*Request for Application (RFA)*
*RESEARCH ON*
*ENABLING CIVIC TECH ECOSYSTEMS & OPEN ELECTION DATA READINESS*
*TO IMPROVE THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS*
*RFA No: RFA-02-CTOD/RESPECT/07-2020*
The Asia-Pacific Regional Support for Elections and Political Transitions
(RESPECT) is a USAID funded program with a purpose of supporting and
improving election integrity, and electoral justice in the Asia-Pacific
region. It is a five-year program implemented through the Leader with
Associate Awards Cooperative Agreement by Perludem or Perkumpulan untuk
Pemilu dan Demokrasi (The Association for Elections and Democracy) in
collaboration with Perhimpunan Pengembangan Media Nusantara/PPMN (The
Indonesian Association for Media Development).
Enabling Civic Tech Ecosystem to Improve the Integrity of Elections is a
topic of RESPECT research activity planned to be conducted in Malaysia, the
Philippines, Timor Leste and Indonesia. As part of increasing the use of
ICT to improve citizen participation in elections and political processes,
these research aims to assess and assist in planning what actions could be
considered in order to establish an effective and inclusive election civic
tech program. To achieve that goals, the research will examine two aspects.
First, the research will seek a rapid diagnostic of dimensions considered
essential for the success of the program development. This research will
also provide holistic assessment on availability of key datasets.
Therefore, the assessment should consider whether key datasets are
available and what would need to be done in order to release them as open
data.
For this purpose, PERLUDEM is looking for the innovative and capable
applicants to be able to support RESPECT to achieve the goal through
conducting the research on:
1. Enabling Civic Tech Ecosystem;
2. Open Election Data Readiness.
These researches aim to provide contextual analysis and recommendations to
RESPECT for future support in developing civic tech ecosystem & open
election data readiness to improve the integrity of elections. In the
incoming year, RESPECT will support effective election observation using
comprehensive strategies that promote timely collection of data, analysis
and dissemination of results via various media.
The objective of the two research is interlinked thus each research should
be done in the atmosphere to support the improvement of each component –
Civic Tech and Open Data. While it would be more preferable for the two
research to be undertaken by the same organization, however we understand
that the two components might have a very different detailed focus thus
applicants are open to submit proposals for either one of the researches on
which their organization are focusing or both.
More description on research objectives and eligibility criteria for
organizations are outlined in the RFA (Request for Application) attached.
To obtain the template of Full Grant Application Form (FGAF) for this
research, Interested organization shall send their Notification of Interest
along with any questions they may have regarding the RFA, by email to
respect@xxxxxxxxxxxx within 3 (three) working days upon receiving the
invitation email (by o/a September 10, 2020). Deadline for submission of
FGAF is by Close of Business on *September 20, 2020* midnight (GMT+7).
Attachment:
RFA-002 Enabling Civic Tech and Open Election Data (20200907).pdf
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