Framework Agreement for Regional Assessment of River Basin Management Modelling, Monitoring, and Decision Support Tools in Asia (Water Resources Modelling and Decision Support Systems Specialist)

Geographic scope 11. The assessment covers the 25 ADB DMCs in Asia listed below, organized by ADB's regional groupings: The 14 Pacific DMCs covered by ADB's Pacific Department are excluded from this assignment. In large and federally organized DMCs—the People's Republic of China and India in particular, and where relevant Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan—monitoring, modelling, and decision-support tools often differ by state or province and by river basin. The assessment will record subnational and basin-specific tools as far as published sources allow, prioritizing national systems, tools used in the RRBI priority basins, and representative major basins, and recording in the gap register where subnational coverage cannot be established from the desk; exhaustive subnational coverage is not expected in Phase 1. • Central and West Asia (10): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. • East Asia (2): People's Republic of China, Mongolia. • South Asia (5): Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. • Southeast Asia (8): Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam. 12. The DMCs are the object of the assessment. In addition, a small reference set of OECD and comparable countries and basins, selected with ADB at inception, will be used for comparison: the assessment will document their tool architectures and institutional arrangements as good practice against which DMC arrangements can be referenced and practical strengthening opportunities identified, in the same way as for the companion governance assessment. Reference countries are not themselves profiled in the register. Thematic scope 13. The assessment will address the following ten families of tools, covering monitoring, data, forecasting, modelling, and decision support across all river basin related sectors; the detailed structure will be agreed with ADB at inception: Several tools and platforms span more than one family— integrated modelling suites, forecasting platforms, and decision support systems in particular. The register will record each tool once, under a primary family, with cross-references to the other families it covers, so that the families remain comparable without double counting. The focus throughout is on applied systems: tools that are in operational use by, or in the process of being adopted by, government agencies, river basin organizations, hydromet services, utilities, and operators, or that demonstrably support their decisions. Models developed for academic research, including doctoral research, are not registered individually unless an operating agency is taking them up. (i) Hydrometeorological observation and monitoring networks. Rainfall, climate, streamflow, reservoir, groundwater, water quality, and sediment monitoring; telemetry and automation; remote sensing and earth observation used operationally; network coverage and data continuity. (ii) Hydrological data management, archive, and sharing systems. National and basin hydrological databases and archives; data quality procedures; data portals and open data platforms; common data catalogues; arrangements for exchange between agencies. (iii) Weather, seasonal, and climate forecasting and projections. Access to and use of numerical weather prediction, seasonal outlooks, and downscaled climate projections in water planning and operations. (iv) Rainfall–runoff and catchment hydrological models. Catchment and regional hydrological models, including snow and glacier, land process, and water balance models, and their use in planning and design. (v) Flood modelling, mapping, forecasting, and early warning. Hydraulic and hydrodynamic models; flood hazard and risk mapping; flood forecasting systems; early warning systems and their links to DRM agencies; coastal and storm surge modelling where relevant to river basins. (vi) Drought monitoring, forecasting, and early warning. Drought indices and monitors; seasonal drought outlooks; reservoir operating triggers and drought planning tools. (vii) Water allocation and river basin simulation models. Network-based system models for water allocation, reservoir and hydropower operation, irrigation demand, and basin planning; their role in routine allocation and in investment planning. (viii) Groundwater, water quality, sediment, and ecosystem models. Groundwater flow and management models; water quality and pollution models; sediment transport and reservoir sedimentation; environmental flow and ecosystem services assessment tools. (ix) Land use, spatial planning, and geospatial analytics. Land use and land cover change analysis; watershed, erosion, and landscape models; geographic information system platforms; spatial planning tools that link land and water decisions. (x) Decision support systems, integrated platforms, and sector operational tools. Basin planning decision support systems; investment prioritization and economic appraisal tools; dashboards, digital platforms, and digital twins; irrigation scheduling, reservoir operation, and water supply operational systems where they interact with basin management; DRM information platforms. 