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UNDP has floated a tender for Assessment of Weather Information Needs and Development of Tailored Messages and Advisories for Fishers, Fish Processors and Fish Tradersin Mangochi, Salima, Nkhotakota and Nkhatabay. The project location is Malawi and the tender is closing on 26 Jul 2018. The tender notice number is MWI10/PROC/2018/005, while the TOT Ref Number is 24988993. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Procurement Summary

Country : Malawi

Summary : Assessment of Weather Information Needs and Development of Tailored Messages and Advisories for Fishers, Fish Processors and Fish Tradersin Mangochi, Salima, Nkhotakota and Nkhatabay

Deadline : 26 Jul 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 24988993

Document Ref. No. : MWI10/PROC/2018/005

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNDP
Email: susan.mkandawire@undp.org
First name: Susan
Surname: Mkandawire
Telephone country code: Malawi (+265)
Telephone number: 01773500
Telephone extension: 220
Malawi
Email :susan.mkandawire@undp.org

Tender Details

Tender are invited for Assessment of Weather Information Needs and Development of Tailored Messages and Advisories for Fishers, Fish Processors and Fish Tradersin Mangochi, Salima, Nkhotakota and Nkhatabay

Deadline : 26-Jul-2018 17:00 (GMT 2.00)

Published : 12-Jul-2018

Type of Notice : Request for proposal

Beneficiary Country/Territory : Malawi

Reference : MWI10/PROC/2018/005

Description : The Government of Malawi, with the support from UNDP, has secured funding from the Green Climate Fund to scale up the use of modernized early warning systems (EWS) and climate information in the country. The project will work with communities in disaster prone and food-insecure districts to co-develop tailored weather- and climate-based agricultural advisories to be disseminated through ICT/mobile, print and radio channels. The project will also scale up best practices in community readiness to respond to disasters and mitigate key risks. Community-based EWS will be scaled up in flood-prone areas and capacities to use and respond to warnings will be strengthened at the national, district and community levels.

The project is being implemented in 21 districts by the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA), in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS), Department of Water Resources (DWR), Department of Agricultural Extension Services (DAES), Department of Fisheries (DoF), and the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM).The project has three expected outputs;

Expansion of observation networks that generate climate-related data to save lives and safeguard livelihoods from extreme climate events

Development and dissemination of products and platforms for climate-related information/services for vulnerable communities and livelihoods

Strengthening communities capacities for use of EWS/CI in preparedne...