Researcher – “Measuring the Value of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in the UK’s UNESCO Sites”

£40,000 freelance contract.

The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC), in partnership with The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), is commissioning research to measure the value of multi-stakeholder partnerships in the UK’s UNESCO sites. We welcome proposals up to the value of £40,000 (inclusive of VAT and expenses) to deliver this piece of research between June 2025 and July 2026. The research is part of the Local to Global strategic investment programme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players.

The proposed research seeks to quantify the economic and non-economic value generated by the multi-stakeholder partnerships held by the UK’s UNESCO-designated culture and heritage sites. It is hoped the findings will lead to a better understanding of the role of UNESCO designation as an anchoring mechanism for cultural and creative communities.

The focus of the research will be the https://unesco.org.uk/our-sites – 61 UNESCO sites of the UK and its crown dependencies (7 Biosphere Reserves, 13 Creative Cities, 10 Global Geoparks, and 31 World Heritage Sites).

UKNC and https://pec.ac.uk/ – Creative PEC are interested to learn from bidders which approaches to assessing value would be considered most effective, and are open to suggestions of different methodologies.

Please visit the UKNC website to download the full invitation to tender document and details of how to apply.

https://unesco.org.uk/news/invitation-to-tender-measuring-the-value-of-multi-stakeholder-partnerships-in-the-uks-unesco-sites