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Terms of Reference (ToR) for Consultancy Services for Videography, Photography, Documentary, and Success Stories Booklet Production for the Enabling R
- Organization: Horizont3000
- Location: Uganda
- Deadline: Fri Aug 07 2026
- Category: Advocacy/Communications
About this opportunity
**1. Background**
The Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) Programme, implemented by horizont3000 in East Africa through four partner organizations Caritas Tororo, Youth Association for Rural Development (YARD), Caritas MADDO, and One World Sustainable Livelihoods (OWSL) supports smallholder farmers to transition from subsistence farming to market-oriented, sustainable, and climate-resilient agricultural enterprises.
Since its implementation in 2023, the programme has empowered over 4,950 farmers (3,263 F, 1,687 M) through farmer-led innovation, enterprise development, participatory market research, market engagement, agroecological practices, and the inclusive participation of women and youth. Through the ERI approach, farmers have strengthened their entrepreneurial capacities, improved household incomes and food security, enhanced access to markets and financial services, and adopted more sustainable agricultural practices.
As the current programme framework phase (2023–2026) ends, horizont3000 seeks to systematically document the achievements, innovations, lessons learned, success stories, and transformative changes realized through programme implementation across the four partner organizations. This documentation will serve as an important knowledge management, learning, visibility, and advocacy resource for partners, stakeholders, donors, and future programme interventions.
In addition, horizont3000 will convene the ERI Annual Symposium on 30th September 2026 in Kampala, Uganda, bringing together programme partners, farmer representatives, government stakeholders, development practitioners, private sector actors, and other key stakeholders. The symposium will provide a platform to showcase programme achievements, share lessons learned and best practices, facilitate knowledge exchange, and discuss future directions for promoting sustainable livelihoods and market-oriented agriculture among smallholder farming communities.
To support these objectives, horizont3000 intends to produce high quality documentary videos, professional photography, and a Success Stories Booklet (both soft and hard copies) that capture programme achievements, innovations, beneficiary experiences, institutional perspectives, and symposium outcomes.
**Purpose of the Assignment:**
To document the achievements, innovations, lessons learned, success stories, and outcomes of the ERI Programme (2023–2026) and the ERI Annual Symposium 2026 through high-quality documentary videos, photography, and a Success Stories Booklet for learning, visibility, and knowledge-sharing purposes.
**2. Objectives of the Assignment**
1. Document ERI programme achievements, innovations, lessons learned, and beneficiary experiences across the four partner organizations and the ERI Joint Programme.
2. Produce five high-quality documentary videos, including partner documentaries, an ERI Joint Programme documentary, and a Symposium documentary highlighting key discussions, learning outcomes, stakeholder reflections, and programme achievements.
3. Capture professional photographs illustrating programme activities, innovations, beneficiaries, symposium proceedings, stakeholder engagement, and programme outcomes.
4. Develop and print Success Stories Booklet featuring selected success stories, innovations, lessons learned, and programme achievements from the 2023–2026 implementation period.
5. Produce communication products suitable for symposium presentations, donor visibility, partner communication, social media engagement, advocacy, and knowledge-sharing purposes.
**3. Scope of Work**
**A. Field and Symposium Documentation**
The service provider shall conduct field documentation visits to the following partner implementation areas:
- Caritas Tororo (Tororo, Manafwa, Busia, and Namisindwa districts)
- Youth Association for Rural Development — YARD (Buikwe, Buvuma, and Kayunga districts)
- Caritas MADDO (Kyotera and Rakai districts)
In addition, the service provider shall document success stories and achievements from One World Sustainable Livelihoods (OWSL) in Tanzania through materials provided by the partner for incorporation into the programme documentaries and booklet.
**Quality Specifications for OWSL-Supplied Materials**
OWSL shall provide documentation materials meeting the following minimum standards:
- Video footage in Full HD format (minimum 1920 × 1080 pixels).
- Photographs with a minimum resolution suitable for professional printing (300 dpi).
- Success story narratives drafted by OWSL staff and validated by beneficiaries, containing beneficiary background, intervention details, outcomes achieved, quotations, and supporting evidence where available.
The service provider shall review, refine, edit, and integrate these materials into the final documentary products and booklet while ensuring consistency in quality, storytelling, and branding.
**B. Documentary and Photography Activities**
- Conduct interviews with programme staff, farmer facilitators, cooperative leaders, beneficiaries, symposium participants, and key stakeholders.
