Consultant for Endline and Final Performance Evaluation
Background:
Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries and is constantly beset by natural hazards that include rapid onset events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, flooding, landslides, and slow onset El Nino/La Nina-induced drought and peatland fires. These events shape and influence many aspects of the nation because of their relative frequency, and uncertainty; and the substantial and cumulative socio-economic impact they cause.. Disasters in Indonesia have profound consequences, leading to loss of life, hardship, and widespread suffering among individuals. Vulnerable groups, in particular, bear disproportionately negative effects. The impact extends beyond immediate human suffering, encompassing significant social and economic repercussions. Disruption to essential services, coupled with the loss and damage to infrastructure and property, as well as crop failure and the loss of access to markets, amplifies the direct consequences of the event. Importantly, these repercussions can persist for years, exerting a lasting influence on livelihoods, health, and the overall well-being of the affected communities. Disasters can impose prolonged setbacks on development. It is estimated that drought-driven peat fires in 2015 cost Indonesia more than 16 billion USD.
Based on the Indonesia Disaster Information Data (DIBI), the trend of disasters in Indonesia shows an increasing number of hazardous events. In the last 2 decades (2001-2020), Indonesia recorded 33,412 hazardous events that killed 191,529 people and destroyed or damaged more than 2.7 million houses. Almost 90% of hazardous events in Indonesia are hydro-meteorological while 10% are geophysical. In 2022, Indonesia recorded 3,544 hazardous events, and 2,897 from January, 1, to September 18, 2023. The Ministry of Finance estimates that the government spent around 1.6 billion USD on disaster relief and reconstruction in 2022. This includes the cost of providing food, shelter, and medical care to disaster victims, as well as the cost of rebuilding damaged infrastructure. For a country with the disaster risk profile of Indonesia, having the capacity to recruit, train, and sustain a Disaster Risk Management workforce is critical to achieving self-reliance and effectively using budget resources to respond to and recover from the impact of disasters.
Workforce development is crucial to ensure effectiveness in both Public and Private sector organizations in Indonesia and remains a critical priority in the GOI's current mid-term development plans. Also, bureaucratic reform is restructuring government agencies, eliminating many Echelon III (managers) and IV (supervisor) positional categories, and replacing them with functional positions. The need for professionalizing the workforce, as part of bureaucratic reform planning and development, is also a top priority within the Government of Indonesia's disaster management agency, the Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB), and provincial and regency disaster management offices, Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBDs).
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