Program Specialist – Localization (Consultant)

A. About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

ADPC is an autonomous international organization established for scientific, educational, developmental, and humanitarian purposes with a vision of safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1986 as a technical capacity-building center, ADPC has grown and expanded its role to serve scientific, educational, developmental, and humanitarian purposes. ADPC employs a wide range of professional expertise typically required for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Resilience (CR).

ADPC develops and implements cross-sectoral projects/programs on the strategic themes of Risk Knowledge and Geoinformatics, Policy and Institutional System, Effective Localization for Resilience, Climate Services, Resilient Planning and Implementation, Preparedness and Anticipatory Action, Nature based Solutions, Financing for Resilience, Resilient Recovery, Food and Water Security, Disaster Risk Finance Insurance, Health Risk Management, Urban & Infrastructure Resilience, Private Sector Engagement, and ADPC Knowledge Academy. Our strategic themes are complemented and underpinned by the cross-cutting themes of gender equality and social inclusion, disaster and climate innovations, and regional and transboundary cooperation.

Through its work, ADPC supports the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the agenda defined at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, and other relevant international frameworks.

For details, please refer to the ADPC website at http://www.adpc.net/

B. Department Introduction:

The Preparedness and Climate Action (PCA) Department of ADPC advances ADPC Strategy 2030 by strengthening disaster preparedness, anticipatory action, emergency response, resilient recovery, and climate resilience across Asia and the Pacific. The department works with governments, national and local institutions, civil society organizations, volunteer networks, the private sector, communities, and other traditional and non-traditional actors to promote inclusive, locally led, and whole-of-society approaches to disaster risk management. In line with ADPC's strategic priorities, PCA supports countries and communities in developing and operationalizing preparedness, response, recovery, and climate action frameworks, plans, systems, and capacities before, during, and after disasters. It also promotes localization, gender equality and social inclusion, innovation, regional cooperation, knowledge exchange, and partnerships to ensure that disaster preparedness and climate action are practical, evidence-informed, sustainable, and responsive to the needs of at-risk communities.

C. Statement of Intent:

ADPC is implementing Phase 3 of the Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP), a multi-stakeholder localization partnership launched in 2016 in response to the World Humanitarian Summit's call to shift power to national and local actors in disaster preparedness and