General Submission Guidelines
- All submissions must adhere to the guidelines in the corresponding Call for Proposals or Concept Notes.
- All proponents must submit proposals online through the Submittable. Mailed, emailed, or faxed proposals will not be accepted or acknowledged.
- The deadline set by system's time is based on Bangkok/Hanoi/Jakarta time (GMT +7) and the system set that it does not allow for entries or changes to entries after the deadline date and time.
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- After successfully submitting the proposal, the proponent will receive an email message confirming receipt of the submission. The message will contain your proposal ID number for future reference. Please include this number on all correspondence concerning your proposal.
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
The Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network (MTT) Program supported by Mekong-Australia Partnership: Water, Energy, and Climate (MAP-WEC) Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Government of Australia, has the overall goal to work together with national and regional knowledge-based policy influence organizations (KBPIOs), including think tanks, to enhance their effectiveness and inclusiveness in policy engagement. The core focus of the activities of the MTT is within the nexus of water, energy security and climate change mitigation and adaptation. For more information about the program, please visit: link.
PURPOSE OF THE MIDTERM EVALUATION:
The purpose of the MTE is to take stock of program progress and evaluate where the program stands against its set targets in terms of expected outcomes, outputs and planned activities. The MTE serves as a guide for all parties concerned (DFAT, MTT Program Secretariat hosted in SEI Asia, MTT Program Steering Committee, and key partners) to help improve the implementation for the remaining period. The MTE shall include initial recommendations for enhancing the impact and sustainability of MTT Program outcomes, beyond its current period of implementation (2022-2025). These recommendations will be considered by relevant stakeholders to conceptualise and design any follow-up investments and programs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
· The Call for Application: www.sumernet.org
· Terms of Reference for the Midterm Evaluation: download here
· Template of technical proposal: download here
· Template of financial proposal: download here
CHECKLIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
· Technical Proposal
· Financial Proposal
· CV(s) of Applicant/Team Member(s)
· Other document such as example of final product(s) from past evaluation projects (*Optional)
CONTACT PERSON:
For inquiries, please contact: Mr. Vo Tran Trung Nhan, Program Manager, SEI Asia. Email: nhan.vo@sei.org.
The research ideas, concept notes, proposals or projects that are developed by at least one SUMERNET partner institute for the work in the Mekong region but funded outside of SUMERNET's programme are eligible to apply to consider as the SUMERNET projects. However, the endorsement entails no financial support for the project, although the project may benefit from exposure within the network and SUMERNET regional activities and events.
Criteria/conditions for endorsement by SUMERNET
- Research project endorsed by SUMERNET should address significant issues under the SUMERNET themes.
- The project needs to provide the following outputs:
- 1-page summary of the project for the website and SUMERNET project profile booklet
- 1-page summary for annual progress report and 2-page summary for final completion report
- Acknowledging SUMERNET as one of supporters in all project outputs such as peer review papers, book chapers, policy briefs, press release, article for newspapers, TV news, film and other communications products.
Application process
- SUMERNET partner who participates in the project submits a letter of interest to endorse their research concept notes, proposals or projects as the SUMERNET projects together with required (non-funding) supports from SUMERNER to the Secretariat.
- The Secretariat reviews the application and submits the Secretariat’s comments and recommendations together with all supporting documents to the SC for consideration (within 2 weeks)
- The Secretariat informs the results of SC decision to the applicant (within 1 week).
- If the project is endorsed as the SUMERNET project, a MOU will be signed between the SUMERNET Secretariat and partners to implement the above SUMERNET supports and partner responsibilities.
- After the MOU signed, the Secretariat will coordinate with the project team in making the announcement of new SUMERNET project on SUMERNET mailing list and website as appropriate.
This online form is facilitating collection relevant information of the project proposed for endorsement. This information will be considered by SUMERNET SC and Secretariat on the endorsement decision.