World Meteorological Organization
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Sixty-Ninth Session
Geneva, 10 to 17 May 2017
EC-69/INF. 2.4(3)
Submitted by:
Secretary-General
9.V.2017
REPORT OF THE 2017 MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTS OF REGIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS (PRA 2017) AND REPORTS BY THE PRESIDENTS OF
REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
CONSOLIDATED LIST OF EVENTS BY REGION FOR 2016-2017 AND
PLANNED EVENTS FOR 2017-2018
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION I (AFRICA)
EVENTS CARRIED OUT FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2017
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA I Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
None
Part II: RA I Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 Working Group on Observation, Telecommunication and Infrastructure (RA I-WG-OTI)
Meeting, Dakar, Senegal, 2 –27 September 2016.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses of RA I
 12th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Transport, Communications & Meteorology (TCM),
Arusha, Tanzania, 27-30 June 2016;
 2nd Council of Ministers Conference in charge of Meteorology in the Economic Community
of Central African States (ECCAS), Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon, 25-29 July 2016;
 12th Conference of Directors of NMHSs of Economic Community Of West African States
(ECOWAS), and First Conference of ECOWAS Ministers in charge of Meteorology, Abuja,
Nigeria, 2-5 August 2016;
 1st Team Meeting of the USAID funded Climate Services for Increased Resilience in the
Sahel project, Dakar, Senegal, 16-17 August 2016;
 Bi-annual Climate Development in Africa Steering Committee, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2325 August 2016;
 Integrated Water Resources Management 2/Niger-HYCOS National Project Coordinators
Meeting, Cotonou, Benin, 29-31 August 2016;
 Meteorological Association of Southern Africa (MASA) Board Meeting and MASA Strategic
Plan Meeting, Maseru, Lesotho, 20-23 September 2016;
 Workshop on WIGOS (French speaking Countries), 28–30 September 2016, Dakar,
Senegal;
 6th Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) -HYCOS Steering Committee
Meeting, Naivasha, Kenya, 22–24 November 2016;
 Real Time Data Monitoring, Operations & Heads of NMS Meeting, Kampala, Uganda, 5–
10 December 2016;
 Strategic Meeting between ACMAD and AGRHYMET to improve coordination as part of the
USAID-GFCS Sahel project, Niamey, Niger, 31 January 2016 –1 February 2017;
 ECOWAS Scientific & Technical Consultative Group on Climate Change, Abuja, Nigeria, 15–
17 February 2017;
 Biennial Meeting of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers
Responsible for Meteorology, Mbabane, Swaziland, 6–10 March 2017;
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Annual Ordinary Session of MASA, Maseru, Lesotho, 10–13 April 2017;
Monitoring of the Environment for Security in Africa (MESA) Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 24–
28 April 2017.
Part IV: Meetings of African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET)
 26th African Union Summit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 26–30 January 2016;
 Climate Research for Development (CR4D) Scientific Advisory Meeting, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, 17–18 March 2016;
 CR4D Regional Research Partnership Workshop, 30–31 March 2016, Nairobi, Kenya;
 Weather and climate Information and SERvices for Africa (WISER) Planning Meeting,
Arusha, Tanzania, 4–6 May 2016;
 AUC National Strategic Plan Template Validation Meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, 31 May–
2 June 2016;
 AMDAR-Kenya Kick-off Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 8–9 June 2016;
 12th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa, Kigali, Rwanda, 12–16 September 2016;
 Task Force Meeting of the African Space Programme, Kigali, Rwanda, 11 September 2016;
 Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa – CCDA-6, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, 17–20 October 2016;
 Climate Research for Development (CR4D) Scientific Advisory Meeting, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, 21–22 October 2016;
 Weather and climate Information and SERvices for Africa (WISER), Nairobi, Kenya, 6–
7 December 2016;
 Operations and Heads of NMSs Meeting, Kampala, Uganda, 8–10 December 2016
 GFCS-ACP Task Team Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 17–19 January 2017;
 ENACTS Workshop and WISER Consultation Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 30 January –
3 February 2017;
 Regional Coordination Meeting, Dakar, Senegal, 29 April–4 May 2017.
