Quotation Are Invited For Disaster Preparedness Modeling Consultant

Quotation Are Invited For Bbrso80369 Disaster Preparedness Modeling ConsultantDeadline 18 Sep 19Posted 04 Sep 19Overview Administration To Apply Interested Persons Should Upload The Combined Technical Proposal Methodology If Applicable Cv And OfferorS Letter To Undp Jobs By Navigating To The Link Below And Clicking Apply Now No Later Than The Date Indicated On The Undp Jobs Website Applications Submitted Via Email Will Not Be Accepted Undp Job Site Https Jobs Undp Org Cj View Job Cfm Cur Job Id 87350 Cut And Paste Into Browser Address Bar If The Link Does Not Work Please Note The System Allows The Upload Of One 1 Document Only If You Are Required To Submit A Technical Proposal Methodology This Document Along With Your Cv P11 And OfferorS Letter Must Be Combined And Uploaded As One Note The Financial Proposal Should Not Be Uploaded To Undp Jobs Please Email The Password Protected Financial Proposal To Procurement Bb Undp Org The Subject Line Of Your Email Must Contain The Following 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Justified And Necessary BackgroundThe 2017 Hurricanes Season In The Caribbean Was Particularly Active Hurricanes Irma And Maria Impacted Multiple Islands Within A Week Causing Massive Devastation And Triggering A Crisis That Almost Two Years Later Is Still Affecting Many Communities Impacted In This Context The United Nation Development Programme Undp Barbados The Oecs Sub Regional Office And The Undp Crisis Bureau In Hq Designed A Tool To Rapidly Assess Damage To Buildings In Post Disaster Contexts Immediately After Natural Disasters The Building Damage Assessment Bda Toolkit Is Designed To Support National And Local Authorities In Crisis Affected Countries Around The World To Assess Residential And Non Residential Infrastructures And Collect Timely Data To Make Informed Decisions And Prioritization For Risk Informed Rehabilitation And Rebuilding The Bda Toolkit Is Operated Using A Flexible Online Questionnaire That Gathers Information About Buildings Including Damage To The Structure Vulnerability Of The Occupants Etc The Information Is Collected On The Field Through Smartphones Using Kobotoolbox An Opensource Data Collection Platform That Allows Rapid Information Gathering And Facilitates The Post Collection Data Analysis After The Data Is Collected In The Field And Uploaded To Kobotoolbox It Is Cleaned And Visualized Into Microsoft Power Bi An Intelligence Platform For The Analysis And Real Time Visualization Of Data And Interactive Maps Once This Process Is Completed The Information Is Handed Over From Undp To The Government Of The Affected Area Governments Can Use This Powerful Data For Rapid Reconstruction Policy Making And Preparedness For Future Disasters The Bda Maps And Associated Dataset Represent A Critical Baseline Against Which National And Local Authorities Can Track Risk Informed Reconstruction And Rehabilitation Efforts For An Effective Recovery The First Bda Was Conducted In Dominica And Barbuda In Dominica Alone Almost 29 500 Buildings Were Assessed By Over 150 Surveyors In Three Months Most Recently On December 2018 A Pilot Exercise Was Conducted Over 200 Structures In Roseau The Capital Of Dominica To Test The Practicability Of A New Tool Bda 2 0 Incorporating Lessons Learnt From The First Bda The Bda 2 0 Includes A More Comprehensive And Flexible Questionnaire A Wider Set Of Data Fields Higher Gps Accuracy And The Possibility To Use Any Smartphone For Data Gathering The New Questionnaire Of Approximately 190 Questions Follows A Holistic And Multidisciplinary Approach That Includes Inputs From Different Un Agencies Such As Wfp And Unicef The Bda 2 0 Not Only Aims To Assess Building Damage But More Multidimensional Data Gathering Including Demographic And Vulnerability Information About Households As Well As Damage To Public Facilities Such As Education Or Health Facilities After The Success Of Both The Bda 1 0 Dominica And Barbuda In Early 2018 And The Bda 2 0 Pilot In Roseau Dominica December 2018 Undp Is Aiming To Incorporate The Bda Toolkit As A Corporate Tool In That Context A Partnership With Impact A Swiss Ngo That Provides Technical And Operational Support To Strengthen Systems And Tools Related To Rapid Assessment And Analysis Has Been Established In Sum Undp Bda Team In Barbados Undp Crisis Bureau Team In Hq And Impact Are Working Together Aiming To Boost And Standardize The Bda Toolkit For Corporate Use In This Regard The Undp Bda Team In Barbados Is Seeking To Engage An Ic To Support In Technical Aspects Of This Process Please Note That There Is A Related Assignment At The Below Link For A Data Visualization Consultant Consulants Are Encouraged To Apply For Both Assignments If They Meet The Requirements Http Procurement Notices Undp Org View Notice Cfm Notice Id 58983

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