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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
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SECOND MEETING
EC WORKING GROUP ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
21 - 23 JANUARY 2013 / EC WG-CD/2013/Doc. 5.2
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ITEM: 5.2
Original: ENGLISH
ANNEX 6: Programme support for Capacity Development
(Draft as of January 22, 2013)
All WMO Programmes are linked to the ultimate aim of the Organization to “provide world leadership in expertise and international cooperation in weather, climate, hydrology and water resources and related environmental issues and thereby contribute to the safety and well-being of people throughout the world and to the economic benefit of all nations”. Out of the 20 Programmes, most have specific responsibilities for the implementation of the CDS.
World Weather Watch Programme (WWW)
Facilitates the development, operation and enhancement of worldwide systems for observing and exchanging meteorological and related observations and has main functions of planning, organization and coordination of the facilities, procedures and arrangements at the global and regional levels. More specifically, the WWW will assist in identifying requirements, monitoring status and supporting capacity development in the areas related to its expertise.
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Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme (MMOP)
Enhances the provision of marine meteorological and oceanographic services by Members in support of the safety of life and property at sea and in coastal areas. More specifically, the MMOP will assist in identifying requirements, monitoring status and supporting capacity development in marine and oceanographic services. The overall technical guidance and governance for MMOP is provided by the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), jointly sponsored by WMO and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. Therefore, MMOP Capacity Development (CD) operates within, and draw upon, the overall principles of WMO and IOC. These activities are implemented by the respective Programme Areas (PAs) of JCOMM and included in their respective workplans.
At its fourth Session of JCOMM in May 2012, a revised JCOMM Capacity Development Principles were endorsed[1]. Adding to the ongoing activities, Members emphasized the need for further efforts for the following types of activities:
· Preparation and management oftechnical guidance material, in conjunction with the regular review and update of the Guides and Manuals;
· Strengthenedliaison and contacts with wider WMO-IOC capacity development programmes, particularly for the application of developed marine meteorological and oceanographic training material and for the development of training programmes - for example,OceanTeacher (http://www.oceanteacher.org) developed by the IODE of UNESCO/IOC, and Met e-learning (http://www.met-elearning.org) managed by the WMO Education and Training Programme (ETRP);
· Development of aweb-based toolto document/consolidate/visualize overall Capacity Development activities of the Commission, particularly those initiated and directly supported by the Members / Member States. Partnerships among distance learning programmes, such asUSA’s Cooperative Programme for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET,http://www.meted.ucar.edu/), are stongly encouraged;
· Enhanced support fortime-bound projectswith clear objectives and plans for delivery, which serve for Members’ / Member States’ capacity development and technology transfer needs, with a view to leveraging other potential funding sources and responding to expressed priorities of Members / Member States;
Enhanced collaboration through the Partnership for New GEOSS Applications (PANGEA), a concept developed by JCOMM with the goal to develop resource sharing partnerships to realize the socio-economic benefits of ocean observing systems at global and regional scales.
Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)
Applies hydrology in meeting the needs for sustainable water resources development through integration of hydrological, meteorological and climatological information and forecasts for use in water resources management;prevention and mitigation of water-related disasters; and in climate change adaptation in the water sector at national, regional and international levels. The vision is NHSs contributing effectively to the integratedmanagement of water resources in their countries, by generating, organizing and disseminating adequate informationon their state. The HWRP supports Members in assessing their education, training and capacity development needs in HWR, and plays a catalytic role in satisfying those needs, by providing both financial and technical assistance. The education and training activities in hydrology and water resources of WMO are guided by the WMO Strategy on Education and Training in Hydrology and Water Resources.
Technical Cooperation Programme (TCOP)
The TCOP is subsumed under the VCP, RP and LDC programmes and needs no longer to be referred to separately.
Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP)
Provides timely and effective technical assistance to Members and contributes directly to the CDS by ensuring and furthering coordinated support to high-priority projects by donors, Members’ participation in the VCP Programme, effective management and operation of the VCP Programme. Ensures, through collaborative efforts of Members, for their mutual benefit, the enhancement and development of the capabilities of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs).
Specific capacity development actions carried out by the Programme include: technical assistance based on requests by Members, emergency response projects, facilitating donors especially through the Informal Planning Meeting and short-term training through the VCP-F funding.
World Climate Programme (WCP)
The World Climate Programme (WCP) primarily aims at enhancing climate services with adequate focus on user interaction, to facilitate evermore useful applications of climate information to derive optimal socio-economic benefits and thereby underpins the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). The scope of WCP is to determine the physical basis of the climate system that would allow increasingly skilful climate predictions and projections, develop operational structures to provide climate services and to develop and maintain an essential global observing system fully capable of meeting the climate information needs. WCP provides technical guidance and support to assist Members in the development and application of climate information services and products. The objectives of WCP are, inter alia, topromote comprehensive climate observations,improve our understanding of the climate and ability to predict it, enhance and promote the availability of and access to user-targeted climate services, especially prediction, foster the effective application of climate knowledge and information in Climate Risk Management and adaptation, and promote capacity development for climate services. The current structure of WCP consists of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the World Climate Services Programme (WCSP), the former two being co-sponsored bodies with other international organizations.
Education and Training Programme (ETRP)
Assists the Member NMHSs to develop staff with the qualifications and competencies required to deliver the meteorological, hydrological climatological and related services required by their national governments. The ETRP contributes directly to the CDS by helping Members address the human resource development dimension of the capacity development strategy through: setting of standards; assisting in the development and sharing of resources, facilities, and gap identification; encouraging the provision of education and training opportunities; and assisting in the development of options to address the training gaps.
