NWO publishes call on assumptions underlying Dialogue and Dissent policy framework

NWO has launched the call on scrutinizing the Theory of Change of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’(MFAs) policy framework Dialogue and Dissent, and especially its underlying assumptions. Deadline of submissions is August 8, 2017. The MFA and the WOTRO Science for Global Development division of the NWO joined forces to fund research based on projects and programmes that are implemented in Low and Lower Middle Income Countries (LLMICs) by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).

There budget available is € 3 million. Funding is up to € 150,000 per project. The call is open for consortia consisting of a main applicant from a Dutch university, a research organisation located in (one of) the LLMIC(s) where the project/programme that is subject of the empirical research is implemented, and (optional) a research organisation based in any country.

The call aims to fund research projects that strengthen the evidence-base of the policy framework Dialogue and Dissent. It summons scientists to submit research proposals that scrutinize specific articulated assumptions of the Theory of Change (ToC) underlying the policy framework using primarily qualitative scientific methodologies.