- Capture high-quality video footage of programme interventions, innovations, enterprises, and symposium proceedings.
- Record beneficiary testimonies, success stories, stakeholder reflections, and key symposium messages.
- Capture drone footage where applicable and permitted.
- Take professional photographs illustrating programme achievements, innovations, agricultural enterprises, networking sessions, panel discussions, exhibitions, and symposium activities.
- Document key symposium presentations, discussions, lessons learned, recommendations, and stakeholder commitments.
**C. Success Story Identification, Development, and Validation**
Success stories shall be developed through a structured and collaborative process involving partner organizations, the ERI-EA Programme Coordinator, and the service provider, with clearly defined responsibilities at each stage.
**Step 1 -Identification (Partner Organizations)**
Partner organizations shall take the lead in identifying potential success stories and beneficiaries for documentation. Partners know their farmers, communities, and contexts best and are therefore best placed to identify stories that are authentic, representative, and aligned with programme objectives.
- Each partner organization shall identify and propose a minimum of three candidate success stories from their implementation area.
- The ERI-EA Programme Coordinator shall review and confirm the final selection of stories to be documented, ensuring balance across thematic areas and programme objectives.
**Step 2- Drafting (Partner Organizations)**
Partner organizations shall produce the first draft of each success story. Drafts should be based on direct engagement with the identified beneficiaries and must include:
- Beneficiary background and context.
- Description of the ERI intervention and the beneficiary's participation.
- Outcomes and changes achieved at household and community level.
- Direct quotations from the beneficiary.
- Supporting evidence of change where available (data, photographs, market records).
Partner drafts shall be submitted to the ERI-EA Programme Coordinator for initial review before being passed to the service provider.
**Step 3- Editing and Packaging (Service Provider)**
The service provider shall receive the partner-drafted success stories and be responsible for:
- Editing, refining, and strengthening the narratives for clarity, compelling storytelling, and professional communication standards.
- Integrating supporting photographs, quotations, and evidence of change into the booklet layout.
- Ensuring consistency in voice, tone, format, and branding across all stories.
- Aligning narratives with horizont3000 visibility and communication guidelines.
**Step 4 - Validation (Partner Organizations and ERI-EA Programme Coordinator)**
All success stories shall be reviewed and validated by the respective partner
The Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) Programme, implemented by horizont3000 in East Africa through four partner organizations Caritas Tororo, Youth Association for Rural Development (YARD), Caritas MADDO, and One World Sustainable Livelihoods (OWSL) supports smallholder farmers to transition from subsistence farming to market-oriented, sustainable, and climate-resilient agricultural enterprises.
Since its implementation in 2023, the programme has empowered over 4,950 farmers (3,263 F, 1,687 M) through farmer-led innovation, enterprise development, participatory market research, market engagement, agroecological practices, and the inclusive participation of women and youth. Through the ERI approach, farmers have strengthened their entrepreneurial capacities, improved household incomes and food security, enhanced access to markets and financial services, and adopted more sustainable agricultural practices.
As the current programme framework phase (2023–2026) ends, horizont3000 seeks to systematically document the achievements, innovations, lessons learned, success stories, and transformative changes realized through programme implementation across the four partner organizations. This documentation will serve as an important knowledge management, learning, visibility, and advocacy resource for partners, stakeholders, donors, and future programme interventions.
In addition, horizont3000 will convene the ERI Annual Symposium on 30th September 2026 in Kampala, Uganda, bringing together programme partners, farmer representatives, government stakeholders, development practitioners, private sector actors, and other key stakeholders. The symposium will provide a platform to showcase programme achievements, share lessons learned and best practices, facilitate knowledge exchange, and discuss future directions for promoting sustainable livelihoods and market-oriented agriculture among smallholder farming communities.
To support these objectives, horizont3000 intends to produce high quality documentary videos, professional photography, and a Success Stories Booklet (both soft and hard copies) that capture programme achievements, innovations, beneficiary experiences, institutional perspectives, and symposium outcomes.
**Purpose of the Assignment:**
To document the achievements, innovations, lessons learned, success stories, and outcomes of the ERI Programme (2023–2026) and the ERI Annual Symposium 2026 through high-quality documentary videos, photography, and a Success Stories Booklet for learning, visibility, and knowledge-sharing purposes.
