Individual Consultant (IC) perform the consultancy services to develop harmonized guidelines on use of GIS to estimate agriculture production, urbanization and environmental degradation.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT) Name of Project: Eastern Africa Regional Statistics Program-for-Results (EARSPforR) Grant No : P176371 Assignment Title: Individual Consultant (IC) to perform the Consultancy services to Develop of Guidelines for Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Estimate Agricultural Production, Urbanisation and Environmental Degradation in Africa. Reference No . TN-STATAFRIC-AUC-546829-CS-INDV. Background Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide a powerful spatial framework for analyzing, modelling, and predicting changes in agriculture, urban expansion, and environmental degradation. In the recent past, there has been an increase in demand for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial statistics to support evidence-based policymaking and sustainable development planning in Africa. This growing demand offers an opportunity to improve the quality of data generated from these sources, to enhance the production of official statistics and monitoring development indicators across the continent. Agricultural transformation, rapid urbanisation and environmental degradation are three interlinked phenomena which are rapidly evolving and has structural challenges which require high-quality and spatially disaggregated data. These phenomena have profound implications on food security, economic development, climate resilience, and sustainable land management. Geographic Information Systems (GIS), in integration with Remote Sensing (RS), Earth Observation (EO) data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), offer transformative potential to address these data gaps challenges. To reap the full benefits and to increase adoption and use of these technologies, there’s need of harmonized reference documents which should adhere to international standards and recommendations. It is with this backdrop that the African Union seeks to recruit an individual consultant to develop continental guidelines that pr