Production and transmission of 15 weeks radio and one TV program

Location:  Diredawa, Harar, Oromia

Deadline: Jul 12, 2022

Job Description

Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development

(ECDD)

Terms Of Reference (TOR)

Production and transmission of 15 weeks radio and one TV program to be heard/ viewed in Dire Dawa, Harari and Oromia regions (Deder, Haromaya, Babile, Gursum weredas) on inclusive food security.

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.

With the support of The Leprosy Mission International Ethiopia (TLMI-E), Ethiopian center for Disability and Development (ECDD) is currently implementing a consortium project entitled “We are Able!”  in four wordas of East Hararghe zone in Oromia National Regional State, Dire Dawa city administration, Harari regional state and three sub cities of Addis Ababa city administrations. The project designed with the objective to strengthen Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) in their lobby and advocacy for sustainable and inclusive access to basic resources, contributing to improved food security.

ECDD is looking for competent media companies for producing and transmitting 15 weeks radio and one television program designed on inclusive food security for persons with disabilities.

Objectives

The radio programs will:

·         Aware persons with disabilities regarding disability rights, entitlements to basic resources and access to inclusive food security programs.

·         Support partner service providers recognize that persons with disabilities have unmet needs for inclusive food security.

·         Indicate barriers to access inclusive food security/ livelihoods for persons with disabilities, along with its way forwards for inclusive livelihoods.

·         Support public authorities to bring the issue of persons with disabilities into their agendas; and strengthen cooperation between OPDs and public authorities.

·         Initiate other stakeholders to include persons with disabilities in their plans and implementation of livelihood programs.

Target groups

ü  Persons with disabilities; Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs)

ü  Public and private food security project implementers; CSOs

ü  Stakeholders who are involved in the area of disability-inclusive livelihood policy makers.

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 and experience on disability and disability inclusion strategies; Media and Communication;

·         Strong background and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in developing and transmitting radio programs in program development;

·         Have radio air time in Dire Dawa and Harer, with Afaan Oromo and Harari languages;

·         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:

· 40% upon signing of the contract

· 60% upon satisfactory completion and delivery and acceptance by ECDD of the radio programs transmission.

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:

a) 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

b) 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 and qualified firms or individuals are requested to submit technical and financial proposals with all the necessary documents hand delivered in person to the ECDD office, , or Tenderecdd@ecdd-ethiopia.org within Seven (7) calendar days from the date of this announcement.

Address: ECDD Head Officer – Located behind Dreamliner Hotel Meskel Flower Road; Tel: +251-114-165859/0116-653916/or P.O.Box: 1530 Code 1250; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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