in a simple, comprehensible way and applicable to everyday operations and priorities of the Bank and its clients. Can be monitored in terms of technical and operational progress in weekly/ monthly schedule Prioritise tools created for better decision-making during research phase, based on the interpretation of results and analysis of information as it is uncovered. Do not require major theoretical support but are of a practical nature and easy application instead. Deliverables The Consultant will submit the following deliverables: WP Detailed description Deliverables Timing Involved 1 An inception report with an outline of Work-plan, methodology, Within 2 weeks Core team the research methodology, including activity plan, schedule for of the analysis and recommendation on the country missions and Assignment existing EBRD Care Economy data, recommendations, updated start date questionnaires for key informant as necessary from interviews and focus group proposal; agreed discussions, if any, analytical knowledge product framework, and the report outline; As deliverables part of this work, the Consultant will determine whether a traditional report format is optimal for guiding private sector operations and supporting policy dialogue and may propose alternative research deliverables, for example, proposals for policy briefs, data visualisations, theory of change papers, toolkits etc 2. Benchmark for the innovative private Template and criteria to Within 4 of Core team and sector Best practices, possible sources identify best practices the Assignment country experts for finding this information start date Guidelines to be drafted (company, sector, size, country, and presented to the OL funding, solution, sustainability, (country profile template awards, nr. Participants, impact…) and interview guidelines) also contacting key informants 3. Preliminary report/ materials that will Draft report/ materials with Within 12 Country experts include preliminary findings on the countries annexes of the and part of the comparative review of the Assignment core-team will selected countries on the care start date carry out the economy, together with a preliminary comparative analysis of the time country profiles, surveys in the same 6 countries as compilation by well as 2-3 good international the Core team practices identified. Selection of three countries to develop the economic cost valuation. 4. Draft report/ materials that will Draft final report/ Within 20 Core team and include: materials, which will be weeks of the country experts,
in a simple, comprehensible way and applicable to everyday operations and priorities of the Bank and its clients. Can be monitored in terms of technical and operational progress in weekly/ monthly schedule Prioritise tools created for better decision-making during research phase, based on the interpretation of results and analysis of information as it is uncovered. Do not require major theoretical support but are of a practical nature and easy application instead. Deliverables The Consultant will submit the following deliverables: WP Detailed description Deliverables Timing Involved 1 An inception report with an outline of the research methodology, including analysis and recommendation on existing EBRD Care Economy data, questionnaires for key informant interviews and focus group discussions, if any, analytical framework, and the report outline; As part of this work, the Consultant will determine whether a traditional report format is optimal for guiding private sector operations and supporting policy dialogue and may propose alternative research deliverables, for example, proposals for policy briefs, data visualisations, theory of change papers, toolkits etc Work-plan, methodology, activity plan, schedule for the country missions and recommendations, updated as necessary from proposal; agreed knowledge product deliverables Within 2 weeks of the Assignment start date Core team 2. Benchmark for the innovative private sector Best practices, possible sources for finding this information (company, sector, size, country, funding, solution, sustainability, awards, nr. Participants, impact…) also contacting key informants Template and criteria to identify best practices Guidelines to be drafted and presented to the OL (country profile template and interview guidelines) Within 4 of the Assignment start date Core team and country experts 3. Preliminary report/ materials that will include preliminary findings on the comparative review of the selected countries on the care economy, together with a comparative analysis of the time surveys in the same 6 countries as well as 2-3 good international practices identified. Selection of three countries to develop the economic cost valuation. Draft report/ materials with countries annexes Within 12 of the Assignment start date Country experts and part of the core-team will carry out the preliminary country profiles, compilation by the Core team 4. Draft report/ materials that will include: Draft final report/ materials, which will be Within 20 weeks of the Core team and country experts,