Role of national researchers/evaluators
The study team will include national researchers. These will be selected in one of three ways.
The usual means are either that: (1) the national research team is the lead agency in the bid, or (2) the national research team will be part of a bid in a collaborative partnership with an international research team. National teams may participate in more than one bid for the same contract, which international team members may not.
In exceptional circumstances, the implementing agency may indicate the preferred national team. In such cases, 3ie will determine the most appropriate way of handling the bidding process.
Evaluation process
For each study, a steering committee will be established, comprising a representative from each of the (1) the implementing agency, (2) the parent government agency, if not the implementing agency, (3) the national study team, (4) the international study team, (5) the two independent experts appointed by 3ie to act as peer reviewers, and (6) a 3ie staff member to act as secretary. The steering committee will review all major products produced by the study team.
Conditions
In submitting a proposal, the submitting institution agrees to the following conditions:
- 3ie reserves the right not to commission an evaluation if there are no proposals of sufficient quality.
- Report findings will be disseminated locally and published on 3ie’s website. There will be a period of internal consultation prior to publication. A ‘management response’ can be included in the final report if requested.
- The implementing agency will submit a report to 3ie on how it plans to utilize the recommendations and findings that ensued from the study, within 3 months of the dissemination of the results.
- Data collected with 3ie financing are required to be placed in the public domain, being available for use by other researchers, 12 months after the completion of data collection.
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