Consultant Team to Conduct Community Consultation

Background:

The British Council in Vietnam is preparing to launch Heritage of Future Past (2018-2020), a Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth project under Culture & Development.

This project will engage with the music and film heritage of Vietnam, with particular focus on the aspects of music and film heritage that are under threat, disappearing or under-represented. We will use innovative approaches in working with music and film heritage to create inclusive and sustainable growth in the heritage sector in Vietnam. These approaches will allow a wide range of communities to contribute to and benefit from the protecting and sharing of their heritage, which will promote a more dynamic understanding, utilisation, and enjoyment of heritage assets in both everyday life in the communities and in artistic, curatorial, and educational practices that enable further innovation of cultural heritage.

Music and film heritage, especially that of or representing marginalised groups (due to economic, social, or political reasons), including rural and ethnic minority communities, are becoming less and less relevant in the contemporary culture and society in Vietnam amidst the country’s continuing economic growth. A number of unique and valuable parts of Vietnamese film and music heritage receive very little attention and support, and are therefore facing the risk of disappearing. This situation hinders the ability of the communities of the at risk heritage assets to develop their human capital and contribute to the social, cultural, economic and environmental development of the country.

Through extensive research and development, the Project will identify communities with coherent needs for preserving and developing their music and film heritage. A process of community consultation and participatory planning will be designed to define development goals of these communities in the protection, management and promotion of their cultural heritage assets. This process will inform the design of key activities such as research, documentation, conservation, training and capacity building, experimentation and innovation, advocacy and education (including policy and community dialogues), and facilitation of the re-imagination and revitalisation of these cultural heritage assets in contemporary practice.

Project Structure:

What we do:

• Training, capacity building, and education at community level;
• Building, sharing and innovating cultural heritage assets; and
• Partnership, collaboration, and policy advocacy for the management and promotion of cultural heritage.

Who we reach:

• Communities, including marginalised communities;
• Artisans, artists and creative practitioners;
• Government; and
• Individuals and organisations that constitute the heritage sector and cultural and creative industries.

Expected Outcomes:

The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.

• Long term impact: Contribution to the inclusive and sustainable growth of the heritage sector in Vietnam.

• Medium term outcomes:
  
  • Marginalised communities have their heritage promoted and valued; and improve livelihoods through better engagement with the protecting and sharing of their heritage;
  • Heritage assets are accessible and innovated through digital, capacity building, and education (including oral teaching practices); and
  • Heritage sector in Vietnam receive more policy and institutional support, and benefit from connection with the UK heritage sector.

Community Consultation

The Project team will conduct a community consultation assignment during April, 2018.

Objectives:

• To gather information about the needs of local communities, and to define their developmental goals;
• To collect baseline data for the Project. The database will then be integrated into a M&E frame work for the Project; and
• To inform the planning of activities to meet all the outcomes of the Project.

We are looking to form a team of four for the community consultation assignment of the Project:

• One expert in cultural heritage, in intangible cultural heritage generally, or music/film heritage in particular;
• One expert in contemporary production of music/film, or inter-disciplinary, using music/film heritage;
• One expert in community development across key development sectors in Vietnam; and
• One community facilitator.

This team will work closely with the Project Manager to develop and conduct a community consultation field trip to 3-5 locations in Vietnam. Note that these locations will include rural areas.

Deliverables:

• A toolkit for community consultation which includes survey questions, interview questions, planned activities and guideline for focused group discussions. All should be discussed and agreed with Project Manager prior to field trip.

• Field trip to 3-5 locations to conduct surveys, interviews, and focused group discussions, following the principles of community consultation set out in Annex 1.

• A final report (no more than 20 pages, excluding annexes) which will include:
  
  • Data/information summary that form a baseline on the development profile of the communities visited (see principles in Annex 1 for information).
  • Situation analysis about needs and development goals of communities visited.
  • Recommendations for the design of Project activities that fit to the community development profile and aim to meet the Project outcomes.

Time:

20 days during April 2018, including planning, field trip, and report writing.

Locations:

Specific locations TBC, including rural areas in Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, Central Highlands, and South Central Coast.

Remuneration:

Consultancy rate according to experience and qualification. All field trip costs covered.

We would like to invite suitable candidates to apply by submitting an application that includes:

• Expression of Interest (2 page maximum), highlighting your relevant experience/qualification and explaining why you are interested in joining the team. Please clearly specify what expert role in the team you are interested in.
• Your biography.

Individuals can submit an application for any of the four positions of the team. Organisations can submit an application for more than one position.

All applications should be sent by email to Ms Hong Pham at [email protected] before March 15. We will only contact shortlisted candidates after March 20.

Any inquiries please contact:

Hong Pham
Arts Manager
British Council in Vietnam
20 Thuy Khue, Hanoi
T +84 1800 1299 ext. 1924

Please find more details in the attached files (English and Vietnamese).