WMO Programme for the Least Developed Countries (LDC)
Enhances the capacities of the NMHSs of the LDCs and SIDSs and contributes directly to the CDS by identifying requirements, monitoring status and supporting capacity development with particular attention to LDCs and SIDSs.
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Regional Programme (RP)
Ensures the efficient and effective functioning of the six RAs of the Organization in coordinating meteorological, hydrological, climatological and related activities of their Members. The RP contributes directly to the CDS Objective 5: Strengthened Global, Regional and Sub-Regional Mechanisms.
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Public Weather Services Programme (PWS)
Assists Members to provide and deliver reliable, effective and useful weather and related services to the public, weather-sensitive user groups and national and governmental decision makers in support of safety of life, livelihood and property, and for general welfare of the citizens. Public weather services provided by Members represent the most visible return for public investments in NMHSs and along with related hydrological and climatological products and services can be of enormous socio-economic benefits to society. PWS has an important role in public education and raising awareness as to the role of NMHSs in the provision of products and services and how best to use them. Specifically, the PWS will contribute directly to the CDS Objective 2: Increased visibility and national ownership.
Disaster Risk Reduction Programme (DRR)
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a priority for WMO because protection of lives, property and livelihoods are at the core of the priorities of the WMO Members and the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS). Furthermore, the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) by national governments is leading to changes in national DRR policies, legal and institutional frameworks, with implications on the role, responsibilities and new working arrangements for the NMHSs. These changes provide opportunities such as increased recognition of the NMHSs by their governments and stakeholders, which could result in strengthened partnerships and increased resources. However, NMHSs face increasing demand and liabilities related to the provision of products and services to larger and more diverse group of DRR stakeholders (e.g., government authorities, public and private sectors, NGOs, general public and media, etc.) whom have direct responsibilities for DRR decision-making. To meet these new challenges, as illustrated in Figure 1, the crosscutting DRR Programme two-tier work plan (hereafter referred to as the DRR Work Plan) aims to facilitate better alignment of the activities of WMO constituent bodies and global operational network as well as strategic partners to assist NMHSs to:
(a) Engage effectively in the National DRR and development governance and institutional frameworks;
(b) Identify, prioritize, establish partnerships and service delivery agreements with national DRR user community (users);
(c) Establish partnership agreements with other national technical agencies (e.g., hydrological services, ocean services, etc.) as well as global and regional specialized centers (e.g. Global Producing Centres (GPC), Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs), Regional Climate Centres (RCC), Tsunami Watch Centers, etc.), with standard operating procedures;
(d) Develop and deliver core and specialized products and services for DRR decision support (e.g., hazard/risk analysis, multi-hazard EWS, sectoral risk management and disaster risk financing and risk transfer) in a cost-effective, systematic and sustainable manner;
(e) Ensure that core operational capacities (e.g., observing networks, forecasting systems, telecommunication systems, data management systems, human resources, etc.) are built upon the principles of Quality Management Systems (QMS) to support product and service development and delivery;
(f) Engage in regional and global efforts for development of risk information for large scale and trans-boundary hazards, through strengthened regional and global cooperation.
Through the DRR Programme two-tier work plan (Figure 2) (hereafter referred to as the DRR Work Plan) (see annex to this paragraph), including: (i) development of guidelines, standards and training modules on DRR thematic topics based on documentation and synthesis of good practices; linked to (ii) coordinated DRR and climate adaptation national/regional capacity development projects that would assist the NMHSs to deliver meteorological, hydrological and climate services within a comprehensive service delivery framework, underpinned by quality management framework principles.
Figure 1: Schematic representation of linkages between meteorological services and DRR stakeholders
Figure 2: Two-Tier Schematic of the Implementation Approach of the DRR Programme
Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)
TheAgricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) assists Members in the provision of meteorological and related services to the agricultural community to help develop sustainable and economically viable agricultural systems.It keeps Membersabreast of technological advances in the domain of agrometeorology and ensures that they findpractical use in the work carried out by agrometeorological services.The main long-term objectives of the AgMP are:(i) To promote Members' indigenous capabilities to provide relevant agriculturalmeteorological services and technologies for sustainable, environment-friendly, andeconomically viable agricultural production; and(ii) To foster a better understanding by farmers and other end-users in the agricultural, forestryand related sectors of the value and use of meteorological (including climatological)information in planning and operational activities.
Aeronautical Meteorology Programme (AeMP)
Promotes improvements in the capabilities of Members to enable them to serve international and national civil air navigation and to meet the requirements for such services as defined by ICAO (for international) and the Civil Aviation and MET authority (for national civil aviation). The AeMP will cooperate with ICAO and national authorities as well as stakeholders in the aviation industry, airports, and air traffic management to define requirements, assess their feasibility and practicality. Based on these requirements, the AEMP will be monitoring the implementation status and compliance, and will in cooperation with donors, WMO resource management and by encouraging cost recovery, contribute expertise and facilities to capacity development in services civil aviation. The programme develops a twinning and mentoring framework for capacity building, whereby advanced Members are encouraged and supported in their extending of expertise, best practices and practical implementation support to less developed Members in their region.
World Weather Research Programme and Global Atmospheric Watch (WWRP and GAW)
Enhance WMO Member capacity to perform high quality observations, analyses and research related to weather and the composition of the atmosphere in support of improved predictions, socio economic services and scientific information for policy support. WWRP and GAW workshops, conferences and scientific discussion in the advisory structures of the Commission for Atmospheric Sciences provide opportunities for Members to engage, and draw benefits.
[1] http://www.jcomm.info/components/com_oe/oe.php?task=download&id=18117&version=Revision%20approved%20at%20JCOMM-4&lang=1&format=2