Research Consultancy: Role of CSOs in Coherence
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GNDR is currently looking for a qualified consultant (either an individual or a consultancy firm) to carry out selected activities of one of its projects. Applications for this research consultancy will remain open until filled.
Our Purpose
The Global Network of Civil Society Organisations (GNDR) was established in 2007 as a voluntary network of civil society organisations who are committed to working together, and engaging with partners and other stakeholders, to increase community resilience and reduce disaster risk around the world. The network is growing and currently has approximately 850 member organisations in over 140 countries across virtually every geographical region of the world.
Our Vision
A vibrant, active, collaborative civil society supporting people and their communities, particularly poor and vulnerable groups, to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from disasters and adapt to extreme hazards, shocks and disturbances in a changing climate.
Strategic Objectives
GNDR has three mutually reinforcing objectives:
- Increase the impact of civil society in influencing policies and practices at local, national, national and international levels
- Enhance the collaboration capabilities of civil society and cooperation with other stakeholders
- Strengthen the creation, analysis and sharing of knowledge
Purpose of the Secretariat
The GNDR Secretariat serves as a “support entity” to the membership operating through a global hub in London and regional hubs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The GNDR Secretariat is legally constituted as a UK charity with the main responsibilities of facilitating the development, coordination and implementation of strategy, work plans and budgets, including supporting the mobilisation of adequate resources.
Main purpose of the role
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a literature review and field research to form the basis of GNDR’s activities for the GIZ supported project “Role of CSOs influencing coherence”.
The project aims at providing a perspective from the lens of civil society on the ‘ideal coherence’ of the various global development frameworks. In doing so, we will engage our network of civil society organisations in providing inputs on the a) role of CSOs in coherence b) How can CSOs support coherence in DRM c) Building capacities of both the local government and the CS in supporting coherence and d) Advocating at the global platforms to build commitment to support coherence. We will do so by a collection of desk-based reviews, case study collection, multi-stakeholder focus group discussions and advocacy utilising our vast network of civil society organisations. The research consultant will be mainly responsible for desk-based review, case study collection and analysis, and multi-stakeholder focus group discussions.
Position in the organisation
- Responsible to the Regional Development Coordinator Asia-Pacific
- Works in close collaboration with all GNDR (London/Regional) Secretariat staff, Global Board, membership and project partners
Key Tasks
- Desk-based review and produce a 3-5 pager document on ‘ideal coherence’
- Development of case study template and analysis of the collected case studies
- Deriving from the collected case studies, production of a 5-7 pager document on the exiting and potential roles of CSOs in pursuing coherence in implementing different global agendas.
- Organisation and facilitation of multi stakeholder focus group discussions and key informant interviews in two focal countries i.e. Philippines and Mexico.
- Collation of the findings and produce a ‘cook book’ on coherence in practice. The cook book will draw heavily on the earlier produced documents, analysis of the cases and available dataset from VFL 2019.
- Participate and take part in facilitation of GNDR’s event on ‘coherence’ in global platform, 2019 and partner’s forum in HLPF.