Developing the 3rd episode for the APAC Regional Animation Series (RAS) Consultancy.

The Regional Animation Series (RAS) will be an animation series for girls and young women activists and advocacy across Asia-Pacific, where girls and young women can explore the projects/movements happening around them and easily engage, participate and “take-action”.

The RAS will support Plan International’s communication portfolio on a regional level, in addition to generating interest and recruiting new activists by having a girl and young woman focused communication tool which can be used for info-sharing and advocacy.

This TOR proposes the establishment and commissioning of an international consultancy to create the the 3^rd episode for the APAC Regional Animation Series (RAS)

I. BACKGROUND

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) Regional Office seeks to ensure that girls and young women experience significant improvement in their ability to make decisions that concern their lives and engage in collective action to shape the world around them by 2025.

Plan International has a great track record of engagement, consultation and decision making in its programs through participation of girls and young women among other stakeholders in an environment of mutual respect and learning. Plan now intends to amplify the influencing and advocacy of youth in its programming and its wider communications tools via a regional animation series.

In this regard, the APAC Regional Animation Series is a vehicle/medium to enable Plan to fulfil its rights-based commitments through engaging girls and young women in decision-making processes that ultimately affect them.

The first two episodes of APAC Regional Animation Series have been produced under the theme of Regional Youth Advocacy Committee and Child Early Child Force Marriage (CEFM) respectively. This consultancy will be the third production where it will highlight the Girls and Young Women activism and Political Engagement for climate Justice.

Climate change poses disproportionate risks to different groups of people due to vulnerability and exposure. This magnifies the existing inequalities girls and young women face including their unequal access to health, sexual reproductive health and rights, education, participation, and protection. Although international laws and frameworks are increasingly acknowledging the interlinkages between climate change and gender equality, leaving behind girls and young women will limit the resilience and adaptive capacity of communities and countries to climate change. At the same time, girls and young women are not waiting to voice their concerns and demand climate justice. Across the region, young advocates are building and leading movements demanding action from their governments. In 2021, this youth-led organisation mobilized hundreds of activists during climate strikes, facilitated community education sessions and reached millions online through various campaign initiatives.

II. THE OPPORTUNITY

Plan International Asia – Pacific requires an animation service provider (consultant) capable of producing a series of one-to-two-minute animations that will highlight and showcase the projects and programs that are currently being delivered across the region.

Plan seeks is to promote our international “Girls Get Equal’ campaign alongside messages on gender equality, youth leadership, communications and activism, which this animation series will help engender.

Objectives:

1. To produce a two-minute episode of the animation series to promote the Girls and Young Women Activism and Political engagement for Climate Justice in Asia and Pacific to inform and inspire girls-led youth action and contribute towards broader efforts to achieving gender equality and build on the success and the characters of the first two episodes on Girls activism but focus on Climate Justice.

2. To support Plan International’s programme, influencing and communication portfolio on a regional level, in addition to generating interest and recruiting new climate justice activists by having girl and young women focused communication tools which can be used for info-sharing and advocacy.

3. To increase the strategic regional influencing process as it allows Plan to:

4. Creatively highlight what girls and young woman are interested in

5. Detail what programs and projects are available to help support girls and young women

6. Generate advocacy tools for the work Plan International undertakes

The animations will incorporate infographics, animated characters and narration. The animator/firm should have modern production equipment and qualified creative personnel capable of designing creative concepts with guidance from our internal communications team.

IV. THE ANIMATOR/FIRM WILL NEED TO:

For the third episode, from May – June 2022:

a) Meet with Girls and Young Women activists and collect their Climate Justice stories

b) Ensure the RAS is uniquely ‘Plan International’ and respect current branding

c) Create the storyboard for the third animation episode align with the introduction film (1^st episode) and the Child Early Forced marriage (CEFM) film (2^nd episode)

d) Develop a Technical and Cost proposal for the production of the characters and the third episodes

e) Develop detailed story board concept(s)

f) Deliver original artwork and video files

V. TASKS

1. Consultants will be facilitated in appointments with selected girls and young women youth activists to gain insight about their activism and political engagement for climate justice
2. The covered project/program messaging will be then consolidated/edited in a sequence and in a shape of 1 – 2 minutes of animation by the consultant
3. Consultant will prepare script and narration for overall animation in English explaining step-by-step actions
4. Capture animation as approved and according to the prepared script
5. The Consultant will be required to design animation as per requirements determined by Plan International including (sound, editing, narration, subtitling, dubbing etc.)
6. Record and use simple and Standard English narration and prepare background music for the animation
7. Caption the project beneficiaries’ voice into English for subtitles
8. Finalize the animation as according to the feedback provided by Plan International
9. Manage all necessary tools and equipment
10. Finalization of the animation
11. Any type of data e.g., scripts, images and clips, will be finalized in the animation after the consultation and approval
12. The Consultant must use the latest high quality animation software

VI. QUALIFICATIONS, BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:

Animation requires a high level technical/professional expertise and creativity; therefore, the successful firm/candidate is required to have the following qualifications:

• Three examples of past video animation productions they have directly designed and produced
• Demonstrated competency with developing and producing video animations and infographics for video infomercials
• Fluency in spoken and written English is essential