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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.

WFD wishes to retain the services of experienced and expert professional security risk advisers to support the organisation to ensure that its safety and security policies, procedures, and practice meet WFD's legal duty of care to staff and stakeholders and standards of good practice standards. WFD invites bids from suppliers that can offer both the benefits of an ongoing partnership as a trusted adviser with a responsive and flexible approach that can deliver specific assignments as and when required. The selected supplier will be contracted on a framework agreement. Scope of work 1. Organisational security risk management advice •Provision of threat intelligence and threat/vulnerability analysis and strategic advice on safety and security risk management •Reviewing WFD's policies and guidance from time to time against good practice benchmarks •Development of self-service tools to support security risk management •Attending and advising quarterly meetings of the WFD Duty of Care Group 2. Safety and security training •Provision of access to relevant standard e-learning products to travellers •Provision of places on standard hostile and/or fragile environment training courses (e.g. HET, SAFE) •Delivery of tailored, specific training opportunities designed for WFD officials or VIPs who are planning to travel to high and very high risk locations 3. Targeted security risk management advice •Providing operational advice, as required, on the management of safety and security related to specific scenarios or personal risk factors for WFD staff, experts and/or stakeholders, including women, persons with disabilities, LGBT+ personnel, etc. •Reviewing, from time to time, the security-related policies and practice of downstream partners and providing advice or capacity-strenghtening on behalf of WFD. 4. Drafting or improving standard security documentation •Drafting or reviewing and providing comments on Local Security Plans and Welcome Packs related to WFD's regional and country programmes upon request as part of the periodic refresh process •Providing analysis or advice to WFD offices on security matters 5. Travel-related advice and assistance •Drafting or reviewing and providing comments on Travel Risk Assessments •Delivering pre-departure security briefings relating to international travel of staff or experts deployed as part of a Centre of Expertise mission, global/regional programming activity, or stakeholder engagement. •Delivering pre-departure briefings tailored to VIP travellers •Advice and assistance relating to crisis management or security incident response 6. Election observation missions •Drafting risk assessments •Delivering pre-departure security briefing, monitoring and check-ins, and mission-specific advice and assistance for election observation missions •Designing and delivering security training for election observers Deliverables Please visit the invitation to tender document for further details on how to apply.

WFD is issuing this Call for Experts ("Call") to a range of potential experts and we would welcome a proposal from your organisation. This Call constitutes an Invitation to Tender ("ITT"). WFD has been actively supporting democratic development process in Georgia since 2009 through its Georgia Country Office (WFD Georgia). WFD Georgia has been primarily implementing the parliamentary strengthening programmes funded by the British government as well as other donors like EU, UNDP and USAID. Those parliamentary democracy programmes were instrumental for introducing and establishing parliamentary supervisory tools such as thematic inquiry and post-legislative scrutiny in Georgia. In 2021 WFD broadened its focus to include environmental democracy and climate resilience considering urgency of action for tackling environmental degradation and climate crisis. Environmental democracy was first piloted in Georgia during 2021-2022 as a one-year experimental programme and upon successful implementation scaled up to a three-year programme, which is currently one of the flagship programmes in Georgia supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Advancing Environmental Protection, Climate Change and Democratic Resilience in Georgia (the Programme) programme aims to deliver sustainable change in environmental protection and climate resilience through enhanced democratic governance in Georgia. It supports various national and local stakeholders in the delivery of the new climate change and other green-focused legislation, enhance the enabling environment in favour of low-carbon development alternatives and support exertion of positive (constructive) pressure on governance stakeholders in favour of these outcomes. Accordingly, WFD intends to procure a multi-provider framework agreement to provide individual consultancy services to support WFD's capacity for effective technical support and advice for environmental protection, climate change and democratic governance related activities. Such activities might for example include support in conducting thematic inquires, post-legislative scrutiny, developing knowledge products, planning and delivering knowledge-sharing sessions and trainings, developing policy papers and briefs, legislation, conducting research and studies. Please refer to the tender document for full details, including how to apply.

