National Consultant for Sendai Framework

hace 4 semanas

Panama United Nations A tiempo completo

Result of Service

The consultancy will therefore reach the initial implementation in Ecuador for the early warning for all and will also improve the dialogue among the different stakeholders involved, including improving risk knowledge, strengthening monitoring and analysis capabilities, enhancing communication and dissemination systems, and building response capacity. This will achieve for pillar one, the detailed roll out of the 18-month workplan for the a 5-year implementation strategy of the initiative.

Work Location
Ecuador

Expected duration
18 months

**Responsibilities**:
Backgroud

Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disasters and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations and regional organizations and activities in both developed and less developed countries. Led by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG), UNDRR has over 140 staff located in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and in regional offices. Specifically, UNDRR guides, monitors, analyses and reports on progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, supports regional and national implementation of the Framework and catalyzes action and increases global awareness to reduce disaster risk working with UN Member States and a broad range of partners and stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians and the science and technology community.

The European Commission's Directorate General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) has been providing assistance to the Latin America and Caribbean region since 1994 in fulfillment of its humanitarian mandate to save and preserve lives in order to reduce disaster risk conditions and contribute to increasing the resilience of individuals, communities and countries in the region.

During this time, DG ECHO, through its Disaster Preparedness budget line, formerly known as DIPECHO, has invested more than €321 million in 34 countries in the region through more than 631 projects, reaching 30 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the participation and involvement of a wide range of organizations and partners. Disaster preparedness projects supported by DG ECHO are aligned with the objectives defined by the countries in the region (whether national or regional) and reinforce the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Since 2011, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and DG ECHO have joined forces in 14 actions financially supported by ECHO (an investment of €7,818,367) carried out in Central America (4 actions), South America (5 actions), the Caribbean (4 actions) and a regional support activity in Latin America and the Caribbean.

**Responsibilities**:
This consultancy is two-pronged: on the one hand, to support ECHO DP (The European Commission Humanitarian Aid department’s Disaster Preparedness Programme), while at the same time to support Ew4All (Early Warning For All) as well as other activities at national level to support the country approach of UNDRR.

With regards to ECHO DP Focal Point, duties and responsibilities will be carried out simultaneously within the framework of the Regional Project approved by the European Commission's Directorate General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) through its Disaster Preparedness Program (ECHO DP) and under the subregion's ECHO DP Action Plan, as stipulated in the Humanitarian Implementation Plan in force, as well as in the framework for the EW4All initiative.

At the same time, this consultancy also involves the EW4All initiative. Early warning systems (EWS) are key elements of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, as they help reduce or avoid the detrimental impacts of hazardous events. To be effective, early warning systems need to be risk-informed, multi-hazard, multi-sectorial, target communities most at risk, disseminate messages and warnings efficiently, ensure preparedness, and support early action. Multi-Hazard Early warning systems include four pillars: 1) disaster risk knowledge; 2) observation, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting; 3) warning dissemination and communication; 4) preparedness and response capabilities. The four pillars of an MHEWS (Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems) need a governance architecture enabling interactions among those responsible for each of the components, framing their implementation within the overall DRM governance mechanisms (Interpillar).

Multi-sector and multi-stakeholder coordination, involvement of communities at risk, having an enabling institutional and legislative environment, clear roles and responsibilities, and adequate operational c

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