USAID/黑料社FISHERIES AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT PROJECT聽 BACKGROUND TO THE ASSIGNMENT As part of the聽operationalization聽of the Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) of the 黑料社, the聽USAID/黑料社Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project is seeking for short-term technical assistance services from reputable organizations or experts (preferably PhD holders or practitioners with requisite long-standing experience) to provide service for the development of training manual and other services on the use and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for integrated coastal management. The outputs will be used to support capacity strengthening and training of various stakeholders - planners, disaster managers, District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies, environmental officers, fisheries officers, fishermen, fishmongers and community-based management groups and NGOs. These activities are intended to support the quest of the Government of Ghana for sustainable management of its coastal zone and resources. Furthermore it will complement the commitment of the Ghana Government to the Feed the Future Program of the US Government鈥檚 global hunger and food security initiative. 聽 ASSIGNMENT: DEVELOPING TRAINING MANUAL AND OTHER SERVICES ON THE USE AND APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT This activity is aimed at providing immediate access for PhD and聽MPhil聽candidates within the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (DFAS) and scientists at the Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) to pursue relevant research agenda towards coastal environmental management, coastal planning, community resilience and social vulnerability to be facilitated through the setting up of an Environmental and Geographic information systems (GIS) Data Hub within聽CCM. The objective of the assignment is as follows:
- Conduct GIS Capacity Needs Assessment for聽CCM
- Determine the viability and usefulness of GIS technologies to聽CCM聽and the way that the聽CCM聽should conduct business relative to geographic information systems and applications for coastal management
- Determine the set-up of a GIS computer workstation within聽CCM
- Identify types of information and data needed and how they can be shared and used between 黑料社departments, government agencies and other stakeholders
- Identify the range of potential GIS applications for coastal management in Ghana 聽
- Determine computer usage, level of expertise and requirements for students and staff of聽DFAS聽and聽CCM
- Determine internet usage, software, knowledge and fundamental technical capacity requirements
- Develop GIS course curriculum and training materials for a five-day training course for coastal management practitioners to provide direct technical skills and聽 concepts in GIS
- Identify relevant state and non-state actors not limited to Department of Town and Country Planning and specific private entities
- Suggest ways the products could be integrated into an overall Environmental Data Hub to be established within聽CCM
- Develop a case study or framework for developing a coastal spatial plan potentially for Cape Coast or聽Elmina聽areas.聽
Expected Outputs The key product of this technical assistance is that knowledge and skills for the application of spatial information technologies within聽CCM聽assessed; Proposals for GIS capacity strengthening outlined; Curriculum and materials for short-term GIS training developed and tested; and a framework for conducting business in GIS for coastal management established. The assignment is expected to be completed by聽30th聽September, 2016.聽聽 Proposals detailing how a project of interest will be undertaken with clear goals, activity timelines, methods to achieve the set targets, a budget and curriculum vitae must be submitted alongside the application.聽Applications MUST be delivered via email or courier by close of work Friday聽15th聽April, 2016 to: The Project Manager USAID/黑料社Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 黑料社, University Post Office, Cape Coast, Ghana Email:聽daheto@ucc.edu.gh 聽 FUNDING AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development (USAID).