The contractor is responsible for providing the following services: 

Supporting the regional coordinator (responsible in particular for the overall process and for maintaining relations with the government focal points) in the following areas, if required:

• Collaboration with the key actors in the process and coordinating responsibilities, in particular being guided by the GS Secretariat to facilitate the process with the Ministries of Finance. Further actors to collaborate with are the Global Shield Financing Vehicles[1] (FVs), members of the GS Coordination Hub (CH) and Technical Advisory Group (TAG).

·    Identification and engagement of the different stakeholder groups as part of the ICP: government, multilateral and bilateral development sector, private sector, civil society, academia, indigenous communities, and marginalised groups. This includes:  

• • Identifying relevant communication channels to reach these stakeholder groups  
  • Follow-up meetings with key actors throughout the ICP  
  • Identifying existing fora / committees / working groups that the process can build upon 
• Drafting and constantly updating the workplan and timeline for the entire ICP  
• Facilitation of meetings/workshops of the ICP, in particular writing of reports
• Organisation, logistics and administrative aspects of the ICP, including the organisation of meetings and workshops.

The technical consultant is responsible for ensuring finalised and endorsed ICP outputs in a transparent way, always in close coordination with the regional coordinator:

• Developing the following documents with support and guidance from the GS Secretariat and the Regional Coordinator for the  
  • 1) Stocktake
  • 2) Gap Analysis
  • 3) Request for CDRFI Support

• Gathering inputs from all relevant stakeholders to main ICP outputs 1) Stocktake, 2) Gap Analysis, and 3) Request for CDRFI Support, and sharing information, decisions, drafts, and final outputs

·      Incorporating specific inputs from further actors that may be prepared or supported by organisations with technical expertise or skills, including the Stocktake and the Gap Analysis 

• The work is guided by the following principles:  
  • Ensuring that the outputs are produced in line with the recommended criteria (cf. general Guidance Note)  
  • Supporting the process objectively, fairly, and transparently, i.e., the consultant should not promote a preferred solution / project motivated by their own interest
• Supporting the communication and presentation of results to the public, incl. providing speaking points to government officials and key actors on the progress of the ICP  

Contributing with relevant expertise and knowledge

·         Providing expertise in CDRFI, knowledge of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and comprehensive disaster risk management 

·         Contributing knowledge of national processes in the Pacific, including knowledge about national Disaster Risk Management (DRM), incl. Disaster Risk Finance (DRF), national CDRFI mechanisms, national public financial management and fund management, and key stakeholders  

·         Promoting institutionalisation of knowledge in relevant government agencies 

·         Contributing expertise on participatory processes, workshop organisation and collaboration between government and different stakeholders