Creative Ireland is holding an open grant call for funding of approximately 10-15 Creative Climate Action projects lasting three years (36-month period) from 2026 to 2029. The successful grantees will likely include institutions and organisations with capacity to deliver large-scale projects, such as national cultural, climate and community organisations, NGOs, businesses, local authorities, networks and academic institutions working in the intersection of climate action, adaptation and creativity. There will be a focus on inter-disciplinary teams that include community partners, climate scientists, evaluators, and creative practitioners. The total value of grant funding is โฌ6.5 million. A comprehensive, independent evaluation of the Creative Climate Action Fund III (2026-2029) initiative will provide an invaluable evidence-base to demonstrate to policymakers and funding Departments the impact and value of the initiative and its scalability. There is growing acknowledgement amongst policymakers that narrow macroeconomic measures like GDP do not capture the full range of citizensโ lived experiences. A sole focus on indicators like GDP can lead to other aspects of life โ particularly those that cannot be easily assigned a monetary value, such as wellbeing, social inclusion and just transition โ being undervalued. It is important that the final research equally balances both elements. It is envisaged that the process of the research will include, but not be limited to: * Coordination of 10-15 embedded evaluators at project level. The grantees are required to have an embedded evaluator in place at the beginning of the project. The successful tenderer is expected to develop a community of practice of the embedded evaluators group via 3-4 meetings per year to ensure a consistent approach to evaluation at project level. * Leading a workshop around evaluation methodologies and support in clarifying project outputs and outcomes for the embedded evaluators in 2026. * Regular update meetings between the Creative Ireland team and the successful tenderer, approximately 4 meetings per year, will be scheduled throughout the life of the contract * Focus Groups with participants across all projects. These focus group may be made up of different disciplines, difference themes, geographical relevance etc. 5-6 different focus groups are anticipated. * One-to-One interviews with a broad cross section of stakeholders. This stakeholder group will be selected in collaboration with the Creative Ireland team, and it is anticipated that approximately 20-30 interviews will be undertaken. * Coordination with other Creative Ireland evaluations (e.g. Shared Island) to ensure that participants in projects are not being evaluated by multiple different sources
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-04-24.
The procurement was published on 2026-03-20.
Contract notice (2026-03-20) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of research and evaluation services for the delivery of the Creative Climate Action Fund III (2026-2029) to the Creative Ireland Programme
Short description:
โCreative Ireland is holding an open grant call for funding of approximately 10-15 Creative Climate Action projects lasting three years (36-month period)...โ
Short description
Creative Ireland is holding an open grant call for funding of approximately 10-15 Creative Climate Action projects lasting three years (36-month period) from 2026 to 2029. The successful grantees will likely include institutions and organisations with capacity to deliver large-scale projects, such as national cultural, climate and community organisations, NGOs, businesses, local authorities, networks and academic institutions working in the intersection of climate action, adaptation and creativity. There will be a focus on inter-disciplinary teams that include community partners, climate scientists, evaluators, and creative practitioners. The total value of grant funding is โฌ6.5 million. A comprehensive, independent evaluation of the Creative Climate Action Fund III (2026-2029) initiative will provide an invaluable evidence-base to demonstrate to policymakers and funding Departments the impact and value of the initiative and its scalability. There is growing acknowledgement amongst policymakers that narrow macroeconomic measures like GDP do not capture the full range of citizensโ lived experiences. A sole focus on indicators like GDP can lead to other aspects of life โ particularly those that cannot be easily assigned a monetary value, such as wellbeing, social inclusion and just transition โ being undervalued. It is important that the final research equally balances both elements. It is envisaged that the process of the research will include, but not be limited to: * Coordination of 10-15 embedded evaluators at project level. The grantees are required to have an embedded evaluator in place at the beginning of the project. The successful tenderer is expected to develop a community of practice of the embedded evaluators group via 3-4 meetings per year to ensure a consistent approach to evaluation at project level. * Leading a workshop around evaluation methodologies and support in clarifying project outputs and outcomes for the embedded evaluators in 2026. * Regular update meetings between the Creative Ireland team and the successful tenderer, approximately 4 meetings per year, will be scheduled throughout the life of the contract * Focus Groups with participants across all projects. These focus group may be made up of different disciplines, difference themes, geographical relevance etc. 5-6 different focus groups are anticipated. * One-to-One interviews with a broad cross section of stakeholders. This stakeholder group will be selected in collaboration with the Creative Ireland team, and it is anticipated that approximately 20-30 interviews will be undertaken. * Coordination with other Creative Ireland evaluations (e.g. Shared Island) to ensure that participants in projects are not being evaluated by multiple different sources
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Research services๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 215 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โCreative Ireland is holding an open grant call for funding of approximately 10-15 Creative Climate Action projects lasting three years (36-month period)...โ
Description of the procurement
Creative Ireland is holding an open grant call for funding of approximately 10-15 Creative Climate Action projects lasting three years (36-month period) from 2026 to 2029. The successful grantees will likely include institutions and organisations with capacity to deliver large-scale projects, such as national cultural, climate and community organisations, NGOs, businesses, local authorities, networks and academic institutions working in the intersection of climate action, adaptation and creativity. There will be a focus on inter-disciplinary teams that include community partners, climate scientists, evaluators, and creative practitioners. The total value of grant funding is โฌ6.5 million. A comprehensive, independent evaluation of the Creative Climate Action Fund III (2026-2029) initiative will provide an invaluable evidence-base to demonstrate to policymakers and funding Departments the impact and value of the initiative and its scalability. There is growing acknowledgement amongst policymakers that narrow macroeconomic measures like GDP do not capture the full range of citizensโ lived experiences. A sole focus on indicators like GDP can lead to other aspects of life โ particularly those that cannot be easily assigned a monetary value, such as wellbeing, social inclusion and just transition โ being undervalued. It is important that the final research equally balances both elements. It is envisaged that the process of the research will include, but not be limited to: * Coordination of 10-15 embedded evaluators at project level. The grantees are required to have an embedded evaluator in place at the beginning of the project. The successful tenderer is expected to develop a community of practice of the embedded evaluators group via 3-4 meetings per year to ensure a consistent approach to evaluation at project level. * Leading a workshop around evaluation methodologies and support in clarifying project outputs and outcomes for the embedded evaluators in 2026. * Regular update meetings between the Creative Ireland team and the successful tenderer, approximately 4 meetings per year, will be scheduled throughout the life of the contract * Focus Groups with participants across all projects. These focus group may be made up of different disciplines, difference themes, geographical relevance etc. 5-6 different focus groups are anticipated. * One-to-One interviews with a broad cross section of stakeholders. This stakeholder group will be selected in collaboration with the Creative Ireland team, and it is anticipated that approximately 20-30 interviews will be undertaken. * Coordination with other Creative Ireland evaluations (e.g. Shared Island) to ensure that participants in projects are not being evaluated by multiple different sources
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure โ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-04-24 17:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-04-24 17:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7745359
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 90
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 057-196283 (2026-03-20)
Contract notice (2026-04-02) Object Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 215 000 EUR ๐ฐ
โAmendment to estimated value excluding VAT:
Figure given in original notice : โฌ215,000
Correct figure : โฌ174,797โ
Source: OJS 2026/S 067-234540 (2026-04-02)