Call for EOI: analytical research on Malaysia’s Halal regulations

As the United Kingdom seeks new trade and investment opportunities in high-growth markets, this project aims to enhance the UK’s understanding of the practices, processes and governance of Halal regulations in Malaysia. It also aims to contribute to reducing market-distorting policies and practices, whilst ensuring open and fair competition. The UK is committed to work together with governments, civil society, research-based organisations, academia, multilateral partners and the private sector to support this effort.

Objectives

This Research project will:

• enhance the UK’s understanding on the technicalities, practices, processes and political-economy in developing and applying the Halal regulations across various sectors
• identify existing and potential economic or trade tools that could contribute to enhancing the implementation of Halal regulations without inadvertently causing the existence of non-tariff measures, and towards achieving standards harmonization
• engage with various stakeholders (governments, regulators, businesses, multilaterals, civil societies etc.) to identify the technicalities in standards development and implementation gaps
• identify key actors that shape the Halal regulations and its enforcement
• produce documents reporting on the findings of the project for the attention of the British High Commission Malaysia
• organise at least two in-house webinars or policy dialogues to discuss the findings of this research

Application process

EOI needs to be delivered latest by 11:30pm (local Malaysia time), Wednesday, 15 September to:

Assessment criteria

EOI will be assessed against the following criteria:

• alignment with the above mentioned objectives, detailed in the Terms of Reference
• outcomes are achievable within the funding period (by end of March 2022)
• project design includes clear monitoring and evaluation procedures
• risk and financial accountability procedures
• the organisation’s safeguarding policies that ensure protection of beneficiaries
• feasibility of project delivery under current circumstances (COVID restrictions)
• overall value for money of the budget and delivery approach