PMI
(Palang Merah Indonesia) and IFRC (International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Society) is currently looking for a consultant to
identify the
practical steps in addressing Urban Disaster Risk Reduction in Greater
Jakarta. The detail is as follows :
1.
Introduction
Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone
countries in the world. This is also known as super market of disasters.
Indonesia territory lies right in the ring of fire, namely in the intersection
of three major tectonic plates, that is Indo-Australia, Eurasia and Pacific.
Besides, Indonesia territory has volcanic belt 7,000 in length extending from
Sumatra, Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, to East Nusa Tenggara comprising 129
active volcanoes (70 of which are very active) and 500 inactive volcanoes. In
addition, the Indonesia coastal territory being 81,000 km in length occupied by
densely populated settlements constitutes a territory vulnerable and risky to
tsunami and tidal waves.
Indonesia’s
urban growth is
one of the most accelerated in the world, with a rate of 3.3% per year,
as
compared to its national rate of 1.1% per year; currently almost half of
Indonesia ’s
population lives in urban areas. Greater Jakarta is home to more than an
estimated 24 million people (Wikipedia), making it the world’s fourth
largest
metropolitan area. It consists of Jakarta and the surrounding regencies
of Bekasi and Bogor in West Java and Tangerang in Banten, including the
cities of Bogor ,
Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. Located in
the coastal delta lowlands, 40% of which lies below sea level at high
tide, Jakarta is crossed by 13
rivers and many more intersecting canals.
Jakarta and these surrounding cities, known collectively by the
Indonesian acronym JABODETABEK, surround the Ciliwung River Basin and
amy
adjacent locations are vulnerable to flooding and tidal surges, a
problem that
climate change will exacerbate, particularly through more intense
rainfall and
rising sea levels.
The Ciliwung
river length is approximately 119km, with a basin area of approximately 476.2
km2 and is inhabited by over 5 million people. Issues of water quality and
quantity are at the forefront of environmental issues in Indonesia, as
reflected in pressing public concerns about floods, landslides, sedimentation,
dry season flows in drier regions, and pollution of both groundwater and surface
water – along with related problems such as increasing competition for
irrigation among farmers, and escalating water charges for domestic consumers. Among
the major concerns of government, donors and public alike, are how to manage
land and water resources effectively – including maintaining clean supplies while
avo idin g floods and erosion.
Importantly, this raises issues over the rights, responsibilities, cost/benefit
of land management and water use. Increasingly, the links between upstream land
management and downstream water quantity, reliability and quality are being recognized.
Due to the concentration of population in Jakarta, as well as its
political and economic significance, disasters in Jakarta have very high impact
on the affected people, as well as the country as a whole. Following the 2004
Indian Ocean tsunami, the disaster management system in the country was
revised, and disaster prevention has been accorded high priority. The revised
Disaster Management Law emphasizes the integration of disaster management
planning with development policies to ensure that the resilience of the country
is improved.
2.
Red Cross Red Crescent efforts to and Urban DRR & DM
A turning point in IFRC strategic engagement in urban disaster risk
reduction was the World Disaster Report (WDR) 2010 which was dedicated to urban
risk. WDR 2010 echoed the global and local concerns over urban disaster risks
and called for effective action by the Federation and National Societies for
risk reduction in urban areas. After that, a number of studies happened around
the world from IFRC and its members.
IFRC/AP Zone have also engaged in similar kind of study in 2012. The
scope of the study was Programmatic directions for the Red Cross and Red
Crescent in building urban community resilience in the Asia Pacific Zone, 2012.
The study mainly identified the following gaps across the Asia pacific zone:
- Most of the DRR programmes and approaches have been designed for rural communities or adapted from rural experiences.
- There is limited experience in establishing systematic processes that access, gather and integrate information on city-level hazard, vulnerability and risk into programmes and policy formulation.
- National Societies require more experience in working with local authorities, professional organisations, private sector, academia, and other local urban actors.
- They are also not integrated and active in global urban DRR/CCA initiatives.
- IFRC guidelines, training materials and manuals have been mostly designed for rural communities and National Societies face difficulties in adapting them to their national/local contexts.
3.
