Provision of Photographs and Video Documentation Services - to promote socio-economic inclusion through access to education for children and training opportunities for youth on plantations in Sabah (Албания - Тендер #63072914)

1. Background

Malaysia, as the second largest producer of palm oil in the world after Indonesia, saw its palm oil & palm oil-based products increase by RM2.4 billion or 27.7 per cent to RM11.2 billion as of December 2024, according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Economy. Exports of palm oil, a main commodity, alone recorded an increase of RM1.8 billion (+35.8%) as compared to the previous year. Overall, palm oil & palm oil-based products made up 8.1% of the total exports1. Malaysias oil palm industry also represents a major source of employment, hiring 382,582 workers as of August 2022 according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. In addition, as much as 80% of the oil palm plantation workers are migrants, mostly Indonesians, but also Bangladeshis, Nepalis and Indian nationals.

The Malaysian government-produced Employment Survey in Plantations 2018 with technical support from the ILO - estimated the prevalence of forced labour among oil palm plantation workers in Malaysia as 8 for every 1,000 oil palm workers. The survey also estimated that 33,600 children aged 5-17 years were in child labour. In Sabah, child labour in oil palm plantations accounted for 58.8% (estimated at 19,800 children) of all child labour in Malaysias oil palm plantations, which was much higher than Sarawak at 39.5% (13,200).

Unlike Peninsular Malaysia, many migrant workers in Sabah tend to live together with their families. Given that children of migrant workers are unable to enrol in formal education, community or alternative learning centres (CLCs/ALCs) are set up as educational institutions outside of the formal schooling system to provide learning opportunities and community development, jointly supported and supervised by the Indonesian consulates in Kota Kinabalu and Tawau, as well as plantation companies. The endorsement of the Malaysian government for the CLCs/ALCs is in the form of the Guidelines by the Malaysian Minister of Education on the Establishment and Registration of CLCs in Sabah (known as Garis Panduan Penubuhan dan Pendaftaran Pusat Pembelajaran Komuniti di Sabah)2, which lay down the requirements needed to establish CLCs, especially in the plantation sector.

The informal education is however insufficient for large numbers of youth in rural areas to acquire basic skills, especially those aged 15 and above, who are old enough to receive skills trainings. There are also young adolescents who lack interest and drop out of school, and the lack of basic skills can make them vulnerable to exploitation in the labour market, as a result of which they are destined for a future of insecure work.

In addition, undocumented children continue to face tremendous hurdles in accessing education in Sabah, and the lack of formal and quality education can make these children vulnerable to exploitation in the labour market, potentially leading to a situation of child labour.

The ILO-UNICEF Joint Project for Promoting Economic Inclusion through Access to Education for Children and Training Opportunities for Young Workers on Plantations in Sabah, funded by the European Union Delegation to Thailand, aims to:
" provide training in core skills, occupational health and safety, and entrepreneurship to youth on plantations;
" strengthen the existing Alternative/Community Learning Centres (A/CLCs);
" support access to education for undocumented/migrant/stateless children living in and around oil palm plantations as a way to combat child labour.

The target groups of this project are children aged below 18 (access to education), as well as children & youth aged 15 24, especially those out-of-school (skills development).

2. Assignment
The main objective is to provide photo and video documentation services to capture actions and achievements relating to project activities in Sabah, Malaysia, as follows:

2.1 The Training of Trainers session for teachers of Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal, an alternative learning centre for stateless Bajau Laut community on Omadal Island, on teaching strategies and techniques as well as core skills provided by the Sabah Skills & Technology Centre (SSTC), as well as classes for stateless Bajau Laut children meant to combat child labour through access to education.

2.2 The story of at least one young smallholder who has benefited from a skills training session in Tawau by the SSTC and what it means for rural economic and community development.

2.3 The World Day Against Child Labour event in Tawau on 12 June 2025 that showcases the efforts by all the stakeholders to combat child labour through access to education.

3. Scope of photography
" The vendor must produce a minimum of 90 (ninety) high-definition photos (ie. 30 for each of the above-mentioned activities).
" The high-quality photographs should cover the areas and themes outlined above.
" All images supplied must be produced in RAW format, in high resolution (minimum 24 million pixels), produced with professional photographic equipment and accompanied by their captions (in the IPTC fields if possible). A lower resolution set of the images as JPEGs should also be provided.
" The legends must contain the following information: the place, the date and any relevant information making it possible to easily identify and understand the context of the photograph, the name of the persons photographed if known.
" It will be important to collect a wide variety of photographic formats (vertical / horizontal, close-ups / wide shots / medium shots, portraits / photos posed / actions).

4. Scope of videos
The Training of Trainers session for teachers of Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal
" A maximum 2 min 20 secs video capturing the activities in a human centred manner. It should focus on the characters and how they are benefitting from the initiative rather than the institutional