Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) Call for Tender to design an Online Tracker

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) was established in the United Kingdom in 1997 as an independent, not-for-profit, research training, advocacy and capacity building organization.


Applications are hereby invited for the position below:

Job Title: Call for Tender to design an online tracker

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Center for Democracy and Development has a funding support to build a dynamic ECOWAS Counter Terrorism Strategy Tracker.
• The essence is to make the platform a hub of data on terrorist activities within the region. So, you must have in mind a platform beyond Nigeria and Mali but to other countries within ECOWAS and if possible extended to other parts of Africa and must have fuse of elements of disparity like language and level of technological advancement. People should also be able to make report on the platform through different channels other than going online.
• We intend to be doing lots of analysis on the site and the site should be able to do analysis of data that are coming on to the platform. We want to integrate some social media platform trends to the platform as part of a holistic approach to capture as much information as possible.
• Also, the platform should be accept different/integrate different message forms. There should be space for people to submit article that CDD can screen and verify before it reflects. There should also be room for certain documents like the ECOWAS CTS to be attached.
• The platform should be able to automatically source information on issues of interest and mainstream same unto the platform for verification and approval.
• Irrespective of all that has been said, the Director of CDD also wants the platform to have the features in these websites: http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ , http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigeria-security-tracker/p29483 , http://www.usfglobalinitiative.org/newsletter/

• Please ensure to use "ECOWAS CTS Tracker" as subject of your application.
• All shortlisted applicant will be directly communicated to by CDD for a presentation.