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WFD currently uses Microsoft Dynamics Business Central to power its ERP / accounting system. WFD introduced this system in 2019, which has been supported since then by an incumbent service provider. WFD is looking for a supplier to provide a managed help desk and technical support services to WFD Management and system users of Business Central for the next three year period. WFD is seeking an outsourced service provider to deliver the following services: - Highly responsive 24/7 Help Desk advice and assistance to enable WFD Management and users to access and use all aspects of Microsoft Dynamics Business Central at all times, including but not limited to the full range of reporting functionality - Managing the supply and provisioning of relevant licenses - Modifying the existing Business Central custom extensions to facilitate the installation of any updates to Business Central, as required. - Maintenance services to support continuous and reliable access to WFD's instance of Business Central - Training and awareness raising on best practice in using the system, for example, summaries of upcoming new features, regular webinars and other forums. - Customer intelligence services, including analysis, insights, and recommendations for continuous improvement to ensure that WFD is extracting most value from Business Central. In particular, WFD is looking for a supplier to adopt a proactive approach to providing oversight of new/improved/key features of the system. - Consultancy and development, as required from time to time, to configure Microsoft Dynamics to meet WFD requirements. For further information on how to apply, please refer to the RFQ document attached to the notice.

WFD is issuing this Call for Expert ("Call") to a range of potential experts and we would welcome a proposal from you or your organisation. This Call constitutes a formal Invitation to Tender. In this third three-year phase of our Supporting Democratic Stability in the Bangsamoro.WFD is looking for dedicated technical advisory support for the programme for its parliamentary workstream. The International Parliamentary Technical Adviser will advise and support the team to plan WFD's parliamentary assistance to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, guiding the parliamentary strand of programme work on focus areas and working with parliamentary stakeholders to identify their technical capacity needs. The International Parliamentary Technical Adviser will work closely with the Bangsamoro programme team to guide, plan and organise parliamentary engagements. You will be expected to provide bespoke advisory support to members and staff of the Bangsamoro Parliament across several technical areas that are critical to the set-up and development of the transitional legislature and wider parliamentary system of the governance in the Bangsamoro. In the past WFD has provided technical support in the areas of policy and legislative process, legislative scrutiny including employing a gender sensitive lens to review legislation, draft legislation review, committee work, parliamentary services, capacity building of MPs and parliamentary staff and bespoke mentoring to MPs and parliamentary officials. WFD's focus in Phase III is on consolidating and deepening our work with the Bangsamoro Parliament. Building on the learnings and achievements of Phases I and 2, WFD's support in Phase II will focus on assisting the Bangsamoro Parliament in producing better quality law and developing a culture of oversight. To that end, the programme will support the parliament to develop more effective processes for legislative and oversight work, as well as provide expertise on the subject matter of specific pieces of legislation. Scope of work WFD recognises the broad remit of this assignment and will work with the International Parliamentary Technical Adviser to agree priorities and set work across technical areas. It is anticipated that the International Parliamentary Technical Adviser will support the delivery of work, often through subject-matter experts across the following technical areas: • Technical assistance on institutional structure and organisational development. • Bespoke analysis and advisory on priority codes and legislation. • Induction and continuous learning for members and parliamentary officials. • Master classes for members and parliamentary officials. • Tailored support packages for parliamentary services and development of support to the secretariat. • Technical assistance on policy and legislative processes. • Civic Understanding and Engagement with Parliament. Please refer to the Invitation to Tender for further details on how to apply.

WFD's new website was launched in January 2022. We are now seeking a provider to deliver ongoing hosting, technical support and maintenance of the website (including security), as well as hosting of a separate site, www.costofpolitics.net. The provider will also provide ad-hoc services to design and build new features for the website, as required, on a day rate basis. Our website is a key WFD communication channel. It provides information about WFD's experience, relevance, activities, and impact to a range of audiences around the world including citizens, governments, members of parliament, parliamentary staff and academics and researchers. Wfd.org must be compliant with all relevant legislation, including the Data Protection Act and the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Website specifications WFD.org • Content management system (CMS) Drupal 9 • File tree size (excepting public files): 292M o Public files: 2.8G o Private files: 48K • Database: o MySQL dump size: 8.9M o MySQL size on disk (including indexes, etc): 439M • Number of modules: o Contrib Drupal modules: 77 o Custom Drupal modules: 6 CostofPolitics.net • File size: 152.00 MB • 5,636 nodes For a period of up to three years, the provider will: • Host www.wfd.org • Provide ongoing technical maintenance and services for www.wfd.org including but not limited to: o Ongoing maintenance of the CMS (including bugs and CMS updates) o Annual usability/accessibility review o Ensuring the website is secure and compliant with the relevant regulations • Build new or change existing website functionality for www.wfd.org as requested by WFD on a day rate basis. • Host www.costofpolitics.net Please refer to attached invitation to tender document for further information on how to apply.

