Foreign economic-aid-related services

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This is a prior information notice (pin) only: publication and call for competition will be conducted once scope of work is fully defined and approved. The third phase of the IGC will focus on delivering research and policy products to developing countries with the aim of driving the economic transformation needed to create jobs for the future and set countries on a trajectory out of poverty. This is expected to be the last phase of large scale DFID support to the IGC and as such should be concentrated on ensuring research leads to policy action. This is a prior information notice (pin) only: publication and call for competition will be conducted once scope of work is fully defined and approved. Programme information Funding will be provided to support a third phase of the International Growth Centre (IGC) from January 2019 to December 2025 (seven years). When approved in 2008, the IGC was originally envisaged as a ten year programme. The second phase, which began in April 2013, was seen to have the potential to deliver policy changes that would help raise economic growth in 15 countries with a population of around one billion (of which over 40 % were currently estimated to be living in poverty). More information can be found here: https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/search?query=igc Phase 3 Drawing on lessons from previous phases the third phase of the IGC will: i. Provide high-quality independent, practical and demand responsive policy support and research to developing countries (including Government, Private Sector and NGOs), drawing on a network of researchers and experienced practitioners. ii. Establish short term, rapid response policy advice function to support partner country governments, including analysis to help understand potential growth pathways and how to orient policies to unlock this potential. iii. Deliver and disseminate world class research on selected cross-cutting aspects of growth. iv. Stimulate growth policy debate among a broad range of policy, donor community, private sector, civil society and media stakeholders, in order to influence growth policy design, implementation and outcomes in developing countries. v. Diversify the funding base to become a more financially sustainable model. There is strong evidence that progress on growth and economic development will deliver poverty reduction and wider prosperity. We expect this work to lead to more transformational growth in the countries that we work, leading to more jobs and raised incomes for greater prosperity. It would drive progress on trade, the promotion of FDI and domestic investment. This is an invitation to a DFID Early Market Engagement Event The event will be held in the form of a three hour session that will take place in DFID, 22 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A 2EG, on 21 September from 9am — 12pm. DFID will present the programme and stimulate a discussion around the following themes: i. How can the IGC deliver more impact both in country and globally; ii. How can the IGC become more responsive to global growth priorities, especially outside of the country programme network. i.e. responding to protracted crisis. iii. Can the IGC become financially sustainable? iv. What would you add to the IGC model to deliver more impact? Presentations and discussion is scheduled for 2 hours. Following this we plan to leave space in the final hour for attendees to discuss the programme and share contact details. Parties interested in attending should register their interest using the following link https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9R89C32. Due to space restrictions, we request only two attendees per interested party. We are happy to receive questions in advance of this event, which will then be addressed during the event. The discussion headlines will be published after the event on the Supplier Portal. We will not disclose the source of the questions and answers. No formal tender documents will be available at this stage. Please note: All communication regarding this opportunity will be communicated via the DFID Supplier Portal and interested suppliers should register on the DFID Supplier Portal and check there for any updates on this programme. You can register using the following link: https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/