Due to the nature of the work WFD carries out, more than 50% of our staff and consultants travel on a regular basis both locally in and to the UK and overseas to a diverse range of countries. Our travel needs are often short-notice or subject to last-minute changes due to the changing needs of travellers. For the logistical arrangements of these business trips, WFD needs the services of a provider that can facilitate both an individual's travel arrangements, complex group trips, and VIP travel. The successful bidder will provide the following services: visas; air travel; rail travel (UK, Europe, and international); ground transportation (e.g. transfers); event venue/meeting space finding and booking; and hotel bookings with no guaranteed minimum annual expenditure on travel and accommodation. This will need to be reflected in a flexible cost and billing structure. In particular, WFD is looking for a provider that has an effective online booking tool that conforms with our Safe & Sustainable Travel Policy and Expenditure Authorisation requirements, to enable staff to book their own travel if they wish to, bookable from international and UK points of sale. Additionally, we require dedicated agents on hand to help with any queries or to fulfil offline travel bookings for staff and sponsored third party travellers. Supplier questions are published on our website, please refer to the link below. The deadline for supplier questions is 17:00 BST, 3 October. Please also refer to the same web page for the full Invitation to Tender and information on how to apply. Alternatively, the ITT can be downloaded below.

Due to the nature of the work WFD carries out, more than 50% of our staff and consultants travel on a regular basis both locally in and to the UK and overseas to a diverse range of countries. Our travel needs are often short-notice or subject to last-minute changes due to the changing needs of travellers. For the logistical arrangements of these business trips, WFD needs the services of a provider that can facilitate both an individual's travel arrangements, complex group trips, and VIP travel. The successful bidder will provide the following services: visas; air travel; rail travel (UK, Europe, and international); ground transportation (e.g. transfers); event venue/meeting space finding and booking; and hotel bookings with no guaranteed minimum annual expenditure on travel and accommodation. This will need to be reflected in a flexible cost and billing structure. In particular, WFD is looking for a provider that has an effective online booking tool that conforms with our Safe & Sustainable Travel Policy and Expenditure Authorisation requirements, to enable staff to book their own travel if they wish to, bookable from international and UK points of sale. Additionally, we require dedicated agents on hand to help with any queries or to fulfil offline travel bookings for staff and sponsored third party travellers. Supplier questions are published on our website, please refer to the link below. The deadline for supplier questions is 17:00 BST, 3 October. Please also refer to the same web page for the full Invitation to Tender and information on how to apply. Alternatively, the ITT can be downloaded below.

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of potential experts and/or suppliers of services and would welcome a bid from your organisation. As part of the "Democratic Resilience - Building Transparent and Inclusive Models in Montenegro" project, WFD seeks to engage a subject to conduct a comprehensive study on violence against women in Montenegrin politics. The study should provide insight into the public opinion on the topic and the perception of politicians as well as media monitoring and expertise recommendations to address this issue at both party and country levels. The results of this study will be presented in a round table discussion that will include the parliament, the government, academia, civil society organisations, and political parties. In addition, the result of this study will be promoted through a social media campaign. With the goal of enhancing awareness and providing support in fighting the violence against women, WFD would like to engage with eligible subject(such as think tanks, CSOs, companies, agencies, groups of experts etc.) with relevant expertise that will create, conduct, and promote a comprehensive study on the topic of violence against women in Montenegrin politics. The study aims to provide an overview of the situation of violence in the political realm of Montenegro against women, and it should be conducted nationally. In order to gain data from all respective actors, the study methodology should include a public opinion survey on violence against women in Montenegrin politics. Additionally, the study should provide the perspective of politicians from both genders through a series of interviews as well as the opinion of youth from political parties through focus groups. Besides this perspective, the study needs to reflect on the results of media monitoring that will be conducted on this topic and provide a comprehensive set of recommendations and best practices from different countries that can be implemented on both party and state levels to improve the current atmosphere for women in politics. Finally, upon completion of the study, a third-party agency will be contracted to help the subject conduct a social media campaign promoting the study results. The overall study should be presented to the general public in a round table discussion, sparking the debate among prominent members of society. Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document for further details on how to apply.

