Disaster Risk Assessment – GIS Expert – Republika Srpska and Brcko District

Background

Development losses caused by disasters as well as population and GDP exposure to hazards are continuously being increased in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The country is exposed to various hazards, with most common ones being earthquakes, floods, droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, landslides and man-made hazards with climate change forecasts predicting an acceleration of extreme weather phenomena. Numerous challenges the country faced after the war, combined with political deadlocks and weak economic situation, resulted in disaster risks being at the bottom of priorities. This lead not only to weak general capacities but also to unabsorbing of improvements and new approaches in dealing with disaster risks. Overlooking of contemporary understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), which teaches that disasters are a result of poor development decisions and cannot be solved by civil protection alone, contributed to creation of additional disaster risks. Today, disasters in the country range from high-frequency small disasters to devastating events such as May 2014 floods that caused total of 2 billion EUR losses and damages. To deal with these, every-day more complex disasters, the country needs full implementation of understanding that development efforts have to be disaster proof and climate smart. DRR sector in the country requires a strategic roadmap and actions strengthened with new tools and approaches moving away from business as usual.

To address these challenges Interlinking Disaster Risk Management in BiH Project was launched. Project will strengthen DRR capacities at all government levels in BiH by putting in place legal and policy frameworks and implementation of disaster and climate risk management measures. Project is supported by Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and implemented by UNDP.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, Disaster Risk Assessment - GIS Expert, is to prepare detailed inventory of the elements exposed to flood and landslide hazard for municipalities of Zvornik, Laktasi, Gradiska and Brcko District BiH, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Inventory should include the identification and valuation of the building stock, infrastructure, and population exposed to the flood and landslide hazards. The inventory may also contain data for essential facilities, high potential loss facilities, selected transportation and lifeline systems, demographics and agriculture. The actual content of the inventory may vary according to the study area under consideration. The Inventory should be prepared in GIS (Geographic Information System) as a 10x10 raster for its integration into Disaster Risk Analysis System (DRAS)[1].