14. For each tool or system identified, the assessment will record, to the extent that published sources allow: (i) identity—name, software or platform, developer or equipment vendor (to be named), version, and licensing model (commercial, open source, or in-house); (ii) purpose—the decisions it supports, the water management functions and sectors it serves, the RRBI level (regional, river basin, or intervention) at which it operates, and its geographic and administrative coverage—national, state or provincial, or basin-specific—naming the jurisdictions or basins covered; (iii) institutional arrangements—the owner, operator, maintainer, and host institution, any mandate or legal basis for its use, and development partner support and financing; (iv) use—who uses it, how often, whether use is routine or project-based, and evidence of its use in plans, operations, permits, or warnings; (v) data— principal inputs, dependence on monitoring networks, data quality control, and data-sharing arrangements; (vi) status and sustainability—development, pilot, operational, or routine status, date of last update, maintenance and financing arrangements, and staff capacity and training; (vii) integration— links to other tools and consistency across levels; and (viii) evidence—source, date, and confidence rating. 15. The results will be structured so that they can be read in three ways: by tool family (paragraph 13); by RRBI level (regional, river basin, and intervention); and by water management function—water allocation including irrigation, storage, and conveyance; flood management; drought management; water supply and sanitation; and environmental services (water quality, erosion, ecosystems)—following the structure used in the SEA RRBI investment outlook and the companion governance assessment so that the results can be used directly in the preparation of investment road maps. 16. The assessment will also record each DMC's own plans and programs for strengthening its monitoring, modelling, forecasting, and information systems, as stated in national water, DRM, and hydrometeorological service strategies, digital and open data strategies, national adaptation plans, Early Warnings for All national road maps, basin plans, and the programs financed by government and development partners that are under preparation or implementation. These plans are the starting point for identifying where RRBI support would add value, and the assessment will characterize, for each DMC, the direction and stage of these plans and the institutions leading them. Transboundary basins, regional programs, and supporting institutions 17. Transboundary basins and regional programs are within scope, and for these the assessment will cover both the institutions and the tools. For each shared basin, the assessment will identify the joint bodies and national agencies involved, the shared or basin-wide monitoring networks, data-sharing platforms, forecasting systems, and models in use, who operates and maintains them, how they are used in basin decisions, and their relationship to national systems. At a minimum this covers: the Mekong (the MRC's data and information services portal, decision support framework, flood and drought forecasting, and joint monitoring, and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation's water resources cooperation center); the Aral Sea basin (the ICWC, its Scientific-Information Center's basin models and information systems, and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea); the Indus (the Permanent Indus Commission and national flood forecasting arrangements); the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna system (the Joint Rivers Commission, flood forecasting and data exchange arrangements, and the regional flood information system supported by ICIMOD); and the Kura-Araks, Selenga, Ili and Irtysh, Helmand, and Salween basins and the Indonesia– Timor-Leste watersheds, where arrangements exist. Regional programs and platforms to be covered include the ASEAN Working Group on Water Resources Management, the South Asia Hydromet Forum and RIMES, CAREC and the Central Asia regional programs, ICIMOD's regional information systems, WMO regional associations and regional climate centers, WISER Asia-Pacific and the other CARA components, and the global forecasting and earth observation services that DMC agencies use operationally (for example the Global Flood Awareness System, GEOGLOWS, Google Flood Hub, SERVIR, Copernicus, Aqueduct, and the Water Risk Filter). ADB's own analytical platforms, including the Risk Explorer, are also to be considered as reference points for integration. 18. This assessment will include the identification and profiling of the research and technical institutes, universities, and regional centers of expertise that develop, host, apply, or support the tools in each DMC and for regional programs, and that could support DMCs and RRBI in the future. This includes national hydrological, water resources, and irrigation research institutes and centers; national and regional universities with water resources modelling and hydroinformatics programs; regional and international centers located in the region (for example the Asian Institute of Technology, ICIMOD, IWMI's regional offices, RIMES, the SIC-ICWC and its training center, the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, and UNESCO category 2 water centers); and the regional partnerships of international institutes (for example IHE Delft, Deltares, DHI, and the Hydrologic Engineering Center). For each, the assessment will record its fields of expertise, the tools it develops or supports, its relationships with government agencies and regional bodies, its training and capacitybuilding role, and its potential to host, apply, or sustain RRBI tools at each of the three levels. Universities and research institutes are profiled for the knowledge, tools, and services they provide that are used, or could realistically be used, by DMC agencies and by RRBI, and for their capacity to host and sustain applied systems—not for an inventory of the research models they have developed for academic purposes. Exclusions 19. The assignment does not include developing, configuring, or running models; auditing the technical quality of individual models or forecasts; procuring or evaluating software; cataloguing models developed solely for academic research; or, in Phase 1, primary data collection, surveys, interviews with government officials, or country missions. Where the desktop review identifies a need for such work it will scope it for Phase 2. Assessment of water and sanitation utility operations is included only where utility systems interact with basin management (for example, source monitoring, abstraction, and drought operations). Approach and Phasing 20. Phase 1 will be implemented in three stages over 20 weeks. Each stage closes with a review meeting with ADB at which the approach for the next stage is confirmed. 