Call for Expression of Interest : Social Cohesion Through HipHop - UDP_NL Project

Background

Part of the UDP_NL project is the strengthening of relationships between ethnic-religious 

communities of young Lebanese (15-29 years) in North Lebanon’s T5 (Tripoli and the five 

districts of Al-Koura, Batroun, Bcharre, Zgharta and Minieh-Dannieh). UDP_NL seeks to 

conduct inter-exchange events with youth from different communities to foster empathy, 

understanding, knowledge of other communities, and ultimately, social cohesion. 

As part of the inter-exchange events, UDP_NL is looking for a consultant that can 

implement trainings on topics relating to hip hop. The aim of these trainings is to strengthen 

the participants’ knowledge of what it takes to produce a hip hop music video. In order to foster

social cohesion the participants will work together in creating hip hop songs and music 

videos.  

Due to the current measures in response to the Corona virus (e.g. lockdown) and other security 

issues (such as roadblocks) that may occur and would make the physical inter-exchange 

meetings impossible, flexibility is mandatory to compensate through online meetings and 

discussions and maximize the usage of digital tools as much as possible and when needed

Project Objective 

Project to be executed between 01.02.2021 - 30.06.2021

1. Pre-conditions 

• Mandatory participation at UDP_NL module 3 introductory training to get acquainted with forms to be used for Monitoring & Evaluation, digital tools that follow GIZ standards, UDP_NL Communication & Visibility guidelines. 
• Outreach to potential participants. 

2. Training Delivery 

• Conducting trainings with at least 100 participants. 
• Conduct several trainings on the various topics of hip hop (history, lyrics, art, video production etc)  

3. Mentoring and Supervision 

• Providing the participants with individual and group mentoring and tools to enable them to work in groups on creating a hip hop music video. 

4. Post-conditions 

• Submit training materials, training and events schedule, and attendees list after each training to UDP_NL team.  
• Submit a 1 minute video capturing the scenes of the trainings and the process of the creation of the music videos. 
• Submit final report summarizing: the implementation, stories and testimonials from the beneficiaries, achievements and final output of the training.  
• Finalizing and submission of music videos created during the training. 

Qualifications 

• University Degree in music, or similar field. 
• 5 years or more experience as an active Hip Hop artist 
• 5 years or more experience in creating music albums  
• 10 years experience in organizing, managing and promoting musical events 
• Proven experience in using Hip Hop as a tool for social cohesion 
• Proven experience in working with (vulnerable) youth 
• Experience and understanding of North Lebanon (Tripoli, Dannieh, Zgharta, Batroun, Koura, Bcharri) is required 
• Business fluency (verbal and written) in Arabic and English