Due to the nature of its work and the importance of high touch engagement with stakeholders, WFD delivers most of its programme events and activities in-person through its country-based practioner staff and contracted experts. However, as and when appropriate, WFD programme teams often elect to organise an event or activity in a hybrid or fully online format. In addition, from time to time, WFD also commissions the creation of e-learning or digital knowledge products or the development of apps for the benefit of its stakeholders as part of regional or country programmes. WFD values "Excellence" across all its work. As such, WFD wishes to establish a panel of specialist suppliers to provide technical services from time to time to support WFD's capacity and capability for effective online engagement and delivery of digital products and services. The requirements for services may arise as part of WFD's regional or country democracy support programmes, under the auspices of its Centre of Expertise on Democratic Governance & Elections, and as part of its international or Parliamentary engagement work. Lot 1 - Designing and/or facilitating online/hybrid events using digital platforms and tools: • Provide effective facilitation of live online or hybrid events; • Deliver training and/or technical advice and support for WFD staff and experts on online facilitation and the use of digital platforms and tools for the purposes of collaboration, ideas development, problem identification and shared problem solving; and • Deliver training and/or technical advice and support for WFD staff and experts on the planning and delivery of live events and webinars, to include MS Teams, Zoom, and/or PowerPoint Live, and new or emerging tools available from online marketplaces. Lot 2 - Creating and deploying digital knowledge and learning products: • Provide instructional design for, and development of, engaging and impactful digital knowledge products or e-learning content, including creating bespoke new products or contextualising existing products. Lot 3 - Developing and deploying digital apps/platforms: • Provide digital web or mobile (Android and iOS compatible) application design, development, and support services, such as AI-powered mechanisms to track hate speech, support factchecking or disinformation debunking, track trends in democratic practices, monitor social media channels for mis/dis-information and hate speech, and/or apps to faciliate participation in democratic proceses. • Provide solutions to process, structure and analyse unstructured data such as programme closure reports, case studies and evaluations of WFD's historic programming. • Specialist technical advice and assistance on adopting and/or adapting existing digital public goods (i.e. open source, free-to-use, software, platforms or tools), or creating new digital public goods. Please read the ITT document for further details on how to apply.

WFD procured our current HR Information System in 2019, the organisation is now re-tendering the contract to ensure WFD has the right solution that best suits our current and future needs and provides good value for money for the next 4 years. We are therefore looking to receive proposals for HRIS solutions that meet our current compliance, information management and reporting needs and that be easily modified and grown in the future without requiring extensive re-configuration or development. For the full Invitation to Tender, details for how to apply, and supplier Q&A, please see link below.

The Parliament of Georgia, through WFD's support, leads the Climate Law drafting process with a novel approach implying drafting and publishing consultative green and white papers prior to starting legislative drafting. Such approach provides an unprecedented possibility for all interested stakeholders to be involved in the consultation process. Green Paper on Climate Law was prepared, and public consultations carried out during March - June 2023. Following reception of comments and suggestions on the Green Paper, the next consultative document - White Paper has been drafted and published. Public consultation process and meetings on White Paper will last till the end of December 2023. Following the publication of White Paper, the team of national and international experts have been engaged for drafting Climate Law of Georgia. The first draft to be prepared by the end of December 2023. Therefore, WFD intends to commission an in-depth Ex-Ante Regulatory Impact Assessment including Gender Impact Assessment of draft Climate Law of Georgia. Scope of work The supplier will prepare in-depth RIA and GIA including an economic, financial and gender impact analysis of the draft climate change law of Georgia. The assessment shall include several (at least two) scenarios with various policy options, and among other assessments shall monetize the benefits and costs of the draft climate change law of Georgia. The RIA/GIA shall be conducted by intersectionality approach answer the following questions: • What is the essence of the problem and why it is deemed as a problem? What is the gender relevance of the problem? • What evidence is there to support the problem statement? • Who are the stakeholders impacted by the problem? What are the policy objectives of the intervention? Is the intervention intended to contribute to gender equality? What gender equality issue or problem is being addressed by this intervention? What are the existing gender equality objectives in this field? • Is it necessary to intervene? What gaps or harms would occur if government doesn't intervene? • What are the outcomes and intended effects of the intervention? How is the intervention intended to contribute to gender equality? Is the planned intervention addressing the needs of both women and men, considering their different interests, roles and positions? • Can the intended outcomes of the intervention be described in a specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-limited (SMART), or similar, way? • what are the costs and benefits of policy / intervention alternatives (options)? • What is the best alternative to solve the problem? How can the best alternative contribute to the needs of women and men be strengthened? • What is the monitoring and evaluation plan for the best alternative? Please refer to the full invitation to tender document for details on how to apply.

