Consultancy: Diagnostic Assessment and Implementation Planning of Hydrometeorological, Climate and Early Warning

Languages: Fluency in Spanish is required, given the need for consultations and coordination with national institutions in the Dominican Republic. Knowledge of English is highly desirable.

Salary and

Allowances:

Payband D (USD 620.

- / 750.

- per day)

Duration
: 100 days over a period of 5 months

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is supporting the strengthening of climate and hydrometeorological services and multi-hazard early warning systems in the Dominican Republic through the Climate Risk and Early Warning System (CREWS) Dominican Republic project. This is done in coordination and synergies with other projects or initiatives contributing to the modernization of institutional and operational hydrological services.

The CREWS Dominican Republic project aims to strengthen governance and institutional coordination, disaster risk knowledge, observation and forecasting capacities, and warning dissemination and response mechanisms. Given the involvement of multiple national institutions and the complementarities between ongoing initiatives, a coordinated approach is required to ensure coherence, maximize synergies and support efficient implementation.

The purpose of this consultancy is to establish an updated baseline and undertake an integrated assessment of the institutional, organizational, operational, technical and technological capacities relevant to hydrological and meteorological services, climate services and multi-hazard early warning systems in the Dominican Republic. The assignment will support the development of an integrated implementation strategy, action plan and priority activities, strengthen coordination among key national stakeholders, and provide the basis for subsequent technical assistance, capacity development and system modernization activities.

The consultant(s) shall:

• Review available institutional and organizational documentation, operational capacities, information systems, coordination mechanisms and technical infrastructure related to climate, meteorological, hydrological and multi-hazard early warning services through consultations with the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI), the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET), the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Civil Defense (DC), the National Geological Survey (SGN) and other relevant stakeholders, to establish a baseline and diagnostic assessment, highlighting the current status, needs and priorities for service improvement.
• Assess institutional, operational and technical capacities, identify gaps, challenges and opportunities for collaboration, and analyse complementarities across ongoing initiatives supporting hydrological, meteorological and early warning services.
• Develop an integrated implementation strategy and action plan to strengthen climate, meteorological, hydrological and multi-hazard early warning services under the CREWS Dominican Republic project, building on ongoing activities, identified requirements and synergies with related projects, programmes and initiatives. The strategy should include implementation priorities, institutional responsibilities, milestones, coordination arrangements and proposed monitoring mechanisms.
• Prepare recommendations and high-level Terms of Reference and/or technical specifications to support service improvements, including the enhancement of climatological, meteorological and hydrological systems, as well as related operational capacity-development plans.

Evaluation tools will be provided by WMO coordination team as support for the diagnostic.

• Inception report
  , including a plan for country consultation, stakeholder mapping, and matrix with references on programmes, projects, initiatives supporting climate, meteorological, hydrological and warning services.
• Diagnostic Report updated baseline, description of conditions of existing institutional, operational and technical capacities, key gaps, needs and requirements, and recommendations for priority actions.
• Integrated Implementation Strategy and plans
  , including implementation priorities, sequencing, institutional responsibilities, milestones and monitoring mechanisms.
• Final Report
  , incorporating a brief of validated diagnostic report, and implementation plan, as well as developed high-level Terms of Reference and/or technical specifications for subsequent priority activities.

Between 2 and 3 missions are expected during the contract period, including travel to Santo Domingo…