Do you have a strong track record in evaluation of international cooperation programs?
Can you demonstrate experience in carrying out research involving with people with disabilities with focus on climate adaptation projects in fragile contexts?
And are you able to provide advocacy and programmatic recommendations to a variety of stakeholders?
You may be the consultant we are looking for!
Mission East (MEED) and our partners are currently searching for a consultant for the project โInclusive Climate Solutions: Lessons for Disability-Inclusive Climate Programming and Advocacy in Fragile Statesโ. This project is undertaken in collaboration with DPOD and our partners, with MEED being the lead organisation.
As consultant, your objectives will be:
- To understand the impact of the climate crisis on people with disabilities in fragile & volatile contexts in 3-4 countries in Africa and Asia (including Afghanistan and Nepal, security permitting)
- To evaluate and gather lessons learned and best practices of programming addressing the effects of the climate crisis on people with disabilities, with all their intersecting identities (e.g. poverty, gender, caste/ethnicity/social grouping, age, and other relevant factors)
- To evaluate and gather lessons learned and best practices of policies addressing the effects of the climate crisis on people with disabilities, with all their intersecting identities (e.g. poverty, gender, caste/ethnicity/social grouping, age, and other relevant factors)
- To provide recommendations on how to improve the inclusion of people with disabilities in climate adaptation programming, especially in the areas of FSL, WASH, and water resource management
- To inform evidence-based programming in order to prevent and reduce the negative impacts of the climate crisis on individuals with disabilities
- To identify and understand the advocacy opportunities at local and global levels, with a particular emphasis on how people with disabilities, and their representative organisations, can influence policymakersโ decisions on climate action
Timeline
The assignment has been scoped for approx. 30 days of work with the following provisional schedule:
- Preparation phase: 3 days. Includes preparation of inception report.
- Field phase: Approx. 22 days, provisionally to be split between 3 countries in Africa and Asia, with the possibility of extending to a fourth country. Includes completion workshop with local participants.
- Finalisation phase: 5 days. Includes final report and presentation of findings to MEED and participating organisations.
- It is envisaged that the consultancy will start around end of April 2024.
- The consultant should be ready to travel in May/June.
- The draft report should be submitted for feedback by participating organisations by 11th August.
- The final report should be submitted by 28th August.