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The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute

P.O. BOX 2692 CODE 1250, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA.

TEL: 251 1 515 3262/65 FAX.251 1 515 0763;

EMAIL: CONTACTHESPI@HESPI.ORG  WEBSITE: WWW.HESPI.ORG

CALL FOR A CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO PRODUCE PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS

The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) is a regional policy research and capacity building organization based in Addis Ababa. The Institute wants to engage a qualified and experienced firm registered in Ethiopia to provide a consultancy service to (i) Two (2) documentary videos of estimated 1 hour each that spotlight HESPI’s exemplary interventions and impacts in policy reforms and institutional capacity building in the IGAD region. The videos should also showcase and demonstrate how the Institute’s SALCA capacity building program is transforming it into a proximate climate institution in the region.

The scope of the assignment will include:

• Conducting research and interviews with HESPI team, beneficiaries and partners who have been involving in the Institute’s policy research and institutional capacity building activities; as well as the SALCA’s transformative capacity building interventions. This will be followed by developing detailed scripts and storyboards for each documentary obtaining filming permissions and location access and recruiting a professional film crew.
• The production must ensure high-quality audio and video recording, editing footage with visual enhancements, and coordinating broadcasting with television stations. The consultant will manage project budget and expenses, establish timelines and milestones, prepare progress reports, document the production process, and engage stakeholders to ensure alignment with HESPI’s project objective.
• The production company should prepare the narration script and get approval from HESPI and the ACBF’s communication unit to use it for the film production. The company should use the feedback given by HESPI and the ACBF to further improve the quality of the work. Following the comments, the film company shall polish and prepare the final work accommodating the feedback. Shall deliver the final production in soft copy.

HESPI would like to receive technical proposal indicating the company profile including past and current performance of similar services, background of professionals proposed to handle this assignment, technical approach and methodology to be employed and timeliness, as well as the financial proposal.

HESPI will accept proposals from bidders that provide best value and satisfy the requirements stipulated in the solicitation. All the submitted proposals will be evaluated against the set technical and financial evaluation criteria and the selected firm will be contacted.

Complete proposals must be addressed to contacthespi@hespi.org with a copy to sofia.sani@hespi.org and send electronically in 15 days’ time from the date of advertisement of this call on local newspaper. Full TOR for the assignment is available at www.hespi.org/Announcement/Consultancy