Consultant to Conduct the Study on Flood Risk Assessment for Communities in the Intervention... Tender

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Country : Mali

Summary : Consultant to Conduct the Study on Flood Risk Assessment for Communities in the Intervention Area of ??the Climate Risk and Floods Management Project

Deadline : 28 May 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 33080740

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Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

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Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Immeuble Badala A 200 m des bureaux du PAM Tel: 44 98 03 03 BP : 120 Bamako
Mali
Email :registry.ml@undp.org

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Tenders are invited for Consultant to Conduct the Study on Flood Risk Assessment for Communities in the Intervention Area of ??the Climate Risk and Floods Management Project in Mali.

background

Mali is exposed to the effects of climate change, including droughts, floods and other natural disasters. Faced with these phenomena, the country's adaptation and resilience capacities are becoming weaker and weaker.

There is a variable rainfall trend tendentially downward and gradually decreasing from south to north, deforestation steadily increasing and floods that regularly affect some territories.

Since the 1970s, the rise in average temperature has been observed throughout Mali. By 2080, the average annual temperature of Mali will increase by 3 to 4 ° C compared to the annual temperature in 1980.

In Mali, climate change has been manifested by the decline in average annual rainfall. Indeed, during the period 1971-2000, an average decline of 20% across the country was observed compared to the period 1951-70.

The future climate scenarios predict an increase in the intensity and frequency of climate risks followed by intense rainfall and floods.

From 1980 to 2007, Mali experienced two major floods that collectively impacted more than 3, 000, 000 people. The areas most affected by the floods in the last 30 years are located in the regions of Kayes, Koulikoro, Segou, Sikasso, Mopti, Gao, Timbuktu and the District of Bamako.

The floods in 2010 caused 111 deaths, destroyed 6, 052 homes, 12, 000 hectares of flooded farmland and led to the widespread destruction of infrastructure, including bridges and roads.

In Bamako, in August 2013, floods affected more than 34, 000 people, of whom around 20, 000 were displaced. These floods resulted in the deaths of 37 people and the loss of 280 homes.

In 2014, 98.5% of economic losses due to disasters were attributable to floods, for an estimated average value of 25 098 255 000 FCFA per year.


Several institutional, technical and financial obstacles also hamper Mali's efforts to effectively reduce and manage the consequences of floods.

These obstacles include:

· Insufficient capacity of national institutions to effectively predict floods and other climate risks;

· Lack of knowledge of flood management techniques;

· The lack of skills and resources of planning authorities at the local level (communes and villages) to effectively assume flood risk management responsibilities;

· Limited dissemination of information and alert to affected local communities.

The phenomenon of floods is frequent in the world because of climate change. This justifies the UN Declaration on the Prevention of Natural Disasters over the period 1990-1999, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction of 2000, the Hyogo (2005-2015) and Sendai ( 2015-2030) to reduce the risk of disasters.


Mali, like other countries in the world, took an active part, in 2015 in New York in the United States, in the adoption of the United Nations Development Agenda for 2030 by 20 -sept (17) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) broken down into 169 targets, which came into effect on January 1, 2016.

Mali ratified the African Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and its Action Plan (2005-2015) adopted on July 8, 2004 and the Cooperation Agreement Establishing the West African Center for Research and Scientific Services on Disaster Risk Reduction. Climate change through Law No. 2014-035 of July 17, 2014.


In 2016, the Government of the Republic of Mali adopted a single reference document for development policies and strategies, called the "Strategic Framework for Economic Recovery and Sustainable Development (CREDD) 2016-2018".


The strategic axis of the CREDD (2016-2018): "Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth", takes into account the environmental challenges, including those related to climate change, in its Priority Area 5 and particularly in its specific objective 12 entitled "Promoting green economy through natural resource management and an effective fight against global warming ".


