BACKGROUND The ILO Country Office for Ukraine is implementing a project “Childcare in Ukraine: A Systems Approach to Building Back Better”. Funded by Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida), this project strengthens Ukraine’s economic resilience by expanding access more productive and decent employment for vulnerable women — IDPs, rural residents, and those in frontline regions — while addressing childcare-related barriers. The project fosters women’s entrepreneurship and advocates  for gender-transformative policies and regulatory frameworks that promote equal rights and opportunities in the workplace. Ukraine’s successful recovery requires addressing a critical need for an additional workforce. A significant potential source of this workforce is the activation of currently inactive populations, particularly working-age women. To achieve this, a systemic approach is essential, with a focus on improving childcare policies and eliminating barriers to women’s employment. One of the key challenges is ensuring the availability of affordable, accessible, and adequate childcare services. To address the gap between the supply of and demand for childcare services, the initiative will focus on scaling up of the previously tested and exploring of new models of work-based and employer-supported childcare solutions that will then be used to assess the level of interest within the private sector in offering on-site and other types of childcare solutions. Findings from the pilot will be used to enhance the existing employer guide on setting up work-based childcare and to expand buy-in from the private sector. Where feasible, the initiative will promote public-private or municipal-private partnerships (PPP/MPP). Duration: the expected duration is 11 months Location: Ukraine: Odeska, Mykolaivska, Dnipropetrivska, Zaporizhska, Kharkivska, Sumska, and Chernihivska oblasts. OBJECTIVE OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS The objective of this Call for Proposals is to identify an experienced and capable Implementing Partner to support the ILO Country Office for Ukraine in implementing community-based childcare interventions in Ukraine, with a focus on increasing access to affordable, quality childcare services needed to enable more women and working parents to access jobs. The selected partner will play a key role in engaging stakeholders, mobilizing local resources, and implementing innovative and context-sensitive childcare models that create an enabling environment for women’s economic empowerment, gender equality, and inclusive local development.