Request for Proposals:“East Nusa Tenggara Communication Forum;

INTRODUCTION:
The
International Republican Institute (IRI) is a non-profit organization based in
the United States that is dedicated to the advancement of democracy worldwide.
Since 1998, IRI has conducted a variety of programs in Indonesia to promote and
strengthen the development of democracy through the strengthening of political
parties, civil society, and other institutions that support the engagement of
an active citizenry. Programs have included: local governance, women in
politics, political party development, political party reform and
democratization, political polling and focus groups, and political
communication. The purpose of this request is to solicit proposals for the
development and implementation of a Communication Forum in the Province of East
Nusa Tenggara whose goal will be to bridge intensive communication  between political party and their faction
with many different stakeholders  by
which political party/factions will  identify issues that concern their
constituents and also  draft position
paper reflecting their party platform to address the social issues raised by
the CSOs and submit their public recommendation to the parliament legislation
committee.

 

PROJECT
SUMMARY:
Utilizing funding provided by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), IRI is seeking to partner with a civil service
organization to design and implement a communication Forum that will help
political party/parliament identify their constituents’ issue of concern and address
them with their position paper reflecting their party platform  in political talkshow both in Local Radio and
TVs. Further, the implementing partner will work with the political party/MPs
to  arrange the public events both
as  a means  to identify the issues that concern the public
and  to help them drafting their position
paper to address the issues as well as to deliver their party platform.

This communication forum should work
in synergic manner with the already ongoing program of Taskforce program for
Public service.

 

While the taskforce membership are
from the Party leadership non parliament members, this communication forum  will ideally consist of members of parliament
Legislation Committee and the  CSOs. This
Work on the project much begin in April, 2012.

 

The success of this program will be
measured by the number of proper position paper 
prepared by the party/faction who are involved  in this program and the quality of the
political dialogue both by Local Radio and Local TV. 

 

 

SUBMISSION:
Submissions
are due no later than 16:00 on Wednesday March 17, 2012. All proposals
should include program summary, previous experience in conducting similar
projects, a detailed budget, and list any potential professional or political
conflicts that may keep the organization from being able to complete this
project in a timely unbiased manner. Included with the submission should be one
copy in Bahasa Indonesian and one copy in English. Proposals that exceed a
total USD amount of $9,500.00 will not be considered. This Request for
Proposals represents work to be completed during the third calendar year (2012)
of a three year project.

 

 

CONTACT:
All
submissions, questions and comments regarding this request should be directed
to: Kwignyawinata@iri.org.