Drafting Of Practitioner’s Guideline And Introduction Of Systems To Enable Pacific Islands To Effectively Manage Disaster Waste

Reference number: RFT: 2021/PWP-110-CON 

Description:
The FRDP recognises that improving the capacity of Pacific Island Countries to prepare for emergencies and disasters will ensure timely and effective recovery. Additionally, Disaster preparedness, response and recovery initiatives will reduce undue human losses and suffering. PacWastePlus aims to assist participating countries to manage disaster waste in an integrated manner to reduce the accumulation of risks and to prevent the creation of new risks or loss or damage. For this reason, PacWastePlus is seeking to engage the service of a suitably qualified consultant to develop guideline and recommend mechanism(s) that will assist Pacific Island countries to effectively incorporate environment management, which will include waste management and biodiversity loss, into national disaster management framework.

The consultant will achieve the following output:
(i) Develop the template for National and Community Disaster Waste Management plan with drafting instructions to assist Pacific Countries adopt the
proposed actions in the Regional Disaster Waste Management Guideline
(ii) Establish guidance for the establishment of an Environment Working Group within the national Disaster Management Office along with the Standard
Operating Procedure that will allow for the incorporation of environment management in preparedness and response planning, including coordination
with other relevant stakeholders. The guideline will be accompanied by a Briefing Note that will assist countries gain political support for the
establishment of the Environment Working Group. It is anticipated that an EWG will bring together key actors in environment management to ensure
all possible measures are taken to minimise environment damage and loss of habitat from pollution incidents during a natural disaster. Additionally, the
EWG will coordinate biodiversity loss assessment, and disaster waste assessment in the national Post Disaster Needs Assessment The taskforce will
exist to consolidate and operationalize plans such as the Disaster Waste Management Plans.
(iii) Develop a Minimum Standard Methodology for calculating Disaster Waste and biodiversity loss and damages in the Post Disaster Needs Assessment.