In Mali, environmental management is governed by the National Environmental Protection Policy (PNPE) adopted in 1998, the aim of which is to "ensure a healthy environment for sustainable development by taking the environmental dimension into account. any decision that affects the design, planning and implementation of development policies, programs and activities through the empowerment of all actors ". Its implementation focuses on national, regional and local action plans related to Rio's international environmental conventions (1992) ratified by Mali.


In addition, in the context of building resilience and adaptability to climate and natural disaster risks, several actions have been carried out to integrate Climate Change Adaptation (CC) into the PDESC in some areas. local authorities.


In 2014, the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) and an action plan were adopted. Its implementation has resulted, among other things, in the development of the National Strategy on Climate Change and the implementation of numerous programs and projects by several state and non-state actors in many sectors.


The National Social Protection Policy and its 2016-2018 Action Plan were approved by Decree No. 2016-0836 / P-RM of 01 November 2016. The National Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction in Mali was approved by Decree No. 2016-0346 / P-RM of 19 May 2016.


Rapid responses are therefore urgently needed to reduce vulnerability by providing access to essential services for the poorest but also to strengthen their resilience.


The project contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the priority area 12 of the CREDD mentioned above and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 11 and 13 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.


It is possible to take steps to avoid this serious damage. For example, the investment of a total amount of CFAF 4, 991, 764, 050 in the production and dissemination of climate information, the implementation of an Early Warning System (EWS) and flood protection will contribute significantly reduce flood vulnerability of infrastructure, assets and livelihoods for 120, 000 households.


In view of these findings, the Government of Mali through the Ministry of Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), initiated the PGICI. It is funded by the Global Environment Fund, UNDP and the Government of Mali.


The project will help reduce the vulnerability of local authorities to floods by managing climate risks and floods in order to preserve their lives and property.

Specifically, the project will take place in the district of Bamako and in the circles of Kayes and Mopti for:

· Strengthen the technical and material capacities of administrative and local authorities to improve early warning systems for floods and the dissemination of information on climate risks;

· Integrate climate and flood risk management into local development planning to strengthen the resilience of local communities;

· Transfer climate risk management techniques and resilient floods to local communities to reduce their vulnerability.

Community-specific flood risk reduction plans (PRRIs) based on locally appropriate strategies and interventions to reduce the vulnerability of local communities to flooding are developed (AWPI 2019, product 2.1) of the PGICI. In order to achieve the objectives of this product, it is planned by the PGICI among other activities the flood risk assessment for the communities.


It is for the realization of this activity that the coordination of the PGICI has launched the present study, through the Agency of the Environment and Sustainable Development (AEDD).




Duties and Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of flood risk reduction plans specific to each intervention commune of the PGICI.

Specific objectives :

· Determine, in collaboration with local communities, locally appropriate and cost-effective flood risk reduction strategies;

· Develop a range of intangible, physical and economic infrastructure to reduce the vulnerability of communities;

· Prioritize by municipality the interventions developed in terms of the needs of local communities;

· Determine the costs of performing the prioritized interventions;

· Compile the necessary teaching materials and simple guidelines for the effectiveness of the proposed intangible and physical interventions;

· Train the relevant technical staff of national, regional, local and municipal administrative authorities on these intangible and physical economic interventions.

Expected results :

· Strategies for reducing flood risks that are locally appropriate and economic are determined in collaboration with local communities;

· A range of intangible, physical and economic infrastructure is being developed to reduce the vulnerability of communities;

· Interventions developed in terms of the needs of local communities are prioritized by commune;

· The costs of executing hierarchical interventions are determined;

· The teaching materials and simple guidelines needed for the effectiveness of the proposed intangible and physical interventions are compiled;

· The competent technical staff of the national, regional, local and municipal administrative authorities is trained on these intangible and physical economic interventions.

Methodology :

The consultant will propose a relevant methodology for the implementation of the study based on the effective involvement of all stakeholders at all levels (national, regional, district and municipal) for the assessment of flood risks in the region. intervention area of ??the PGICI.
This methodology will de

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