UNESCO
Call for Proposals Description : To Promote Technical and Equipment Maintenance Proficiency for Local Radios
Ref Number : 501URT5000/19/02
Deadline : 20 September2019
1.UNESCO under the support of Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) has been implementing the project, Empowering Local Radios with ICTs for the Promotion of Rural Citizens’ Participation in Democratic Discourse. The support to 25 local radios in Tanzania Mainland and the Zanzibar Archipelago, as’well “as the newly established Community Media Network, Tanzania Development and Information Organization (TADIO) aims at strengthening collaboration, advocacy and knowledge sharing amongst community media practitioners.
2. The project has been developing local radio stations capacities in applied journalism and the use of information and communication technologies , (ICTs). More specifically, the project has been working on training radio technicians on technical & equipment maintenance proficiency as well as provision of basic radio equipment to stations in dire need. Thus, UNESCO needs to assign a consultant to establish the status of equipment for community radios under its support.
3. It is against this background that UNESCO is seeking for a company / consultant to conduct Needs Assessment a Needs Assessment for community radio equipment and Training of community radio technicians under its support.
4. Interested applicants (companies or individuals registered in Tanzania) may obtain a full Terms of Reference (TOR) upon request. Only shortlisted applicants will be communicated and invited for further discussion.
5. Proposals may be hand delivered or posted to UNESCO Tanzania Office at the below address or emailed to [email protected] on or before 20 September 2019 at 16:00pm EAT.
Head of Office and Representative,
UNESCO Dar es Salaam Office,
59 Mtwara Crescent, Oyster Bay
P.O. Box 31473, Dar es Salaam,
United Republic of Tanzania
Source; The Guardian; 06/09/2019
