Videography and images to doc MSME and access-to-finance actions in Basra – Iraq

Call for External Collaborator – Videography and images to doc MSME and access-to-finance actions in Basra

I. Background and goal
The International Labour Organization (ILO), with assist from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), is implementing a undertaking in Southern Iraq aimed toward selling non-public sector improvement and the creation of respectable employment alternatives, with a powerful concentrate on sustainable inexperienced enterprise practices and assist for startups and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
The undertaking operates at three interconnected ranges. At the macro degree, it helps evidence-based coverage improvement for MSME development by enterprise atmosphere assessments and associated analytical work. At the Meso degree, it strengthens the capability of economic establishments and middleman organizations to enhance service supply and improve entry to finance for MSMEs. At the micro degree, it immediately helps youth, entrepreneurs, and small enterprise house owners by coaching in enterprise administration, monetary literacy, and facilitation of linkages to monetary providers.
Within this context, the undertaking is actively implementing field-based interventions in Basra, together with SIYB coaching, monetary training, inexperienced enterprise promotion, and entry to finance assist. These actions contain steady engagement with beneficiaries, trainers, monetary establishments, and native stakeholders, producing robust alternatives to seize visible proof of change and impression.
Given the size and nature of implementation, high-quality videography and images providers are required to doc key undertaking actions, together with coaching classes, MSME dialogue occasions, area visits, beneficiary interactions, and success tales

To present skilled videography and images providers to doc undertaking actions and outcomes, and produce high-quality visible content material that helps communication, visibility, and impression storytelling for the ILO AICS undertaking in Southern Iraq.

II. Scope of labor
The videographer/photographer shall be liable for offering skilled visible documentation providers for the ILO AICS undertaking in Southern Iraq. The task will concentrate on capturing high-quality picture and video content material that displays undertaking implementation, outcomes, and impression.
The advisor will cowl key undertaking actions in Basra, together with SIYB and Financial Education coaching classes, MSME dialogue occasions, area visits, stakeholder conferences, and beneficiary interactions. This contains documenting coaching supply, participant engagement, entry to finance processes, and success tales of entrepreneurs and MSMEs supported by the undertaking.
The task additionally contains producing visible supplies for communication and visibility functions, making certain that content material highlights human-interest tales, showcases undertaking achievements, and displays the contribution of the undertaking to MSME improvement, job creation, monetary inclusion, and inexperienced enterprise promotion.
The advisor will coordinate carefully with the undertaking workforce to plan area visits, guarantee applicable protection of actions, and acquire obligatory approvals. All images and movies have to be of excessive skilled high quality, correctly organized, and delivered in codecs appropriate for reporting, publications, and digital communication platforms
III. Detailed duties
1. Inception and Planning
Hold an inception assembly with the undertaking workforce to agree on priorities, area schedule, and protection plan.
Review undertaking actions and establish key moments for visible documentation (trainings, MSME dialogues, area visits, and success tales).
Develop a capturing and coordination plan for area visits and occasions, making certain protection of all required deliverables as follows:
o Workshop images: skilled edited pictures per coaching workshop (10 workshops × 20 40 pictures every)

o Workshop brief movies: 45 90 second edited reels per workshop or cluster ( 3 movies)
o MSME images: edited picture units per supported enterprise ( 40 enterprises × 8 10 pictures every)
o MSME brief movies: 60-second reel-style movies or slides ( 6 movies)
o Success story lengthy movies: 2 3-minute documentary-style movies per chosen MSME ( 6 movies)
o Raw footage archive: curated unedited footage for institutional archive, compiled per protection cycle
2. Field Coverage and Visual Documentation
Attend and doc SIYB and Financial Education coaching classes, making certain full protection of workshop images and brief workshop movies.
Cover MSME dialogue classes, stakeholder conferences, and area visits in Basra.
Capture high-quality visible content material aligned with MSME images necessities and success story documentation.
Conduct interviews with chosen beneficiaries for MSME brief movies and success story productions.
3. Content Production and Editing
Edit and produce all required visible supplies consistent with the deliverables above.
Ensure all movies embrace English subtitles and adjust to ILO branding, communication, and visibility tips.
Ensure all outputs are professionally edited, together with shade correction, sound high quality, and storytelling construction.
Organize and label all uncooked and edited recordsdata clearly by exercise kind, date, and site.
4. Coordination and Quality Assurance
Coordinate carefully with the undertaking workforce for scheduling, approvals, and beneficiary entry.
Ensure knowledgeable consent is obtained for all people featured in images and movies.
Ensure all supplies meet moral requirements and safeguarding necessities.
5. Delivery of Outputs
Deliver all finalized images, movies, and uncooked footage in keeping with the agreed portions and timeline.
Provide content material in codecs appropriate for experiences, publications, social media, and institutional archives.
Submit a closing consolidated digital package deal with structured folders and metadata for all outputs.

