Supporting the Development of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Three Selected... Tender

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Country : Tunisia

Summary : Supporting the Development of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Three Selected Sites

Deadline : 25 Mar 2024

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 98572800

Document Ref. No. : 0002007508

Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : THE WORLD BANK GROUP
Building Le Boulevard, 3rd floor, Cité les Pins, Les Berges du Lac II, 1053 Tunis
Tunisia
Email :corporateprocurement@worldbank.org

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Expression of Interest are invited for Supporting the Development of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (Ews) in Three Selected Sites in Tunisia.

The Tunisia Integrated Disaster Resilience Program (ResCat) is a Program for Results co-financed by the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD), with a total funding of USD 100 million, supplemented by a contribution of USD 25 million from the Tunisian government. The Program, effective since December 2021, aims to improve the management and financing of disaster risks in Tunisia and enhance the protection of the targeted population and assets against the impacts of natural disasters. The program is structured around four pillars: (i) Flood risk reduction; (ii) Disaster preparedness through the modernization of hydrometeorological services and EWS; (iii) Strengthening financial protection; (iv) Strengthening institutional coordination and regulatory framework for Disaster Risk Management (DRM).

The program-s implementation period is from 2022 to 2027.

Under the second Pillar, this program aims to support the Tunisian government in its efforts to consolidate disaster preparedness through the modernization of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS), including the strengthening of the country-s EWS.

The modernization of the NMHS, represented by the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) and Ministry of Agriculture represented by the General Directorate for water resources (DGRE), involves improving their organizational structures, the quality of their observation data, and their modeling products and forecasting and warning services. This activity is structured around three areas:

(i) Institutional strengthening and capacity-building for climate and hydrometeorological services

(ii) Modernizing weather and flood monitoring, modeling, and forecasting systems

(iii) Improving hydrometeorological services and multi-hazard impact-based forecasting and EWS services.

The pillar is led by INM, with DGRE, the General Directorate of Dams and Major Hydraulic works (DGBGTH) and the National Civil Protection Office (ONPC) as key counterparts. One of the main activities of the pillar is the implementation of a multi-hazard EWS in three pilot sites (Grand Tunis, Ghardimaou and Kebili), which would pave the way for the implementation of a national, multi-hazard, end-to-end EWS. Certain challenges related to high exposure along with limited preparedness measures highlighted by the World Bank report establishing a roadmap for strengthening hydrometeorological and EWS and services in Tunisia[1].

A national EWS Technical Committee was set up in November 2023 with the following missions: (i) to promote, synchronize institutions and guide the development of EWS at all levels (national, regional and local), (ii) to ensure the implementation of actions relating to the 4 interdependent components of EWS (iii) to strengthen inter-institutional collaboration, facilitate the sharing and homogenization of information, and serve as a consultation platform.

Sites:
Pillar II key actors, namely INM, ONPC and DGRE, have identified three pilot sites for implementing a multi-hazard early warning system. Several criteria were considered for this selection, including (i) exposure to more than one hazard simultaneously, (ii) vulnerability to the identified risks which the EWS is designed to address and (iii) exposure to frequent and multiple hazards, to best cover the range of hazards facing Tunisia.

The initiative aims to set up a multi-hazard EWS covering the main major hazards in Tunisia. For this reason, the following sites have been selected:

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