Year 1: One International consultant for communications training

Global Development Awards Competition Communications Training 2019 Terms of Reference The Global Development Network wishes to recruit a consultant to undertake a two-day communications training for a mixed group of around nine people between early career researchers and development practitioners who are finalists of the Global Development Awards Competition 2019 and grantees on current grants of GDN. The assignment includes the design, preparation and facilitation of the training. The training is scheduled to be held in Bonn on 21-22 October 2019, ahead of GDN’s Annual Conference on 23-25 October 2019. Background The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development is a competitive research grant program under the Global Development Awards Competition 2019 . The Awards Competition is administered by GDN and supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan . This award program identifies and funds outstanding research proposals in developing and transition countries with high potential for excellence in research and clear policy implications for addressing development issues. Every year, three finalists of the award categories are invited to present their proposals in a session of a GDN academic conference, in front of an eminent jury which will award the first, second and third prizes in each category. Winners enter into a grant agreement with GDN for the implementation of the awarded research proposal or development project. In 2019, only the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) for research proposals addressing development issues with policy implications, and high potential for excellence will be awarded at the GDN conference. Objective The training will strengthen the three finalists’ presentation and communications skills on their work, preparing them for their presentation at the GDN academic conference, and to wide, non-technical audiences. The training will also include the principal investigators of the current teams o