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Call for Proposals: Consultant to develop TIAP M&E systems

The Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S) is issuing a call for a Proposal for a consultant to develop in consultation with key stakeholders the TIAP M&E systems.

Background

TI is a global civil society organisation dedicated to fighting corruption. Through more than 90 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it.

In Asia Pacific, a recently developed 5-year strategy formulates a road map to guide our programmatic work in the region and define ways to strengthen our organisational capacities. It also serves as a common reference for TI Secretariat and the 20 chapters in the region to structure their work, guide discussions, aid decision making, and manage mutual expectations.

The implementation of the TIAP Strategy 2012 revolves around a number of organisational development and advocacy programmes and requires an adequate system of monitoring (TIAP M&E). The Asia Pacific Department (APD) is working on the development of this M&E framework and is looking for an M&E specialist to assist and advise relevant staff in this process.

Description of Tasks

The purpose of TIAP M&E will be to increase the effectiveness of TI operations in the Asia Pacific region. It will provide TIAP with instruments for better planning and management, for learning and sustainability, for improving our performance, and for demonstrating results as part of our enhanced accountability to our key stakeholders.

The TIAP M&E will assess the specific processes, outcomes, and contributions of our work in Asia Pacific in relation to the:

Implementation of the programmes components included in the TIAP Strategy 2012; and implementation of the TIAP Strategy 2012 as a whole.

The work to be undertaken includes the following deliverables and milestones

Expressions of InterestThe proposals will need to include:

An explanation of the approach that the consultant proposes to take for the assignment, and comments/suggestions for improvement of the process.
Breakdown of days for each activity, with related cost, including transport and accommodation, all in Euro
CV outlining previous experiences on developing M&E systems outlining methodologies used in past assignments.
References.

Proposals should be submitted by email in MS Word format to nsandoval@transparency.org.

The deadline for the receipt of the proposals is 10 July 2009.

The successful supplier will be notified by 17 July 2009.

Call for Proposals: Global campaign – Pilot phase and roll-out

Transparency International (TI) is issuing a call for initial proposals from creative agencies for the design and implementation of a global mass-media anti-corruption campaign. TI is looking for an agency with global experience and perspective that can offer a mix of paid and pro bono services, preferably with experience in global campaigns and creative advocacy.

Background

Transparency International is the leading global non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation devoted to combating corruption. Its mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. TI currently has close to 100 National Chapters (NCs) and national contact groups across the world, with an international secretariat (TI-S) in Berlin.

The organisation was founded in 1993 by a group of like-minded individuals who sought to fight corruption and its impact on government, business and the lives of ordinary people. It has grown since then into a diverse movement, a leader in its field and one of the most recognised names in civil society.

In line with its strategic framework, TI has made it a priority to reach broader audiences, engage in more grass-roots advocacy, empower ordinary citizens in the fight against corruption and for greater accountability, and enhance the organisation’s visibility across the globe. To this end, TI has undertaken the roll-out of a worldwide anti-corruption campaign that speaks to, empowers and mobilises ordinary people, creating greater pressure for systemic change in the public and private sectors. The campaign will be an 18 to 24-month exercise which will begin with a pilot phase in which the campaign will be tested with a limited number of its national chapters representing the world’s regions. After a phase of monitoring and evaluation of the pilot, the campaign will be rolled out to all TI national chapters.

The campaign will work across all media (a so-called 360 degree approach) and build on a successfully re-launched TI brand and global website.

Campaign description

The campaign has the following objectives:

Advocacy objectives

Demonstrate corruption’s damaging impact on all societies.
Serve as a complement to TI’s established modes of high-level advocacy and existing grass-roots approaches.
Facilitate a transformation in public attitudes – encouraging and empowering citizens to demand accountability from those that wield power over their communities and to resist corruption.
Communicate that corruption is a pressing problem but that everyone can do something about it.

