Request for Proposals -The Munathara Initiative Retour vers les opportunités

Introduction and Executive Summary 

The Munathara Initiative promotes the voices of youth, women, and marginalized communities in the Arab public sphere to meet their growing desire for participation in society, politics, and governance. Munathara’s debate competitions offer unique opportunities for participants from marginalized communities to engage in live debates alongside policymakers and thought leaders broadcast and streamed to millions of viewers. 

Organization Overview & Background 

Munathara’s mission is to foster a vibrant, constructive and inclusive public sphere in the Arabic speaking world; The Munathara Initiative was founded in since 2012, as is a registered non-profit organization, with offices in Washington and Tunis, seeking to strengthen public conversation in the region by engaging underrepresented voices in high-impact debates around the most pressing issues facing their communities, using innovative online technology, on-the-ground workshops, and live, televised events. 

Since its establishment, it delivered debate workshops to more than 10,000 participants across the Arab world, received more than 11,000 video submissions, registered 183,000 members on its platform, attracted 650,000 Facebook followers, racked up more than 16 Million video views online, and reached countless millions more through its popular live television program, with the aim of creating an independent and inclusive discussion and debate platform in the Arab region. 

The Munathara Initiative engages Arabic speaking youth (aged 16-30) in public debates through on-the-ground training, video debate competitions, and televised debates. Through an outreach program, youth learn key skills to express their opinions and build coherent arguments while engaging in constructive exchanges with others. Online, Munathara built the Arabic speaking world’s first video debate website. Registered users view and rate videos to determine the top contributions to recurring debate competitions (Musabaqat Munathara). Winners appear in live, televised debates, where they participate alongside a major public figure (i.e., an elected official or public intellectual). 

In addition, The Munathara Initiative promotes the voices of youth, women, and marginalized communities in the Arab public sphere to meet their growing desire for participation in society, politics, and governance. Munathara’s debate competitions offer unique opportunities for participants from marginalized communities to engage in live debates alongside policymakers and thought leaders streamed to millions of viewers. 

In 2019, The Munathara Initiative launched its program Tunisia Decides, the first and only presidential debates live on TV in the Arab world. A program that is designed to ensure the integrity of Tunisia’s electoral discourse, direct engagement of the citizens in the process, and ultimately serving solely the interests of the Tunisian voter. 

The Munathara Initiative is building on a nine-year capital of the trust, as a neutral arbiter for vibrant, constructive, and inclusive debate in Tunisia and the rest of the Arab world. 

Detailed Specifications of RFP 

The Munathara Initiative is seeking a Cooperation with a TV Channel to produce and Broadcast a new Show 

Task Overview 

The prospective outcome of the project: 

Munathara’s new Show“Jeel Al Jay “ is designed as follows: 

– A new web-TV series will be launched to accompany each Debate, the main shows of Munathara Initiative , with live streaming .Targeting a younger audience of citizens aged 16-24, its presentation and style will be more informal, reflecting the youthful spirit of Arabic content that attracts this demographic on social media. 

– One day before each live debate, six young winners from Musabaqat Munathara

– three on each side of the motion – will be invited to a casting show. The casting will determine the two finalists for the main debate, in a talent-show style program produced for the web. A segment of 15 minutes will be produced for each casting and promoted through Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. 

Details:

Production and live streaming broadcast 

1. Full Production (Web Production, Decor , Studio , ETC …) for each separate episode. 
2. A segment of 15 minutes will be for each casting promoted and live streamed 

through Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. 

Selection Criteria 

Decision Process: The pre-selection process will begin the week following the deadline. After the pre-selection period, we will request selected Tv Channels. After meeting all selected Tv Channels, we will make our final decision. From 20/09/2020, the Chief Operating Officer, Fadwa Zidi, will be working closely with the selected Tv Channel to set off the project.

Terms and Conditions 

1.Tasks and Deliverables: 

The Tv Channel is responsible for ensuring the high quality of the tasks and deliverables set out in the RFP according to reasonable industry standards. If the Tv Channel fails to fulfil these tasks or to perform them at the level required by The Munathara Initiative (hereinafter “Munathara”), payment may be reduced to reflect the partial fulfilment of the terms of the contract. 

If the deliverables produced by the Tv Channel do not meet Munathara’s satisfaction, Munathara and the Tv Channel shall agree to a reasonable timetable for revisions to ensure that Munathara’s specifications are duly obtained. 

Any additional work involved in processing or revising these deliverables are not subject to additional remuneration. 

2.Communication: 

The TV Channel commits itself for the entire duration of the assignment and must ensure that they are contactable without delay by phone and/or email on business days during working hours (9am-5pm). Except for cases of medical emergency or natural disaster, the TV Channel is obliged to inform Munathara of any potential periods wherein the TV Channel will be indisposed with 48-hours’ notice. 

The TV Channel is bound to keep Munathara informed about the development of the mission in particular; the TV Channel shall inform Munathara of any event which may have unfavorable consequences on the execution of the Project in a manner which shall enable Munathara to react immediately vis-à-vis relevant stakeholders and/or local authorities. 

3. Intellectual Property 

All information and footage pertaining to this project (documentary, audio, digital, cyber, project documents, etc.) belonging to Munathara or produced by the TV Channel for this project is the express intellectual property of The Munathara Initiative. Any additional information which the TV Channel may come into contact within the performance of its duties shall remain the property of Munathara, who shall have exclusive rights over their use. Except for purposes of this assignment, neither information nor footage shall not be disclosed to the public nor used in whatever manner without written permission of The Munathara Initiative.