Trócaire invites tenders for the provision of Research Services for Civil Society Space.

A consultancy is proposed, building on the 2025 scoping study led by ODI and other relevant resources,
to research further and make recommendations to Trócaire for deepening the organisation’s support to
grassroots actors and social movements as the organisation develops its next Strategic Plan.
Consultancy to include the following elements:

• Analyse how the closing of civil society space is impacting partner organisations in selected
priority contexts and how they are responding to these trends, including implications and
adaptations of their strategies, safety, political agency and sustainability.

• Examine how existing aid and partnership modalities—including funding relationships,
contractual arrangements and compliance requirements—interact with shrinking civic space.

• Assess Trócaire’s current partnership and operating model in light of these
findings, identifying strengths, gaps and tensions in how we support partners working in
restricted civic spaces, as well as opportunities to strengthen the organisation’s role as a
meaningful ally in this context.

• Provide clear, actionable recommendations on how Trócaire should adapt its partnership
models, internal systems, skill sets and resourcing to better support civil society actors and
movements in contexts of closing civic space