EHRA invites community-led groups interested in conducting the study on client satisfaction with opioid maintenance treatment based on EHRA’s methodology and in cooperation with professional researchers to submit their project proposals.
Community-led monitoring has a critical role in identifying and effectively addressing issues and bottlenecks in reaching, connecting and retaining people along the prevention and treatment continuums and improving the quality of care. Information gathered within the monitoring can be leveraged by users/communities to help understand, explain, justify and specify within their advocacy the changes that have to be made. The proposed methodology will help assess the quality of services, clients’ perception of OST program and their quality of life.
Two successful candidates will receive 8500 USD on research related activities. Selected candidates will:
- Work closely with researchers on methodology adaptation to the country context
- Recruit interviewers and study participants
- Participate in data analysis and development of the report and recommendations
- Present the research to the relevant stakeholders
Implementation period:
- March 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021
This call for proposals is organized within the “Thinking outside the box: overcoming challenges in community advocacy for sustainable and high-quality HIV services” project of the Eurasian Regional Consortium financed by the Robert Carr civil society Networks Fund (RCF).
The Eurasian Regional Consortium joins the efforts of Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity (ECOM), Eurasian Women’s AIDS Network (EWNA) and Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) to effectively address the lack of financial sustainability in prevention, treatment, care and support programs for the key populations vulnerable in terms of their rights violation and the risk of HIV.
Eligibility criteria:
- Officially registered community-based organization working in drug policy and harm reduction
- Initiative group working in drug policy and harm reduction that has financial agent registered in one of the project countries
- Civil society organization working closely and in the interests of the community of people who use drugs
Selection criteria:
The submitted applications will be evaluated by the selection committee of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association. The following criteria will be used to evaluate the bids (the maximum possible number of points is 100):
- Problem statement and understanding the situation with opioid maintenance treatment in country / city (50 points)
- Experience in community-led research or monitoring (40 points)
- The group/organization is delegated by, accountable to and/or led by the community of people who use drugs (10 points)
How to apply
Applicants must submit the following documents to maria@harmreductioneurasia.org, the subject of the letter is “Call CLM”, the deadline for submission is before 24:00 EET on February 26, 2021:
- Application form
- Organizational registration document
- Memorandum of cooperation (in case of working through financial agent)