Description of the assignment:

• Implement French priorities of the CDRI co-chairmanship (geographical extension of the CDRI, implementation of the strategic plan, integration of the CDRI into the international infrastructure ecosystem, promoting the highest standards, communication, support for innovation in sustainable financing, promotion of the 4P, UNOC3 Conference).
• Launch a programme on resilient infrastructure finance and draw up a clear roadmap on this topic. 
• Strengthen the ties between international players in the field of infrastructure finance (Fast-Infra, SOURCE Platform etc.) and CDRI.
  

Main duties and expected results:

The objective of the assignment is to provide technical expertise on resilient infrastructure finance to enable effective and consistent development of CDRI programmes. The deliverables are as follows:

•          Advise on designing, implementing, and optimizing financial solutions that promote disaster and climate resilience.
•        Consult with CDRI members to identify the Coalition’s expectations on infrastructure finance and provide strategic guidance on developing infrastructure finance interventions with respect to the objectives defined in the Charter and the CDRI’s Strategic Work Plan.
•           Advise on conducting comprehensive financial analyses, developing tools, eg: cost-benefit analysis, to evaluate the viability of resilient infrastructure projects.
•        Advise on the development of a portfolio of technical assistance projects by mobilizing public, private, and public-private partnership finances for disaster and climate resilient infrastructure finance. 
•         Devise policy measures that promote investment in disaster-resilient infrastructure and identify and share best practices and innovative solutions.
•         Capacity building, training and technical assistance to CDRI members and partners on financial strategies and tools for resilient infrastructure.
•         Draw up, in close collaboration with CDRI technical divisions, measurable programme-specific objectives regarding advocacy, knowledge and technical assistance to foster develop resilient infrastructure finance.
•          Define activities to help achieve these objectives and identify the resources required to carry them out.
•        Support the mobilization of resources to implement the programme (fund-raising campaign, definition of consultant and employee profiles, support for the recruitment process, where necessary, drawing up of technical specifications for procurement for any required services).
•         Identify partner organizations in line with the priorities of the French co-chairmanship (FAST-Infra, SOURCE platform, etc.) and support for formalizing and monitoring these partnerships.
•         Actively participate in CDRI advocacy efforts in the field of infrastructure finance, including by participating in conferences, working groups and summits heled by the CDRI, France and other partners (UNFCCC, G20, OECD, Finance in Common, IDFC etc.).