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Background

ASB and five local partners are developing Global Programme Phase 2 for submission under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) funding framework. The planned four-year programme will operate in Indonesia, the Philippines and Bangladesh. It will build on experience and results from Phase 1 while expanding the partnership and adapting the intervention to different country and local contexts.

The programme is expected to contribute to inclusive and gender-responsive resilience by strengthening the participation and leadership of women, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in DRR and climate adaptation; supporting resilient livelihoods, ecosystems and access to essential resources; and improving coordination and learning among communities, civil society, government, academia and other relevant actors.

Phase 2 is intended to consolidate, adapt, scale and institutionalise relevant approaches from Phase 1, which remains under implementation. The study should therefore consider emerging results, implementation experience, challenges and lessons from Phase 1.

Objectives

The consultancy has the following objectives:

• Critically assess emerging Phase 1 results, lessons, structures and implementation challenges and their implications for Phase 2.
• Assess the political, institutional, socio-economic, environmental and cultural context relevant to the proposed programme in each country and location.
• Analyse the needs, priorities, capacities and barriers experienced by the intended participant groups, particularly women, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
• Assess the roles, interests, influence, commitment and capacity of implementing partners, government institutions and other key stakeholders.
• Test the relevance and coherence of the proposed intervention logic, activities, outputs, outcomes, assumptions and risks across the five partner contexts.
• Assess whether proposed participant numbers, indicators and target values are realistic, consistently defined, comparable and capable of aggregation across countries.
• Examine implementation feasibility, value for money, institutional arrangements, safeguarding, environmental and social risks, and prospects for sustainability and scale.
• Provide concrete, prioritised recommendations for the full proposal, impact matrix, partner workplans, budget assumptions and monitoring approach.

Key questions

• Context and problem analysis: What are the main disaster, climate, environmental, socio-economic and inclusion-related risks in each proposed location? What root causes and institutional factors sustain them?
• Target groups and participation: Who should participate directly and indirectly, how will they be identified without double counting, and what barriers affect meaningful participation and leadership?
• Stakeholders and ownership: Which government, civil-society, private-sector, academic and representative organisations are relevant, and what roles, incentives and commitments can reasonably be expected?
• Programme design: Does the proposed intervention logic respond to the verified needs and country contexts? Which elements should be common across countries and which should be adapted locally?
• Phase 1 learning and additionality: What has worked, what has not worked, and what should be consolidated, adapted, scaled or discontinued in Phase 2? Does the proposed Phase 2 design offer clear additional value?
• Partner and delivery capacity: Are implementation, governance, staffing, financial-management, procurement, monitoring and coordination arrangements adequate for the proposed scope? What capacity strengthening is required?
• Results and measurement: Are indicators, operational definitions, baselines, targets and participant figures technically sound, comparable and aggregable? What data sources and monitoring methods are feasible?
• Efficiency and sustainability: Are the anticipated resources, delivery model and timeframe proportionate to the expected results? How can benefits, capacities and institutional changes be sustained?
• Risks and safeguards: What contextual, fiduciary, safeguarding, conflict-sensitivity, environmental, operational and reputational risks could affect implementation, and how should they be mitigated?
• Sustainability and exit: Which benefits, capacities, structures and institutional changes are likely to continue after funding ends? What ownership, financing, handover, institutionalisation and exit measures are required?

Scope of work

The consultant will be responsible for the following interrelated tasks:

• Review relevant Phase 1 documentation, including the proposal and logframe, monitoring data, progress reports, emerging results, challenges, lessons learned and any available evaluation findings.
• Review the concept note, impact matrix/logframe, partner field-assessment reports and data, relevant policies, previous programme documentation and other available evidence.
• Develop a coherent, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive study methodology, sampling approach, tools, ethical protocol, workplan and country/site schedule.
• Map evidence gaps and discrepancies in the partner findings and use these to focus independent verification and follow-up enquiry.
• Conduct fieldwork in three countries and five agreed partner locations, using an appropriate combination of key-informant interviews, focus-group discussions, participatory methods, observation and secondary-data analysis.
• Consult intended participant groups and their representative organisations in accessible and safe formats, with attention to age, gender, disability and other relevant diversity factors.
• Triangulate evidence across methods, sources, countries and partner assessments, clearly distinguishing verified findings, remaining data gaps and consultant judgement.
• Present preliminary findings to ASB and partners and facilitate relevant sessions of the joint planning workshop on 7-8 December 2026.
• Translate findings into specific recommendations for programme design, results framework, operational definitions, targets, participant numbers, budgets, risk management, coordination and monitoring.
• Prepare a concise, evidence-based draft and final report in English, including an executive summary and required annexes.

Methodological Requirements

• Participatory, gender-responsive, disability-inclusive and culturally appropriate methods.
• A transparent sampling rationale that identifies respondent groups, sample sizes, selection criteria and limitations.
• Data disaggregation by sex, age and disability, and by other relevant characteristics where safe and feasible.
• Independent validation and triangulation of partner-provided information rather than uncritical reproduction of it.
• Accessible informed-consent processes and confidentiality, data minimisation, secure storage and responsible disposal of personal data.
• Clear documentation of evidence sources, analytical methods, assumptions, limitations and unresolved questions.
• Early communication of data and logistical requirements to ASB and partner focal points.

Deliverables and Timetable

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Submission instructions

Application deadline: 29 September 2026, 17:00 Western Indonesia Time (WIB).

Submission address: asb.procurement@asbindonesia.org

Email subject: Feasibility Study Consultancy – Global Programme Phase 2

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

ASB may invite shortlisted applicants to an interview or request clarification of the technical or financial proposal. ASB reserves the right not to award a contract or to negotiate elements of the proposal in accordance with its procurement procedures.

ASB encourages applications from qualified women, persons with disabilities and persons from under-represented groups. Reasonable accommodation can be requested during the recruitment and assignment process.