Design objectives

Be unified around limited themes – possibly a single theme.
Be supported and informed by empirical research
Be flexible – broad but differentiated enough to function across media and across global media markets. It should function online, in print, outdoors and on the television screen.
Be interactive, with a strong social media component, taking advantage of tools such as social networking sites and mobile phones.
Work against cultural stereotypes.
Move people to action.
Be informed by market research, indicating who our existing audiences are, what new audiences need to be reached and what we are competing against.
Take into account the segmentation of audiences within countries and along supranational lines, including by education, income, political orientation, decision-making power, and globally by human and economic development and region.

Organisational objectives

Support fundraising for national chapters and the international secretariat.
Be applicable for national chapters of varying size, capacity and focus and scalable from local to global.

Branding objectives

Speak in some form to people across the political spectrum.
Be supported and informed by a strengthened TI brand.
Raise the profile of TI on a national and global level, helping TI become a ‘household name’.

Project Tasks

All tasks will involve consultation and feedback phases with the TI movement.

Development - based on market research, corruption research and consultation with TI movement - of pilot campaign concept.
Development of content for different media as well as distribution strategy, including a strategy for engaging with ordinary citizens, off- and on-line.
Working with international secretariat and national chapters to prepare for implementation and implement campaign in identified pilot countries.
Through feedback and survey tools, monitor and evaluate impact of pilot campaign.
Adjust campaign concept based on evaluation of pilot.
Adjust content, distribution and engagement strategy.
Work with the international secretariat and the full TI movement to roll out global campaign.
Through feedback and survey tools, monitor and evaluate impact of campaign.

The selected agency should be prepared to liaise with the TI secretariat, TI national chapters and other agencies to ensure the campaign dovetails with branding and other elements of TI’s communications strategy.

Expressions of Interest

Expressions should be sent to campaign@transparency.org by 2 June with the following elements attached:

A full description of the agency profile and expertise, including profiles of responsible executives and managers
Demonstrated competence both in serving not-for-profit clients and the flexibility to serve clients from a number of industries
Agency’s understanding of the purpose and objectives of the campaign
Agency’s approach to design of the campaign
Work plan
Preliminary budget

Please indicate “Expression of interest – Campaign” in the subject line of your email application.

Call for Proposals: Organisational brand review

Transparency International (TI) is issuing a call for initial proposals from creative agencies for a review of its brand. TI is looking for an agency with global experience and perspective that can offer a mix of paid and pro bono services.

Background

Transparency International is the leading global non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation devoted to combating corruption. Its mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. TI currently has close to 100 National Chapters (NC) or national groups across the world. Its International Secretariat (TI-S) is based in Berlin.

The organisation was founded in 1993 by a group of like-minded individuals who sought to fight corruption and its impact on government, business and the lives of ordinary people. It has grown since then into a leader in its field and one of the most recognised names in civil society.

The organisation’s brand has grown organically, with visual identity forged in an ad-hoc manner, resulting in an often incoherent visual representation in media ranging from in-house publications to business cards and TI national chapter web sites.

As part of the professionalisation of TI, the organisation seeks to review its brand, based on its visual identity to-date and its strategic framework. A robust, coherent brand is also necessitated by the stated priority of reaching broader audiences, engaging in more grass-roots advocacy and enhancing the organisation’s visibility across all markets from its current uneven state. In particular, the brand exercise will support the imminent launch of a global campaign across all media.

For a detailed presentation of TI’s brand review objectives, please see the following.

Description of Tasks

All tasks will involve consultation and feedback phases with the TI movement. The overarching task is to establish a cutting-edge communications platform that will support the organisation in the next phase of its development and a rapidly changing communications environment.

Assessment of organisational identity
Review of visual identity, existing standards and brand expression
Develop a well-defined brand proposition
Refine TI’s brand expression
Refine TI’s brand architecture
Refine TI’s visual identity
Deliver ready-to-use template materials and corporate identity manual

· Dovetail branding exercise with emerging global campaign

Expressions of Interest

Expressions should be sent to branding@transparency.org by 2 June with the following elements attached:

A full description of the agency profile and expertise, including profiles of responsible executives and managers
Demonstrated competence both in serving not-for-profit clients and the flexibility to serve clients from a number of industries
A work plan
A preliminary budget

Please indicate “Expression of interest – Brand Review” in the subject line of your email application

Terms of Reference: development of a database

Transparency International (TI) is seeking pro bono assistance from a dedicated and highly qualified individual or established software company for the development of a database for its Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres.