1A. Inception and methodology (Week 1–4) - Review existing material; develop with ADB the assessment framework, tool register structure and attributes, status and sustainability scale, country profile template, evidence and confidence rules, and gap register; map development partner, research institute, and software developer activity; pilot the methodology on two countries, selected in consultation with ADB; agree the work plan. 1B. Desktop review (week 4–15) - Prepare country profiles for all DMCs from published and ADB-held sources; populate the tools register; review ADB's water portfolio for tools introduced and their status; review institutions and tools for transboundary basins and regional programs; review research and technical institutes and universities; prepare the regional overview, cross-country comparison, and first cut of strengthening opportunities; identify institutions to engage in RRBI. 1C. Interpretation, gap analysis, and next steps (Week 15–20) - Compile the information and analysis gap register; assess the reliability of desktop findings; interpret the findings for RRBI's three-level tool architecture and recommend next steps for ADB; recommend the course of action for Phase 2 (countries, basins, questions, methods, partners, effort, and cost) and prepare the draft Phase 2 terms of reference; present at a workshop; finalize the Phase 1 report and hand over the register. 21. Principles that will guide the work: (i) published sources first—ADB project and evaluation documents, development partner assessments, regional body publications, agency websites and reports, and peer-reviewed literature are the sources for Phase 1, and gaps are recorded rather than filled by new data collection, although the Expert may, through ADB and as needed, make limited contact with DMC focal points to clarify or validate specific desk findings; such contacts are targeted clarifications rather than systematic consultation—which remains a Phase 2 method—and any information obtained is recorded in the register with its source, date, and confidence rating like any other evidence; (ii) comparability— one register structure, one status scale, one evidence rule for all countries, with every entry traceable to a cited source, its date, and a confidence rating; (iii) sensitivity—results are presented as country profiles and opportunities rather than rankings, and, consistent with the TA paper, findings are presented in full respect of national sovereignty and of the professional standing of national agencies; (iv) ownership—the register is designed so that DMC institutions can validate and update their own entries in Phase 2 and beyond; and (v) usability—outputs are structured for direct use by ADB country and sector teams in country programming, investment road maps, project design, and the design of RRBI's tools and capacity-building program. Use of AI-assisted tools 22. The Expert is expected to use AI-assisted tools for source discovery, extraction from long project documents and technical reports, translation, first-draft profiling against the templates, register population, and consistency checking across countries, and the level of effort has been set on that basis. The following conditions apply. (i) Disclosure: the Inception Report will describe the tools, workflow, and quality-assurance steps to be used, and the two pilot country profiles will be used to test them, with ADB spot-checking a sample of entries against primary sources. (ii) Provenance: AI output is not a source; every entry and factual statement must cite a primary or institutional document that the Expert has personally verified, with its date and a confidence rating, and each register record will carry a verification flag. (iii) Data handling: the Expert will use tools and settings that do not retain or train on inputs, will not upload non-public ADB or third-party material to tools without ADB's agreement, and will comply with any ADB guidance on the use of AI by consultants. (iv) Reusability: deliverables will be machine-readable by design—the register in a defined schema, the framework guidance note written so that the assessment can be reapplied in a future refresh, and the prompt templates or scripts used handed over with the register—so that the assessment can be maintained within the RRBI knowledge base. (v) Accountability: the Expert remains fully responsible for the accuracy, judgement, and quality of all deliverables. Detailed Tasks and/or Expected Output Stage 1A — Inception and methodology (indicative 15 working days) 23. Review the RRBI TA paper and subproject reports, the RRBI technical workshop synthesis, the SEA RRBI investment outlook inception and interim reports, the Subproject 2 knowledge partners' modelling reports, ADB's water project database, the comparative scan of basin information platforms, and the framework of the companion governance assessment; hold start-up discussions with SD2-AFNR, the RRBI knowledge partners, and water specialists in the regional departments. 24. Compile the inventory of published and ADB-held sources to be used, by country and tool family, including: ADB project documents (reports and recommendations of the President, TA reports, consultant and completion reports, and evaluation reports); WMO country profiles, hydrological services publications, and Early Warnings for All gap analyses; World Bank and GFDRR hydrometeorological modernization assessments and project documents; UNESCO, UNDP, and bilateral partner reports; national hydrometeorological service, water agency, river basin organization, and DRM agency websites, annual reports, and technical publications; regional body publications; software developer case records; and peer-reviewed literature. Confirm access arrangements with ADB. 25. Work with ADB to develop the assessment framework, tailored to RRBI's objectives of resilient river basins, water security, and investment readiness. The framework is expected to cover the ten tool families in paragraph 13 with the attributes in paragraph 14, a status and sustainability scale, evidence and confidence rules, and a mapping to the three RRBI levels, the five water management functions, and recognized reference frameworks for hydrological services and water information systems; ADB will table a starting structure for discussion, which the Expert may reshape. In doing so, the Expert will propose how existing assessments by WMO, the World Bank, and other partners are incorporated without repeating them, and how absence of published evidence is recorded. For the hydrometeorological monitoring, data, forecasting, and early warning families, the status scale will be aligned with the maturity levels of the Country Hydromet Diagnostics of the Alliance for Hydromet Development, so that results can be compared with WMO and Early Warnings for All assessments without re-scoring. The framework will be agreed with ADB at the inception workshop. 26. Define the reference set of good practice: select OECD and comparable countries and basins whose tool architectures and institutional arrangements are relevant to Asian conditions (for example, national water models and delta programs in the Netherlands, national water information services in Australia, smart water management in the Republic of Korea, river information systems in Japan, continental flood awareness systems in Europe, and national water agency information systems in Brazil), together with reference points within the region where DMC institutions have established durable, nationally owned systems (for example India's national water informatics platform and the People's Republic of China's digital twin river basin program), and document the practices that will be used as reference points for each tool family. 27. Prepare the country profile template, the tools register structure and schema (compatible with ADB's water project database, the companion governance database, the common data catalogue being developed under the SEA RRBI investment outlook, and the RRBI knowledge base), the information and analysis gap register template, and the AI-assisted workflow and quality-assurance plan described in paragraph 22. The profile template and register will be designed to be read in three ways—by tool family, by RRBI level, and by water management function—as described in paragraph 15. 28. Map what development partners, regional bodies, research institutes, universities, and software developers are doing on monitoring, modelling, and decision support tools in each DMC (for example, WMO, the World Bank and GFDRR, UNDP, UNESCO, the WISER Asia-Pacific program and the other CARA components, RIMES and the South Asia Hydromet Forum, JICA, KOICA, Deltares, DHI, the United States Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center, IWMI, ICIMOD, MRC, ICWC, the Asian Institute of Technology, and national research institutes and universities), identifying overlaps to avoid and partners to engage. 29. Pilot the methodology and the AI-assisted workflow on two countries with contrasting profiles and source availability; support ADB's spot-check of a sample of entries against primary sources; refine the framework, templates, and workflow; and record the effort per country to confirm the work plan. 30. Present the framework at a virtual or physical inception workshop with ADB staff and the RRBI working group, and finalize the Inception Report. 31. Output: Inception Report, including the source inventory, the assessment framework and templates, the AI-assisted workflow and quality-assurance plan, partner mapping, two pilot country profiles, and the work plan. Stage 1B — Desktop review of all DMCs (indicative 36 working days) 32. Prepare a standardized country profile for each DMC covering all ten tool families, with the tools and systems identified, the institutions that design, operate, maintain, and update them, status and sustainability ratings, a short narrative on strengths and opportunities, the tools introduced through ADB and other partner projects and their current status, the DMC's own plans and programs for strengthening its systems (paragraph 16), and full source references. Include for each country the RRBIlevel view and the functional view described in paragraph 15, using the same agency names and basin references as the SEA RRBI investment outlook and the companion governance assessment. 33. Populate the tools register: one record per tool per country with the attributes in paragraph 14; a register of institutions (hydrometeorological services, water agencies, river basin organizations, DRM agencies, irrigation and water supply agencies, research institutes, and universities) with their roles in relation to each tool; a register of monitoring networks and data systems; and a register of development partner supported tool initiatives, current and completed. 