Regional : Empowering Developing Member Countries to Use Multispectral Satellite Images and Artificial Intelligence for Land Use and Coastal Planning
The proposed TA will produce three outputs: (i) cloud-based platform operationalized;
(ii) integration of EO technology solutions into projects supported; and (iii) knowledge in adopting EO-based solutions improved.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Manunta, Paolo
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Regional -
Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
- Project Name
- Empowering Developing Member Countries to Use Multispectral Satellite Images and Artificial Intelligence for Land Use and Coastal Planning
- Project Number
- 54321-001
- Country / Economy
- Regional
- Armenia
- Cambodia
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Indonesia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Uzbekistan
- Viet Nam
- Project Status
- Active
- Project Type / Modality of Assistance
- Technical Assistance
- Source of Funding / Amount
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TA 6672-REG: Empowering Developing Member Countries to Use Multi-Spectral Satellite Images and Artifical Intelligence for Land Use and Coastal Planning Source Amount Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 250,000.00 Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund US$ 500,000.00 High Level Technology Fund US$ 300,000.00 TA 6672-REG: Empowering Developing Member Countries to Use Multispectral Satellite Images and Artificial Intelligence for Land Use and Coastal Planning Source Amount Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 93,000.00 TA 6672-REG: Empowering Developing Member Countries to Use Multispectral Satellite Images and Artificial Intelligence for Land Use and Coastal Planning Source Amount Water Resilience Trust Fund US$ 500,000.00 - Operational Priorities
- OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities
- OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
- OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability
- OP4: Making cities more livable
- OP5: Promoting rural development and food security
- OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity
- OP7: Fostering regional cooperation and integration
- Sector / Subsector
Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agriculture research and application - Forestry
Information and communication technology / ICT industries and ICT-enabled services
Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development
- Gender
- Some gender elements
- Description
The proposed TA will produce three outputs: (i) cloud-based platform operationalized;
(ii) integration of EO technology solutions into projects supported; and (iii) knowledge in adopting EO-based solutions improved.
- Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
Satellite imagery combined with AI is driving a global revolution in land management. Much of the new imagery, with improved resolution, frequency, and spectral range, is also available as free and open resource, provided by space agencies like the European Space Agency (ESA). Satellite technology with AI-based image processing can enable DMCs to 'leapfrog traditional data gathering and analysis solutions, which are often too expensive and complex. DMCs are well positioned to take advantage of these solutions, given their lack of historical investments in land management infrastructure. In addition, some DMCs have limited technical capabilities or inadequate IT systems to perform the technical processing required for these solutions.
In response to the demand from DMCs for EO-based interventions, the proposed TA aims to create AI solutions using open data from space agencies such as ESA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), and other organizations, such as the University of Tokyo.
The TA will focus on processing EO image data to create sustainable and replicable solutions for decision makers. The Digital Technology for Development Unit (SDCC-DT) will build on experience from various technical assistance projects that integrate relevant data into planning and implementation (e.g., two cloud-based interferometric processing platforms, Geohazard Exploitation Platform and Rheticus, are currently used in Central Sulawesi and Java. )
The proposed TA will prioritize solutions to address institutional constraints linked to lack of awareness on available effective technologies, insufficient regulatory processes, or limited dissemination of best practices on how to use the information from multi-spectral satellite images. Demonstrating that the technical capacity in the countries can be developed, and that the cost-benefit ratio is more favorable than other solutions, ADB will act as a broker between ESA, as provider of free and open data, and the DMCs that are in need of innovation.
- Impact
Use of advanced technologies in land use planning and natural resources management increased
Project Outcome
- Description of Outcome
Capacity of DMCs to use free and open multispectral satellite data improved
- Progress Toward Outcome
Implementation Progress
- Description of Project Outputs
Cloud-based platforms operationalized
Integration of Earth observation technology solutions into projects supported
Knowledge in adopting Earth observation-based solutions improved
- Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
- Geographical Location
- Armenia - Nation-wide; Cambodia - Nation-wide; Fiji - Nation-wide; Georgia - Nation-wide; Indonesia - Nation-wide; Maldives - Nation-wide; Mongolia - Nation-wide; Nepal - Nation-wide; Philippines - Nation-wide; Thailand - Nation-wide; Timor-Leste - Nation-wide; Tonga - Nation-wide; Uzbekistan - Nation-wide; Viet Nam - Nation-wide
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
- Environmental Aspects
- Involuntary Resettlement
- Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
- During Project Design
- During Project Implementation
Business Opportunities
- Consulting Services
- ADB will engage the consultants and carry out procurement following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions.
Contact
- Responsible ADB Officer
- Manunta, Paolo
- Responsible ADB Department
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
- Responsible ADB Division
- Digital Technology for Development Division (CCDT)
- Executing Agencies
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Asian Development Bank
Timetable
- Concept Clearance
- 29 Sep 2020
- Fact Finding
- 19 Jun 2020 to 19 Jun 2020
- MRM
- -
- Approval
- 11 Dec 2020
- Last Review Mission
- -
- Last PDS Update
- 02 Feb 2021
Funding
TA 6672-REG
| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 11 Dec 2020 | - | 11 Dec 2020 | 31 Dec 2023 | 05 Dec 2025 | - |
| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||
| 343,000.00 | 1,300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,643,000.00 |
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 07 Aug 2024 | 921,535.39 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
|---|---|---|
| Empowering Developing Member Countries to Use Multi-Spectral Satellite Images and Artifical Intelligence for Land Use and Coastal Planning: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2020 |
| Empowering Developing Member Countries to Use Multi-Spectral Satellite Images and Artifical Intelligence for Land Use and Coastal Planning: Concept Paper | Concept Papers | Sep 2020 |
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Tenders
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity Development Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance 6672 | 20 Jun 2023 | MindEarth SA (Societe Anonyme) (SWITZERLAND) | Rue du Manege 5, Biel/Bienne, Bern, 2502 Switzerland | Asian Development Bank | 102,592.00 | — |
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