TI operates Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs) in approximately 40 countries worldwide. ALACs support victims and witnesses of corruption to pursue their corruption related complaints. They reject the notion that people are apathetic in the face of corruption, demonstrating that people will become involved in fighting it when they are provided with simple, credible and viable mechanisms for doing so. Information from cases is then used to advocate for systemic changes.

The ALACs are proving remarkably successful and have been contacted by well over 50,000 clients, including vulnerable people, empowered individuals, companies, organisations and associations. However, they generate large amounts of data, all of which must be collected, stored and analysed.

TI sees the development of a new data base for the ALAC programme as strategically very important, with the potential for high impact in the fight against corruption. This database is envisaged as having four main functions:

Contain basic information about the ALACs (budgets, staff, contact details, etc.)
Facilitate easy management of cases/ complaints
Allow for easy statistical and qualitative analysis of data
Record results of ALAC work

The complexity is heightened by the following facts:

TI is highly decentralised (each ALAC is essentially autonomous)
Information needs vary from ALAC to ALAC and from in-country ALACs to TI globally (i.e., some data needs to be comparable, but other parts do not need to be)
Many countries have limited IT infrastructure
Some data should be stored locally and some should be exported to a central database
There are multiple ALACs in some countries

TI is seeking assistance in the:

Design of the functional and technical specification and application development (open source solutions would be preferable to proprietary software)
Design of mid term development strategies of new releases
Design and advice on application development and maintenance strategies

TI would like to have this data base being used before the end of 2009.

If you are able and willing to provide full assistance and advice in helping develop this database (although it is possible that the application development might be done separately if individuals rather than companies are providing assistance) and/ or would like to discuss this further, please contact Ben Elers (belers@transparency.org) by May 15th.

Call for proposals: International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) Logo design, Website design, and CSS coding

The International Anti-Corruption Conference series (IACC) is inviting expressions of interest from highly motivated and skilled creative agencies /individuals for:

1) Logo design

2) Website design

3) Coding website design to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Expressions of interest for one or all of the above tasks are welcome.

Background

Governed by the International Anti-Corruption Conference Council and hosted by Transparency International (the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption), the IACC is a world class event that brings together royalty, heads of state, civil society, academics, compliance experts, business and government representatives to forge new partnerships and measures to better tackle the increasingly sophisticated challenges posed by corruption. At the last IACC held in 2008, 1500 participants from 140 countries attended the conference. The IACC series takes place biennially in a different region of the world. Now in its 14th edition, the next IACC will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 2010.

For more information on the conference, see the 13th IACC homepage www.13iacc.org

The high calibre creative designs would have impact and sensitivity, reflecting how corruption impacts on such global issues as development, climate change, human rights, rule of law and sustainability.

Goals

Establish a central IACC logo
Establish a host country logo
Create a powerful web presence and central IACC homepage
Promote the IACC to a broader audience
Designs must successfully resound with the culturally diverse stakeholders that the IACC engages with

Description of Tasks

1) Logo

Please download this proposal to view the current central IACC logo, which the new logo would synthetically draw upon. The central IACC logo would feature prominently in the design of the central IACC website. The logo would also be used for the future conferences and promotional materials. In addition, a second “host country” logo would be designed. The host country logo and the conference series number changes every two years. The current host country is Thailand. The structure of all designs will be developed in consultation with the IACC team.

2) Website Design

The conference website is a central reference point for participants and the most important tool for promoting the conference. Currently, there are various homepages for each conference series. In close collaboration with the IACC team, a visual concept for a new central IACC website for future conferences would be designed. Click here to view previous IACC website designs.

3) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Once tasks 1) and 2) have been completed, the new designs would be applied to CSS. The task would be performed in cooperation with the IACC webmaster.

