SANTIAGO NETWORK - CFP/SN/24039/2026/LDReport/001 - Preparation of the first regular report on loss and damage

Call description

To ensure objective contractor performance and eliminate unfair competitive advantage, contractors that develop or draft specifications, requirements, statements of work, invitations for bids, and/or requests for proposals shall be excluded from competing for such procurements.

Priorities and eligibility

Interested Organizations, Bodies, Networks, and Experts that are not yet Members of the Santiago Network may submit proposals, provided they submit an Expression of Interest for membership in line with the membership guidelines within the deadline of this call. Any OBNE selected to respond to the call for proposals must have also been confirmed as a Member of the Santiago Network prior to their selection. International NGO; Academic or Research Institution; National NGO or Community Based Organization; Company; UN Entity; Intergovernmental Organization

Funding and application requirements

As per the UNOPS policy, Implementing Partners which are not part of the UN system, are required to conduct an independent audit at the end of implementation for all grants with a value of over USD 250,000.

However, the Grantee may retain up to USD 250 of interest earnings per account per year for administrative expenses.

The report shall consolidate existing evidence to complement ongoing national, regional and global planning and reporting processes, including on climate change and climate action (e.g. the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, biennial transparency reports, National Adaptation Plans, Nationally Determined Contributions and the Global Stocktake), disaster risk reduction, humanitarian action and on specific topics and sectors (e.g. food and agriculture, human mobility, finance, health), by providing concrete, consolidated and evidence-based perspectives on loss and damage, spanning from diagnostic findings to relevant solutions.

Application deadline: 2026-12-31.

The deadline for the submission of proposals is 31 December 2026.

In such cases, the Expression ofInterest must be submitted prior to the deadline for proposal submissions indicated in this Call for Proposals.

Recommendations

Prepare the required submission for the published application deadline of 2026-12-31; check the official amendments for any changes.