbeing promotion
- POLICY AND ADVOCACY to advance research, programs and policies that support the mental health and wellbeing of young people and catalyze change
- YOUTH ENGAGEMENT throughout all stages of the initiative to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of interventions and ensure youth needs are prioritized.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entity must be based in a low-or middle-income country (LMIC) or be a partnership with the lead entity based in an LMIC
- Proposal is focused on the Analysis of Available Mental Health Information, Stakeholder and Network Engagement, in one or more of the thirteen countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, India (with a focus on Odisha and/or Rajasthan states), Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam
For more information, visit https://www.grandchallenges.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RFP-Context-Analysis-of-Local-Mental-Health-and-Wellbeing-Needs-of-Young-People.pdf
