Title: Consultant to Create Virtual Storytelling Photo Exhibition (Online Platform Developer)

Closing Date: 13 October 2021

BACKGROUND

To strategically address the barriers to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in Thailand, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Winrock International the USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons (USAID Thailand CTIP) program, which aims to reduce TIP and better protect the rights of trafficked persons in Thailand in 2017. Winrock and its implementing partners works to reduce demands and incentives for trafficked labor, empower at-risk populations to safeguard their rights, and strengthen protection systems for survivors.

OBJECTIVES

Throughout the life of the project, USAID Thailand CTIP compiled stories, voices of migrants, survivors, and other vulnerable populations living and working in Thailand. The project plans to launch a Virtual Storytelling Photo Exhibit using the WordPress application to amplify these stories and showcase the project activities to the public. Also, this exhibition will link with the project campaign on Instagram #InsideKhonnok to encompass the younger audience that the campaign targeted. In addition to the migrant stories, this platform will include a digital social and behavior change communication campaign resources e.g. a series of communication materials such as call-to-actions infographics, banners, digital posters, and articles to foster positive perception shifts of the Thai public towards migrant workers. The Virtual Storytelling Photo Exhibition will be interactive and engaging and equipped with online surveys and quizzes to assess the changes in the audience’s attitudes towards migrant workers.

SCOPE OF WORK

The individual/organization is expected to work closely with the USAID Thailand CTIP communications staff throughout the process as below.

• Use digital story telling techniques to visualize migrant journeys to allow exhibition visitors to walk through the stories step by step in an interactive experience

• Create interactive SBCC tools/materials based on feedback from the USAID Thailand CTIP team targeting the audience

• Design WordPress website/exhibition structure

• Develop the platform that will host the website

• Administer website-related tasks e.g. registering domain name and web hosting, generating feedback reports etc.

• Migrate the website to Winrock (or its partner) platform within 3 months after the launch

EXPECTED OUTPUTS

Successful application is expected to deliver the following outputs.

Completion of the Virtual Storytelling Photo Exhibition platform with the following features/requirements:

• Exhibition gallery where the migrant stories are visualized and presented using creative storytelling techniques

• Creation of data visualization storytelling to illustrate the campaign to the public

• Creation of a visitor feedback system e.g. questionnaires, comment box

• Additional web pages as needed and decided with the Winrock team (not exceed 5 pages in total)

• Cloud storage space up to 30 GB for materials download

• Desktop and mobile display compatibility

• Regular website administration tasks e.g. registration, temporary web hosting, maintenance, etc. until the transition process is completed.

• The website is successfully migrated to Winrock platform.
  
   

KEY TIMELINES AND DELIVERABLES

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

A technical proposal should include:

• A plan which provides detailed approach to expected outputs as outline in this RFP;

• Detailed process with proposed storytelling/data visualization techniques;

• A description of the proposed project management of this work;

• Ability to work within the proposed timeline;

• Proposed cost breakdown that is aligned with the implementation plan;

• A portfolio with examples of previous relevant works;

• At least two references;

• Signature of relevant personnel with date of submission

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
 

Interested firms and individual consultants should submit technical proposals as separate files. All documents related to this assignment should be in English and submitted in .PDF format. Proposals must be submitted electronically, with all pieces of the proposal labeled clearly.

The technical proposal should include the following components:

• Cover page

• CV or organizational profile & institutional capacity.

• A plan which provides detailed approach to expected outputs as outlined in this RFP;

• Detailed process with proposed storytelling/data visualization techniques;

• A description of the proposed project management of this work;

• Timeline: a table that lists activities and subtasks, responsible parties, and a timeline for completion.

• Proposed costs are aligned with the implementation plan;

• A portfolio with examples of previous relevant works;

• At least two references;

• Signature of relevant personnel with date of submission.

• Quotation

TO APPLY

Please submit your proposal and/or relevant questions to: Khem Suksathit: khem.suksathit@winrock.org

Transmittal email subject must state: “Virtual Storytelling Photo Exhibition”

Closing date for applications: 11:59 pm Bangkok time, on 13 October 2021.