The advisor shall be liable for growing video scripts the place required, translating on-camera interviews and voice-over content material from Arabic to English, getting ready English subtitles/captions, and producing closing movies with narration and subtitles in accordance with ILO communication and visibility tips. . All visible merchandise shall, the place relevant, adjust to International Labour Organization (ILO) communication, branding, visibility, and moral storytelling tips. The advisor shall be sure that images, videography, modifying, captions, consent procedures, and using logos and visible id parts are aligned with ILO requirements and donor visibility necessities. Any communication supplies supposed for exterior publication shall be topic to overview and approval by the ILO undertaking workforce previous to dissemination

IV. Expected deliverables

Deliverable # Deliverable Description Quantity Timeframe

1
Inception Report and Shooting Plan Detailed plan for protection of all undertaking actions, together with schedule and coordination method

1

Week 1, after contract signature

2

Workshop Photography

Professional edited pictures per coaching workshop

10 workshops ×
20 40 pictures every Ongoing (inside 5 7 days after every workshop) (5 workshops from contract signature till thirty first July 5 workshop till twelfth September)

3

Workshop Short Videos

45 90 second edited reels per workshop or cluster

3 movies (Summarizing workshops actions) Ongoing (inside 5 7 days after every workshop) (from contract signature 1 video till thirty first July 2 movies till twelfth September)

4

MSME
Photography

Edited picture units per supported enterprise

40 enterprises ×
8 10 pictures every
Ongoing (inside 7 10 days after every go to) 20 MSMEs from contract signature till thirty first July 20 MSMEs till twelfth September)

5

MSME Short Videos

60-second reel-style movies or slides

6 movies Ongoing (inside 7 10 days after every go to) (3 video from contract signature till thirty first July 3 movies till twelfth September)

6

Success Story Long Videos

2 3-minute
documentary-style movies per chosen MSME

6 movies Ongoing (inside 10 15 days after filming) (3 video from contract signature till thirty first July 3 movies till twelfth September)

7
Raw Footage Archive
Organized unedited footage for institutional use Per protection cycle
+ closing consolidated archive Throughout task
+ closing submission from contract signature till 12 September
The advisor shall embrace within the proposal the estimated variety of working days required for every deliverable, in addition to the full variety of working days proposed for the task.

V. Reporting preparations
The advisor will work below the general supervision of the ILO Project Manager in Iraq. Day-to-day coordination shall be carried out with the designated Communication Focal Point and related undertaking workforce.
The advisor will carefully coordinate with the technical workforce to agree on area schedules, exercise protection, and precedence occasions. All deliverables, together with images, movies, and uncooked footage, shall be submitted to the ILO undertaking workforce for overview, high quality assurance, and approval previous to closing use.
The advisor is anticipated to take part in coordination conferences as required. Final approval of all output’s rests with the ILO undertaking administration workforce in accordance with ILO communication, branding, and visibility tips.
VI. Detailed {qualifications}, expertise and abilities required
Proven skilled expertise in videography and images, ideally in improvement, humanitarian, or institutional communication settings.
Strong portfolio in documentary-style storytelling, interviews, and impact-focused visible manufacturing.
Strong capability to establish, choose, and form compelling beneficiary and MSME tales in coordination with the undertaking workforce, together with supporting the collection of entrepreneurs and individuals whose experiences finest mirror undertaking impression.
Strong understanding of the Basra and Southern Iraq context, together with social, cultural, and enterprise atmosphere dynamics.
Strong capacity in visible storytelling, together with framing, sequencing, lighting, and audio seize in area circumstances.
Experience working with youth tasks in Basra is a bonus.
Proficiency in skilled modifying software program (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Lightroom, Photoshop or equal).
Ability to conduct interviews and develop human-interest tales in an expert and moral method.
Strong organizational abilities and talent to fulfill tight deadlines.
Excellent communication abilities in Arabic; working information of English is a bonus, significantly for subtitles and captions.
Ability to work independently whereas carefully coordinating with undertaking groups and stakeholders.

