EEB/ZMWG CALL FOR TENDER: WEBSITE RESTRUCTURING
Part 1: Introduction
The deadline for the tender is: 12/02/2018
Part 2: About the EEB and the Zero Mercury Working Group
Our website for more information: www.eeb.org / http://www.zeromercury.org
Part 3: Tender
Summary
The Zero Mercury campaign at the EEB would like to build a new website for Zero Mercury Campaign/Zero Mercury Working Group based on the existing website available at www.zeromercury.org – while maintaining the URL.
Active since 2005 the Zero Mercury Campaign, having grown into the Zero Mercury Working Group has a long history of action. We would like to see a visual update of the website, to a more modern and user-friendly visual look. The division of sections, and their related subsections should be divided between introductory and advanced mercury issues.
- We would like to convey through our website an approachable and educational tool for mercury related issues.
- On the other hand, on separate tabs we would like to make available the recent activity related:
The distinction between the “introduction to mercury” section and the “Policy” and “Projects” sections should be clear. We would like a visualization of introducing the general public to mercury through its various topics (processes, products etc), and then at the end of the page have a link where an individual can arrive at how the Zero Mercury Working Group is working on that specific issue at project and policy level as relevant. Simultaneously however, we would like to have a tab where stakeholders familiar with mercury issues and/or our work, can get directly to the advanced information without going through the introductory informational section or tabs.
We are looking for a proposal that explains in detail how the concept note below can be implemented.
Tender: revamp a website
Please include the following and their related costs (separately) in your quote:
Indicative timeline
Criteria to be considered during evaluation
Part 4: Functionality
Home page
The home page is meant to be a public oriented landing page for individuals wishing to learn about mercury. The first image should be a large slider which in principle will not change over time. The slider will include 4-5 pictures referring to introductory information about the challenges surrounding mercury pollution, but also to some of the priority areas we work on.
Above it, a horizontal menu, with dropdown elements can be displayed, dividing between general mercury information, the policy work that ZMWG does along with current projects and other elements (to be detailed at a later stage e.g about us etc). Below the slider there will be some space to describe ZMWG group as an organization and post our latest news. There should also be space to include a footer providing our location and contact information.
As examples please see http://www.artisanalgold.org/ or www.sradev.org
Map
The website should provide country-specific pages/posts with contact information for our different national partners, in addition to a description and updates of relevant projects that they do appearing within our website (via posts) apart from linking back to national websites. Accessing these country specific pages should be done through a map, e.g. found on “About us” page. The map needs to highlight somehow differently countries where EEB/ZMWG are funding (or have funded) directly projects, whilst providing a link to that campaign (page/post).
We would also need to post updates about the relevant projects/campaigns, that will simultaneously appear in the “What’s new” section of the home page.
Technical prerequisites:
The CMS should be WordPress to align with our other websites. The current site is working with Joomla.
Visual identity / look and feel:
We do want to update, but not reinvent the visual identity of the Zero Mercury Campaign/ Working Group.
The Zero Mercury logo stays unchanged and is our branding basis. We would like the look and feel of the new website to be more visually oriented, as now it feels a bit text-heavy.
Footer: Logos and disclaimers of EC will need to go somewhere at the bottom