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of potential suppliers of goods and/or services and would welcome a bid from your organisation. In order to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan, there is an urgent need to address the impact that information operations and disinformation have on Taiwan's society and its electoral integrity. The authoritarian information tactics used across the Asia-Pacific region share similarities and aim to inhibit people's right to form independent opinions that are free of manipulative interference, as well as to make free choices during elections. WFD therefore seeks to strengthen partnerships among stakeholders to facilitate knowledge exchanges about these information operation tactics, to enhance best practices countering electoral disinformation, and to build capacities in order to strengthen democratic actors' abilities to investigate information and counter them effectively. Objective The objective of this service aims to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan by addressing the impact that information operations and disinformation have on Taiwanese society and its electoral integrity. Scope of work The service provider should implement following scope of work: • To implement 2 roundtables on information operations with at least 8 speakers attended • To conduct 2 capacity building training workshops on counter-disinformation with at least 80 participants attended • To deliver 2 follow-up activities, after implemented roundtables and training workshops, to ignite multi-stakeholder dialogue and to form a future collaboration platform • To submit 1 post-event report detailing the strategies and best practices to countering information operations during election. The report needs to compile the experiences of invited organizations and speakers, as well as the reflections of participants from the training workshops. The post-event report will be conducted in English. Timeline The timeframe below lists the key tentative dates for the preparation process. These will be agreed with the service provider once secured. Activity Date Deadline for applications - August 31st, 2022 Interviews with shortlisted applicants - September 1st, 2022 Submission of workplan, including methodology - September 5th, 2022 WFD feedback on the workplan - September 6th, 2022 Project Execution - September 8th, 2022 Follow-up activities - October 2022 to March 2023 Submission of post-event report - March 15th, 2023 Reporting • Mid-term report upon completion of 2 roundtables and 2 capacity building training workshops • 1 post-event report detailing the strategies and best practices to countering information operations during election. The report needs to compile the experiences of invited organizations and speakers, as well as the reflections of participants from the training workshops. Please refer to the ITT document atached for further details and information on how to apply.

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to procure goods/services in accordance with the conditions detailed in this document. WFD Maldives is looking for a vendor to design and conduct an online course on parliamentary oversight and legislative scrutiny. The proposed course is to familiarise Majlis officials, CSOs and Media with basic theories and practical methods on parliamentary oversight functions and understanding their role in the process. The is an advanced-level course and is planned to conduct in English for about 30 participants including parliament officials, CSOs and Media. This course is structured into 7 topics with expert introductions, videos, presentations, readings, live discussions, forum posts, quizzes, and short assignments. Expected time for each topic is 2-3 hours. The vendor is expected to undertake all the tasks related to the facilation of e-platform and course conduct including engaging with experts and trainers, and developing content and materials. The closing date for this ITT will be 28 October 2022. WFD intends to issue a contract for the above goods/services, to be completed to WFD's satisfaction, by 10 November 2022. Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document for further information on how to apply.

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of potential suppliers of goods and/or services and would welcome a bid from your organisation. In order to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan, there is an urgent need to address the impact that information operations and disinformation have on Taiwan's society and its electoral integrity. The authoritarian information tactics used across the Asia-Pacific region share similarities and aim to inhibit people's right to form independent opinions that are free of manipulative interference, as well as to make free choices during elections. WFD therefore seeks to strengthen partnerships among stakeholders to facilitate knowledge exchanges about these information operation tactics, to enhance best practices countering electoral disinformation, and to build capacities in order to strengthen democratic actors' abilities to investigate information and counter them effectively. Objective The objective of this service aims to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan by addressing the impact that information operations and disinformation have on Taiwanese society and its electoral integrity. Scope of work The service provider should implement following scope of work: • To conduct exit interviews on day of election to assess voters exposure to disinformation • To conduct public perception polling a month after election to assess impact of disinformation on electoral integrity • To submit a report detailing the impact of information operation toward Taiwan's election integrity Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document for further information on how to submit your bid.

