GIS Specialist for the Generation of Built-Up Areas Using AI UNDP-PHL-00526-2 UNDP Office/Country UNDP-PHL/PHILIPPINES IC - Individual contractor United Nations Development Programme - UNDP Procurement Notices - UNDP-PHL-00526-2 - GIS Specialist for the Generation of Built-Up Areas Using AI GLOBALProcurement Notices General Information Procurement at UNDP Sustainable procurement Procurement training About us Vendors Doing business with UNDP How we buy Qualifications and eligibility Protest and sanctions Supplier ethics/code of conduct (pdf) eTendering guide and other information Contract Awards Search Notices Nav toggle General Information Vendors Contract Awards Search Notices Back General Information Procurement at UNDP Sustainable procurement Procurement training About us What we do Page Title Doing business with UNDP How we buy Qualifications and eligibility Protest and sanctions Supplier ethics/code of conduct (pdf) eTendering guide and other information Back Select Language English Français Español Home GIS Specialist for the Generation of Built-Up Areas Using AI GIS Specialist for the Generation of Built-Up Areas Using AI Procurement Process IC - Individual contractor Office UNDP-PHL - PHILIPPINES Deadline 04-Nov-24 @ 07:00 AM (New York time) Published on 21-Oct-24 @ 12:00 AM (New York time) Reference Number UNDP-PHL-00526-2 Contact UNDP Procurement Philippines - procurement.ph@undp.org This specific tender is managed via the new supplier portal system of UNDP Quantum. 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Introduction Country:   Philippines   Description of the Assignment:   I.              ProjectTitle   Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change (SHIELD) Programme   II.            ProjectDescription The Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change (SHIELD) Program is a six-year initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through thesupport oftheGovernment ofAustralia(GOA) Department of Foreign Affairs andTradein the Philippines (DFAT),toassist the Government of the Philippines (GPH) in building the country’s institutional and community resilience to climate change and disasters. Together with its consortium partners, the United Nations HumanSettlementsProgramme(UN-Habitat),PhilippineBusinessforSocialProgress(PBSP), National Resilience Council (NRC), and Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS), SHIELD aims to transform its 11 target provinces, Metro Manila, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) into safer and resilient communities by achieving three interdependent outcomes:   Outcome 1: Government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in targeted local governmentunits(LGUs)arecollaboratingtounlockfundingandimplementinginformedand inclusive resilience actions Outcome 2: Relevant national government agencies (NGAs) are prioritizing action on local climate and disaster resilience Outcome3:Philippinescientificagenciesareproducingtailoredandaccessibleinformationfor resilience action   Thethirdoutcomeisbuiltupontheneedtogeneratemoreaccurateandsophisticatedscientific andtechnicalinformationthat willenable localities tounderstand,andbuildresilienceto,the impacts on people, their businesses, critical assets, and livelihoods throughout the country. Intended to support the realization of Outcomes 1 and 2, it aims to ensure the availability, credibility, and accessibility of various datasets and information relevant to climate change, hazards, and disasters which can provide essential inputs for local resilience planning and proposal development. In doing so, the Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Commonwealth ScientificandIndustrialResearchOrganization(CSIRO)willbeworkinghandinhandwiththe DepartmentofScienceandTechnology(DOST)todevelopandapplysoundclimatemodelling, projections, and scenarios, and improve hazard and risk assessment coordination and accessibility of data. In line with this, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the Service Institute of the DOST mandated to mitigate disasters that may arise from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami, and other related geotectonic phenomena, will lead the developmentofanartificialintelligence(AI)-basedmethodologyforgeneratingbuilt-upareas of SHIELD project sites in support for risks and hazards assessment.   III.         ScopeofWork UNDP seeks to engagetheservices of a Research Associatewho shall primarily assist DOST-PHIVOLCS inundertakingempiricalandquantitativeresearchworktowardsthegenerationof built-up areas using AI. Specifically, the Research Associate shall perform the following activities:   ·       Conductcollectionandprocessingofremotesensingandgeographicinformation system (GIS) data for land cover analysis ·       Conduct data gathering, processing, analysis, and interpretation of results related to hazard and risk mapping ·       ExploretechniquesonAI,geophysicsandremote-sensingandcontributeto developing up-to-date methodologies ·       Coordinatewith theSHIELD Support Unit (SSU), DOST-PHIVOLCS, and other project partners in support to the fulfillment of above outputs ·       Preparemanuscripts,technicalreports,presentations,andotherdocumentsrelatedto the project ·       Prepareproject-relatedcorrespondenceandadministrativedocumentsasneeded ·       Provide technical inputs in project-related internal and external meetings, planningsessions, workshops, and other associated activities ·       ProvidetechnicalassistancetoDOST-PHIVOLCStoensurethattheprojectdeliverables are produced on the scheduled time   Period of assignment/services: office-based, with an expected duration of 242 person-days of effort equivalent to eleven (11) working months   Proposal should be submitted directly in the portal no later than indicated deadline. 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