Bid Ethiopia

The Daily Monitor Wednesday October 17, 2012

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE ‘BECAUSE I AM A GIRL’ (BIAAG)

CAMPAIGN SONG (RE-ADVERTISED)

BACKGROUND

Plan is an international humanitarian, child-centered, community development organization, without religious, political or governmental affiliation. Child Sponsorship is the basic foundation of the organization. Plan was founded in 1937 to assist displaced children during the Spanish civil war. Plan was initially known as Foster Parents Plan for War Children. It was during the 1950s that Plan moved into developing countries including Ethiopia.

Plan works at grass roots level with and for children, families and communities to bring about long term sustainable development.

Plan’s global identity includes a central organizing thought “Children are at the heart of everything we do” with four organizational attributes which are; Building relationships; Being a recognized voice; Achieving results; And realizing potentials.

BECAUSE I AM A GIRL CAMPAIGN

Plan International launches its global campaign called “Because I am a Girl” (BIAAG) on 11th October 2012, on the occasion of the first ever International Day of the Girl Child. Because I am a Girl is Plan’s campaign that aims to lift up millions of girls out of poverty.

Across the world, girls face double discrimination due to their gender and age, leaving them at the bottom of the social ladder. Girls are more likely to suffer from malnutrition; Be forced into an early marriage; Be subject to violence or intimidation; Be trafficked, sold or coerced into the sex trade; Or become infected with HIV.

The Main Goal of Plan’s Because I Am A Girl campaign commits to building the human capital of girls through knowledge and skills, aiming to equip, enable and empower girls of all ages to acquire the assets, skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in life. Key to these are safe and quality learning environments for girls, both formal and non-formal.

The Campaign themes and outcomes include; girls enrol and complete quality primary and secondary education in a safe and supportive community environment and acquire the skills they need to access decent economic opportunities; Girls have time and space to become active citizens and develop safe social networks and life skills; Girls are empowered to enjoy & realize their rights & potentials; Girls have increased financial skills and economic assets, and their social position and value is recognized in society.

Plan aims to reach millions of children through program intervention and awareness rising in the next three years, amongst other. Plan International Ethiopia focuses on two barriers (1) lack of early learning foundation; And (2) early marriage (harmful traditional practices) during its three years BIAAG campaign implementation periods.

THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD

The United Nation (UN) has recognized 11 October as the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’. Plan International has globally led the call for the instigation of this day as part of its ‘Because I am a Girl’ campaign. Designating October 11 as ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ is believed to bring about a robust & special focus to alleviate issues affecting the world

‘BECAUSE I AM A GIRL’ CAMPAIGN SONG

Plan International Ethiopia envisages identifying a production house, young professionals, a firm or a media house that can produce high quality audio song to create the awareness and build the capacity of communities in minimizing the effects of early marriage and harmful traditional practices on the girl child as part of the Because I am a Girl campaign. Plan International would like to select one creative, innovative, child friendly, and entertaining and educative song that would be reproduced within DVDs, VCDs for wider distribution. The final product shall be disseminated to schools, families, youth clubs and the media for the same purpose. Once the song is selected by Plan International Ethiopia, Plan owns all the rights and privileged pertaining to the song by making the necessary agreements and agreements with the selected producer of the song.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS

This call of interest is for any production firm, companies or young professionals and musicians to submit their credentials, a BIAAG song they have produced (in a CD) including, letter of interest, technical and financial proposals (in two separate sealed envelopes) and supportive documents including but not limited to a renewed licenses and sample of relevant works- within the deadline.

DELIVERABLES

Interested production firm, young professionals and musicians are expected to produce and deliver the following items:

• Produce and submit the BIAAG song, a high quality children’s song that focuses on girls’ education, early marriage and harmful traditional practices;

• The song should be the original song of the producer. Producers are responsible for their own original works;

• The BIAAG song needs to be produced in Amharic and Afaan Oromo languages. The producers can submit the song in one or two of these languages;

DEADLINE

Interested firms or professionals are kindly requested to submit the song, together with the letter of interest and necessary documents, including the technical and financial proposals in two separate sealed envelopes to Plan International Ethiopia before or by 26 October 2012, 5:00 pm, to the address beneath. Please, make sure that you have signed and submitted the documents at the reception of the Country Office, including those who have previously submitted their expression of interest.

Plan International Ethiopia possesses the right to accept or reject part of or all of the proposals or undertake the production of the BIAAG song through other means of its choice.

Further information about Plan International Ethiopia’s work and the ‘Because I am a Girl’ Campaign can be found on our website and social media:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/planinternationalethiopia

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PlanEthiopia

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/planethiopia or

International website: http://plan-international.org/

Plan International Ethiopia

Gujeni Building

Kirkos Sub City, Kebele 05/06/07

House #: 1069, P.O.Box: 5696

Tel: +251 114 670175-82;

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia