Background
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Liberia was created by an act of the Legislature on November 26, 2002, and published as a handbill on April 30, 2003, to ensure sound environmental management and sustainable use of natural resources. The EPA functions to ensure long-term economic prosperity through sustainable development and establish a legal framework for environmental management.
The EPA received funding from the Green Climate Fund to implement a five-year project called “Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Liberia” (the Liberia CIS Project).
The Liberia CIS Project is a US$11,431,969 GCF, AFDB, and GOL-funded project that aims to increase the resilience of Liberia’s population and infrastructure to climate change. In particular, the project will strengthen the country’s adaptive capacities to integrate better long-term climate risk reduction and adaptation measures in national planning and development through the development of a well-functioning Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Forecasting and Early Warning System (MH-IBF-EWS).
The implementation of the project will entail training and equipping the existing Liberia Meteorological Service (LMS), Liberia Hydrological Service (LHS), Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to collect weather and climate data; introduce and maintain modelling.
Purpose of the Consultancy
The main objective of the consultants is to develop and operationalize an Automated Decision Management System (ADMS) to support the Liberia Climate Information System (CIS) Project, funded under the Green Climate Fund SAP018 initiative. The ADMS will strengthen Liberia’s capacity for climate-informed, evidence-based decision-making, planning, and climate risk reduction. It will integrate diverse climate data sources such as satellite imagery, meteorological and hydrological observations, and historical climate trends into a centralized platform. Through predictive analytics and decision-support tools, the system will generate timely and localized climate information for key sectors including agriculture, water, health, and infrastructure. It will also support monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (M&E) of the CIS project outcomes, ensuring compliance with GCF’s results-based framework. Ultimately, the consultancy will contributes to Liberia’s long-term climate resilience by promoting adaptive planning and institutionalizing a data- driven, technology-enabled system that improves national coordination and governance for climate services and early warning in Liberia.
The Scope of the Services to be performed
The consultant will work closely with EPA through the PIU and also have the opportunity to consult with the relevant agencies and ministries (e.g., LMS, LHS, NDMA, sector ministries etc.) to gather the relevant information needed to perform the assessment as stated below.
Needs Assessment
- Conduct in-depth stakeholder consultation process, targeting national agencies including the EPA, LMS, LHS, and NDMA to identify critical information needs, user profiles, and decision-making workflows related to climate risk management.
- Conduct a comprehensive mapping of available climate data sources including satellite imagery, hydrometeorological records, and early warning inputs
- Assess and identify users’ specific needs while exploring various data sources available for integration.
- Develop detailed technical specifications for the Automated Decision Management System (ADMS) to ensure it effectively meets the identified requirements.
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