34. Review ADB's water portfolio: for the projects in ADB's water project database, identify the monitoring, modelling, and decision support tools financed or introduced, their intended institutional home, and their current status where published, and draw lessons on the conditions under which tools introduced through projects have entered routine use. 35. Prepare a transboundary and regional review covering the basins, programs, and platforms in paragraph 17: for each shared basin and regional body, the joint and national institutions involved, the shared monitoring networks, data platforms, forecasting systems, and models, who operates and maintains them, how they are used in basin decisions, their relationship to national systems, and their relevance and potential role in RRBI; and the global and regional open platforms in operational use by DMC agencies. 36. Prepare a review of research and technical institutes, universities, and regional centers of expertise as described in paragraph 18, with a register entry for each and a short assessment, by subregion, of where expertise that could support DMCs and regional programs is concentrated and how it is currently linked to government agencies. 37. Prepare the regional overview: cross-country comparison by tool family, RRBI level, water management function, and subregion; common patterns, including where analytical capacity is concentrated in national agencies and where it is concentrated in partner-supported projects, and the conditions associated with sustained use; areas of strength that could be shared between DMCs; and a preliminary list of strengthening opportunities by type of measure—from making fuller use of existing tools and data, through upgrading and extending tools and networks, to new systems—identifying where each opportunity would support a plan or program the DMC has already adopted. 38. Identify for each DMC, and for each shared basin and regional program, the institutions (agencies, river basin organizations, joint bodies, research and technical institutes, universities, and regional centers) that should be engaged in RRBI and their capacity to host, apply, and sustain RRBI tools at the three levels, together with the national priorities for strengthening river basin management and water security and the DMC's own plans for its systems, as stated in national plans, strategies, and ADB country partnership strategies, as an input to Output 1. 39. Present findings to ADB at a review meeting and adjust the Stage 1C program as required. 40. Output: Draft Regional Desktop Review — Landscape of River Basin Management Tools in Asia, with all country profiles (annexed), the populated tools register, the ADB portfolio review, the transboundary and regional review, the review of research and technical institutes and universities, and the regional overview. Stage 1C — Interpretation, gap analysis, and recommended next steps (indicative 15 working days) 41. Compile the information and analysis gap register: for each country and tool family, the questions that could not be answered from published sources, the questions that require validation with DMC institutions, and the materiality of each gap for RRBI's tool development and capacity-building program. 42. Assess the reliability of the desktop findings by country and tool family, using the confidence ratings in the register, and identify where validation with national hydrometeorological services, water agencies, and river basin organizations is needed before the findings are used. 43. Interpret the findings by tool family, RRBI level, water management function, and subregion: what the landscape means for RRBI's three-level tool architecture; where DMC systems and institutions are established enough to serve as the trusted basis for RRBI tools at each level; where a regional or shared tool is the practical route; and where sustained use has, and has not, followed the introduction of tools, and the conditions associated with each; with the confidence of each conclusion stated. 44. Recommend next steps for ADB, distinguishing: (a) immediate actions within RRBI's current work, including which existing DMC tools, data platforms, and institutions to use for the Southeast Asia and Hindu Kush Himalaya analytics and for the priority basins; (b) measures ADB could support in the near term through ongoing projects and technical assistance, screened for where the benefits would far outweigh the costs and aligned where possible with the DMCs' own plans (paragraph 16); (c) partner engagement, including where WMO, the World Bank, the CARA components, and regional bodies are already active and where coordination or co-financing is indicated; and (d) the questions that Phase 2 must settle before larger commitments are made. 45. Recommend the course of action for Phase 2: the countries and basins to be covered, the questions to be answered, the methods (for example, a structured questionnaire to national agencies through ADB resident missions, key informant interviews, tool demonstrations, and consultations with development partners and software developers), the partners to involve, and the indicative effort and cost; and prepare the draft Phase 2 terms of reference. 46. Prepare a preliminary outline of the institution and capacity-building needs for DMCs to own and operate tools at the three RRBI levels, distinguishing between DMCs whose institutions can adopt RRBI tools directly and those where RRBI would support the development of that capability, as an input to the design of the RRBI capacity-building program. 47. Present the draft Final Phase 1 Report at a virtual workshop with ADB staff and the RRBI working group; finalize the report; hand over the register in its defined schema, the templates, the prompt templates or scripts used, and a short framework guidance note to the RRBI knowledge base so the assessment can be reapplied and updated in future. 