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of potential suppliers of goods and/or services and would welcome a bid from your organisation. In order to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan, there is an urgent need to address the impact that information operations and disinformation have on Taiwan's society and its electoral integrity. The authoritarian information tactics used across the Asia-Pacific region share similarities and aim to inhibit people's right to form independent opinions that are free of manipulative interference, as well as to make free choices during elections. WFD therefore seeks to strengthen partnerships among stakeholders to facilitate knowledge exchanges about these information operation tactics, to enhance best practices countering electoral disinformation, and to build capacities in order to strengthen democratic actors' abilities to investigate information and counter them effectively. Objective The objective of this service aims to strengthen the democratic resilience of Taiwan by developing AI fact-checking chatbot that supports debunking disinformation. Scope of work The service provider should implement the following scope of work: • To develop AI fact-checking chatbot that supports disinformation debunking in Taiwan • To enable a crowd-sourced fact-checking system and provide open data for other counter-disinformation research groups to use for further research • To strengthen the capacity of the fact-checking community to further enhance its digital investigations capacity and to further improve the AI fact-checking ability

WFD is looking for a service provider to investigate and analyse the impact of information operations on electoral integrity. The outcome aims to identify key disinformation trends and topics being spread during the election. With the evidence-based data, the service provider needs to develop a comprehensive perspective of the effectiveness of information operations during elections and the potential measures to counter them. For full details, including how to apply, please download the full tender document below.

Summary WFD is looking for a service provider to develop AI fact-checking chatbot that supports debunking disinformation, therefore addressing the impact of information operations. Overview Westminster Foundation for Democracy ("WFD") is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world. Operating internationally, WFD works with parliaments, political parties, and civil society groups as well as on elections to help make political systems fairer, more inclusive and more accountable. We are a problem-solving, practitioner-led organisation that offers: • Specialist analysis, research, and advice to inform policy makers on a range of democratic governance issues; • High quality and impactful programmes that directly support the full spectrum of institutions in political systems to develop inclusive political processes, more accountable political systems, protection of rights and freedoms, and more pluralistic societies; and • International elections observation on behalf of the UK. Aim of this Invitation to Tender WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of potential suppliers of goods and/or services and would welcome a bid from your organisation. In order to strengthen the democratic resilience, there is an urgent need to address the impact that information operations and disinformation have on democratic society and its electoral integrity. The authoritarian information tactics used across regions share similarities and aim to inhibit people's right to form independent opinions that are free of manipulative interference, as well as to make free choices during elections. WFD therefore seeks to strengthen partnerships among stakeholders to facilitate knowledge exchanges about these information operation tactics, to enhance best practices countering electoral disinformation, and to build capacities in order to strengthen democratic actors' abilities to investigate information and counter them effectively.

Summary WFD is looking to engage a Microsoft PowerApps (low code) and SharePoint Online developer on a framework agreement to troubleshoot, develop and support our existing canvas PowerApps, develop a new PowerApp interface for our SharePoint Online based Expert Roster, and provide ad-hoc development support for SharePoint Online. WFD encourages bids from individual consultants, as well as larger consultancy firms. For full details, including supplier Q&A and how to apply, please see the WFD website: https://www.wfd.org/vacancy-supplier/wfd-invitation-tender-powerapps-and-sharepoint-developer

