National Consultant for Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship and ACPHEED Detection and Risk Assessment

Purpose of consultancy

• Supporting the GoI on Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship, particularly in the health sector: drafting deliverables document, such as health issue notes/ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration, concept notes/project proposals and agenda of ASEAN health meetings; compile inputs and analyse issues related to the work of the ASEAN Health Sector; ensuring communication with internal and external stakeholders, such as the ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Secretariat and consultant of each deliverable’s project activities-supported by ASEAN partners-under supervision of the Centre for Global Health and Technology Policy ‘Pusjak KGTK’, MoH Indonesia as the alternate of SOMHD Indonesia.
• Supporting the GoI on the establishment of ASEAN Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED) Detection and Risk Assessment: drafting Indonesia’s position of the Establishment Agreement of ACPHEED; compile inputs and analyse issue to provide recommendation to Indonesia on the preparation of the Centre establishment; ensuring communication with internal stakeholders, under supervision of Pusjak KGTK, MoH Indonesia as the alternate of SOMHD Indonesia.

Background

Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship

The Ministry of Health as the focal point of the ASEAN Health Sector is responsible for initiating and pushing up health deliverables throughout the year of the chairmanship, in coordination with the ASEAN Health Sector Chair, Lao PDR and the ASEAN Secretariat. As the lead of the initiatives, Indonesia should prepare background papers and outcome documents, chair meetings and build consensus among ASEAN Member States.

Under the theme of ‘ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth’, there are several potential deliverables, initiated by ASEAN health sector:

Priority Issues

1. Strengthening regional capacities to prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and all hazards to public health

Programs:

a. ASEAN Emergency Health Fund

Initiatives:

Establishment of Joint Task Force of Finance and Health on Establishment of Public Health Emergency Fund

b. One Health Initiative to address the root cause of public health emergencies and biological hazards (emerging pathogens, zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, environmental health). Co-lead with Brunei Darussalam (Note: new initiative, follow up the 15th AHMM, May, Bali)

Initiatives:

• Assessing ASEAN Member States capacities and regional mechanisms in implementing one health approach

• ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration (ALD) on One Health Initiative, including Establishing ASEAN One Health Joint Task Force/Committee as well as Developing ASEAN One Health Joint Action Plan (OH JAP)

  2. Implementing Mutual Recognition on Vaccine Certificate across ASEAN

Programs:

Establishing regional mechanism to operationalize ASEAN Universal Verification Mechanism

Initiatives:

The operationalization of ASEAN Universal Verification Mechanism for Indonesia’s Chairmanship meetings and events:

• Implementing arrangement

• Pilot project for Indonesia’s Chairmanship meetings and events

  3. Developing ASEAN production hub and research center on vaccines

Programs:

Enhancement of ASEAN vaccine security and self-reliance (AVSSR) (Note: existing initiative led by Thailand)

Initiatives:

Option 1: The establishment of ASEAN Vaccine Development Centre for vaccine resilience – building vaccine ecosystem

OR

ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on ASEAN Vaccine Development Centre towards ASEAN vaccine security and self-reliance

Option 2: ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on Roadmap to Accelerating AVSSR [follow up assessment at 5 AMS case country, conducted by the World Bank in 2022 and ASEAN Study in 2017]

4. Promoting Digital Health Transformation

Programs:

Establishment of Knowledge Management Platform of ASEAN Health Sector (Note: ongoing initiative led by Indonesia)

Initiatives:

Developing Knowledge Management Platform of ASEAN Health Sector for digitalization of ASEAN health cooperation data base and website

A. ACPHEED Detection and Risk

Indonesia has been preparing to establish and operationalize the ASEAN Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED) Detection and Risk Assessment, based in Jakarta. The Centre is one of the ACPHEED Centre. The others ACPHEED Centre are: (a) Prevention and preparedness and (b) Response, hosted by Vietnam and Thailand respectively. There will also be a Secretariat Office, based in Thailand to facilitate coordination and collaboration among the Centers.

