Considering that upon the results of the initial publication of the tender file and assessment of the applications received, the Council of Europe did not fill all vacant positions in the expected pool of experts (8 positions are still vacant), and due to the current urgent need to complete the pool of experts, the Council of Europe projects “Supporting the transparency, inclusiveness and integrity of electoral practice in Ukraine” and “Strengthening Freedom of Media, Access to Information and Reinforcing Public Broadcasting System in Ukraine” (hereinafter “the Projects”), implemented within the Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2021, issue additional and amended call for tender which is complementing the initial one.
Expected duration of the consultants’ work: February 5, 2019 – March/April, 2019
All offers should be sent to
All questions shall be submitted by 14:00 on 3 February 2018 and shall be exclusively addressed to the email address
Eligibility criteria
- University degree; master’s students will also be considered;
- Relevant professional work experience in monitoring the media during election processes and/or completion of trainings on media monitoring held by international/national organisations and/or respective media regulatory authorities;
- Availability to work minimum 5 full working days per week
Documents to be provided
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A completed and signed copy of the Act of Engagement[1] (See attached);
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A detailed CV in Europass Format, demonstrating clearly that the tenderer fulfils the eligibility criteria;
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Availability and Experience Statement (See attached);
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Copy of certificate(s) proving participation in the respective trainings on media monitoring or copy of reference letter(s) proving earlier work experience as media monitors with contact details (full name, e-mail address, phone, job position, organisation/company) of the referees;
- FOR PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS: registration documents;
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Copy of a bank statement containing bank account details of a Tenderer.
Deliverables
Throughout the duration of the engagement, pre-selected Providers may be asked to:
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provide media monitoring services in a selected office in Kyiv during the specified working hours, at least 5-days per week full time during February 5, 2019 – March/April 2019);
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monitor certain national TV channels (specified TV programs);
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monitor certain social media (specified pages/profiles);
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monitor certain web-sites of online media;
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enter the data received during the media monitoring into the respective electronic forms;
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report on the monitoring results on a weekly basis to the coordinator/supervisor.
The above list is not considered exhaustive. The Council reserves the right to request deliverables not explicitly mentioned in the above list of expected services, but related to the field of expertise object of the signed contracts.
Attachments to the present announcement contain full description of the terms and conditions of the consultants’ involvement:
[1] The Act of Engagement must be completed, signed and scanned in its entirety (i.e. including all the pages). The scanned Act of Engagement may be sent page by page (attached to a single email) or as a compiled document, although a compiled document would be preferred. For all scanned documents, .pdf files are preferred.
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