Extended deadline for receiving applications – Consultancy announcement for providing Infographics for fiscal transparency index

USAID’s Strengthening Resource Mobilization Activity

Consultant’s Terms of Reference

Infographics for fiscal transparency index

1. Introduction/Background

USAID Strengthening Resource Mobilization project as part of the activities of the partner organization Center for Economic Analyses – CEA is conducting monitoring of the fiscal transparency of the LSGUs in North Macedonia based on a developed methodology. The fiscal transparency monitoring report produced by CEA provides input for the creation of visual representations of the current fiscal transparency and comparison with past performance of the LSGUs in North Macedonia. Therefore, the goal of the visual representations (infographics) is to present in a simple understandable manner the status of the degree of fiscal transparency of the LSGUs and their possible progress compared with the past period for wide public reach.

The Consultant will be engaged to visually prepare the results, as a vehicle to enable the wide public reach of the report findings appropriate for social network publication and sharing.

1. Objective and Scope of the engagement

The objective of this engagement is to create/produce visual representations, specifically infographics, for the fiscal transparency monitoring index for 2023/2024 applicable to the Local Self-Government Units (LSGUs) in North Macedonia. Additionally, it aims to empower the team through a series of interactive exercises that will enhance their understanding and application of preference-based communication patterns, providing deeper insights into personality type dynamics and personal value systems.

Based on the above, the consultant will implement the following tasks:

1. Designing twelve (12) visual infographics and graphic solutions all prepared in Macedonian and Albanian languages (12×2 languages), prepared for individual social network posts. All the visual representations are to be based on the fiscal transparency for all 81 LSGU in RNM for the current period and compared with the past period from CEA Fiscal transparency index.

• 8+1 infographics representing the geographical position of the LSGUs in specific LSGUs and each individual eight statistical planning region and separately for the LSGUs in the City of Skopje, with current index value and comparison with past CEA Local fiscal transparency index value.
• Additional two regional infographics: one with regional average with comparison of current and past transparency index and one representing the degree of participation and inclusion of the citizens per statistical region.
• One infographic representing the tax transparency intensity of the twenty-four third group partner municipalities.

• Outputs and deliverables

The consultant will provide the following outputs and deliverables:

• Twelve (12) individual visual infographics in the Macedonian language, prepared for immediate use on social media.
• Twelve (12) individual visual infographics in the Albanian language, prepared for immediate use on social media.

The translation into the Albanian language will be undertaken by the USAID Strengthening Resource Mobilization Activity, pending approval of the infographics developed in the Macedonian language by the consultant.

1. Period of execution of activities

The overall consultancy engagement will be implemented in the period up to 31^st of October 2024.

The remuneration will be based on the request of offers procedure as well as negotiation and procurement procedures as prescribed by the contractor and will be determined as part of the consultancy contract.

1. Qualifications

Academic qualifications:

• BSc’s degree, in business administration, marketing, design or another relevant field.

Professional experience:

• Professional experience in the provision of comparable visual products for promotion and visual presentation.

Language:

• Excellent knowledge of English and Macedonian language.

1. Application procedure

To be considered, the interested applicant needs to submit the following documents:

• Cover letter,
• CV,
• Comparable reference list with similar assignments with contact details of 2 references.
• The proposed gross rate in MK denars is inclusive of all costs.

The requested application documents should be submitted to the following e-mail address: [email protected] with a subject line: Offer for visualization of the fiscal transparency index no later than 23rd of September 2024 by 04:00 PM.

Incomplete applications will not be considered for evaluation.