Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD)

Production of Television and/ or Radio Spot Announcements on Disability Inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Services

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Introduction

Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) is an Ethiopian Development Organization established in 2005 and reregistered at Agency for Civil Society Organizations as Ethiopian development Organization with Certificate no. 0321 under the Proc. No. 1113/2019.

ECDD is working with other organizations to promote and facilitate the inclusion of persons with disabilities and disability issues in mainstream service delivery and development programs envisioning an Inclusive Ethiopia where persons with disabilities exercise the same rights and have access to the same services and opportunities enjoyed by other citizens.

ECDD is implementing a project “Promoting Disability Inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Right” with the support of the Packard Foundation to increase access and utilization of SRH services among persons with disabilities through building the capacities of institutions, key decision makers and SRH service providers, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) workers and persons with disabilities and their organizations.

ECDD is looking for developing key messages for the transmission of spot announcements designed separately for targeting persons with disabilities, SRH service providers and the community through Radio and Television.  

Objectives

The spot announcements will:

• Aware persons with disabilities regarding their right on the utilization of inclusive SRH services.
• Help service providers recognize that persons with disabilities have unmet needs for SRH services.
• Indicate barriers to access sexual reproductive health services for persons with disabilities.
• Initiate other stakeholders to include persons with disabilities in their plans and implementation

 Target groups

• Persons with physical, hearing, visual and intellectual impairments
• Public and private SRH Service providers.
• Stakeholders who are involved in the area of SRH and/or disability issues.

Expected Outputs

• Amharic Medium script that elicits the challenges (physical, information and attitudinal) faced by persons with disabilities while accessing Family Planning/ Reproductive Health services and the recommendations suitable for TV and Radio spots
• 1 spot production not more than 90 seconds long

Job Requirements

Eligibility: Required Capacity and Skills

Media companies/houses as well as individual media professionals having the following competencies/skills and capacities are eligible to apply for this short-term consultancy service.

• Profound knowledge on disability and reproductive health issues.
• Strong background and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in making advertisements and spot announcements in the areas of SRHR.
• Have a valid license and Vat certificate 
• Commitment to meet the deadlines, with enough resources and human power to make necessary logistical arrangements.

Terms of Payment:

• 50% upon signing of the contract
• 50% upon satisfactory completion and delivery and acceptance by ECDD of the spots transmitted.

Submission of Proposals

Interested and qualified organizations or individuals may send their proposals, along with following information:

• Profile, with background on expertise and professional experience of the organization or a detailed CV of an individual media professional
• Technical Proposal consisting of:

1. Proposed air time, placement, number of actors and human resources available for the contract, including team composition and task assignment, annexed with price and placement of the National Television
2. Time period needed for completion of the contract
3. Two separate prices for TV and radio spots are expected

• Financial proposal:  Indicate the Air time, placement and price with detailed budget of payment for scriptwriters, actors, director and producer.  
• Copy of renewed Registration Certificate, License or Work Permit & Other relevant supporting documents
• Two separate prices for TV and radio spots production 

How to Apply

Interested bidders shall submit the aforementioned documents through ethiojobs.net, hr@ecdd-ethiopia.org not later than 23 April 2021. Or Documents can be hand-delivered in a sealed envelope to the ECDD Office Manager, Ms. Hanna Ayalew. The ECDD Main Office is located behind the Dreamliner Hotel, off Meskel Flower Road. Tel: 0114-165859.

Further Information and Queries:

For further information, please contact Mr. Hamsale Fufa, at Tel. 0913067113 or 0114-165859 during office hours.