Due to the nature of the work WFD carries out, our staff travel on a regular basis locally in the Nepal. For the logistical arrangements of these business trips, WFD needs the services of a provider that can facilitate both an individual's travel arrangements and group trips. The successful bidder will provide the following services: domestic travel; transfers and hotel bookings and hotel space for organising events with no guaranteed minimum annual expenditure on travel and accommodation. This will need to be reflected in a flexible cost and billing structure. In particular, WFD is looking for a provider that has an effective booking system with dedicated agents on hand to help with any queries or to book travel for staff. Scope of work and Deliverables The travel service provider is expected to assist WFD staff with all of their travel and accommodation requirements. The service provider will undertake the following responsibilities, but not limited to: 1. Services: • Quoted fares for domestic flights, road transfers and hotels. • Multiple fare types - including negotiated, charity and published rates. 2. Value for Money - travel 3. Value for Money - accommodation 4. Value for Money - event venues and event related needs 5. Travel alerts 6. Cancellation Policy 7. Duty of Care Please see the full invitation to tender document for full details on how to apply.

WFD is seeking a technology service provider that can partner with WFD to manage a systems transformation and design and deliver the improvements or new solutions required. The key features of the transformation programme and target architecture will be: • A new data strategy and single data warehouse; • Robust requirements-gathering framework; • Standardised application development; • Effective change management processes; • Redeveloped application(s) for managing new opportunities, programmes during implementation, and monitoring risks, activities, outputs, and outcomes associated across the portfolio; • Designing and delivering a single reporting tool; and • Developing a new contact/stakeholder management application. Please read through the Invitation to Tender document on WFD's website for further details on how to apply.

WFD is seeking a technology service provider that can partner with WFD to manage a systems transformation and design and deliver the improvements or new solutions required. The key features of the transformation programme and target architecture will be: • A new data strategy and single data warehouse; • Robust requirements-gathering framework; • Standardised application development; • Effective change management processes; • Redeveloped application(s) for managing new opportunities, programmes during implementation, and monitoring risks, activities, outputs, and outcomes associated across the portfolio; • Designing and delivering a single reporting tool; and • Developing a new contact/stakeholder management application. Please read through the Invitation to Tender document for further details on how to apply.

In light of the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, WFD seeks to support the legislative process to address the crisis through an inclusive approach to policymaking and improved practices in public debt management and finance oversight. To this end, WFD has been providing technical assistance and capacity building to parliamentary staff and Members of Parliament (MPs) from cross parties on better understanding their role in finance oversight. Additionally, WFD also supported the Coalition for Inclusive Impact comprising MPs, civil society representatives, media personnel, and young political activists with the objective providing evidence-based policy recommendations to policymakers and enabling a more inclusive and participatory policymaking environment. Accordingly, WFD intends to procure a framework agreement to provide consultancy services, to: • Provide technical support to WFD's stakeholders, including to MPs who are also the members of the Coalition for Inclusive Impact (CII) to advocate for economic inclusion priorities during policy discussions. • Coordinate with the members of the CII for the purposes of conducting community research and strategy development for the furtherance of its mandate. The Expert will be subject to a framework agreement, which will establish the common core terms and conditions governing any order contracts to be awarded over the period of the framework agreement. Order contracts may take place as and when required within the duration of the framework. Please visit 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. With the appointment of the new members to the parliament in Maldives in May 2024, WFD aims to conduct a 3-day induction in partnership with the People's Majlis. WFD is seeking a supplier to provide a secure event space near Male' to conduct the induction training and travel from Male to the venue space. Further details are provided under the detailed specification heading of this tender. For further details on how to apply, please read through the detailed invitation to tender document.

