Research to identify Malaysia's Indigenous knowledge for climate solutions, mapping creative collaboration with the UK for adaptive responses

Tender description

Submit your tender response by 26 November 2023<br /><br />We are seeking a research partnership between Malaysia and UK researchers (1 UK and 1 Malaysian research team/ individual to research respective countries) to scope, understand and capture indigenous knowledge, practices, and ways of working that could address climate adaptation.<br /><br />The British Council has launched a new global programme called ‘Culture Responds to Global Challenges’. It’s climate change strand aims to enable artists to tell the climate change story and improve practices in cultural organisations. <br /><br />In Malaysia, we will run “Human-Nature”: a 3-year programme of collaborations and partnerships between the UK and Malaysia Civil Society Organisations and arts sectors, to explore Malaysia’s cultural diversity and biodiversity, and develop creative responses to climate adaptation. <br /><br />The research findings will be utilised to inform Human-Nature, for the development of sustainable creative collaboration pathways and activities between Malaysia and the UK, and specifically a delegation of UK sector experts to Malaysia and a creative commission in 2024.<br /><br />Timeline:<br />RFP Issued to bidding suppliers 27 October 2023<br />Deadline for clarification questions 6 November 2023<br />British Council to respond to clarification questions 9 November 2023<br />Deadline for submission of Proposals by potential suppliers (Response Deadline) 26 November 2023, 21:00 Malaysia time, 13.00 UK time<br />Final Decision 30 November 2023<br />Contract concluded with winning supplier 15 December 2023<br />Contract start date 15 December 2023<br /><br />Please note this is a call for a research partnership. The proposal should be a joint application between Malaysian and UK research individuals or teams.<br /><br />For more information on the proposal, timeline, budget, and application submission instructions, kindly download and review the documents.