Profile/ Consultancy Requirements

The applicants /agencies are expected to have the following profile:

Proven track record working on issue driven subjects
Experience working with international NGOs and global brands is preferable

Application process

Applications should be sent to Paula O’Malley pomalley@transparency.org by 20 May, with the following elements attached:

A full description of the agency /individual’s profile and expertise
An example of a similar project undertaken
Estimated price and timeline
Confirmation of availability in June /July 2009

Please indicate “Expression of interest – IACC Logo Design/Website Design/CSS Coding” in the subject line of your email application. To download this call for proposals, click here.

For more information on Transparency International and the IACC series, please visit www.transparency.org and www.13iacc.org

ADVOCACY TRAINER

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL SEEKS AN: ADVOCACY TRAINER TO STRENGTHEN THE ADVOCACY CAPACITIES OF SELECTED TI CHAPTERS in the MENA region
FOR A WORKSHOP IN AMMAN, 13-14 JUNE 2009

SUMMARY

TI is looking for expressions of interest from professional trainers/consultants in the area of advocacy training.

Specifically, TI is looking for a trainer to prepare and conduct a capacity building workshop in Amman from 13-14 June 2009 with the objective of:

providing general training on advocacy for representatives of TI chapters from four countries; and
assisting these chapters in developing four national and one regional advocacy strategies to build the demand for an effective National Integrity System, based on the recommendation of the National Integrity Systems studies conducted in each of these countries.

The professional trainer(s)/facilitator(s) would be expected to prepare and then conduct one full day of training with a group of approximately 15 participants (max) and to facilitate a second day of applying the newly acquired skills in the development of four national and one regional strategies.

The workshop languages will be Arabic and English. Interpretation will be provided but the trainer(s)/facilitator(s) should be able to understand and answer questions in both languages. Working documents and handouts should also be available in both English and Arabic. Translation could be covered by TI, but final documents in both languages would have to be provided at least 10 working days before the workshop begins (both in hard and electronic copies).

BACKGROUND

Transparency International (TI) is a global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 90 Chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it.

Since September 2007, Transparency International (TI) has developed a new program: Measuring Anti-corruption Efforts and Building Demand for Effective National Integrity Systems in Egypt and the Arab World (MABDA).

This 3 year’s program aims to build a grassroots anticorruption network in Egypt and to promote transparency and accountability in that country as well as in Palestine, Lebanon and Morocco.

The MABDA project aims to undertake one National Integrity System (NIS) study in each of the four countries involved in the project and advocate for the implementation of priority recommendations, and sustained monitoring and measurement of anticorruption progress. MABDA/current projects/africa_middle_east/regional pages

The NIS describes the interrelated and interdependent functions of all key institutions and sectors within a society that contribute to integrity, transparency, and accountability. Each study assesses the NIS in a given country and makes recommendations on priority areas for anti-corruption reform. Following the completion of the NIS, the respective TI Chapter develops advocacy activities in accordance with the recommendations identified by the study. nis/policy_research

OBJECTIVES

To strengthen the advocacy capacity of the participating National Chapters, workshops participants should in particular be trained in:

- How to define advocacy objectives
- Conduct stakeholder mapping
- Developing key messages
- Developing and planning advocacy campaigns
- Implementation and monitoring of advocacy campaigns

To develop four national and one regional advocacy strategy to build the demand for an effective National Integrity System based on the recommendation of the National Integrity Systems studies conducted in each of these countries.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND OUTPUTS

Programme materials and relevant activity reports will be provided by TIS.
The trainer(s)/facilitator(s) is expected to:

1. PREPARATION

Become fully familiar with TI’s general work and the MABDA programme objectives and NIS approach in particular.
Identify the participants’ expectations and experiences through direct contact via phone interviews, etc.
Develop a training curriculum/training agenda and finalise it with TIS by end of May 2009.
Prepare an appropriately adapted training package with advocacy training materials (to be distributed in both English and Arabic at least 10 days before the training);

2. WORKSHOP (2 days)

Conduct a full day of training on advocacy for the 15 participants
Actively facilitate the development of four national and one regional advocacy strategies (full day)

3. AFTER THE WORKSHOP

Produce a written evaluation of workshop outcomes and written assessments of the developed national advocacy strategies so as to provide useful feedback to the National Chapters;
The report should also bring together key insights, feedback and ideas from the workshop, as well as include a write up of the four national and the regional advocacy strategy, as it was approved during the workshop.