Kyrgyzstan is a young democracy. While there has been a recorded decline in openness and democratic space, the UK and other international partners have continued to encourage civic and political freedoms. Political leadership is interested in attracting international investment without compromising stability. It is important for Kyrgyzstan to demonstrate democratic successes and convince key internal stakeholders of the benefits of remaining open and internationally engaged. Prime Minister Japarov has requested UK support to improve economic governance, highlighted in his recent UK visit and a December Op-Ed calling for reforms. The UK has an opportunity to support key reforms in Kyrgyzstan through external expertise that can build rapport with the Kyrgyz leadership and promote an open society. This assignment aims to provide the Kyrgyz Government with experienced and senior advice on reform, including legal reform, that builds strong UK-Kyrgyz relations on democratic governance issues. Scope of work A senior and experienced UK expert, most likely a respected academic, professional or political, foundation or business equivalent, should have an expertise in a key area of interest to Kyrgyz counterparts, such as legal reform aimed at improving the economic and administrative environment, or economic reform. They will: - Familiarise themselves with Kyrgyz reform issues through reading and briefings (up to 2 days); - Undertake a scoping visit to establish strong Bishkek networks and identify areas of policy advice and support (up to 6 days); - Provide substantive advice and mentoring to Kyrgyz counterparts in consultation with the Embassy during and post visit (visit plus up to 4 days of follow-up engagement); - Develop an advisory note for the Embassy setting out recommendations on further UK engagement and support, with rationale (up to 2 days). Further visits may be agreed as needed. Deliverables • Strong UK-Kyrgyz policy relationship on reform and open societies; • Direct advice/mentoring to Kyrgyz counterparts; • Advisory note on further UK support of no more than 5 pages; • A summary of recommendations for Kyrgyz counterparts of no more than 4 pages; Timeline The initial scoping phase will require up to 14 days of support, with the visit taking place no later than September/beginning of October 2024. Please read through the invitation to tender document for full details on how to apply.

WFD is issuing this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to a range of individuals and consultancy firms and would welcome a bid from your organisation. WFD is looking to enter into an agreement with a consultanc y firm to undertake the pre-election quantitative and qualitative survey-based analysis that will cover the scope of work below. We are looking for a firm or company to deliver this contract. We anticipate the framework agreement to run for six (6) weeks from 01 August to 15 September 2024. Context: Supporting Democratic Stability in Bangsamoro First inaugurated in March 2019 pursuant to Philippines Republic Act 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is the result of an almost two-decade-long peace process. Currently led by an interim parliament known as the Bangsamoro Transition Authority or BTA, the autonomous region is set to hold its first ever parliamentary elections in May 2025 - a major milestone in the peace process that will have profound implications for the future of democracy and political stability in the autonomous region. Between 2020-2025, WFD is leading on supporting democratic stability in Bangsamoro programme through the UK Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) managed by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The programme is designed with the overall aim of supporting the implementation of the BOL. With less than a year before May 2025, WFD aims to contribute to transparent and credible parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro region through civic education, promoting inclusion, and supporting effective and sustainable parliamentary processes. Scope of work The service provider is expected to: • Design and develop a research survey to assess the perception of citizens around the 2025 parliamentary elections in the BARMM, with support from WFD's Head of Practice for Elections and the local team in the Bangsamoro; • Undertake data collection using a representative sample size • Using different quantitative and qualitative methods as approved by WFD; • Provide foundational evidenced analysis with regards to election integrity for the upcoming Bangsamoro inaugural parliamentary elections • Prepare and present a comprehensive survey analysis report to inform WFD's programme; and • Develop a more simplified briefing report that WFD can use to communicate the survey results to programme stakeholders and other partners. Please read through the attached bidding documents to find out more 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. 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 result of this research will be used to measure changes in public perception, knowledge and behaviour compared to the previous years' findings.   Please read through the Invitation to Tender document for further details on how to apply.

