[open-government] Fw: Open gov. support fund: accepting bids

Thu Oct 4 20:15:01 UTC 2012

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> Passing this along: http://www.omidyar.com/about_us/news/2012/10/03/announcement-tender-making-all-voices-count
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> Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development (MAVC) brings together the Department for International Development (DFID), US Agency for International Development (USAID), Omidyar Network (ON) and other funders to create a Fund in the region of US$30-35 million, to support innovation, scaling-up and research in the use of technology to support open government and citizen engagement. MAVC will run until 2016. …
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> MAVC seeks a Fund Manager to identify and support work to exploit mobile, web and new technologies in support of citizen engagement and government responsiveness …
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> This Grand Challenge is inspired by and supports the goals of the Open Government Partnership. …
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> Expressions of interest on behalf of consortia wishing to bid for the position of fund manager of MAVC are welcome. All documentation related to this tender is available through the DFID suppliers portal (http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Work-with-us/DFID-portal/). The deadline for expressions of interest (Pre-Qualification Questionnaires) is 05 November 2012 1400, only via the DFID portal. …
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