81299071-GIS and Remote Sensing capacity development for coastal monitoring in the Mekong Delta

This tender aims to contracting a competent company to provide quality service for enhancing the capacity of the "beneficiary" or "user" groups of the CMS in acquiring and processing GIS and remotely sensed data in their works and mandates related to coastal monitoring. To achieve that, the contractor will implement a holistic approach in capacity development, which basically consists of the following tasks and steps: (1) Assessing capacity needs of beneficiary groups. (2) Designing a capacity development plan, and testing. (3) Implementing capacity development measures. While some studies and preparation works can be done abroad, most of the tasks will require physical presence of the contractor in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Mekong Delta provinces. The contractor is expected to develop and implement a remote sensing (RS)-based approach towards coastal monitoring and to provide a significant contribution to the further development of capacities of BENEFICIARIES in terms of GIS and remote sensing, in the form of various capacity development measures. A strong emphasis will be put on the long-term sustainability and on the development of technical and procedural capacities at BENEFICIARIES. The main objectives will be to increase BENEFICIARIES"s ability to acquire and process remotely sensed data for improving and systematizing coastal monitoring. All or some of the following topics shall be addressed depending on the actual needs of the partners: - Basic and advanced remote sensing techniques, with a focus on tools and approaches for coastal monitoring - Acquisition of satellite imagery (sources, tools, selecting the appropriate image / bands for a specific task, pre-processing, etc.) - Data integration, data management, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) - Temporal analysis, - Change detection / change analysis, - Scripting and task automation, - Traditional image classification, - Work with data stemming from active sensors, such as LiDAR or radar, - Cloud-based data processing (e.g. Google Earth Engine), - Data dissemination (thematic mapping, web-mapping, interactive dashboards, etc.), - Remote sensing applications for climate change monitoring, - Remote sensing applications for disaster risk reduction and response, - Leveraging geospatial data and analyses for decision making (mainly aimed at sectoral managers). All deliverables must be provided in English and Vietnamese languages, most meetings, workshops and training will take place in Vietnamese. The contractor is responsible for organizing translation, where needed, and for ensuring the high quality of the translations. The MCRP of GIZ in Viet Nam will provide overall supervision to the implementation of this service. During the implementation, the contractor is required to collaborate closely with VDDMA at national level, SIWRR/SIWRP at regional level, and provincial DARDs/ DONREs/HYDROMETs (Hydro-meteorological stations). MCRP will oversee and facilitate this collaboration/coordination.