WFD is seeking an organisation or a team of researchers to submit technical and financial proposals for conducting research on the 'cost of politics on inclusive political participation and socio-economic development in Nepal'. WFD has supported a growing body of research into the "cost of politics." WFD's approach focuses on the spending of individuals running for political office, rather than that of political parties. It is comprehensive and aims to cover expenditure incurred throughout the election cycle, tracking the money spent from a candidate's decision to stand for office at the party primary phase to the end of their elected tenure. These costs can be both monetary and 'in-kind'. The approach seeks to develop a better understanding of the factors driving individual spending on politics. This can help explain discrepancies between stated rules and their implementation, and provide clearer insights into the challenges of regulating, curbing, or better monitoring spending on political campaigns. WFD collaborates with country experts to conduct cost of politics research that explores the context and unique drivers of parliamentary politics costs in specific countries. The study involves collecting and analysing indicative costs through a nationally representative quantitative survey and qualitative discussions for different phases of seeking and maintaining political office. The research aims to outline potential solutions to reduce the costs of politics, which increasingly obstruct ordinary, well-qualified citizens from contesting for political office and contribute significantly to the under-representation of women in politics. Generally, female candidates, with less access to financial and political capital than their male counterparts, find themselves at a disadvantage when financial resources are a deciding factor. WFD's evidence, gathered over nearly a decade of study, highlights the systemic nature of the growing monetisation of politics. In many countries studied , women are self-selecting out of politics due to insufficient resources to run a credible campaign. Additionally, factors such as misogyny and violence deter women candidates, leading those who do run to come from a small, elite group, often referred to as 'networkers' in WFD's research into women's political careers in Asia. This exclusion results in a legislature that lacks diversity and fails to represent a broad cross-section of the population, leading to the alienation of under-represented groups. Recommendations from a cost of politics study in Nepal will focus on identifying opportunities for key actors-such as political parties, the electoral management body, and Parliament-to address these systemic issues and create a more supportive environment for candidates from disadvantaged groups. Please read the invitation to tender document for details on how to apply.

WFD is issuing this Call for Experts ("Call") to a range of potential experts and we would welcome a proposal from your organisation. This Call constitutes an Invitation to Tender. We seek to enter into an agreement with a single supplier (individual or organisation) who is a senior and experienced expert in thinking and working politically and in public administration . This expert, preferably a respected policy professional, academic, or political figure, foundation, or business equivalent, should specialize in governance and accountability and have experience in working on building state effectiveness, accountability and integrity. Contemporary knowledge of FCDO programming and the Bangladeshi political context is preferable. The expert will be required undertake two scoping missions to Dhaka where they will provide: • Scoping Support: Assist in identifying and refining key components of a proposed programme aimed at building state capacity and accountability in Bangladesh. • Policy Delivery Analysis: Conduct in-depth analysis of policy delivery challenges and potential coalitions to address them. • Institutional Analysis: Clarify the approach for delivering institutional analysis and incentivizing reforms. • Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with various stakeholders, including government ministries, donors, and think tanks, to support programme design and implementation. Timeline We are anticipating a first mission of ten days at the end of September to support scoping and the Concept Note. We are anticipating a second visit of ten days in February to support the delivery of inputs into the Business Case which will be finalised in February/March. These missions will require preparatory work and drafting outside of the time in country. For full details on how to apply, please read the Invitation to Tender document.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy ("WFD") is looking to procure the services of a single local Corporate Hospitality Management company to assist WFD Sri Lanka team with all of their accommodation requirements and coordination of conferences and events, following WFD's guidelines and policies. Overview 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: • High quality and impactful regional and country 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; • Specialist analysis, research, and advice to inform policy makers on a range of democratic governance issues via its Centre of Expertise; 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 services and would welcome a bid from your organisation. Due to the nature of the work WFD carries out, we conduct events, workshops, trainings, and meetings on a regular basis, with a diverse range of participants (both local and foreign) - including policymakers, parliamentarians, political party members, state officials, civil society representatives, international organisations, media, and the private sector. Our accomodation and conference needs are sometimes short-notice or subject to last-minute changes due to the changing needs of participants. For the logistical arrangements of these events, WFD needs the services of a provider that can facilitate both an individual's accommodation arrangements, complex group accommodation, and VIP accommodation, as well as coordination on conference requirements with the selected hospitality providers. The successful bidder will provide the following services: event venue/meeting space finding and booking and hotel bookings with an estimated annual expenditure of GBP 15,000 (no minimum guarantee) on accommodation and conferences. This will need to be reflected in a flexible cost and billing structure. We require dedicated agents on hand to help with any queries and to support with group, VIP, and complex booking needs. For full details on how to apply, please read through the invitation to tender document.