CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST- CONSULTANCY TO PRODUCE A 20-MINUTES DOCUMENTARY

General Information:
Duration: 8 days
Contract type: Consultancy
Due date for submission of Expression of Interest – 01.10.2021 (1430hrs)
Background
Community Youth Development Trust is a community-based organization whose mission is to empower youth
in Matabeleland South with Knowledge and skills for making a difference in economic and social discourse. CYDT
is committed to ensure young women and men of between 18 to 35 years benefit from sustainable development
both from local to national level. Our work is rooted in governance and human rights framework which considers
challenging inequality and injustices as central to inclusive development. CYDT’s work empowers young people
to negotiate for more equitable benefit sharing regimes, influence decision making that impact their lives in local
government processes. We are guided by three inter-related thematic areas namely; Local and National Level
Advocacy (civil rights to influence decision making) Sexual Reproductive and Health Right (socio-economic rights)
and Youth Livelihood Support (youth empowerment).
Rationale of the call
Young people are one of the important resources in strengthening democratic local governance in Zimbabwe.
Their effective potentials can be utilized from all levels of local government that include planning,
implementation and evaluation of the projects. Having noted that; despite their important role in local
government processes, young people remain at the receiving end, with less to no involvement in some cases;
CYDT designed a project that sought to bring youths into active engagement with their leaders in promoting
democratic governance in Bulilima, Gwanda and Mangwe. The project has been running since September 2018
and has managed to influence certain milestones that makes it easy for youths to find their way into the realm
of local governance and community development. For the project to yield impact, the organization adopted a
three-lens approach to youth participation which informed the combination of a Human Rights Based Approach,
Engagement Streams Framework and Appreciative Inquiry as design methods to achieve intended objectives.
Call for Consultancy services
As part of documenting project prides and best practices, Community Youth Development Trust seeks to engage
a consultant who will be able produce a 20-minutes video documentary detailing project implementation
process, showcase the impact and project results as projected in the proposal. As such, CYDT invites bids from
competent firms or individual consultants to submit Expression of Interest for consultancy to undertake
production of a video documentary under evaluation: Strengthening Youth Engagement in Local Governance
to Further Grassroot Development.
Objectives of consultancy assignment
(i) Document real time stories emanated as result of the project in Bulilima, Gwanda and Mangwe
(ii) To amplify the voices and perspective of project participants
(iii) To understand the roles and contributions of different actors towards addressing issues of youth
participation
(iv) To flag out project lessons and ways of leveraging on them
Requirements
(a) Qualification- Media Studies majoring video production (or any other relevant qualification)
(b) Must have experience in film production.
(c) Extensive experience in producing development work related documentaries for organizations with
the aim of reaching out to both local and international audiences.
(d) Excellent technical capacities in Full High-Definition video to ensure high quality production.
(e) Additional experience in development communication will be an added advantage
(f) If submitting on behalf of a production firm; the lead person to be 35years or below.
Any interested persons or firms are invited to send in their EOI and portfolio of their work to
cydt.information@gmail.com
Young women are encouraged to bid