- SOLICITATION NUMBER: 0002014469
- INSTITUTION: IBRD/IDA , IFC , MIGA , ICSID
- ASSIGNMENT LOCATION: Rwanda
- ISSUE DATE AND TIME: Mar 03,2025 20:44
- CLOSING DATE AND TIME: Mar 18,2025 22:59
The primary objective of this consultancy is to design and evaluate the pilot implementation of an impact-based flood early warning system over the MUTERA catchment in Northern Rwanda. The consultant will draw on international best practices and experience in flood risk knowledge; flood monitoring and forecasting; flood risk communication and dissemination; and flood preparedness and response mechanisms. It should be noted that the VCRP will bring additional investments in hardware (notably a weather radar system and ground-based monitoring stations for precipitation and river levels) and software (e.g. improved local area meteorological forecasting software). As a result; the pilot will be an interim pilot which will be improved through VCRP with additional investments. Meteo Rwanda will be able to present a full work plan for VCRP. Furthermore; the consultant will:a. Define appropriate roles and responsibilities for each institution and stakeholders for impact-based Flood Early Warning Systems in the catchment. The institutions involved in the assessment will include Meteo Rwanda; Rwanda Water Resources Board; Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management; and other government authorities (including at district; sector; cell; and umudugudu (village) levels); and non-governmental actors.b. Identify and collect risk information at the local level that is needed to develop risk tables for impact-based rainfall/flood forecasting; and how risk information can be translated to warning information. c. Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS) in the catchment. d. Design and evaluate appropriate dissemination pathways from the central government to the affected communities (called ‘last-mile’ dissemination). Floods in the catchment are ‘flashy’ and response times tend to be short. As a result; the approach to warning dissemination should balance the need for timeliness with the need to retain trust through checks and balances.e. Develop and evaluate community contingency plans at two pilot locations; that connect the last-mile dissemination activities with appropriate actions that communities can take to reduce flood losses.
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