Call for Proposals: Finding Climate Adaptation - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Elrha
Description
Details:
- Global
- Consultancy
- 17:00 GMT on Friday 15 December 2023
OVERVIEW:
In 2023, Elrha launched its 'Shaping the Future' strategy. One of the key pillars of this strategy is addressing critical challenges through long-term collective research and innovation efforts. The climate crisis is a critical challenge facing the Humanitarian WASH sector.
It is now estimated that 3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change, and that half the world's population currently experience severe water scarcity for at least part of the year (IPCC, 2023).
Elrha has been working in humanitarian WASH for over 10 years, building a diverse portfolio of innovative solutions and research that cover water, sanitation and hygiene issues.
We have accompanied a number of solutions from inception to being used at scale in humanitarian responses and want to see the impact of our innovation grants continue to grow in the future.
To this end, Elrha is looking to commission a new piece of research to identify research and innovation (R&I) opportunities in the climate adaptation of WASH humanitarian responses.
In the next 10-20 years, the challenges faced by those affected by crisis due to climate change are going to be immense and unpredictable, and effective, focused research and innovation will be essential in supporting the humanitarian WASH sector to respond to this challenge.
OBJECTIVES:
This project has two objectives:
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Identifying challenges and public health impacts. Establish what challenges an increase in extreme weather events may bring to WASH humanitarian responses in fours areas in the next 10-20 years, and the possible associated public health risks.
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Identifying research and innovation opportunities. Evaluate these challenges to identify those that may represent good R&I opportunities (using elements of Elrha's Exploring Problems for Innovation Opportunities methodology).
The ultimate aim of the project is to identify 8-12 areas where research and innovation could have a significant impact on adapting existing solutions to be more climate resilient in the next 10-20 years.
Where feasible, these areas will be built out into possible research and innovation challenge/call designs for Elrha to launch in the coming years.
TIMELINE:
The intended start date is February 2024 and the period of implementation of the contract will be until December 2024.
SELECTION PROCESS:
Proposals will be reviewed, and successful applicants will be invited by 22 December 2023 for an interview.
Interviews will take place between 4 and 12 January 2024, and the contract will be awarded by Monday 15 December 2024.
Please see the Call for Proposals, Supplier Due Diligence Questionnaire, Budget Breakdown and Elrha Contract Terms.Call for Proposals Package:
Call for Proposals
Schedule - Due Diligence
Schedule - Budget Breakdown
Annex - Elrha Contract Terms
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