Deadline: October 06, 2025
UNICEF Malaysia has launched a call to establish Long-Term Arrangements (LTAs) with institutions to provide high-quality technical expertise in the area of Social Policy, covering child poverty, social protection, public finance for children, local governance, and family-friendly policies.
The focus areas include Social Protection, Child Poverty, Public Finance for Children, Local Governance and Family Friendly Policies. Across these areas, the Social Policy team employs evidence generation and programme design and modelling as instrumental approaches to provide adequate technical assistance and support to the Government of Malaysia and UNICEF partners in advancing child rights. UNICEF Malaysia acknowledges the need to identify high quality research firms, think tanks, universities and policy centers based in Malaysia to assist in the implementation of the Social Policy programmatic activities related to social protection, child poverty, public finance for children, local governance and family friendly policies. The purpose of the LTAS is to facilitate the contracting by UNICEF Malaysia of pre-qualified institutions at pre-agreed broad terms to assist in the implementation of its Social Policy activities.
Through this initiative, UNICEF aims to address critical challenges such as child poverty, limited social protection, gaps in public finance for children, and the need for stronger local governance and family-friendly workplace policies. Institutions selected under the LTA will contribute expertise in evidence generation, programme design, pilot implementation, monitoring, and policy advocacy to support the upcoming Country Programme Document (CPD) 2026–2030.
The scope of work spans 21 service areas, allowing firms to apply for specific areas where they demonstrate expertise, such as child poverty measurement, social protection system assessments, public finance reforms, local governance strengthening, and family-friendly policy development. Proposals should highlight institutional experience, technical expertise, and the ability to deliver high-quality outputs in collaboration with UNICEF and national stakeholders.
UNICEF Malaysia will establish non-exclusive LTAs for an initial three-year term, with the possibility of two one-year extensions. Institutions must be based in Malaysia and capable of conducting work in both English and Bahasa Malaysia. The evaluation process will consider technical capacity, relevant experience, quality assurance mechanisms, and financial competitiveness.
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