VII. Indicators for analysis of outputs
Performance shall be assessed based mostly on well timed supply, completeness of outputs, and high quality of visible content material. All images and movies have to be delivered in keeping with the agreed schedule (5 15 days after area actions) and the ultimate package deal submitted on time.
Evaluation will think about full achievement of deliverables, together with protection of workshops, MSME documentation, brief movies, success story movies, and uncooked footage archives, as per agreed portions. Outputs should additionally mirror efficient coordination with the undertaking workforce in deciding on impactful tales.
Quality shall be measured by skilled requirements of images and videography, compliance with ILO branding and visibility tips, inclusion of English subtitles for movies, and adherence to moral storytelling, particularly when working with ladies entrepreneurs and weak teams.

visible tales that exhibit undertaking impression in MSME improvement, entry to finance, employment creation, and inexperienced enterprise assist.

VIII. Payment phrases
IX. Progress funds, cost schedule and timeframe shall be based mostly on the variety of days corresponding every deliverable quoted by the applicant.
X. Payment schedule shall be as under:

A. First Payment ( roughly 50% of the contract worth)
Payment equal to roughly 50% of the full contract worth shall be made upon passable completion of the next deliverables:

(deliverable#2)
(deliverable#4)

be aware: the full cost shall be equal to the completely variety of days quoted by the applicant for every one of many above deliverables

B. Second Payment (roughly 50% of the contract worth) ) Payment equal to roughly 50% of the full contract worth shall be made upon passable completion of the remaining deliverables:
every (deliverable#2)

movies) (deliverable#3)
every(deliverable#4
MSME Short Videos: remaining 3 movies (whole 6 movies) (deliverable#5)

Success Story Videos: remaining 3 movies (whole 6 movies) (deliverable#6)
Full uncooked footage archive (closing consolidated supply) (deliverable#7)

Final submission of all edited supplies consistent with ILO branding, visibility,

and high quality requirements (deliverable#7)
(deliverable#7)
be aware: the full cost shall be equal to the completely variety of days quoted by the applicant for every one of many above deliverables

2. The day by day charge shall be established throughout the charge vary akin to the complexity of task and the
of residence, as per the ILO Daily Fee Range Table.
3. If the exterior collaboration contract is to be established in native foreign money, the quantity shall be transformed from USD to native foreign money utilizing the United Nations Operational Rate of Exchange efficient on the time of creating the contract.

XI. Travel preparations (if relevant)
Not Applicable

Additional data on the ToR (for inside use)

Title of commercial:
(*to look on UNGM)

Summary of labor to be carried out:
(*to repeat in in Jaggaer for show on UNGM)

Complexity of task (as per IGDS 695):

A Projects or technical duties of a slender scope and low complexity
B Projects or technical duties of reasonable complexity with both broad scope/restricted depth or restricted scope/appreciable depth
C Projects or technical duties of broad scope and appreciable depth

D Projects or technical duties of broad scope, excessive complexity and impression
E Projects or technical duties of exceptionally advanced programmatic scope, uncommon complexity and/or delicate nature

Required expertise and {qualifications} (as per IGDS 695):
1 Limited technical abilities and fewer than 3 years of related expertise
2 Limited technical abilities and greater than 3 years of related expertise
3 Specialized diploma or coaching within the related area and greater than 5 years of related expertise
4 Specialized or technical information and abilities and greater than 10 years of in depth related skilled expertise
5 Highly specialised abilities and experience with greater than 15 years of in depth related expertise

Expected contract period:
Expected begin date of task: 20 June 2026
Expected finish date of task / full supply: 12 September 2026

Confirmation:
The exterior collaboration contract is the suitable kind of contract for the work to be undertaken.
The Terms of Reference are timebound and clearly output-based and the complexity vs expertise/{qualifications} matrix has been rigorously assessed above.
Is this Excoll choice course of topic to an exception as outlined in paragraph 23 of IGDS 695?

Yes No
Note: If it’s within the curiosity of the ILO, attributable to urgency of supply or specialisation, an exception could also be accepted by the Deputy Director-General, the suitable Assistant Director-General or Regional Director for a specified contract. The requesting organisational unit will enter the phrases of reference and cost phrases within the ILO e Sourcing platform, deciding on the precise course of for exceptions, which shall be revealed by the UNGM/on the UNGM web site for the immediately chosen exterior collaborator to submit their utility. The report of the exception course of must be uploaded in IRIS, along with the finalized phrases of reference, cost schedule and a replica of the e-mail approval from the Deputy Director-General, Assistant Director-General or Regional Director.
If exception, please verify that the approval of DDG/ADG/RD has been obtained:

DDG/ADG/RD approval obtained and offered to Buyer Yes
Not relevant
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