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WFD is seeking an organisational equity, diversity and inclusive (ED&I) expert consultant to develop and present a management report advising on specific, practical, measurable, and cost-efficient recommendations on necessary ED&I monintoring and reporting frameworks, best practice initiatives and priorities, and an implementation road-map to support the organsiation meet our ED&I outcomes. About the Organisation Westminster Foundation for Democracy ("WFD") is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world. Operating internationally, WFD works with parliaments, political parties, and civil society groups as well as on elections to help make political systems fairer, more inclusive and more accountable. We are a problem-solving, practitioner-led organisation that offers: • Specialist analysis, research, and advice to inform policy makers on a range of democratic governance issues; • High quality and impactful programmes that directly support the full spectrum of institutions in political systems to develop inclusive political processes, more accountable political systems, protection of rights and freedoms, and more pluralistic societies; and • International elections observation and technical advice on behalf of the UK. WFD's organisational structure consists of a headquarters, based in London, employing circa 60-65 full-time staff in programme delivery, technical advisory and business support roles. Our head office teams provide organisational leadership and operational support to circa 100 locally-engaged programme delivery staff, located in our (circa 30) international programme field offices. WFD's workforce is extremely culturally diverse, and we have good representation across a number of key demographic/characteristics. More details of WFD's strategy, programme activity and international footprint is available at https://www.wfd.org

WFD is looking for an external evaluator to evaluate the Global Equality Project Phase II, implemented by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and Kaleidoscope Trust (KT), which seeks to enhance the efforts of civil society actors and duty bearers to advance gender equality and LGBT+ inclusion. The programme is funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and builds on WFD's and KT's Global Equality Project Phase I (2021-2022) and Commonwealth Equality project (2020-2021). The programme implementation period of GEP II is between August 2022 and March 2023, with the total budget of GBP 869,795. GEP II works with decision-makers and civic actors across 12 countries and territories1 to make progress towards advancing gender equality and LGBT+ inclusion. Programme interventions are based on: 1) Creating greater evidence, capacities, and incentives among government actors and parliamentarians on the social and economic costs of discriminatory regulations and practices 2) Strengthening collaborative relationships between CSOs and political decision-makers and support the flow of reliable information and evidence between them; 3) Deepening civil society policy development and policy advocacy capacities with a view to creating a more conducive environment for positive change in laws, policies, and implementation of social norms. GEP II reports to a Programme Steering Group comprised of WFD and KT representatives as well as to the FCDO via formal reporting mechanisms. Countries across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific were selected with multiple factors in mind, including acknowledging the limited timescale of the project. Programme interventions have been designed to factor and capitalise upon existing relationships that WFD and KT already had established in targeted countries, and with already existing movements, to progress towards greater equality. Where these factors did not exist, programme interventions have prioritised developing the evidence base to be used by decision-makers and civic actors to make the case for greater equality, targeting countries where ongoing advocacy and legislative reform has been identified or is currently underway. GEP II has also invested in global products to advance the objectives of the programme and with a view for usage beyond the life cycle of the programme. These include: • An online e-course, adapting WFD's Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PLS) methodology for CSOs • Workshops on the application of Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PLS) by civil society organisations in selected countries • Research on the healthcare accessibility for LGBT+ individuals during the Covid 19 pandemic • The development of a SOGIE-inclusive CEDAW tracker • Animations on intersectionality • Workshops on identifying and working with decision-makers who champion inclusion For further information, please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.

WFD regularly collaborates with a range of technical experts, thematic specialists, and experienced facilitators to enhance the delivery of its democracy support programmes and the services provided by the new HMG Centre of Expertise on Democratic Governance & Elections it hosts. WFD maintains an Expert Roster of verified and cleared experts, specialists, and facilitators which our staff in the UK and across the WFD network are able to commission for assignments from time to time. As the new HMG Centre of Expertise moves into full implementation over the coming months, we anticipate an increased requirement for experts, specialists, and facilitators. As such WFD wishes to expand its existing Expert Roster and we are looking for additional individuals with relevant expertise and experience to apply to register with WFD's Expert Roster. Successful applicants may be asked to sign a framework agreement to provide services from time to time on a consultancy basis. Westminster Foundation for Democracy ("WFD") is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world. WFD's vision is of a world in which freedom and democracy thrive and where inclusive and accountable governments serve their people fairly and effectively. Operating internationally, WFD works with parliaments, political parties, and civil society groups as well as on elections to help make political systems fairer, more inclusive and more accountable. . We are a problem-solving, practitioner-led organisation that offers: Specialist analysis, research, and advice to inform policy makers on a range of democratic governance issues, including through its hosted HMG Centre of Expertise; High quality and impactful programmes that directly support the full spectrum of institutions in political systems to develop inclusive political processes, more accountable political systems, protection of rights and freedoms, and more pluralistic societies; and International elections observation on behalf of the UK. Please see invitation to tender document for full details on how to apply.

