UNESCO 2017 Global Report Call for Infographics!

Deadline: 29 August 2017

The Secretariat of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005 Convention) is inviting companies, individuals or consortiums to submit a proposal for the production of infographics to be included in the second edition of the UNESCO Global Report on the implementation of the 2005 Convention, to be published in December 2017.

As part of a wider exercise to promote transparent and informed/evidence-based policy making, the Global Report series serves as a benchmarking and monitoring tool, by analyzing current trends; by tracking progress and by identifying the principal advances made, but also the difficulties, weaknesses and challenges faced, by Parties and other relevant policy actors; providing examples of innovative policies and measures and setting in motion the process of building new indicators of progress in this domain.

The 2017 Global Report will include ten (10) infographics which will succinctly and clearly communicate the successes, efforts made and challenges for each of the following areas of monitoring:

Cultural Polices
Public service media
Digital environment
Civil society
Mobility of artists and cultural professionals
Flow of cultural goods and services
Treaties and agreements
Culture and sustainable development
Gender equality
Artistic freedom

Eligibility Criteria

Individuals, companies or consortiums interested in responding to this call are invited to submit proposals for the production of infographics.
Target Audience:
- The Global Report is an advocacy tool and is targeted at main stakeholders and partners of the 2005 Convention, including: government officials, civil society organizations, specialized institutions, experts, development practitioners, UN agencies, as well as all those engaged in the creation and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions – artists and professionals from the culture sector at large.
Attention must be given to geographical representation/balance.
Whenever possible, specific attention must be given to the disaggregation of key quantitative/qualitative data by gender.
The copyright of all created content, as per the contract, will belong to UNESCO.
The contractor is expected to deliver the following:
- In close consultation with UNESCO, and the graphic designer, infographics for each chapter of the 2017 edition of the Global Report and additional general infographics.
- Ten infographics that each offer a visual image, or series of images of the successes, efforts made and challenges for each area of monitoring, gleaned from the pertinent data or information found within each chapter.
- Five infographics illustrating general themes related to the 2005 Convention.
- The infographics should contain all of the information necessary to assess the current state of each area of monitoring.
- Infographics must be delivered as pdf and vectors. Photoshop/Illustrator files should also be delivered.
- The content of each infographic will be translated into French by UNESCO. The contractor must insert translated content into infographics for final French version.