INDIVIDUAL INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT IN SPATIAL DATA LICENSING

The Government of Moldova received a credit from the World Bank Group - International Development Association for implementing Land Registration and Property Valuation Project (LRPVP), aimed at improving the quality of the land administration and property valuation systems and enhancing transparency of the property taxation system.

The Project consists of four components, one of which is: Property Valuation Component which will support extending the system of mass valuation to incorporate those properties not currently included and to carry out a revaluation of the properties that are already in the mass valuation system, but have not been revalued since 2008. In the process, the objective is to provide periodic revaluations for several purposes including property taxation. The use of updated valuations for property taxation is expected to generate additional tax revenues and to enhance the fairness with which property taxation is levied by ensuring that taxpayers make payments related to the current market values of their properties.

Thus, the Public Services Agency seeks to contract an INDIVIDUAL INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT IN SPATIAL DATA LICENSING

The purpose of this consultancy is to develop and establish a standard set of regulations, terms, and conditions regarding the licensing of spatial data and network services necessary for supporting the implementation of the National SDI. The objective is to remove any inconsistency in the approach to data sharing between government agencies, academia, and the private sector.

1. Scope of work

The Consultant will work closely with ALRC and associated Legal, Compliance, Public Policy, and Information Security functions as advised by ALRC, to develop and harmonize policies and standards applicable to the licensing of spatial information in compliance with the Law on National SDI. The work will include:

• Working with key stakeholders in the review of the SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) project and related data to ensure compliance with existing data legislation and, where necessary, complete and advise on legislative impact assessments
• Engage with the various data custodians to establish a thorough understanding of the individual data themes covered by Law 254 of 2016[1]
• Obtain an understanding of any existing conditions of use of the data themes which may be described in the metadata of the various data themes currently available on the National Geoportal (geoportalinds.gov.md) or which may have been established in individual agreements between individual agencies.
• Prepare a standard set of regulations/rules/conditions (license) for the use of the geospatial data sets described in the annex to Law 254 of 2016 on the national spatial data infrastructure (see Annex A).
• For each data theme identified in the annex to the Law prepare an agreement for use (license) for each individual data theme (product). This should include (but may not be limited to) the following:

1. Description (the product could be one or more data themes)
2. License Type (exclusive or non-exclusive)
3. Custodian (authority responsible for the data theme(s))
4. Use (permitted use, any restrictions or limitations on the use of the data, and rights of use)
5. Costs (any costs associated with the the use of the data need to be clear and unambiguous)
6. Maintenance (update frequency and supply)
7. Delivery (method (use of the geoportal[2]), and any costs which may be associated with this)
8. Warranty (type of warranty and remedy (if appropriate))
9. Assignment and Transfer
10. Limitation of Liability
11. Term of the License

[The individual agreements/license(s) for each data theme will form the key deliverable(s) from this assignment, reference section 4 and Annex A].

• Liaise with the team representing EU ENI 2020 (referred to as the EU Twinning project - MD 16 ENI OT 01 19) to ensure that the policy for fees, access, view, download, convert, etc. of the various spatial data and services available via the NSDI will be based on the relevant EU directives and the relevant national policies
• Maintain regular communication on the development of the licenses with Stakeholders; Data Custodian(s); ALRC; SDI Council; Other nominated supervisor (the communication frequency will be agreed at the commencement of the engagement)
• Obtain approval of the individual agreements (licenses) through engagement (direct or indirect) with the SDI Council
• Identify and make recommendations on any amendments to relevant existing legislation which may be required to accommodate the implementation of the data license regime
• Following approval of the individual agreements (licenses), support ALRC in the preparation of a stakeholder engagement plan the objective of which will be to communicate and promote the implementation of the data licensing policy (the licenses developed under this agreement will replace any informal agreements covering data usage and sharing which are currently in place)
• Review existing agency/supplier contracts and consents which may be needed to be amended to implement the data licensing project in partnership with ALRC and/or Stakeholder representatives to ensure filing requirements meet the legislative requirements
• Provide knowledge transfer and appropriate training to suitably qualified representatives of ALRC sufficient to allow them to monitor the use and effectiveness of the licenses and, when appropriate, make recommendations to the SDI Council for improvements to the licenses.

The consultant must provide information indicating that she / he is qualified to perform the services (CV, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, general qualifications and other relevant information).

For additional information please download ToR’s Document attached.

Interested qualified candidates should submit their expressions of interest and CVs, with the mark LRPV, INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION FOR THE AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM „PUBLIC UTILITIES REGISTER” by 11th of May, 2022, Moldova time: 17:00 hrs. to the address below:

Public Services Agency of the Republic of Moldova,
Department of Cadastre,
Attn: Prozorovschi Adrian, LRPV Procurement Specialist
MD-2005, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova,
47, Alexandr Puskin street, of.317
Phone: (+373 22) 881000
email: pief.procurement@asp.gov.md