The ACPHEED Detection and Risk Assessment in Jakarta will have 2 (two) sub-pillars, which are surveillance/field epidemiology and laboratory. Those will be underpinned by three overarching themes, namely: information sharing and analytics; capacity building and innovation coordination and support.

In parallel with the drafting of ACPHEED Establishment Agreement by SOMHD, Indonesia as the host country will work on Centre establishment by preparing 6 (six) key activities and feasibility:

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• Governance and operating model
• Organization
• Talent
• Finance
• Infra-structure
• Regulation/law

To prepare the six key activities and feasibility study, Indonesia will establish a leadership team and an assistance team:

• Leadership team will prepare the 6 (six) key activities and feasibility as well as develop draft of workplan and overall strategy of the Centre, based on 5-year Scope of Work of ACPHEED, adopted by the ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM) in 2020. The Leadership team will be out-sourcing
• Assistance team will support the Leadership team by providing strategic direction and approval of the outcome documents, before going to the SOMHD discussion for further endorsement. The member of Assistance team will be representatives of relevant technical units in MoH and MoFA.

The technical officers will assist the Assistance team through Centre of Global Health and Technology Policy/KGTK.

Deliverables:

A. Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship

Activity 1.1:

To communicate with internal and external stakeholders under supervision of Pusjak KGTK, MoH Indonesia; prepare reports and follow up the outcome of the preparation meetings and communicate with internal and external stakeholders on outcome documents; compile and analyze inputs received from technical units of the MOH, relevant ministries, the ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Secretariat and international organizations.

Activity 1.2:

To draft health issue notes, concept notes/project proposal, background papers, outcome documents, such as ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration, technical reports and agenda of ASEAN health meetings conducted by Indonesia; prepare position papers, statements, and presentations in ASEAN health related discussions

B. ACPHEED Detection and Risk

Activity 2.1:

To communicate with internal stakeholders, such as Leadership team and Assistance team of ACPHEED Detection and Risk Assessment, under supervision of Pusjak KGTK; prepare reports and follow up the outcome of the preparation meetings and communicate with internal stakeholders on outcome documents; to compile and analyse inputs received from technical units of the MOH, relevant ministries, the ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Secretariat and international organizations.

Activity 2.2:

To draft/review health issue notes, concept notes/project proposal, background papers, outcome documents, such as Establishment Agreement, technical reports and recommendation on 6 (six) key activities and feasibility, workplan and overall strategy in collaboration with Leadership team; prepare Indonesia’s position papers, statements, and presentations in ASEAN health related

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Education:

Essential: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university, preferably in health or social sciences

Experience:

Essential: 2 years’ work experience in public health policy, disease surveillance, or health systems development.

Desirable: professional experience in international cooperation (eg, ASEAN Health context, UN, WHO, international agencies)

Skills / Technical skills and knowledge:

• Skillful in coordination and managerial, knowledgeable on global preparedness and response, One Health Approach, health financing, vaccine resiliency.
• Analytical skills and proven record in successful project development and implementation
• Strong communication skills in writing (analytical texts, proposal/concept note, summary, TOR, strategic plan) and orally (meeting, presentation), including in using social media and familiar with video conference
• Excellent organizational skills (ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines under pressure and manage competing responsibilities)

Language requirements:

High proficiency in written and spoken English

Location

The technical officers will be based in the Centre of Global Health and Technology Policy, Jakarta, Indonesia, with some domestic travel to support related meetings.

Travel

The Consultant is expected to travel, including for taking up assignment which occurs further on during the consultancy period. This includes the cost incurs from a one-time assignment to support ASEAN related meetings (flight ticket, hotel, per diem). The travel dates is TBC basis, with WHO approval prior to the travel.

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

• Remuneration: NO.A (Maximum Approx 60,000,000/monthly)
• Expected duration of contract: 6 – 8 months

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