Technical Assistance: Establishment of an integrated salinity intrusion data sharing system for adaptation to the climate change impacts in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam.

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), on behalf of Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invites qualified interested firms to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in the upcoming solicitation for provision of technical assistance: Establishment of an integrated salinity intrusion data sharing system for adaptation to the climate change impacts in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on behalf of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) requires the services of an institution to deliver the technical assistance as approved by National Designated Entity from Vietnam. The overall objective of the Technical Assistance is to develop an Information Management System to exchange information and near-real time data on salinity intrusion, sharing salinity monitoring data and display maps of salinity intrusion in the Vietnam Mekong Delta region (VMD). To ensure sustainability of the results of this technical assistance, training will be provided on how to operate and utilize the Information Management System developed, so that the River Basin Organization and relevant institutions are able to effectively share data on salinity intrusion and better incorporate the salinity data in decisions relating to climate change preparedness and hazard early warning. Some of the expected outcome, outputs and activities are; • Development of implementation planning and communication documents • Stakeholder engagement, and assessment of available data and existing salinity monitoring & forecasting systems in VMD. • Develop an integrated information management system • Capacity building for the effective use of the Integrated Information Management System. The complete details of the requirement will be provided in the tender documents that will be issued to bidders after this request for EOI is closed.