48. Output: Final Phase 1 Report — Regional Assessment of River Basin Management Tools: Desktop Review, Interpretation, Gap Analysis, and Recommended Next Steps, with the gap register, reliability assessment, interpretation of findings, recommended next steps for ADB, capacity-building outline, draft Phase 2 terms of reference, final register, and framework guidance note. E. Implementation Arrangements and Coordination 49. The Expert will report to the Principal Water Resources Specialist, SD2-AFNR, who will coordinate the assignment within ADB. The Expert will work primarily with ADB colleagues in the sector offices, regional departments, and resident missions, and with the other RRBI consultants and knowledge partners. 50. Phase 1 is a desktop assignment. Where the Expert needs to obtain or clarify published material from custodian agencies, development partners, or regional bodies, ADB will facilitate the contact. Engagement with governments is reserved for Phase 2 and will be organized by ADB through its regional departments and resident missions. ADB will provide access to the documents it has and logistical support for workshops. All data, databases, and reports produced are the property of ADB. 51. The level of effort assumes an AI-assisted workflow and does not provide for research analysts. Should translation volumes or source access for particular countries require it, ADB may engage, under separate contracts, national specialists for document collection and translation; the Expert would define their tasks, quality-assure their inputs, and remain responsible for the deliverables. 52. The working language is English. The assignment is home-based. One trip to ADB headquarters for the inception or final workshop may be agreed with ADB; otherwise workshops and meetings will be held virtually. ADB may also, at its discretion and at its cost, invite the Expert to participate in an RRBI event at ADB headquarters if timing allows. G. Deliverables and Payment Schedule (i) Inception Report (Week 4) - Source inventory; assessment framework, status and sustainability scale, confidence rules, and gap register template; country profile template with tool family, RRBI level, and functional views; register schema; AI-assisted workflow and quality-assurance plan; partner mapping; two pilot profiles; work plan. 4 (ii) Draft Regional Desktop Review: Landscape of River Basin Management Tools in Asia ((Week 15) - Country profiles for all DMCs, each with tool family, RRBI level, and functional views and the DMC's own strengthening plans; populated tools register; ADB portfolio review; transboundary and regional review of institutions and tools; review of research and technical institutes and universities; regional overview; institutions to engage in RRBI and national priorities; preliminary opportunities. (iii) Final Phase 1 Report Desktop Review, Interpretation, Gap Analysis, and Recommended Next Steps (Week 20) - Final regional desktop review; information and analysis gap register; reliability assessment; interpretation of findings for the three-level tool architecture; recommended next steps for ADB (immediate actions, near-term support, partner engagement, Phase 2 questions); preliminary capacitybuilding outline; Phase 2 recommendation with draft terms of reference, effort, and cost; framework guidance note; final register, schema, and prompt templates or scripts; workshop record. In addition, the Expert will provide brief monthly progress notes to ADB, participate in progress calls, and contribute to RRBI Community of Practice sessions on knowledge tools as requested. The Expert will also coordinate, through ADB, with the other RRBI assignments and programs—including the companion governance assessment, the knowledge partners preparing the resilience baseline, the risk-and-financing assignment, the RRBI Platform team, and RRBI country engagements—sharing registers and intermediate findings, avoiding duplicate inventories, and using the agreed common country lists, agency names, and basin references. All deliverables are to be submitted in English in electronic form (Word and PDF; register in Excel or an agreed open format) as drafts for ADB review, with final versions incorporating ADB comments. Timing is in weeks from commencement. Payments are made on ADB's acceptance of the final version of each deliverable. Minimum Qualification Requirements The ideal candidate will hold an advanced university degree (Master's or higher) in hydrology, water resources engineering, hydroinformatics, civil or environmental engineering, meteorology, or a closely related field; at least 10 years of professional experience in water resources modelling, hydrological and hydrometeorological services, flood or drought forecasting, or decision support systems for water management; and at least 5 years of experience directly relevant to the assignment. Familiarity with a broad range of modelling platforms and software, both open source and commercial, and with their licensing, maintenance, and capacity requirements, is required, as is substantial experience in at least two of ADB's Asian subregions. The Expert will have a demonstrated ability to design analytical frameworks and to synthesize large volumes of technical and project material into concise, decisionoriented products, and excellent written and spoken English. Experience with land use and spatial analytics, water quality or groundwater modelling, transboundary forecasting and data-sharing systems, or collaboration with regional research and technical institutes, familiarity with ADB's water sector operations, and demonstrated, rigorous use of AI-assisted research and drafting tools with source verification are advantages. Minimum General Experience 10 Years Minimum Specific Experience (relevant to assignment) 10 Years Regional/Country Experience Required Desired Not Required Copyright (c) 1998, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1998, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Pick a Date Loading... Loading...