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Request for expression of interest for selection # 1227680
Assignment Title
Strengthening Somali Capacity to Address Disaster Risk Management
Publication Date
31-Aug-2016
Expression of Interest Deadline
14-Sep-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
Language of Notice
English
Selection Notice
Assignment Country
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SO - Somalia
Funding Sources
The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment/services under:
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BB - BANK BUDGET
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TF0A2773 - Strengthening Capacity for El Nino Preparedness and Response in Somalia
Individual/Firm
The consultant will be a firm.
Assignment Description
SELECTION FOR CONSULTANTS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Electronic Submissions through World Bank Group eConsultant2
https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: 1227680 - Strengthening Somali Capacity to Address Disaster Risk Management
Assignment Countries:
- Somalia
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
Somalia confronts a range of climatic and environmental challenges, compounded by the
consequences of conflict. With a mean annual precipitation of 200-300 mm per year, most of Somalia
is characterized as arid and semi-arid, with high levels of inter-annual variability of rainfall. Drought
and inconsistent Gu and Deyr rainfalls are a relentless, underlying threat. Somalia has endured
multiple, severe drought episodes since 1965 and the country is still recovering from drought in 2011,
which resulted in 260,000 deaths in Somalia and affected 13 million people in the Horn of Africa.
In the absence of stable institutions, the combination of a number of hazards such drought, flood, and
environmental degradation compounded by conflict have resulted in full-scale humanitarian crises. The
recurrent disasters affect the most vulnerable communities, including the 1.1 million internally
displaced persons (IDPs). Although food security has improved in recent years, over 950,000 people
remain food insecure at crisis or emergency levels and an additional 4.7 million remain vulnerable to
acute food insecurity across all regions.
The legacy of conflict in Somalia has weakened the capacity of government institutions to address
disasters to address the consequences of El Niño or other climate-related challenges and natural
hazards. Disaster risk management actors and associated response strategies are fragmented and do
not necessarily reflect current theory or best practice in disaster risk management. A number of
international donors are supporting climate change or resilience projects, however due to the lack of
overarching regional strategies these are generally undertaken as standalone projects in specific areas
that are unaligned to more cohesive or comprehensive government policies. Moreover, the
government itself rarely manages response or management strategies. Forecasting and response
initiatives are predominantly the domain of international actors based outside Somalia, minimizing
efforts to build capacity of local institutions to manage or respond to disasters or climate-related
shocks. This undermines government agency and responsibility, and feeds the capacity conundrum
and dependency on non-state actors which prevails in Somalia.
In order to address these and related challenges, and to respond to ongoing calls from humanitarian
and development partners for a more coordinated and coherent approach to climate and natural
disaster risk management, the Bank is advancing a new initiative to strengthen the governments
capacity to manage and respond to the evolving impacts of natural disasters and climate-related
events, such as El Niño, and other hazards prevailing in the country. This initiative will work to build
institutional capacity for preparedness and adaptation activities in Somalia in the longer-term, while
seeking to build linkages with regional and international networks to exchange knowledge and build
understanding of best practice in disaster risk management.
To this end, this Request for Expression of Interest outlines the scope of responsibilities for an
international implementing partner to provide technical assistance to the respective Ministries in
Puntland and Somaliland to develop institutional strategies to advance improved disaster resilience,
examining opportunities both for disaster risk management and response for disaster and climaterelated events, as well as for preparedness and adaptation activities. This work will be conducted as
part of a new initiative entitled the Strengthening Somali Capacity for Disaster and Climate Risk
Management Project. The Project Development Objective is to improve Somaliland and Puntland
Governments capacity to respond to climate shocks and manage disaster and climate risks more
proactively.
Core activities under this assignment will include: i) conducting an assessment of response
interventions to the El Nino event and other large-scale disasters to understand effective approaches,
gaps, financing needs and priority areas for intervention; and ii) developing a comprehensive disaster
risk management strategy, inclusive of consideration for response interventions, as well as longerterm preparedness and adaptation initiatives for future climate events. An additional activity includes
facilitation of linkages with regional and international networks for longer-term learning and
knowledge exchange, including identification of and/or planning for one international learning event
for Somali counterparts. These components will necessarily seek to advance activities and prioritize
interventions that promote broader social resilience and enable communities to manage risks and
reduce vulnerability to climate-related challenges.
