Call for Applications: Development of Smart Phone Application for IOS/Android for Know Disaster in Africa

Deadline: 22-May-2020

UNESCO has announced the call for applications: Development of Smart Phone Application for IOS/Android for Know Disaster in Africa – Awareness among Youth / Children and common Public.

Promote DRR in teaching and learning Teaching and learning about DRR is key to increasing individuals’ and community’s knowledge about hazards and what to do when they strike.

The learning materials developed in smart phone as an outreach material the DRR in teaching and learning, could be done as learning by playing. Key elements of mainstreaming DRR in teaching and learning involve:

• Mainstreaming of DRR into the virtual media activities, starting from the primary level to secondary level standards this includes multi-hazard education.
• Including DRR in non-formal multimedia channels with children friendly
• Ensuring teachers, school managers and staff have incorporated DRR into their training activities.
• Ensuring DRR learning materials and resources are available to key stakeholders.
• Encouraging children and youth to be champions and leaders in DRR.
• Supporting professionalization of and research in DRR in institutes of higher education.

Objectives

• Overall objective:
  • Capacity building of children at school level and advocacy of the DRR at local level for improved DRR mitigation measures
• Specific objectives:
  • Dedicated Application for smart phone with interactive session on giving instructions on what they need to do during the disaster

Outputs

• They propose a custom smart phone application with animation and voice over able to run on mobile operating systems.
• The smart phone application needs to be bilingual, need to have the option of selecting the language while starting the application.
• The application size needs to be small without compromising the quality of the animations
• The App will be developed major Mobile operating systems such as
  • Android OS (Google Inc.)
  • iPhone OS / iOS (Apple)

Timing

This project is expected to be implemented in 4 months.

Eligibility Criteria

The selected contractor will be requested to fulfil the following conditions:

• Previous experience in developing APPs based on all three OS platforms
• The contractor need to have live account in both app and play store as well need to manage the same whenever there is an update in the terms and conditions from the app and play store

For more information, visit UNESCO.