Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) seeks individuals or organizations to conduct research assessing New Zealand, Taiwan, or South Korea’s governance approaches to COVID-19 and their impact on civic space.
ICNL aims to produce a comprehensive report examining in-depth practices adopted by New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan that facilitated public participation and protected civic freedoms during COVID-19.
Details
As part of this proposed research, the individual or organizational consultant may apply to complete one or more country studies (with priority given to in-country researchers) covering the following:
- In-depth research on all enabling government policies related to COVID-19 that had a positive impact on civic space, or were generally in compliance with international standards on free as-sociation, assembly, expression, or public participation.
- The use of technology and digital tools in COVID-19 management, and examination of their im-pact on civic space.
- Assessment of any policies that raised human rights concerns, or failed to protect civic space.
- Overall assessment of the country response, analysis based on international standards around human rights and emergency measures, and recommendations based on the findings of the study, including good practices that could be replicated in other countries, and strategies for promoting rights-respecting approaches to pandemic governance.
Funding Information
The budget ceiling for each country study is $25,000.
Eligible Topics
Interested applicants should submit a proposal of four pages or less, addressing the following topics:
- The depth of your knowledge and experience around pandemic governance and civic space issues;
- Your experience undertaking research and writing policy reports;
- If more than one person will be involved in this project, a description of who will under-take different aspects of the project. ICNL reserves the right to approve or reject the use of any personnel;
- Proposed scope of work and any suggested revisions to the coverage presented and methodology for conducting the research.
Criteria
Applications will be evaluated based on the following factors:
- Compliance with eligibility requirements and application procedures;
- Quality of proposal, including the proposed methodology/design and feasibility of the project (eg, activities are targeted to achieve stated results, and anticipated results are realistic and attainable);
- Depth of experience with the subject matter of this research consultancy and experience research-ing and writing similar reports;
- Commitment to producing high quality reports in a timely manner; and
- Proposed budget and value for money.
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