A Stage 1 submission is where you will identify and define current or emerging problems and opportunities

This is the first step in developing a proposal. It involves building a strong evidence-base to fully understand the scale and breadth of problems and opportunities. This will give you a sound basis for identifying and analysing options that could respond to this need as part of Stage 2: Identifying and analysing options

This document explains how we will go about assessing your submission. It also outlines tools and methodologies to help you gather the evidence for your submission.