NGOs and governmental agencies in low and middle-income countries to invited to submit “proposed social and economic development interventions (projects, programmes, or policies) to be subject to quality impact evaluation.” 3ie or the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation works “to increase development effectiveness through better use of evidence in developing countries. In fulfilment of this mission 3ie funds impact studies of high relevance to policy makers which have a large potential policy impact.”
“Overview of the window
The window operates through a two stage process:
1. Implementing agencies are invited to submit interventions to be evaluated. A panel of policy experts will select up to six of these proposals to be evaluated with 3ie grant finance. The review criteria are listed in Annex 1.
2. A separate international competitive bidding process is run for each of the selected proposals. Bids are reviewed by a technical team of reviewers, including a representative from the implementing agency. The review criteria are listed in Annex 1.
Final approval of awards is made by the Board of 3ie, which will meet in the second half of October, 2010.
Review process and timeline
Applications must be submitted on the appropriate application form before the deadline, along with any supporting materials. Applications should be submitted to (email hidden: see the source link below/next page). Any submissions not on the correct form, or sent to other 3ie email addresses, may not be considered under this call.
The deadline for submissions is 11.55 pm Delhi time, June 11th 2010. The proposals will be reviewed by a panel of international policy makers. The selected proposals for evaluation will be announced by June 28th 2010.
The international competitive bidding process for the selected proposals will be launched in the first half of July, with a submission deadline of August 25th 2010. Successful awards will be announced in the week beginning 25th October 2010.”
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