Summary Westminster Foundation for Democracy ("WFD") is looking to contract an outsourced Security Operations Centre ("SOC") to improve its resilience to cyber security threats. For the full tender page, including how to apply, please visit the website using the link below.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy ("WFD") is looking to contract an outsourced Security Operations Centre ("SOC") to improve its resilience to cyber security threats. For the full tender page, including how to apply, please visit the website using the link below.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy ("WFD") is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world. Operating internationally, WFD works with parliaments, political parties, and civil society groups as well as on elections to help make political systems fairer, more inclusive and more accountable. We are a problem-solving, practitioner-led organisation that offers: • Specialist analysis, research, and advice to inform policy makers on a range of democratic governance issues; • High quality and impactful programmes that directly support the full spectrum of institutions in political systems to develop inclusive political processes, more accountable political systems, protection of rights and freedoms, and more pluralistic societies; and • International elections observation on behalf of the UK. Scope of work WFD is recruiting an individual consultant to act as the international project manager for its 'cost of politics' research under WYDE for up to 80 days over the next three years. This post will be responsible for coordinating and quality assuring the implementation of 15 country studies, writing, with WFD's Director of Quality and Innovation, a cross-national synthesis paper, and managing engagement and dissemination of 'cost of politics' research to a global audience. Deliverables • Coordination of 15 country studies produced by local experts and/or local research organisations, ensuring research design and products are of high quality and aligned with WFD's cost of politics methodology and objectives. • Co-author, with WFD's Director of Quality and Innovation, a cross-national synthesis of the 15 country studies, identifying key trends and themes and drawing out recommendations and next steps. • Manage the dissemination of the country studies through existing platforms, representing the project at meetings and conferences as required. Timeline 15 July 2023 to 31 August 2026 Reporting The International Project Manager will report to WFD's Director of Quality and Innovation, reporting at least monthly on progress of country studies. Weekly meetings will be arranged during the drafting of the synthesis paper. Working arrangements Consultant can be based remotely. There is an expectation of occasional international travel, to be covered by the project. Payments Payment will be made on the basis of timesheets and invoices submitted on a monthly basis throughout the duration of the project. Minimum experience and expertise Eligible candidates for this call are interested individuals (consultants, or individuals from think-tanks, CSOs, faculties, institutes, etc) with relevant experience in political finance research and research project management/delivery. Please refer to the invitation to tender document for further details on scope of work and how to apply.

WFD is looking for an IT systems analyst to evaluate the architecture of our core systems and provide recommendations aimed at simplifying and improving the overall user experience, including the inputting of data, processing of information, and generating useful and accurate reporting outputs. For details of how to apply, please visit the website via the link below for the full Request for Quotes.

Aim of ITT WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of potential suppliers of goods and/or services and would welcome a bid from your organisation. As part of the Advancing Environmental Protection, Climate Change and Democratic Resilience in Georgia programme, WFD seeks to engage a Supplier to conduct nationwide public opinion research through quantitative (national opinion polling face-to-face interviews) and qualitative (focus groups) research methods in Georgia on environmental and climate issues knowledge, perception, attitudes, behaviour and preferred policies. The results of this public opinion research will be presented by WFD to Georgian national and local stakeholders including the parliament, the government, academia, civil society organizations, as well as political parties. In addition, the result of this research will be used to measure changes in public perception, knowledge and behaviour compared to the previous years' findings. Objective As part of the Advancing Environmental Protection, Climate Change and Democratic Resilience in Georgia programme, WFD aims to enable the delivery of sustainable change in environmental protection, climate resilience and democratic governance in Georgia. It supports various national and local stakeholders in the delivery of the new climate change and other green-focused legislation and policies, enhances the enabling environment in favour of low-carbon development alternatives and supports advocacy and policy dialogue efforts in a positive, evidence-based (constructive) manner among key governance and civil society organisatinos in favour of these outcomes. WFD intends to commission a Supplier to conduct nationwide public opinion research through quantitative (national opinion polling face-to-face interviews) and qualitative (focus groups) research methods in Georgia on environmental and climate issues knowledge, perception, attitudes, behaviour and preferred policies. For further information, please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.