Negotiation support innovation challenge

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Innovative idea to support developing country climate change negotiators? Tell us about it.
Overview of the project
 
Negotiations Support is one of CDKN’s four strategic themes, as well as being the focus of the Climate Window of the Advocacy Fund which aims to provide effective negotiation support to the poorest and most climate vulnerable countries.

CDKN is running a Negotiation Support Innovation Challenge to fund innovative projects that support developing country negotiators to be more influential in international climate change negotiations. We welcome applications for different types of projects including:

• New Initiatives
• Project scale-ups
• New editions to existing initiatives

In order to qualify, projects must have evidence of demand from poor and most climate vulnerable developing country negotiators and must meet one or more of the CDKN Advocacy Fund outcomes below:

• Changes in the ways that the poorest and most vulnerable countries influence global climate change negotiations
• Changes in the capacity of the poorest and most vulnerable countries to contribute to climate change negotiations
• Changes in the coordination, collaboration and mobilisation of the poorest and most vulnerable countries in negotiations
• Changes in the quality and relevance of knowledge and skills to support the poorest and most vulnerable country negotiators
• Changes in the ability of the poorest and most vulnerable countries to leverage and channel climate change related resources strategically

Timelines and budget
Multiple awards will be made for projects of £50,000 or more. Projects should last between 3 and 6 months and be able to start in mid to late January 2013.

Instructions for interested parties
Project application documents can be found in the application pack below and downloaded. Once completed please email all required documentation to cdknetwork.procurement@uk.pwc.com.

Please note the deadline for completed application packs is 23:59 (GMT) on 6th January 2013.

Any clarification questions can be sent to cdknetwork.procurement@uk.pwc.com by 17:00 (GMT) on 13 December 2012. Answers will be posted online on a weekly basis up to the deadline.

Further to this, there will be an Open Meeting at 10:00 (GMT) on 12 December 2012 in London, which can also be attended via teleconference. Members of the team will be on hand to discuss your questions in an open forum. Minutes of this meeting will be made available online. For further details please see the Application Pack (Document B: Negotiation Support Innovation Challenge Terms of reference, 4.1).

Application Pack:

• Document A: Application Form
• Document B: Terms of Reference
• Document C: Frequently Asked Questions
• Document D: CDKN Outsourced service provider contract
• Document E: Two way confidentiality agreement
• Document F: Outcome map
• Document G: Innovation Challenge budget template
• Document H: Expenses policy

Moreinfo: http://cdkn.org/2012/11/negotiation-support-innovation-challenge/?loclang=en_gb