---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tapan Parikh <tparikh@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:43 AM Subject: Fwd: USAID RFP for Adaptive Programming using Real-Time Data ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Samir Doshi" <sdoshi@usaid.gov> Date: Oct 20, 2015 8:28 PM Subject: USAID RFP for Adaptive Programming using Real-Time Data To: "Samir Doshi" <sdoshi@usaid.gov> Cc: Dear colleagues, Please consider applying for the following RFP or forward it on to others that would be interested. The closing date is November 6, 2015 at 11:59pm EDT. The USAID Global Development Lab is launching a new initiative on Adaptive Programming using Real-Time Data. The initiative will conceive, design, and test how real-time data systems can enable a more adaptive and participatory approach to development in complex settings. This initiative is not focused on adaptation for its own sake, but how decisions can be made in a more responsive, contextual and participatory fashion with access to relevant and usable data at the appropriate times. This RFP is for developing a conceptual framework for how to most appropriately integrate flow data from multiple agents across the information supply chain -- including community members, frontline workers, mid-level managers, and government decision makers -- to facilitate rapid operational assessments, adaptive and iterative learning, and summative evaluations. The understanding of the power, agency and behavior of the various decision makers, as well as the governance applications that allow for more sustainable and adaptable programming models, will be integral to the success of this work. The overall intent is to mainstream the learnings from this initiative throughout USAID’s current programmatic and policy reforms and also to learn from and inform the various international development reform efforts. As a result, this initiative implicates a wide-range of actors from the fields of complex adaptive systems, participatory action research, knowledge management, behavioral science, political economy, and data science. The RFP can be found at FHI 360's website, under the name of developing an Adaptive Programming Conceptual Framework: http://solicitations.fhi360.org/Solicitation.aspx Kind regards, Samir Doshi --------------------------- Samir K. Doshi, Ph.D. Digital Development | U.S. Global Development Lab U.S. Agency for International Development | Washington, D.C. E: sdoshi@usaid.gov | P: +1.202.712.1380 | W: USAID.gov/GlobalDevLab