Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD)

Production and transmission of 12 weeks radio programs on Addis Ababa, Amhara, and south regional FM radios 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 entitled “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 competent media companies for producing and transmitting 12 weeks radio programs designed on inclusive SRHR for persons with disabilities

Objectives

The radio programs will:

• Aware persons with disabilities regarding access and utilization of SRH services.
• Support 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 disabilities
• Public and private SRH Service providers.
• Stakeholders who are involved in the area of disability-inclusive health/SRH.

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 and experience on disability and reproductive health issues
• Strong background and a minimum of 3 years experience in developing and transmitting radio programs 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
• Have radio air time in Addis Ababa city administration, Amhara, and south regions

 Terms of Payment:

• 40% upon signing of the contract
• 60% upon satisfactory completion and delivery and acceptance by ECDD of the radio programs transmitted 

Job Requirements

Submission of Proposals

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

1. Profile, with background on expertise and professional experience of the organization or a detailed CV of an individual media professional - Applicants have to submit proposals that can indicate possible titles and their methods to produce and transmit the 12 weeks radio program
2. Technical Proposal consisting of: 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 and Time period needed for completion of the contract
3. Financial proposal:  Indicate the Air time, placement, and price with a detailed budget of payment for scriptwriters, actors, directors, and producers.  
4. Copy of renewed Registration Certificate, License, or Work Permit
5. Other relevant supporting documents

How to Apply

Potential firms or individuals are requested to submit technical and financial proposals with all the necessary documents in person at ECDD Office, through CLICK HERE, and E-mail: info@ecdd-ethiopia.org Within 7(Seven) days from the date of this announcement. 

Potential individuals/companies who are interested to assume the assignment are requested to submit all the necessary documents via the following address within Seven (7) calendar days from the date of this announcement.

Through e-mails CLICK HERE or tenderecdd@ecdd-ethiopia.org or hand-delivered in a sealed envelope to ECDD office- Located behind Dreamliner Hotel Meskel Flower Road; Tel: +251-114-165859/0116-653916/or P.O.Box: 1530 Code 1250; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia