Overview
This assignment seeks an expert to lead the assessment of existing climate and disaster risk financing mechanisms in Nepal, focusing on the policy, institutional, and operational architecture of decision-making across government levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct a comprehensive review of disaster risk management funding instruments, national financing frameworks, and funding flow at federal, provincial, and local levels.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of funding instruments in supporting timely, predictable, and adequately funded emergency response.
- Identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for strengthening financial preparedness and early action.
- Assess the maturity, scalability, and operational capacities of existing social protection systems and programmes.
- Evaluate the extent to which social protection systems can withstand and respond to climate and disaster-related shocks.
- Recommend measures to enhance system resilience and shock responsiveness.
- Map opportunities to integrate climate and disaster risk financing, disaster management funds, and social protection systems.
- Provide recommendations to strengthen financial resilience through pre-arranged financing, early action triggers, and adaptive and shock-responsive social protection measures.
- Support the development of integrated approaches that enhance national and local response capacities.
- Deliver one analytical report on Disaster Management Fund mechanisms in Nepal.
- Deliver one consolidated Action Plan for integration of CDRFI and efficient management and strengthened governance of disaster management funds.
Required Experience
At least three years of post-graduate professional work experience (after master's degree) in disaster management, governance, public finance management, social protection, humanitarian and development project management.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree (master’s degree) in Economics, Public Policy, International Development, Sociology, Anthropology, Climate and Disaster studies, Social Science or any other relevant field. First University Degree (Bachelor's) in the relevant field with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
