Consultancy for Documentary Video-making Service

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Documentary video-making service

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1. Background and Context

After the 12th Communist Party Congress Meeting of January 2016, the Government of Vietnam issued an official statement that signaled a need for “restructure the agricultural sector towards a large-scale commodity production through an intensive deployment of high-technology methods”. To realize this objective, the document envisaged a move from household-based (smallholder) production, which was seen as “backward” and “low in productivity” to company-based production, which could better mobilize the capital, technology, and resources held by the private sector. The Government of Vietnam acknowledged that such a transition could only be realized if the existing land policy was amended to enable land holdings to be transferred from smallholders to companies. This development marked a significant transition from the government’s long-standing “land to the tiller” policy to land accumulation and concentration which would enable an individual entity, such as a company, to occupy a large area of land.

Thus, the development of RAI(*) Workstream is highly appreciated by MRLG(**) partners in Viet Nam who recognized the importance to be engaged in the debate and contribute strategically to the law/policy making process as revision of the Land Law will have very significant impact on smallholder farmers.

The Vietnam RAI Workstream members included local partners (see the Annex 1 for details) who took part in Phase 1 of MRLG initiatives as an informal platform have continued working in the Phase 2 to make contribution to the protection of the land rights and equitable benefits of smallholders, particularly ethnic minorities and poor women, by supporting the improvement and implementation of economic and investment provisions of the Land Law,  specifically on agricultural land concentration and accumulation; and land acquisition, compensation, support and resettlement, through critical engagement with government agencies, legislative institutions and other stakeholders in providing evidence-based policy options and models.

Key outcomes of MRLG’s Phase 2 included:

1. Policy recommendations are developed, communicated and considered in the revision or amendment of the Land Law 2013 and related legal documents, specifically the protection of land rights of smallholders, particularly ethnic minorities and women, and promotion of benefit sharing and good land governance, under agricultural land concentration or accumulation and land acquisition, compensation, support and
   resettlement and transfer; and
2. Policy recommendations are developed, communicated and considered in the revision or amendment of the Land Law 2013 and related legal documents, specifically the protection of land rights of smallholders, particularly ethnic minorities and women, from agricultural land concentration or accumulation and land acquisition and transfer, mitigating potential negative impacts and enhancing benefits.

In order to engage in the revision or amendment of the Land Law 2013, a Policy Advocacy and Communication Strategy has been developed by the RAI Workstream as a guidance of its activities for maximining the Workstream’s collective efforts toward achieving the above-presented outcomes.

The purpose for making the video should be to serve as a good visual material to support the continuity of advocacy activities for the RAI Workstream’s priority thematic targets in the revision or amendment of the Land Law 2013, including (i) land concentration or accumulation; and (ii) land acquisition, compensation, support to resettlement. The video should give major opportunities for local community members – the main target group of people governed by the Land Law – to present the most impactful problems on the ground and the proposed solutions and recommendations. The video should be short but with good "hook" to effectively deliver advocacy messages.

2. Objective of the service

To produce a documentary video that potentially conveys to stakeholders and the public at large key messages and proposals on the most impactful problems on the ground and proposed solutions/recommendations of smallholders, particularly ethnic minorities and women, for influencing the revision of the Land Law 2013 and further creating space for advocacy activities of the RAI Workstream.

3. Product requirement

• A documentary video of approximately 20 minute in length with good quality for broadcast.
• The video can include different parts/episodes that can stand alone for easy sharing on websites and social networks.
• The video’s message target in three main audiences:
  
  • Non state actors and the public society: they are legally entitled and fully capable of participating in and contributing effectively to the process of formulating, amending and monitoring the implementation of laws/policies.
  • Government officials and law/policy makers: should listen to and faciltate for non-state actors and local communties in the development of Land Laws and policies and to monitor the implementation of the Law.
  • Donors: Additional investment support is in need to encourage the public participation in law and policy formulation and to monitor implementation both at the local and central levels.

  Key highlight that needs to be emphasized is the lawful role of local communities and non-state actors play in policy/law making process. Development partners (government, donors, international organizations, media, etc.) themselves need to be aware of this.

• The video is narrated in Vietnamese and has English subtitles.

4. Key tasks and responsibilities of the video maker

• To study papers/documents provided by the RAI Workstream and collect information related to MRLG and its supported projects to complete the proposal of suitable scrip.
• To make a proposed plan in detail on the location where the RAI Workstream work, a proposed list of interviewees and schedule for discussing with the RAI Workstream before shooting video.
• To undertake filming in Hanoi and selected provinces as already agreed with RAI Workstream.
• Update commentaries/post-scripts for comments and inputs from the RAI Workstream team.
• To complete the video with comentaries in Vietnamese with English subtitles

5. Time frame

From 25 June to 31 August 2022, the video needs to be completed and handed over by the end of August 2022.

6. Requirements for Video Maker

• To have a team of specialists in the field of video production, communication and advertisement;
• To have experience in making video on development issues;
• To be creative in conveying communication messages;
• To fully equipped with shooting/recording and post-production equipment for high-quality video production

7. Application guide

Interested video makers need for submiting the following documents when applying for the film production:

• Technical proposal in Vietnamese or English which includes outline of script content, proposed method and plan, and information on personnel who will undertake the video production.
• Proposing budget estimates related to the video production;
• Links to some videos with similar content that the film makers has produced

Application should be sent by email to: [email protected]

Deadline for application: Friday 17 June 2022.

Address of the RAI Workstream’ s Coordinating Organization: 12A floor, City Intelligentsia Palace, No. 01 Ton That Thuyet street, Cau Giay district, Ha Noi.

Annex 1: List of the RAI Workstream members

• Landa represented by CCRD
• Forland represented by CIRD
• CISDOMA
• RIC
• Can Tho University
• AGROINFO
• VUSTA
• General Department of Land Administration (GDLA) as strategic partner
• Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) as strategic partner for harmonization of the land law and forestry law

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* Responsible agriculture investment

** Mekong Region Land Governance Project