Consultant in Preparedness for Recovery and Building Capacities for Resilient Recovery
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The Africa region is vulnerable to a variety of natural hazards – floods, drought, landslides, volcanic activity, and wild fires. West Africa, for example, is particularly vulnerable to hydro-meteorological hazards and climate extremes - drought and floods are estimated to account for 80 per cent of loss of life and 70 per cent of economic losses linked to natural hazards. With increasing climate change, hydro-meteorological disasters are becoming more frequent and intense. Compounding factors as increasing urbanization, environmental degradation, unplanned and unregulated land use, and demographic growth are increasing disaster risks and people’s vulnerabilities to natural hazards.
Duties and responsibilities, among others:
The Regional Consultant will be appointed to coordinate and monitor the overall project implementation in Burkina Faso, Niger and Cabo Verde, carry out reporting tasks, and facilitate knowledge and information sharing among and between the COs, Regional Bureaux and HQs:
- To coordinate and monitor overall project implementation at regional level;
- To provide guidance and technical advice on project implementation to the COs;
- Oversee the design of the annual work-plan for project activities in each country and the procurement of necessary resources (human and material).
