Request for Proposals: Development of Communication Products

Background

ASSIST Asia is a self-sustaining Pan-Asian NGO with its HQ in the Philippines and a footprint across South & SE Asia. Focused on social improvement and sustainable transformation, we have implemented over 300 projects in 25 countries in the last 20 years with various agencies including ADB, AfDB, DEG, GIZ, IFC, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNHCR and World Bank as well as private corporations including Puma, Holcim, Nestle, Philips and Schneider amongst others.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), nearly 11 million children and young Filipinos are not attending formal school. Of the 42.8 million household population aged five to 24 years old, the PSA said that 10.7 million or 25 percent are out-of-school children and youth (OSCY). There is a crisis in foundational learning, as well as an alarming decline in the literacy and numeracy skills among young learners. Many schools in the Philippines lack facilities and human resources to help children with their lessons.

In service of its goal to further sustainable development, ASSIST is initiating a project to bring vocational and technical training to out of school children. To be able to bring about this outcome, eLearning modules will be produced and disseminated to these youths via a free and open source platform to maximize the initiative’s reach.

A separate consultant will be contracted to develop the modules, however there is a real need for the development and dissemination of communication products so that the target audience has knowledge of the eLearning modules, as well as how to access them.

Location: Remote

Project Objectives

The project’s objective is to bring technical and vocational education to out of school youths through the creation of eLearning modules that will be published on a free and open source platform. The modules will help capacitate these youths in order to achieve the following outcomes:

• Improvement in livelihood and socioeconomic development
• Decrease in probability of juvenile delinquency
• Upskilling in essential skills that employers look for to improve employment opportunities for out of school youths

Specific Scope of Work

The selected firm for this call will be working closely with ASSIST and the firm selected for developing eLearning modules to ensure that the outputs are of similar quality and tone. The expected outputs for this call are the following:

• (1) 5-7 minute video introducing the project with instructions on how to access the modules
• (1) 1 minute video demonstrating the need for the initiative as well as the expected outcome of the eLearning initiative
• (8) Social media cards to post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
• (1) Communication Toolkit
• (1) Training guideline/manual

It is preferred that the consulting firm will have prior knowledge on the context of the audience, but ASSIST will also provide benchmarks, base content, and other relevant materials to help the consultant better understand the expected outputs for the project.

The decision on the final scripts and outlines for the video, and outiles for the social media cards will be made in consultation between ASSIST and the chosen firm.

Timeline

The project is expected to be completed 8 months after the contract is signed. Due to the collaborative nature of the project, the timeline will be constructed upon planning meetings with ASSIST and the respective firms.

Qualifications (Years of experience; Experience working with social sector and corporate sector; Tools expertise; Regional experience)

• 7+ years of experience in the development of communication products
• Strong track record of working with global clients and intended target audience
• Ability to complete work on-time and report progress consistently
• Familiarity and context of the South East Asian market
• Sound knowledge of target audience (out of school youths)

Submission Requirements

• Technical proposal including approach, methodology, timeline and team profile
• Experience summary and samples of similar works
• Financial proposal
• At least 3 client references with contact information

Questions from the Supplier

If the supplier has any questions, they should send them to [email protected] by 19th July 2024. Please note that communications for the application process will be conducted via email as this will be the most efficient method of addressing questions.