FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH & DEVELOPMENT OFFICE · Awarded contract
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Award of Early Childhood Development Research Programme (THRIVE) to Oxford Policy Management

Awarded 31 Mar 2021

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Awarded31 Mar 2021
Value£15,725,000.00
SupplierOxford Policy Management
AgencyFOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH & DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 10mo ago4y 9mo term
Awarded 31 Mar 2021Expired 31 Dec 2025

About

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office awarded a contract to Oxford Policy Management for the delivery of the THRIVE: Early Childhood Development Research for Scale programme.

The contract, valued at £15,725,000, appoints Oxford Policy Management as the Research Programme Consortium to design, manage, and implement a five-year multi-country, interdisciplinary, and multi-sectoral research programme on Early Childhood Development in low- and middle-income countries.

The programme aims to generate rigorous and operationally relevant research on effective approaches to implementing Early Childhood Development at scale, foster uptake of findings, and build coherent multi-sectoral systems aligned with the Nurturing Care Framework.

The programme is co-funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with a potential extension of three additional years.

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