About CEPIL
The Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to making the pursuit of justice accessible and affordable for poor and marginalized communities and individuals. Our mission is to advocate for public interest, promote human rights, and ensure legal assistance is available to those who need it most.
About the Impact Story Video Documentary
We are seeking a creative and professional video production expert/team to create an impactful documentary that tells the story of CEPIL’s efforts in empowering Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), community coalitions, and activists to promote human rights in Ghana. The documentary will highlight on how CEPIL’s advocacy and legal interventions have transformed lives by promoting human rights, access to justice, and environmental protection, particularly in marginalized and mining-fringed communities.
Scope of Work
- Content Focus: The documentary will capture the real-life impact of CEPIL's efforts in areas such as human rights, land rights, corporate accountability, environmental justice, and legal assistance for vulnerable populations.
- Locations: Filming will take place across communities directly impacted by mining and other extractive industries.
- Duration: The video will be approximately 15-20 minutes long, with shorter versions (3-5 minutes) created for online platforms and social media.
- Deliverables: The final documentary, along with teaser trailers and high-quality images for use in digital and print media.
Key Themes
- Human Rights and Environmental Justice Advocacy: Showcasing CEPIL’s efforts to protect marginalized groups, including women, children, and communities affected by mining and petroleum operations, while holding corporations accountable for practices that harm the environment and local populations.
- Legal Interventions and Success Stories: Highlighting how CEPIL’s legal support has helped individuals and communities access justice, particularly in cases involving land and resource rights, environmental damage, and human rights violations.
- Empowering Communities Through Capacity Building: Demonstrating how CEPIL’s training programs have equipped Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), activists, and community coalitions to effectively represent and advocate for their communities in negotiations with mining and petroleum companies.
- Promoting Sustainable Development and FPIC (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent): Illustrating how CEPIL has worked with communities to ensure their rights are respected in land and resource decisions, while fostering more sustainable and equitable practices within the cocoa, mining, and petroleum value chains.
Requirements for Bidders
- Proven experience in producing documentaries or impact story videos for NGOs or social justice causes.
- Strong storytelling abilities with a focus on human rights, social justice, or environmental issues.
- Ability to conduct interviews, travel to field locations, and capture high-quality footage in diverse settings.
- Capacity to deliver the final product in various formats, suitable for both broadcast and digital platforms.
DURATION
This consultancy should be delivered within a period of 3 weeks from the date of signing the agreement. The successful applicant should;
- Be ready to sign contracts by 24/02/2025
- Deliver work approach by 26/02/25
- Submit draft report for review on the 17/03/2025
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should submit the following:
- A proposal outlining your approach to the documentary, including timeline and budget.
- A portfolio of previous relevant work.
- Contact details of at least two references.
Please send your application to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Impact Story Video Docuumentary Application- Friday, 6th March, 2025 .Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM
Agricultural value chains and extractive industries are key to many of Ghana’s economic, social and environmental challenges: notable among these are human rights violations and conflicts, perpetuation of inequalities and environmental degradation. In some instances, entire or significant parts of communities have been displaced to make way for new extractive industries and the development of export-led agricultural commodity value chains are adversely affected.
The ceding of farmland to mining has impoverished communities and impacted food production. Labour rights are being weakened in the large-scale mining sector due to outsourcing of employment, weak laws and limited enforcement of international standards. These problems are expected to worsen as Ghana opens its doors to more Foreign Direct Investment.
The Ghana FAIR for ALL programme has four main focus areas:
- Strengthen local civil society to collect evidence of rights abuses in cocoa, petroleum and minerals (gold) value chains, support communities in seeking redress and hold public and private-sector actors to account.
- Strengthen civil society to advocate towards mining companies, agribusinesses and their suppliers and traders, primarily through multi-stakeholder engagement and new business models, to advance women’s economic empowerment, prevent rights abuses and ensure a living income, specifically in cocoa and artisanal gold mining.
- Promote fiscal and trade regimes that enable better domestic capture of value in value chains. Ensure value is redistributed to support local value chains that are owned and led by domestic enterprises.
- Support civil society to influence budgetary processes, leading to a fairer and more equal Distribution of gains from cocoa, petroleum and minerals (gold).
