Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Production of a Video Documentary

Background

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE) is a Gender Justice, good governance and poverty eradication organization working to achieve gender equality and poverty eradication.

Guna Woreda of Amhara Regional State and Decha Woreda of Southern Nations and Nationalities and Peoples Regional State are two woredas where AAE, with the financial grant of Irish Aid, has been implementing a five-year programme (Women Rights Programme II/WRP II) which now is at its final stage. The WRPII has applied a unique behaviour change (BC) approach to achieve safety and security of women and girls and ensure alternative economies for hard to reach and excluded women and girls. The BC model diagnosed the Capability, Opportunity and Motivation (COM) of different targets of the program to design the proper behavior influences (Behavior Change Techniques). Accordingly, the program has been working on the COM of women and girls and their agencies; boys and men, community/traditional elders; government actors, religious institutions; media and policy actors. To document the learnings as to what worked well and scale up, we are looking for planning to produce a video documentary.

Overall Objective

To produce a documentary film that will showcase the impact, social transformation and critical mass we created as best practice and learning through WRP II programme to our future scale-ups and strategic direction.

Deliverables

Following is the list of deliverables:

•  A master copy of the 30 minutes documentary video in Amharic with English and Amharic sub-titles in DVD and flash disk formats, with a shorter version of 10 minutes
•  Ensure visibility on the final products including logos of ActionAid and acknowledging AAIreland and IrishAid with their logos.
• The raw footage used to produce the documentary,
• The narration text or the full script used for the production with still pictures extracted rom the footages
• 50 copies of the documentary film in DVD format
• Versions provided should be compatible for internet and TV screening.

Job Requirements

The film producing company should be a professional firm/individual with a background, experience, qualification in and acquaintance with producing video documentaries, which includes:

• Extensive experience in producing public information video films or TV programs relating to social and economic development matters
• Understanding on the national poverty context, policy frameworks on gender and development, Gender Based Violence and understanding on issues of patriarchy and power relationship and its impact on women and girls is crucial
• Excellent technical capacities to ensure smooth and high-quality production (video production staff, owner of its own video production studio or a documentary proof of an access to a rented video studio, and a sample documentary done by the consultant on social matters)
• Experience in working with international organizations and/or international donors as well as in working with state institutions, NGOs and local authorities
• The consultant must explicitly state in the technical proposal to be submitted the ethical considerations the agency would take during the process
• Follow the Terms of Reference and AAE’s guidance as well as branding guideline of ActionAid
• Develop a suggested plan and schedule for roll out plan in consultation with AAE along with a clear and detail work plan that reflects the timeline/deliverables to the point to ensure huge support required from AAE
• Prepare break down budget for the entire visual documentation process and field work as needed
• Compose/provide any necessary background music/audio for the videos 

How to Apply

• Complete sets of the bidding documents may be accessed at from ActionAid Ethiopia office located around CMC Yeka Subcity, Woreda 11, Ho.NO. 3044 (Behind CMC new St.Michael Church under construction) upon request starting from 1^st day of the announcement until Nov.25^th/2021. or can be accessed on our website or on our Facebook page 
• The dates for submission of tender document is November 25/2021 at or before 4:30 PM (bid closing time).

The bidder must provide complete set of technical document and financial documents separately delivered in person at ActionAid Ethiopia Office, located in Yeka Sub-city, Woreda 11 area, around CMC house no. 3044, behind CMC new St. Michael Church under construction. For further information and inspect the bidding document at: ActionAid Ethiopia Tel. 0 911166693 / 0911478410

NB:  Eligible Bidders must clearly indicate the title of the service they are Competing for. Documents should be submitted on hard copy only . The bidders should attach their VAT registration and TIN Number registration certificate. The Employer reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Upon reviewing the Proposal, only short-listed companies will be contacted.