1. Organization Background

iDE is an international NGO with over 40 years of experience in designing and delivering market-based anti-poverty programs in 12 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest-established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households.  iDE Bangladesh currently has multiple projects in agricultural markets, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition, and access to finance with a focus on women’s economic empowerment and climate-smart technologies.

2. Project Background

The Transforming Lives Through Nutrition (TLTN) project is a multi-partner initiative aimed at improving maternal, newborn, and child nutrition among vulnerable populations in Bangladesh. Funded by the Humanitarian Services Division of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the project is implemented by Helen Keller International, Vitamin Angels, and iDE, combining nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive approaches. Under the Bangladesh component, iDE leads market-based interventions focused on three outcome areas: Outcome 6: increased access to nutritious diets, Outcome 7: strengthened local supply chains and enterprise capacity, and Outcome 8: improved household and community WASH access and practices. iDE’s work includes support for climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive agriculture, entrepreneur and market actor development, and improved access to WASH products and services.

3. About the Assignment

As part of the Transforming Lives through Nutrition (TLTN) Project, iDE Bangladesh aims to engage an experienced  English Newspaper/ media agency or firm to arrange a roundtable session and media engagement services with multiple stakeholders through prominent English Newspapers, preferably The Daily Star, The Business Standard, The Financial Express, New Age, etc. This assignment will help in advancing the project’s communication, visibility objectives, and advocacy with a focus on highlighting the Role of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs for Nutrition-Sensitive Integration in Bangladesh.

The primary goal of this assignment is to create and publish high-quality content that features the contributions of the TLTN Project in shaping the last-mile people and driving economic empowerment across Bangladesh. The content will showcase unique interventions of the TLTN Project. The expectations are:

• Roundtable (Record, Edit, Broadcast)
• The specific discussion Topic will be decided mutually, consulting with the hiring agency. The broader topic is- Role of the Local Nutrition Entrepreneurs through Nutrition-Sensitive Integration in Bangladesh
• Design a color supplement and provide 100 printed copies within 14 working days.
• Publish quarter page news brief with quotation of speakers through print and social media.
• Recorded short clips from external channels.
• Cross-posting with iDE’s Social media channels.
• Expert opinion on the digital channels of the newspaper's social media.
• News Coverage of the session (print, e-paper, and online)
• Event moderation/facilitation

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Deadline: 26 May 2026 COB (5 PM BST)