The Ministry of Environment and Rural Development (MOERD) in Somaliland and the Ministry of
Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MOEWT) in Puntland as well as the National Environment Research
and Development (NERAD) Agency in Somaliland will be fully involved in the process of developing the
strategy document. This is crucial as an explicit objective of the project activities is to give ownership
of response to and mitigation of climate related disasters to Government institutions.
Key tasks and responsibilities will include:
1.) Stakeholder Assessment of El Nino event to derive lessons learned: The selected firm will
undertake an analysis of stakeholder experience of the most recent El Nino to derive an understanding
of both effective and ineffective approaches, investment, persistent operational and analytical gaps.
This will entail a field based case study review complemented by an in-depth desk study literature
review of varying stakeholder interventions in response to El Nino, what donors funded what agencies,
how resources were used, and what activities did not work and what activities demonstrated some
level of effectiveness. Reference to lessons learned and best practice from previous disasters in
Somalia, such as the 2011 drought, should also be incorporated into the analysis (4 weeks);
Facilitate two workshops: i) a stocktaking workshop to inform the stakeholder assessment; and ii) a
validation workshop to share associated findings (2 weeks).
2.) A stakeholder mapping of actors involved in DRM in Somaliland and Puntland: The selected firm
will undertake an analysis of institutional systems for DRM at National, Regional and District levels and
provide recommendations for strengthening coordination between related institutions (this will involve
government institutions, civil society, NGOs, UN agencies and private sector). Also provide
recommendations of government institutions for various capacity development activities.
3.) Development of Disaster and Climate Risk Management Strategies to respond to and mitigate
against future disaster and climate-related events
Work directly with government counterparts to develop appropriate response strategies to address
immediate impacts of disasters and improve capacity to direct post-disaster response interventions, as
well as preparedness and adaptation strategies. In Puntland, at the request of the government, efforts
may focus more particularly on a review of the potential for development and/or implementation of a
climate change policy, which can then set the stage for wider preparedness and response strategies.
In both regions, response strategies (or associated policies) should include findings from the above
stakeholder analysis, as well as an assessment of the governments current capacity to respond to
disasters, including identification of existing policies, ministerial resources, tools, systems or
coordination mechanisms, as well as key needs and gaps in human, financial and
institutional/ministerial resources. Preparedness and adaptation components should include
identification, prioritization and elaboration of key interventions and tools to improve disaster
resilience. This should include identification of key capacity constraints and weaknesses as well as an
appropriate remediation activities to address these gaps. Strategies developed should also include
identification of priority investments, as well as a plan for resource mobilization, coordination and
partnerships (6 weeks);
Develop an associated resource mobilization strategy to support the identified priority interventions (1
weeks);
Identify appropriate coordination and management structures, within government machineries as well
as with local and international stakeholders (1 week);
Contribute to, or lead, high-level dialogue on DRM with government partners at the national level to
ensure alignment of regional strategies in Puntland and Somaliland with national-level initiatives with
FGS in Mogadishu (1 week);
Facilitate two workshops: i) a stocktaking workshop to inform development of the strategies; and ii) a
dissemination workshop to share associated findings (2 weeks).
4.) Building networks for longer-term development
Identify key knowledge networks and communities of practice at the regional and international level to
increase access of government partners to learning and knowledge exchange on best practice on
disaster risk management and response (1 week).
Arrange one knowledge exchange trip for 10 participants to one international event on Disaster Risk
Management or Climate Change. This will include managing all the logistic requirements, registration,
accommodation, visas (the World Bank will provide invitation letters).
Attachments
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Optional TOR File
Qualification Criteria
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1. Provide information showing that they are qualified in the field of the assignment.
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2. Provide information on the technical and managerial capabilities of the firm.
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3. Provide information on their core business and years in business.
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4. Provide information on the qualifications of key staff.
* - Mandatory