Example of Inventory of elements at risk with weight factors

Exposure	Category	Sub category	GIS geometry	Weight factor	3rd Factor Value	3rd Factor Measure	Show in PopUp	Show What in Popup	Show What in Table
Population			Polygon	100	Population	Number of	Yes	Number of people living under Hazard	Number of people living under Hazard
Economic	Social standard functions	Bus station	Polygon	40	4	Estimated value			Number of Bus stations under Hazard
		Hospital	Polygon	100	10	Estimated value	Yes	Number of Hospitals under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Nursing home for elderly people	Polygon	95	10	Estimated value	Yes	Number of nursing homes for elderly people under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Children social care	Polygon	100	10	Estimated value	Yes	Number of children social care centres under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Cultural centre	Polygon	20	4	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Health centre	Polygon	80	7,5	Estimated value	Yes	Number of health centres under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Sport hall	Polygon	30	3	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		School	Polygon	80	7,5	Estimated value	Yes	Number of schools under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Post office	Polygon	60	6	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		City park, urban green spaces	Polygon	20	0,2	Estimated value			Area of … under Hazard
		Sport terrains, sport airport	Polygon	20	2	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Shopping mall	Polygon	50	5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Religious facilities	Polygon	30	5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Military facilities	Polygon	60	6	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Kindergarten	Polygon	80	8	Estimated value	Yes	Number of kindergartens under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Railway station	Polygon	45	4,5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		State institutions	Polygon	50	6	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Social objects	Polygon		4	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Border crossing	Polygon	50	5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
	Communal infrastructure, industrial and business complexes	Gas station	Polygon	50	4,5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Electrical power plant	Polygon	80	8	Estimated value	Yes	Number of electrical power plants under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Transformer substation (35kV, 110kV, 220kV, 400kV)	Polygon	70	6	Estimated value	Yes	Number of transformer substations (35kV, 110kV, 220kV, 400kV) under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Mobile telephony base station	Polygon	50	4,5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Factory	Polygon	60	6	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Heating facilities	Polygon	60	6	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Polluters	Polygon	100	10	Estimated value	Yes	Number of polluters under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Utility company, dump	Polygon	50	5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Cemetery	Polygon	45	1	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Water distribution pumping station	Polygon	80	8	Estimated value	Yes	Number of 2ater distribution pumping stations under Hazard	Number of … under Hazard
		Wastewater treatment plant	Polygon	50	5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Hotel/Motel of larger capacity	Polygon	45	4,5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Restaurant/cafe/catering facility	Polygon	30	3	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Farm holds	Polygon	30	3	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Business and warehouse centres	Polygon	30	3,5	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Dam	Polygon		10	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Mine, gravel pit (extraction of gravel)	Polygon	30	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
		Landfills, ash dump	Polygon	80	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
		Veterinary station	Polygon	30	3	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
	Housing	Family housing of density up to 60 inhabitants per 1 ha	Polygon	70	Number of objects	Number of	Yes	Number of Family Housing objects of density up to 60 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard	Number of Family Housing objects of density up to 60 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard
		Family housing of density from 60 to 120 inhabitants per 1 ha	Polygon	75	Number of objects	Number of	Yes	Number of Family Housing objects of density from 60 to 120 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard	Number of Family Housing objects of density from 60 to 120 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard
		Mixed family housing and apartment buildings of density from 100 to 300 inhabitants per 1 ha	Polygon	80	Number of objects	Number of	Yes	Number of mixed family housing and apartment buildings of density from 100 to 300 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard	Number of mixed family housing and apartment buildings of density from 100 to 300 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard
		Apartment buildings of density from 150 to 300 inhabitants per 1 ha	Polygon	90	Number of objects	Number of	Yes	Number of apartment buildings of density from 150 to 300 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard	Number of apartment buildings of density from 150 to 300 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard
		Apartment buildings of density over 300 inhabitants per 1 ha	Polygon	95	Number of objects	Number of	Yes	Number of apartment buildings of density over 300 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard	Number of apartment buildings of density over 300 inhabitants per 1 ha under hazard
	Traffic	Highway (60m)	Polygon	75	length of Road	Length in Km	Yes	Length of highway under hazard	Length of highway under hazard
		Regional road (25m)	Polygon	40	length of Road	Length in Km			length of … under hazard
		Trunk road (40m)	Polygon	50	length of Road	Length in Km			length of … under hazard
		Primary city road	Polygon	75	length of Road	Length in Km	Yes	Length of primary city roads under hazard	length of … under hazard
		Secondary city road	Polygon	50	length of Road	Length in Km			length of … under hazard
		Non categorised roads	Polygon	30	length of Road	Length in Km			length of … under hazard
		Railway	Polygon	80	length of Road	Length in Km	Yes	Length of railway under hazard	length of … under hazard
		Mechanical transport depot	Polygon	40	4	Estimated value			Number of … under Hazard
		Protective greenery along the roadways	Polygon	10	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
		Traffic areas	Polygon	20	Area	Area in Km2			Number of … under Hazard
	Natural Areas	Agricultural land	Polygon	20	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
		Forest	Polygon	10	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
		Water bodies	Polygon	10	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
		Protective greenery along the watersides	Polygon	10	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
		Undeveloped land and green areas	Polygon	10	Area	Area in Km2			Area of … under Hazard
IPPC			Polygon	100	Number of IPPC facilities		Yes	Number of IPPC facilities under hazard	Number of IPPC facilities under hazard
Protected Areas		Water source/Spring protected area (Zone zaštite izvorišta)	Polygon	100	Area	Area in Km2	Yes	Area of protected sources under hazard	Area of protected sources under hazard
		Protected area (Zašticena podrucja)	Polygon	50	Area	Area in Km2	Yes	Area of protected areas under hazard	Area of protected areas under hazard
		Waterwells (Vodocrpilište)	Polygon	100	Number of objectst	Number of	Yes	Area/Nuber of waterwells under hazard	Area/Nuber of waterwells under hazard
Cultural - Historical		Museums and other cultural activities (Muzeji i ostale kulturne djelatnosti)	Polygon	50	Number of objectst	Number of	Yes	Number of museums under hazard	Number of museums under hazard
		Historical monuments (Historijski spomenici)	Polygon	50	Number of objectst	Number of	Yes	Number of monuments under hazard	Number of monuments under hazard
		Protected objects (Zašticeni objekti)	Polygon	95	Number of objectst	Number of	Yes	Number of protected objects under hazard	Number of protected objects under hazard

1] DRAS https://dras.undp.ba/

Duties and Responsibilities

The inventory of the elements exposed to flood and landslide hazard is used to calculate flood and landslide risks.The inventory should describe the categories used to classify the various elements at risk (e.g., the building stock should include categories such as residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, religious, government, infrastructure, roads and education buildings).In other words, attributes describing the elements at risk provide information to allow estimation of potential damage to selected set of landslide and flood parameters (depth and/or velocity).

