Near East Foundation is hiring a
STRIVE for a better future: communities and civil society resilience in Armenia (STRIVE)
Call for proposals to develop Media Literacy Analytical Paper and Toolkit
Service provider: Expert (individual or team)
Job description: Research, media literacy toolkit development and campaign development.
Location: RA Regions, Yerevan
The program: STRIVE for a better future: communities and civil society resilience in Armenia (STRIVE)
Report to: STRIVE Program Director
Job implementation duration: 2 months, expected start: July 2024
Deadline: June 20, 2024
ToR in Armenian Language: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y9kVIIcszuD2nxs7Yg-TAJVP5UhkhHVhDb9zj6ZH2A4/edit?usp=sharing
ASSIGNMENT BASIC GOAL
1. “STRIVE” Project description:
STRIVE for a better future: communities and civil society resilience in Armenia (STRIVE) aims to improve the resilience, sustainability, accountability, and capacity for innovation of Armenian civil society organisations․ The project support includes CSO organizational capacity improvement, targeted financial support, social innovation projects’ implementation by non-formal groups, strengthening networking and cooperation of CSOs, and promotion of volunteerism and youth leadership.
One of the STRIVE project outputs is that the CSOs & media organisations lead evidence-based research, reporting, and educational initiatives to fight malign content and increase media literacy and critical-thinking competencies.
1.2 Job content:
A. To develop an analytical paper on media literacy, comprising a policy brief focusing on:
B. The policy brief will be accompanied by a toolkit on media literacy and identifying malign content (i.e., misinformation, disinformation, critical thinking), such as how to verify the credibility of information. The toolkit should be user-friendly and should focus on practical information and recommendations, targeting all citizens – regardless of specific background, opinion, or position. The toolkit will be disseminated digitally and via CSOs and community centers.
1.2 Job description:
2 . SCHEDULE / REPORT
Report I
Submission Deadline: 10th day from the date of signing the contract
Content: Preliminary report: Schedule, work plan, list of beneficiaries, partners.
Report II
Submission Deadline: 20th day from the date of signing the contract
Content: Report on implementation of the mapping and need assessment.
Report III
Submission Deadline: 45th day from the date of signing the contract
Present the draft version of analytical paper and toolkit.
Presentation of developed campaign.
ReportIV
Submission Deadline: 60th day from the date of signing the contract
Content: Delivery of the final analytical paper and the toolkit, presentation on the results of online/in-person awareness workshops (targeting 150-200 participants).
3. REQUIREMENTS
3.1 Required qualifications and skills.
3.2 Documents and materials required for application.
Kindly note only finalists will be contacted.