The Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation (EuropeAid) invites tenders for support to enhance livelihoods for people dependent on informal economy and improve social inclusion of marginalised and vulnerable persons. This research will address key issues relating to the informal economy and provide support to funded projects. The activities will be developed around three main components:

•research – develop methodologies to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of actions, evaluate the use of these methodologies and formulate recommendations for future actions;

•network – establish a strategy of knowledge sharing and networking between stakeholders and examine funded projects to extract common themes, objectives, activities and beneficiaries;

•support facility – define and verify indicators and baseline values are correct on funded projects, provide support to projects and include user-friendly toolkits adapted for various phases of the project.

Applicants from EU Member States are welcome to apply. Participation is also open to international organisations when the amount of the supplies to be purchased is below €100,000.

The total budget is €2 million.

Ref: EuropeAid/135649/DH/SER/Multi, OJ 2014/S 098-17064.