DATE AND VENUE

The workshop will be held in Amman, Jordan on 13-14 June 2009.

Travel expenses and accommodation, as well as a daily allowance for the workshop and travel days, will be provided for by TI and should not be included in the costing (see below).

CONSULTANCY REQUIREMENTS

Excellent knowledge and working experience of governance and civil society issues in MENA region
Proven experience in providing advocacy training;
Proven experience in civil society capacity building;
Experience providing training to diverse multi-country groups in the MENA region
Excellent spoken and written language skills in Arabic and English, good working knowledge of French is an asset.
Excellent facilitation skills

PROCESS

TI is accepting cost expressions of interest from firms, individuals and organisations. Costing can be based on daily rates or as a lump sum. In either case, the following elements should be included: preparation and travel time (not travel expenses), two full working days at the workshop venue in Amman and time for the writing of the final report.

Applications must be in English and contain the following elements:

A letter of interest detailing the consultant’s relevant expertise & related experience,
A detailed methodology framework that the consultant is proposing to use for the workshop
A cost estimate for delivery of the above-described services and outputs which includes a breakdown to level of effort and expenses
A reference and contact information for at least two previous training recipients

The closing date for expressions of interest is May 2nd 2009.

Applications should be sent electronically to the following address: advocacytrainer@transparency.org
Please indicate “Advocacy training submission” in the subject line of your email applic

Call for proposals—Communications Consultant to support the Transparency and Integrity in Service Delivery in Africa (TISDA) project

Transparency International (TI) is inviting expressions of interest from highly motivated and skilled communications consultants to support the Africa and Middle East and Communications departments at the International Secretariat of TI in Berlin in designing and delivering communications products in support of TISDA, a regional programme implemented in cooperation with eight national TI chapters.

Background

TI is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 90 national chapters worldwide, and an International Secretariat in Berlin, Germany (TI-S), TI raises awareness about the devastating impact of corruption and works with partners in government, the private sector and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it.

The TISDA programme aims to contribute to a better quality of life for communities in Sub-Saharan Africa through: empowering local citizens in holding their governments accountable for effective service delivery, building the capacity of TI chapters and partners to implement participatory research and advocacy, and advocating for improved transparency, integrity and accountability in the education, health and water sectors.

In its quest to better inform the programme’s target audiences, Transparency International’s Communications department is seeking to hire a short-term communications consultant to work on the following key deliverables:

Write content, design the site map and manage the overall creative process for an upcoming section on transparency and integrity in basic service delivery of TI’s global website;
Write content, design the site map and manage the overall creative process for an upcoming TISDA In Focus section of TI’s global website;
Produce an updated version of the TISDA factsheet; and
Take the leadership in creating any additional communications tools that could enhance the visibility of the project – including case study reports - both within the region and in participating programme countries, and at international level.

Timeline

The consultant would need to be available for 30 working days from May to July 2009.

Profile/ Consultancy Requirements

The applicants are expected to have the following profile:

Creative writing skills
Documented experience working with an international NGO on project communications
Complete fluency (native level) in written and spoken English; knowledge of French an added advantage
Experience in writing for the web
Knowledge and proven experience of working with web-based content management systems
Proven track record in managing print publications

Application process

Applications should be sent to André Doren adoren@transparency.org by 23 April, with the following elements attached:

A detailed CV or full description of the profile and expertise
An example of a similar project undertaken
Confirmation of availability

Please indicate “Expression of interest – TISDA Communications” in the subject line of you email application. To download this call for proposals, click here.

For more information on Transparency International, please visit www.transparency.org