Request for Proposals
Subject:

Tourism Stories Pacific Islands

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Employer:

External Consultant
Asia Pacific Tourism Exchange Center (APTEC) on behalf of UNWTO
Regional Support Office for Asia and the PacificExpertHome-based
As soon as possible
9 months (July 2021-March 2022)
July 16, 2021
Award will be given by July 30, 2021

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESThe Asia Pacific Exchange Center (APTEC), supporting body of the UNWTO Regional Support Office for
Asia and the Pacific (RSOAP) is currently looking for an Expert to develop an eBook and video series aspart of Tourism Stories Pacific where by Pacific Tourism stakeholders will be featured.
The overall supervision of the study will be under the responsibility of the Deputy Chief, Ms. Hiroko
Suzuki, UNWTO RSOAP Expert contract holder will perform the following duties:

1. Develop a work plan for project implementation according to the Terms of Reference
2. Liaise with focal point for project coordination
3. Develop guidelines, template and technical specifications for the Ebook and video series;
a. Script/Story guidelines: Possible story ideas Format template with suggested word limits,
Sample exemplary story,b. Video guidelines: type of material necessary, type of recording - portrait or landscape, typeof preferred scenery for the video recording, etc.;
c. Photo guidelines: type of photos to be favored (e.g. 1 portrait, photos of people in action,
local scenery or artefact or any other relevant, size specification 400-500 dpi, formatspecifications, portrait or landscape, minimum no. of photos etc.);
4. Editing content that adheres to UNWTO Author Guidelines5. Editing, proofreading and formatting to submit final eBook manuscript and completed video series
6. Responsible for creative design of the overall layout of Ebook and video series
7. Submit monthly progress reports and participate in regular online meetings whenever requested
by APTEC
8. Project completion presentation via PowerPoint format
9. Perform other duties as required
10. Contracted for the duration of the project (from concept development through to final productionfor launching)REQUIREMENTS•

Experience andBasicCompetencies•

Minimum five years of professional experience in the field of media productionand content creation;
Demonstrated experience as a media, multimedia profession;
Demonstrated journalistic experience with e writing and organization skills.
Any experience in tourism related media production in a tourism destination isan advantage;
Experience in the Pacific Islands is an advantage;

Languages•

Fluency in English (written and oral) is essential;

Computer Skills•

Computer literacy in Microsoft Office software and any Design software.

Remunerationand OtherConditions

The remuneration of the selected candidate would be JPY 4,000,000 (USD 36,300
as of June 2021).

Application
Procedure

All proposals must meet the following criteria (please refer to the attached Termsof Reference for more information):

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The proposal must be clean and concise, have continuous page numbering, andbe assembled in a coherent fashion;
All proposals must be in English;
Technical proposals should not be more than 10 pages long, excluding CVs andsupporting documentation and should include the methodology for
implementation and reasons for this proposed methodology; level of involvement
and activity of other partners; proposed templates for stories; plan of action withdescription of activities and their timing, and proposed fee to complete project(maximum budget JPY 4 million). Proposals that fit within the budget will befavored.

Interested applicants are requested to submit application via email to:
atrawen@unwto-ap.org. Applications received after the deadline indicated above,
will not be taken into consideration.

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