Consultant

Vietnam has reached lower Middle Income Country status, but more than 33 million people still live on less than two dollars a day. Many of them live in rural and remote communities with few services and limited livelihood options. It is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world1 with around 70 per cent of its population at risk of typhoons, torrential storms and flooding. Furthermore, the communities settled along the Mekong Delta a low-lying coastal region, are at greater risk of natural disasters. The Mekong Delta has been identified as one of the global hot spots for climate change.

The overall goal of the Climate Smart Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (Climate Smart CBDRR) Project is that vulnerable communities in the Mekong Delta have increased resilience to the current and projected impacts of climate change. The Project will be implemented by Vietnam Red Cross (VNRC) with support from Australian Red Cross (ARC) and German Red Cross (GRC). The total beneficiaries of the Project are approximately 96,000 people, with approximately 23,000 directly involved in activities across the fifteen targeted communes in An Giang Province and Kien Giang Province. There will be a focus on vulnerable groups including women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities.The Project timeframe is from July 2012 to December 2014.

The Project will build on Vietnam Red Cross’s successful community based disaster risk reduction model, which includes a range of training in communities, schools and for emergency response teams, the development of early warning systems, and the provision of community resources and equipment. The Project will scale-up and extend this model to integrate climate change adaptation considerations, and will draw on Red Cross Red Crescent Movement’s experience and expertise in Vietnam and the region in water and sanitation, health and livelihoods. The Project will utilise well established and recognised tools and approaches that ensure priorities and needs are identified by the community through community participation, consultation and engagement.

The Climate Smart CBDRR Project will work towards achieving three key objectives that will contribute to increasing the target communities’ resilience to climate change related risks. The expected outcomes for the target groups are outlined below under each objective:

Objective 1: Target communities are better prepared for weather related disaster and climate change risks through improved systems, resources and skills.
- Outcome 1.1 Schools have disaster preparedness mechanisms in place
- Outcome 1.2 School students have the skills to look after themselves and others during and after disasters
- Outcome 1.3 Communities are able to prepare for disasters and respond appropriately
Objective 2: Target communities have improved climate change adaptation measures in place.
- Outcome 2.1 Communities understand the ways a changing climate may impact their livelihoods, health and safety
- Outcome 2.2 Communities have locally relevant, climate resistant infrastructure in place
- Outcome 2.3 Vulnerable households2 have access to and are engaged in alternative livelihoods sources that are climate resilient
Objective 3: Vietnam Red Cross has greater capacity to support target communities to plan for and respond to weather related disasters and impacts of climate change.

VNRC,ARC and GRC are seeking for a consultant.Interested consultants should submit a detailed technical proposal and a financial proposal separately in two files to:

ARC Quality and Development Program Officer, Mr. Nguyen Tien Truong at [email protected] by close of business on December, 30th, 2012.

Please see the attachment for further information.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
Vietnam Red Cross, Australian Red Cross and German Red Cross
Location: 
An Giang; kien Giang
Application Deadline: 
Sun, 2012-12-30