Design and production of innovative educational video material for introduction of sustainable farming practices

REFERENCE: 00096178
Contract Reference Number: RFP 09/2017
Assignment: Design and production of innovative educational video material for introduction of sustainable farming practices
 The objective of this assignment is to produce a series of at least 6 short (up to 5 min each) high quality educational video/video animation materials on sustainable farming practices and 6 booklets/infographics. The topics should focus on the aspects of farming that have the strongest environmental dimension (e.g., irrigation, plant nutrition, plant protection).
 The entire assignment includes intensive field visits in a period of up to 45 days, studying of the project interventions, joining field activities and hands-on trainings, communication with farmers and experts engaged in the programme. The findings of the research work need to be articulated in synopsis and subsequent scripts that will be subject to approval by UNDP. To the extent possible, the produced material needs to consider UNDP’s key strategic principles (e.g., public participation and community empowerment, innovation, gender mainstreaming and knowledge sharing).
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Project Manager and the UNDP Communications Officer, the Contractor shall be responsible for carrying out the following tasks:
1. Study all existing relevant technical documents (e.g., Strumica River Basin Management Plan, reports produced by experts, manuals on agro-ecological farming practices produced by the project);
2. Coordinate with relevant expert teams and farmers involved in the project (though meetings and workshops);
3. Develop work schedule for the production of educational materials (video and print);
4. Provide creative input to the development of the project activities during the whole production and post-production process.
5. Design a creative concept for visual branding of the materials in line with the project’s identity;
6. Draft synopses/story books for the videos/video animations and finalize based on feedback received by UNDP;
7. Deliver the final print and video products.