Overview : The Japanese Supplementary Budget (JSB) project has leveraged UNDP response around the 3 UNDP offers: (i) Health Systems strengthening, which includes procurement and distribution personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical equipment such as autoclaves; and beefing up the capacity of the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) (ii) Inclusive and multi-sectoral crisis management, which supports: national and sub-national capacities for planning, coordination and crisis management; safeguarding human rights and protecting vulnerable groups; and community engagement for prevention, response and social cohesion (iii) Addressing the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 which addresses: meso- and micro- level socio-economic impact assessments on the informal sector and SMMEs; and policy and programme interventions to address the developmental impacts of COVID-19 for the informal sector and SMMEs and safeguarding progress towards the SDGs. Finally, the project aims to build from existing partnerships with national stakeholders, including the National Disaster Management Centre (MDC), the South African Local Governance Association (SALGA), the Centre for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR), the Water Research Commission (WRC), and the Departments of Health among others. The project has achieved extensive coverage of UNDP response to COVD- 19, both in terms of beneficiaries and geographical coverage. UNDP therefore requires servics of a consultant to consolidate the different reports: implementing partner reports, field visit reports, min-roar report, media visuals and audios and info graphs into a comprehensive JSB COVID-19 Response report that can be submitted to the Japanese government, government and other partners and be used by UNDP as an information source for its COVID-19 response. The specific objectives of the assignment are: - Review and analyze and consolidate all the reports that have emanated from the implementation of the JSB project, including audio and visual material
- Based on the above review and analysis draft the JSB COVID-19 Response Report, 2020-2021
- Based on the above review identify key messages from the main JSB report to produce a 10-15-page infographic booklet.
- Ensure that the JSB Report is in a format that can be digitalized;
- Ensure the overall quality of the JSB Report;
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