Thailand: UNFPA Thailand call for Consultant - Writer (Fluent in Thai and English)

Terms of Reference

Consultant: Writer

UNFPA-Thailand Good Practices on Youth Development and Empowerment

Every Young People’s Potential is fulfilled, because everyone counts

1.BACKGROUND:

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been working in Thailand since 1972 until now. UNFPA implementations set the positive impacts on people’s lives especially the young people. UNFPA mission on adolescents and youth is to ensure every young people’s potential is fulfilled. Accordingly the current UNFPA Thailand Country Programme gives priority on empowering young people towards engagement in rights on Sexual Reproductive Health and prevention of the teenage pregnancy.

In this connection, UNFPA identified seventeen (17) youth development projects from 15 organisations of different parts of the country and provided them the initial funds to promote youth-led initiatives on prevention of teenage pregnancy and sexual & reproductive health and rights among young people. These projects locate in ten provinces and cover young people of all groups including refugees, migrants, minority ethnic group, girls, boys, MSMs, and LGBTs. Among these projects, six projects are identified as “good practices” and “show cases” for UNFPA to promote them in public as well as mobilize resources.

There is a need for UNFPA Thailand to visualize all the effectiveness these six selected projects made to promote “ Every Young People’s Potential is fulfilled, because everyone counts ” Especially the visibilities on the engagement of young people on: a) prevention of teenage pregnancy and b) positive sexual reproductive health and rights among different groups and settings of young people. UNFPA, therefore, is looking for an external writer to capitalize visual impacts of UNFPA’s implementations on Youth Sexual Reproductive Health-Prevention and programmes on teenage pregnancy

2.PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENTS:

This assignment is to take stocks of stories and good practices from six projects under UNFPA-Small Grant on Youth Sexual Reproductive and Health located in Bangkok, Chiangmai and Chiangrai. These writings will be used as communication and marketing materials to promote the work of UNFPA in Thailand.

Outline of each project and locations:

Project namesProject Descriptions Focus-areas Locations Target /Potential Donors Groups Baan S_ Cool (บ้านสคูล) The project aims at promoting access to sexual reproductive rights information for the teenagers so that they can be able to prevent themselves from unplanned pregnancy and aware of being responsible young people for sexual relations. Responsible young people for sexual reproductive health.

Prevention of unplanned pregnancy among young people. Chiangrai CSRs

Public Bann Intraplum (บ้านอินผลัม) This project aims at shaping positive attitudes on sexual reproductive health and rights of minority young people from different hill tribes. Preparing them to adjust themselves city-life. Responsible young people for sexual reproductive health Chiangrai Cooperates/SRs

Embassies Kon Wai Sai Group (กลุ่มคนวัยใส) This project aims at coaching the local Reproductive Health communicators for pre-teenagers and teenagers group in the extended schools. Also support the

Establishment of local mechanism/system on prevention of teenage pregnancy as well as referral service for pregnant teenagers. Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy among pre-teens and teenagers in secondary schools Chiangmai Embassies

Cooperate/CSR Palung Jo (พลังโจ๋) Raising self-esteem through capacity and positive attitudes of young people with behavioral differences. Responsible & positive young people for sexual reproductive health Prae Business groups i.e. rotary, sonta, etc. Emergency Home (บ้านพักฉุกเฉิน) 1) An emergency home for pregnant teenagers. Preparing young mother to cope and integrate to communities.

2) Peer Educators for YSRH to prevent pregnancy among students in secondary schools. · Teen Moms

· Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy Bangkok Cooperates/CSR

Public

Specific assignments: The consultant is assigned to write short stories, good practices and captions from the project sites composing the followings:

1. Stories of young people involved in the project of whom are positively affected by the projects
2. Good practices in terms of partnership between UNFPA and the small grantees; networking among the small grantees and communities on sexual reproductive health; situation and context of sexual reproductive health VS challenges ; engagement of young people, youth empowerment activities; changes made by these projects; niches; and sustainability of these projects
3. Captions for photos taken by photographer consultant.
4. All stories and good practices should promote UNFPA’s initiatives on youth engagement and empowerment in Thailand

3.SCOPE OF WORK

Writer:-

· Attend the briefing session at UNFPA

· Travel to sites with close guidance from UNFPA officer to project sites

· Under the given theme, taking stocks of information through interview, observations and

existing document.

· Write-up stories, good practices and captions

· Work in partnership with photographer and UNFPA working group.

4.DELIVERABLES:

• Produce two short stories from each project. Length of the stories should not exceed 2

pages of A 4 font 11 (12 stories)

• Produce one page of A 4 good practice from each project using UNFPA good practice and

guideline tools (6 pages)

• Short captions for photos (120 photos)
• Write-up stories both in Thai and English

5.LENGTH of ASSIGNMENT

The assignment is anticipated to take 20 days from 3 August to 30 August 2015. The indicative timetable is as follows:

Task and Indicative Date

• Start of Assignment / briefing 3 August 2015
• Submission draft visual images and clips / 24 August 2015
• Submission of final productions / 28 August 2015

6.BUDGET and payment

The lump sum costs include all relevant expenses. The consultant will be paid in two installments:

· 60% upon UNFPA approval of draft productions

· 40% upon UNFPA approval of final productions

7.QUALIFICATIONS

Writer:

· Journalist background with proven experience of similar assignments

· Understand UNFPA mandate

· Past experience with UNFPA, UN agencies or development organisations.

· Excellent communication skill both Thai and English

8.SELECTION CRITERIA

The combination of technical score will be applied. The candidate who obtains the highest score will be awarded the contract. The total score is 100 points.

Technical scoreMaximum 100 points · Proven experience of similar assignments

(35 points)-Profile / Port folio · Skilled and experience on writing short stories, good practices and photo’s captions

(35 points) numbers of experience and profile · Understand UNFPA mandate

· Past experience with UNFPA or UN agencies and or development organisations

(30 points) record

1. Interest candidates are requested to submit CV, proposed daily rate of professional fee and breakdown as the following details:

1) Proposed number of working day

2) Proposed transportation cost (e.g. air fare, accommodation and other transportation fare, if any)

3) Sample of the past relevant work (e.g. writing short stories, good practice and photo’s caption) to masingboon@unfpa.org by 30 June 2015.