LRPS-2026-9205017 Child-Sensitivity Assessment of National Disaster Risk Reduction Policies and Early Warning

Agency: UNICEF | Reference: 9205017 | Type: Request for proposal

UNICEF Thailand is seeking a qualified institutional contractor to conduct a Child-Sensitivity Assessment of National Disaster Risk Reduction Policies and Early Warning System in Thailand1.BackgroundThailand faces increasing climate and disaster risks including floods, heatwaves, storms, and environmental problems that disproportionately impact children’s survival, health, learning, and protection.

According to UNICEF’s 2023 report1, approximately 93.9% of children are exposed to three or more types of hazards, underscoring the need to systematically integrate child-sensitive approaches into disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies.While Thailand is aligned with global frameworks such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, gaps remain in translating these commitments into practice particularly within Early Warning Systems (EWS) and disaster governance.

UNICEF’s Impact Assessment on Climate Change and Environmental Degradation on Children in Thailand (2023) indicates that child-specific needs are not systematically embedded in DRR policies, institutional mandates, or communication systems, limiting the effectiveness of early warnings, disaster risk reduction and emergency responses in reaching children and vulnerable groups.A Child-Sensitivity Assessment is therefore critical to identify policy, institutional, and operational gaps including early warning governance, coordination, and communication.

It will generate evidence from both national systems and provincial level perspectives, ensuring children’s needs and voices are reflected.The assessment aims to conduct a mid-term assessment of the current National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Plan (2021-2027) and its implementation, coordination mechanism and budget flow at national and provincial level including its relevant national frameworks.

The assessment will be aligned with the upcoming development of the New National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Plan (2028-2032), and the revision of 10-Year Strategic Development Framework of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (2028-2037).

To ensure findings feed into the administration responsible for services to children, child protection, welfare, including decision making processes to be more inclusive and child-sensitive, and able to identify practical entry points to mainstream child-focused approaches across key government agencies.2.Objectives, Purpose & Expected ResultsUNICEF Thailand is seeking for an institutional contractor to conduct A Child-Sensitivity Assessment of National Disaster Risk Reduction Policies and Early Warning Systems in Thailand.

The contract is expected to start from September 2026 to April 2027.3.Description of the AssignmentThe assignment includes the following:1 UNICEF EAPRO’s 2023 Over the Tipping Point Report: https://www.unicef.org/asia-pacific/reports/over-tipping-pointa)Child-sensitive assessment criteria, indicators or matrixDevelop a child-sensitivity assessment criteria, indicators or matrix framework to provide a standardized methodology for assessing the extent to which national disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, plans, and guidelines address the rights, needs, and vulnerabilities of children.

The assessment framework should be aligned with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and UNICEF's Guidance on Risk-Informed Programming (GRIP)2.b)Policy, Plans and Regulations ReviewReview Thailand’s national DRR policies e.g.

National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Plan 2021-2027, and its relevant regulations, plans and guidelines on child-focused social services (i.e., early childhood development (ECD) and education, health, mental health and psychosocial support, social protection and child protection), Mapping of key decision-makers, institutional roles and accountability among relevant line ministries, coordination and operational mechanisms, financial and non-financial resource flows, data used for decision making, government and non-government capacities for disaster preparedness, response and recovery mechanism at national and provincial levels.

The consultant should use the developed child-sensitive assessment framework to assess the extent to which policies are child-sensitive.c)Early Warning Governance AnalysisMap and analyze the national early warning system (EWS) ’s governance architecture to understand the four pillars of people-centered early warning system of 1) Risk knowledge 2) Monitoring and Detection 3) Warning Dissemination and Communication and 4) Response Capacity , using child-sensitive assessment framework to assess for effectiveness, coverage and the extent to which it is comprehensive integrate children related risk data, risk communication to children and families, children living with non-biological parents, children in the

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• 191125 - UNICEF e-submissions instructions to Bidders.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=308292&documentId=1469699
• Annex B - ToR PROG - DRR Policies Child Sensitivity.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=308292&documentId=2062245
• Clarification Note 1 - LRPS 9205017 - DRR Policies Child Sensitivity.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=308292&documentId=2066571
• Clarification Note 2 - LRPS 9205017 - DRR Policies Child Sensitivity.pdf: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/DownloadDocument?noticeId=308292&documentId=2072097
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