UNDP support to the UXO sector in Lao PDR has focused in two axes, notably:support to strengthening the capacity and technical competency of the National Regulatory Authority, to be able to oversee and steer the sector in pursuance of national strategic goals and obtaining Lao PDR’s unique UXO Action Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 18: Lives Safe from UXO. To provide capacity support for survey and clearance, through support to UXO Lao and the Humanitarian teams of the Lao People’s Army (Unit 58), thus hastening progress towards clearance in impacted communities.
Video, Photography and graphic design for the UNDP UXO programme: Under the supervision of the Head of UXO Unit, the consultant will be responsible for ensuring a quality five-minute documentary video, three photo essays and posters with infographics that effectively raises Lao people’s awareness of the UXO by highlighting its implications on the national development and demonstrates the impact of UNDP’s work in UXO sector in Lao PDR Duties and Responsibilities:
Scope Of Work:
The successful applicant will be expected to be responsible for the following:
Produce a quality five-minute documentary video for raising UXO awareness in Lao PDR
Provide three photo essays revealing the daily lives of UXO-affected communities in Lao PDR
Provide posters with infographics demonstrating UNDP’s work in the UXO sector in Lao PDR
Produce a quality five-minute documentary video:
The consultant shall produce a quality five-minute documentary video that tells stories of the Lao people whose lives have been affected by UXO to make the UXO issues more relatable for the Lao and international audience.
The video must be developed in Laotiane for Lao audiences, but another version should include English subtitles so that the video can be shared with the international development partners of the UXO sector.
Videography must be high-quality and suitable for broadcasting and publishing on the web.
Videography must be designed as an asset, which UNDP could repurpose and redistribute in the future.
Provide three photo essays revealing the daily lives of UXO-affected communities in Lao PDR:
The consultant shall produce three high-quality photo essays in English and Lao delineating the daily lives of UXO-affected communities on the ground.
A photographic essay or photo-essay for short is a form of visual storytelling, a way to present a narrative through a series of images. A photo essay delivers a story using a series of photographs and brings the viewer along a narrative journey.
One photo essay should include approximately 100 images. Thus three photo essays include approximately 300 images.
Photographs must be provided in high quality and suitable for printing, processing, broadcasting and publishing on the web.
Photography must be designed as an asset, which the UNDP could repurpose and redistribute in the future.
Provide posters with infographics demonstrating UNDP’s work in the UXO sector in Lao PDR:
The consultant shall produce posters with infographics demonstrating UNDP and its development partners’ contribution to the UXO sector in Lao PDR.
The poster must be provided in high quality and suitable for printing, processing, broadcasting and publishing on the web.
Copyrights:
Image acquisition includes reproduction rights for non-exclusive world rights in perpetuity;
Before the Consultant moves any photo on the wire or uploads it to an online Image database as a photo essay or extended photo caption story, he/she should contact UNDP to obtain consent;
UNDP can provide the image(s) and video(s) to other UN organizations or the media at no cost, as is the practice.
Required Skills and Experience:
Certification in Communications, Graphic Design, Photography or Videography
Proven ability in videography and photograph
Proven ability to assimilate and communicate complex visual messages in an engaging manner.