The scope of this consultancy
The consultancy advice the possible practical steps/activities to
lessen the gaps as identified above from the study- Programmatic directions for
the Red Cross and Red Crescent in building urban community resilience in the
Asia Pacific Region. The consultancy was coordinated by IFRC Asia Pacific Zone
in 2012.
In addition to this, the collaboration amongst PMI,
American Red Cross and Bandung Technology Institute (ITB) has developed the Vulnerability
Assessment of Climate Change Impact along the Ciliwung River Flowing through
Bogor, Depok, and North Jakarta. This study examines the Cliwung Riverbanks, including
the potential risks of catastrophic climate impacts from the short term to the
long term (up to year of 2035) as well as to provide the best adaptation option
to reduce the risk.
PMI does have draft advocacy manual on DRR that focus on the
advocacy of planning and budgeting. Referring that draft of advocacy manual as
well as the vulnerability assessment of Climate Change impact, the consultancy also
expects to conduct the policy and stakeholder mapping along the Ciliwung river and
identify the specific practical strategies and messages to promote the urban
risk reduction which consider PMI’s role as an auxiliary function to the Government
of Indonesia
4.
The major activities
PMI is planning to organize different workshops and exercise
throughout this project period (January-September, 2014). As part of the activities, the
consultant will be benefited about the situations which help for realistic
analysis that guide to identify the practical steps/activities to lessen the
gaps as mentioned at section-2. Besides this, the following activities are
precisely expected to promote the advocacy on Urban Risk reduction Initiative:
- Interview/meeting with related stakeholders at National, Provincial and targeted area in Greater Jakarta, particularly along the ciliwung riverbank
- Conduct study on existing Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation policies and frameworks including their related stakeholder from National level up to Community Level in Greater Jakarta, particularly along the ciliwung riverbank
- Translate findings to develop the doable advocacy strategies and related messages for the promotion of Urban Risk reduction.
- Facilitate stakeholder meeting to disseminate advocacy strategies and related messages for the promotion of Urban Risk Reduction
5.
The methodology
The study will be carried out over 15 days starting from middle of June
to middle of August, 2014. Considering the nature of study, the days can be
distributed in line of the work plan. The nature of consultancy advice to hire
the local consultant. The profile of consultant will be described in section-6
of this document.
Interview, documents review
and observations and facilitation of different training, workshop and meeting
remain the major methodology of this consultancy. A strong down to earth
analysis is required to provide practical recommendations as mentioned in
section-3.
6.
Time frame
15
days. Consultancy days should be distributed in between June to August,
2014. The reporting template and details work plan for consultancy
will be developed together with consultant.
7.
Deliverables
The 15 days long consultancy is expected following outcomes as the
deliverables:
- Complexities of targeted urban communities, key actors, networks, policies in the targeted Greater Jakarta and ciliwung river watershed as well as national level need to be highlighted and recommended the practical steps to minimize the gaps as mentioned at section-3.
- Specific practical advocacy strategies and related messages (few) to promote the Urban Risk Reduction.
8.
Profile of the consultant
Considering the nature of study and
contents, IFRC and PMI is looking following profiles people as consultant:
- Good understanding of Indonesia political and administrative arrangement.
- Good information and relation with humanitarian communities of Indonesia and their activities.
- Good understanding on DRR Framework, Climate change adaptation, Urban Risk Reduction and practical experiences to implement risk reduction intervention specifically in Indonesia, and particulary in Greater Jakarta and Ciliwung River
- Good understanding on scopes and functions of different networks and forums in Indonesia, greater Jakarta and ciliwung river that are contributing overall risk reduction measures
- Good skills on reviewing the documents, facilitation, communication, coordination, analysis and interview as well as writing the report.
- Good to have such people with Red Cross Red Crescent profiles.
The quotation (in English) should be sent to the Palang
Merah Indonesia, Ms. Bevita Dwi Meidityawati (email: bevita_dwi@pmi.or.id;
bevitad@yahoo.com).
The quotation should include:
- A draft workplan;
- Budget, including and specifying all estimated expenditures, such as daily professional fee (incl. tax, which is considered the sole responsibility of the Consultant), transportation to the project areas, costs for meetings and logistics, translation costs, printing costs, etc.
- Curriculum Vitae
The deadline for submitting the quotation
is: May 21, 2014
Quotations will be assessed on price and quality
(a.o. experiences; workplan)
