Request for Proposals: Shared Water Management at Different Geographic Scales: Governance and Instit

Request for Proposals

United States Institute of Peace

Shared Water Management at Different Geographic Scales: 

Governance and Institutional Perspectives

Remote

Release Date: April 29, 2024

RFP Due Date: 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time May 31, 2024

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Submit Proposals to:

Katherine Waters, kwaters@usip.org

Katherine Waters, kwaters@usip.org  

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Introduction and Background

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and essential for the United States and global security.

In conflict zones abroad, the Institute works with local partners to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict.

For more information, please visit http://www.usip.org.

USIP’s Program on Climate, Environment, and Conflict (CEC) was launched in the beginning of FY2022.

Its focus has been on four key policy-relevant themes: understanding and mitigating the risks of conflict in a transition to a sustainable global economy; addressing the impacts of migration and displacement linked to climate and environmental change; managing conflict around transboundary water resources in a changing climate; and deepening an understanding of climate security issues and their strategic implications.

 

Purpose of the RFP

USIP seeks an organization or individual (including academic institutions and/or non-profits which engage on applied research and/or policy work), to develop one or more policy papers or a small research project to help guide USIP’s thinking and policy development in the area of shared water management and conflict resolution.

Specifically, these publications will help USIP understand key issues that are likely to influence the shape of successful water management agreements and approaches for dealing with tensions and conflicts around water management issues over time.

Those interested in submitting a proposal should have demonstrated experience in research and strong scholarship related to water, peace, and conflict studies.

Scholars at all levels, from early career to the more established, are encouraged to submit proposals.

This opportunity is for a work for hire contract.

 

Scope of Work

Background

 

USIP may award up to two contracts either for the development of policy papers or for a small research project, with the goal of publishing the work either as USIP Peaceworks or Special Reports publications.

The timeline of the project will be dependent on scope and research demands.

Peaceworks publications target peacebuilding practitioners or academics (although not necessarily both at the same time), and range fr...