**2. Objectives of the Assignment**
1. Document ERI programme achievements, innovations, lessons learned, and beneficiary experiences across the four partner organizations and the ERI Joint Programme.
2. Produce five high-quality documentary videos, including partner documentaries, an ERI Joint Programme documentary, and a Symposium documentary highlighting key discussions, learning outcomes, stakeholder reflections, and programme achievements.
3. Capture professional photographs illustrating programme activities, innovations, beneficiaries, symposium proceedings, stakeholder engagement, and programme outcomes.
4. Develop and print Success Stories Booklet featuring selected success stories, innovations, lessons learned, and programme achievements from the 2023–2026 implementation period.
5. Produce communication products suitable for symposium presentations, donor visibility, partner communication, social media engagement, advocacy, and knowledge-sharing purposes.
**3. Scope of Work**
**A. Field and Symposium Documentation**
The service provider shall conduct field documentation visits to the following partner implementation areas:
- Caritas Tororo (Tororo, Manafwa, Busia, and Namisindwa districts)
- Youth Association for Rural Development — YARD (Buikwe, Buvuma, and Kayunga districts)
- Caritas MADDO (Kyotera and Rakai districts)
In addition, the service provider shall document success stories and achievements from One World Sustainable Livelihoods (OWSL) in Tanzania through materials provided by the partner for incorporation into the programme documentaries and booklet.
**Quality Specifications for OWSL-Supplied Materials**
OWSL shall provide documentation materials meeting the following minimum standards:
- Video footage in Full HD format (minimum 1920 × 1080 pixels).
- Photographs with a minimum resolution suitable for professional printing (300 dpi).
- Success story narratives drafted by OWSL staff and validated by beneficiaries, containing beneficiary background, intervention details, outcomes achieved, quotations, and supporting evidence where available.
The service provider shall review, refine, edit, and integrate these materials into the final documentary products and booklet while ensuring consistency in quality, storytelling, and branding.
**B. Documentary and Photography Activities**
- Conduct interviews with programme staff, farmer facilitators, cooperative leaders, beneficiaries, symposium participants, and key stakeholders.
- Capture high-quality video footage of programme interventions, innovations, enterprises, and symposium proceedings.
- Record beneficiary testimonies, success stories, stakeholder reflections, and key symposium messages.
- Capture drone footage where applicable and permitted.
- Take professional photographs illustrating programme achievements, innovations, agricultural enterprises, networking sessions, panel discussions, exhibitions, and symposium activities.
- Document key symposium presentations, discussions, lessons learned, recommendations, and stakeholder commitments.
**C. Success Story Identification, Development, and Validation**
Success stories shall be developed through a structured and collaborative process involving partner organizations, the ERI-EA Programme Coordinator, and the service provider, with clearly defined responsibilities at each stage.
**Step 1 -Identification (Partner Organizations)**
Partner organizations shall take the lead in identifying potential success stories and beneficiaries for documentation. Partners know their farmers, communities, and contexts best and are therefore best placed to identify stories that are authentic, representative, and aligned with programme objectives.
- Each partner organization shall identify and propose a minimum of three candidate success stories from their implementation area.
- The ERI-EA Programme Coordinator shall review and confirm the final selection of stories to be documented, ensuring balance across thematic areas and programme objectives.
**Step 2- Drafting (Partner Organizations)**
Partner organizations shall produce the first draft of each success story. Drafts should be based on direct engagement with the identified beneficiaries and must include:
- Beneficiary background and context.
- Description of the ERI intervention and the beneficiary's participation.
- Outcomes and changes achieved at household and community level.
- Direct quotations from the beneficiary.
- Supporting evidence of change where available (data, photographs, market records).
Partner drafts shall be submitted to the ERI-EA Programme Coordinator for initial review before being passed to the service provider.
**Step 3- Editing and Packaging (Service Provider)**
The service provider shall receive the partner-drafted success stories and be responsible for:
- Editing, refining, and strengthening the narratives for clarity, compelling storytelling, and professional communication standards.
- Integrating supporting photographs, quotations, and evidence of change into the booklet layout.
- Ensuring consistency in voice, tone, format, and branding across all stories.
- Aligning narratives with horizont3000 visibility and communication guidelines.
**Step 4 - Validation (Partner Organizations and ERI-EA Programme Coordinator)**
All success stories shall be reviewed and validated by the respective partner
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