DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOSYSTEM-BASED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION TOOLKIT FOR NATIONAL SOCIETIES

Disaster risk reduction has been one of IFRC’s key focus areas over the past three decades. Today, IFRC is one of the biggest DRR actors in the world. In 2018, the IFRC network invested 207 million Swiss francs on community-based DRR and climate adaptation projects, reaching 52 million people in 160 countries. Nature-based solutions1 are increasingly being recognized as one of the most effective means to reduce disaster risks and build community resilience. While RCRC National Societies around the world are implementing NbS, we believe it should become a more integral part of our network’s DRR and climate adaptation work. Scaling up NbS and notably ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction2 was identified as one of the transformative priorities of the IFRC Secretariat for 2020 and has been included as one of the flagship targets for the IFRC Plan & Budget 2021-2025. The aim is for a majority of RCRC National Societies to implement NbS by 2025. This is seen as a key contributor to operationalizing IFRC’s vision to scale up our climate action as reflected in Strategy 2030, the Movement Ambitions to address the Climate Crisis and our pledge at the 33rd International Conference in 2019.

With the support of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, IFRC will implement a three-year project (2020-2023), titled “Greening Red Cross and Red Crescent Disaster Risk Reduction: Saving Lives through Working with Nature”, to increase the resilience of communities facing natural hazards through the implementation of NbS.

The objectives of the project are to:

1) enable National Societies and communities to design and implement DRR projects incorporating NbS in diverse settings;

2) update existing IFRC tools/methodologies and develop new guidance for National Societies on ecosystem-based DRR;

3) promote NbS and disseminate lessons learned within and beyond the RCRC network.

Objectives:

The objective of this consultancy is to update existing IFRC tools/methodologies and develop a new Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit for staff and volunteers of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies.

Specific deliverables will include the following:

1. Detailed workplan and proposed work schedule for the consultancy

2. Document outlining any gaps in existing IFRC DRR tools/guidance and recommendations to address them

3. Final version of the eco-DRR guidance

4. Position paper on the scope and role of the RCRC in NbS

5. Document outlining a set of recommendations for the integration of NbS in programming across IFRC’s areas of work

6. Document outlining a set of recommendations for the integration of NbS in emergency response and recovery efforts

7. Training material on the eco-DRR guidance/toolkit (e.g. presentations for ToT, curriculum, associated tools, templates, facilitator guide)

8. Facilitation of Training of Trainers for IFRC staff and select National Societies on the guidance/toolkit

Depending on the time available, and findings of the consultancy, further products may be agreed between IFRC and the consultant and content/direction of the aforementioned deliverables may be adapted.

For full details and the ToR, including the application process, please click here

How to apply:

If you are interested, please apply on this link before 22 November.