The inventory shall include, at least:

• Demographic data;
• Buildings classified by model type and occupancy, type of economic activity;
• Essential facilities;
• Lifeline utility systems.

Deliverables:

The consultant will be entrusted with the following tasks:

• Carry out a review of the available information to obtain a detailed identification and classification of the elements at risk;
• Carry out a review of existing data on the elements at risk (quality, accuracy and suitability for the project). Identify gaps regarding mapping of elements at and/or their description;
• Prepare the inventory of the elements at risk, including the description of the attributes selected to perform the vulnerability analysis;
• Collect all the data and new information that may be required prepare the inventory of elements at risk;
• Produce GIS database describing the inventory of the elements at risk for the municipalities of Zvornik, Laktasi, Gradiska and Brcko District BiH.
• Produce maps of the elements at risk for the study areas in GIS at the appropriate scale.

The duration of this task is estimated to be 40 working days within 4 months.

DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES:

The consultant is expected to provide the following deliverables and services:

• LOT 1: 
  • Inventory of the elements exposed to flood and landslide hazard for the municipality of Zvornik - 15th April 2018;
  •  Inventory of the elements exposed to flood and landslide hazard for the municipality of Laktasi - 30th April 2018;
• LOT 2:
  •  Inventory of the elements exposed to flood and landslide hazard for the Brcko District BiH - 15th May2018;
  •  Inventory of the elements exposed to flood and landslide hazard for the municipality of Gradiska - 30th May 2018;

Competencies

Corporate Responsibility and Teamwork:

• Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Plans, prioritizes and delivers tasks on time;
• Strives for and promotes excellence in performance continually;
• Participates effectively in a team-based, information-sharing environment, collaborating and cooperating with others;

People Skills:

• Demonstrates ability to work harmoniously with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Recognizes and responds appropriately to the ideas, interests, and concerns of others;
• Builds trust and engenders morale by displaying open, transparent and credible behavior;
• Respects individual/cultural differences; utilizes diversity to foster teamwork;
• Ensures others’ understanding of, involvement in, and adaptation to a change process.

Partnering and Networking:

• Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies;
• Ability to work as a member of a team as well as work autonomously.

Results-Orientation:

• Plans and procedures quality results to meet established goals.

Communication:

• Technical writing skills, formulates written information clearly and persuasively;
• Strong communication skills;
• Presents information in a clear and articulate manner.

Job Knowledge and Expertise:

• Strong analytical skills;
• Knowledge and experience on disaster risk assessments and risk management; 

Required Skills and Experience

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in in information systems, Geo-informatics, GIS, IT or related fields.

Experience: 

• At least 3 years of professional experience in design and management of spatial database management systems, including programming skills;
• Relevant experience in using proprietary and open source GIS programs such as ArcGis desktop, ERDAS, Mapinfo, QGIS, GvSig, etc;
• Experience in implementing Web map services and metadata catalogues applying OGC and Inspire standards is an asset. Working knowledge of GeoNetwork Open source and Geoserver is an asset;

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in spoken and written B/H/S language and working knowledge of the English language is a requirement.

Other desirable skills:

• Experience in hazard and risk assessment is an asset;
• Experience in working with international organizations in the region is an asset;
• Ability to work under pressure in a multi-cultural environment on a wide range of tasks and deliver quality results on time;
• Ability to identify issues, and analyse and participate in the resolution of issues/problems;

EVALUATION

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:

Cumulative analysis

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, andb) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

• * Technical Criteria weight-70%
• * Financial Criteria weight- 30%

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points for technical criteria assessment would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Applicants are required to submit an application including:

• Completed and signed UNDP Personal History Form (downloadable from http://www.ba.undp.org/content/bosnia_and_herzegovina/en/home/operations/jobs.html);
• Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;
• Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work;
• Financial proposal which will separately specify professional fee, indicating number of anticipated working days, travel costs (air-ticket or use of private vehicle), living allowance, and all other applicable costs.

Please scan all above mentioned documents and upload as one attachment only online through this website.

Note:

• For an assignment requiring travel, consultants of 62 years or more require full medical examination and statement of fitness to work to engage in the consultancy.
• Due to large number of potential applicants, only competitively selected candidates will be contacted for remaining steps of the service procurement process.