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Introduction

Country:   Philippines

 

Description of the Assignment:  

Project Description

The Philippines ranks among the most hazard-prone countries globally, topping the World Risk Index from 2022 to 2024 due to its high exposure to both natural and human-induced threats. These include increasingly severe tropical cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, and other emergencies, which are further intensified by climate change. Without addressing environmental degradation, inequality, and weak risk governance, these interconnected risks threaten to destabilize both human and natural systems.

To respond to these challenges, UNDP, with support from Australia’s DFAT, is implementing the Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change (SHIELD) Programme. It aims to strengthen resilience in 10 provinces, Metro Manila, and BARMM through three outcomes. Under Outcome 2, SHIELD supports policy reforms, frameworks, and data systems that help create an enabling environment for effective and accountable local resilience efforts.

Background/Rationale

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) 2020–2030 serves as the Philippines’ blueprint for building resilience. It sets strategic priorities to reduce vulnerability and strengthen national and local capacities in managing disaster risks. Anchored on key legislative mandates—Republic Act (RA) 10121, the Philippine DRRM Act of 2010, and RA 9729, the Climate Change Act of 2009—the NDRRMP is closely aligned with the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) and the recently adopted National Adaptation Plan (NAP). Together, these instruments form a coherent policy foundation that reflects the country’s commitments to the Sendai Framework, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Agreement.

Since its implementation in 2020, the NDRRMP has guided efforts across four thematic areas: Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Early Recovery, and Rehabilitation and Recovery. Now at its midpoint, the ongoing Midterm Review (MTR) presents a timely opportunity to evaluate the Plan’s effectiveness, surface implementation gaps, and refine strategies to address evolving risks. By adopting a systems-based lens, the MTR also aims to strengthen integration between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation, improve institutional coherence, and ensure stronger alignment with the broader resilience agenda, including the NAP and global frameworks.

In this context, the MTR is particularly relevant as it advances the objective of strengthening national systems to better support local resilience efforts. It promotes cross-sector collaboration, prioritizes action at the local level, and improves the availability and use of risk information to support more effective implementation, oversight, and accountability. Just as importantly, it provides an opportunity to address longstanding policy and institutional gaps between DRR and climate change adaptation. Enhancing their coherence in the NDRRMP is essential to overcoming fragmented planning and resource allocation, improving coordination across sectors and levels of government, and ensuring that resilience efforts respond to both sudden-onset disasters and slow-onset climate impacts. Coherence between these agendas also enables more efficient use of public financing, strengthens institutional accountability, and supports adaptive, inclusive development planning.

Given the country’s high exposure to a wide range of natural and human-induced hazards, the review reinforces the importance of adopting an integrated, multi-hazard approach to resilience. By enhancing coordination mechanisms and ensuring meaningful participation from a broad spectrum of stakeholders, the MTR will help align resilience efforts with the lived realities and diverse risks faced by vulnerable communities. This realignment is essential to achieving the goals of the NDRRMP by 2030 and safeguarding the well-being of people and ecosystems across the Philippines.

  

Objectives of the Assignment

1. Assess progress, outcomes, and challenges in the implementation of the NDRRMP 2020–2030 for the period 2023 to 2025, including institutional bottlenecks, functionality of the Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System (RBMES), and contributions to development outcomes (e.g., poverty incidence, inclusivity, environmental sustainability).

2. Evaluate the alignment and coherence of the National DRRM Framework (NDRRMF) to the NDRRMP targets, and the National Adaptation Plan (NAP).

3. Recommend actionable and development-aligned measures to enhance the relevance, agility, and impact of the NDRRMP, based on a Midterm Review (MTR) report and a proposed Accelerated Disaster Action Plan (ADRAP).

Scope of Work

The Individual Consultant will undertake a comprehensive MTR of the NDRRMP 2020-2030 to support the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the OCD, and all other identified implementing partners and stakeholders in accelerating the implementation of the NDRRMP 2020-2030. Specifically, the Consultant is expected to perform the following tasks in undertaking the project:

1. Prepare a brief Think Paper which shall include the following:

a. Introduction

b. Contextual Drivers

c. Key Themes and Issues for the MTR

d. Strategic Considerations for Reviewing the NDRRMF and Updating the NDRRMP

e. Purpose and Objectives of the MTR

f. Methodological Approach

g. Proposed Content Outline of MTR Report and ADRAP

h. Review Process and Timeline

i. Organization and Coordination Setup

j. Stakeholder Engagement Strategy 

2. Review the NDRRMF and NDRRMP 2020-2030, existing progress reports (incl. MTR SF and STR of the NDRRMP 2020-2030), national DRRM and CCA policies, and international frameworks such as the SFDRR, SDGs, and Paris Agreement.

3. Facilitate national consultation meetings and workshops, key informant interviews (KII), focus group discussions (FGD), surveys to collect insights from various stakeholders including LGUs, civil society, and representatives of vulnerable and inclusive groups (incl. indigenous peoples, ethnic, religious minorities, women, children, elderly, persons with disabilities, and people living in poverty). The Consultant should assume up to fifteen (15) days of cumulative in-person consultations, workshops, or FGDs (i.e., 5 missions x 3 days each), and should reflect this assumption in the travel estimates for the financial proposal (see Section XI).

4. From the results of the consultation activities, prepare an Accelerated Disaster Resilience Action Plan (ADRAP), which shall be an early-stage action document summarizing quick-win recommendations and gaps. The ADRAP will cover at the minimum:

a. Current state of implementation of DRRM activities in the Philippines, including existing policies, strategies, and initiatives

b. Issues and challenges impeding effective DRRM strategies at both the national and local levels

c. Literature review of policies and best practices in DRRM from relevant national and international sources and synthesis of key learnings and recommendations that can be applied in the Philippine context

d. Policy adjustments required to accelerate the implementation of the NDRRMP 2020-2030

e. Resource requirements needed to support effective implementation of the Activities to achieve the Outcomes outlined in the NDRRMP until 2030.

f. The ADRAP is a standalone deliverable but will be an annex in the final MTR report, which is the main comprehensive output of this assignment.

5. Formulate the first draft of the MTR report and thereafter present the draft MTR to the OCD, UNDP, and other relevant agencies. Thereafter, revise the document based on the inputs and comments generated from the validation activities leading to the final draft and presentation of the MTR. To summarize the MTR, a 1-2 pager policy brief (executive summary of key findings and recommendations for use of policymakers) must also be prepared.

6. Upon completion and acceptance of the final output, submit all relevant information and documents gathered throughout the engagement to UNDP and OCD.

  

7. All deliverables must be professionally formatted, written in clear English, follow professional standards for research and writing, and include verifiable references. Reports should follow templates where applicable.

The Consultant is expected to work primarily with the UNDP-SHIELD team and the OCD, and other relevant Stakeholders. The Consultant is also expected to undertake missions and consultations, with coordination and logistical supported to be provided by UNDP.

 

Period of assignment/services: 100 person-days spread over six months

 

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