EVENTS PLANNED FOR MAY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2018
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA I Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
None
Part II: RA I Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 RA I Management Group, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, June–July 2017.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses of RA I
 African Conference on Meteorology for Aviation (ACMA), Dakar, Senegal, third quarter of
2017;
 National Strategic Plan Workshops for LDCs & SIDS (5 – LDCs & 3-SIDs), third-fourth
quarter of 2017;
 Leadership and Management of NMHSs in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2017.
Part IV: Meetings of African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET)
 AMCOMET – Africa Hydromet Forum (including AMCOMET Bureau Meeting), Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, September 2017;
 AMCOMET-4, Tunisia, 2018.
EC-69/INF. 2.4(3), p. 3
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION II (ASIA)
EVENTS CARRIED OUT FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2017
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA II Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
Sixteenth session of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS-16), Guangzhou, China, 23–
29 November 2016;
Regional Conference on Management of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
(NMHSs) in Regional Association II (Asia), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 10–11 February 2017;
Sixteenth session of Regional Association II (Asia) (RA II-16), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 12–
16 February 2017.
Part II: RA II Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 Tenth session of RA II Management Group, Geneva, 15 June 2016;
 Third meeting of RA II Working Group on Hydrological Services (WGHS), Seoul, Republic of
Korea, 25–27 October 2016;
 First meeting of RA II Expert Group on WIGOS (EG-WIGOS), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 31 October–
1 November 2016;
 Eleventh session of RA II Management Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 7–8 December 2016.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 WMO/JMA SIGMET Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 27–30 June 2016;
 Joint meeting of the CBS OPAG/PWS Task Team on Impact of Multi-hazard Prediction and
Communication (TT/IMPACT) and the Expert Team on Meeting User Needs in Reducing the
Impacts of Hydrometeorological Hazards (ET/DPM), Shanghai, China, 27 June–1 July 2016;
 International Training Course on Weather Forecasting for Operational Meteorologist, Seoul,
Republic of Korea, 11–29 July 2016;
 Aviation Training and Aviation RDP Steering Committee, Hong Kong, China, 20–
23 July 2016;
 Nowcasting Symposium, Hong Kong, China, 24–31 July 2016;
 Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team of the Severe Weather Forecasting
and Disaster Risk Reduction Demonstration Project for SE Asia, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 10–
14 August 2016;
 Sixteenth Typhoon Committee Attachment Training Course at the RSMC Tokyo, Tokyo,
Japan, 15–26 August 2016;
 CAP Implementation Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 23–24 August 2016;
 Workshop on Implementation of new NWP and Impact-based Forecast and Warning
Technics, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 6–9 September 2016;
 The 16th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research & Joint
Workshop/Progress Meetings of TCP & WWRP Projects (TLFDP and UPDRAFT), Shanghai,
China, 17–21 September 2016;
 SDS-WAS Asian Dust and Aerosol workshop and Asian Regional SDS-WAS Coordination
Group Meeting, Jeju, Republic of Korea, 20–23 September 2016;
 Stakeholders Workshop to Initiate the Implementation of Impact-based Forecasting and
Risk-based Warnings, Male, Maldives, 26–28 September 2016;
 International Training Course on Information and Communication Technologies for
Meteorological Services, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 26 September–14 October 2016;
 Ninth session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar,
27–29 September 2016;
 The first meeting of Working Group for Follow-up the Implementation of Arab Working Plan
for Climate Change, Rabat, Morocco, 28–29 September 2016;
 WMO Workshop on Enhancing Climate Indices for Sector Specific Applications in South Asia
region (joint WCAS/CCl ET-SCI), Pune, India, 3–7 October, 2016;
 Regional consultation meeting on Climate Services in the Arab Region and Workshop on the
Role of Climate Information and Services in support of Decision-making in the Context of
Climate Change, Casablanca, Morocco, 4–6 October 2016;
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8th Asia-Pacific GAW Workshop on Greenhouse Gases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 17–
21 October 2016;
Seventh Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference, Incheon, Republic of
Korea, 24–27 October 2016;
4th Meeting of the RA II WIGOS Project Coordination Group to Develop Support for NMHSs
in Satellite Data, Products and Training, Songdo-Incheon, Republic of Korea,
28 October 2016;
WIGOS Workshop for West Asia on strengthening the observing capabilities of Western Asia
for better climate and weather services, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2–3 November 2016;
WIGOS/AMDAR Workshop for West Asia on developing and enhancing the AMDAR, Abu
Dhabi, UAE, 4 November 2016;
5th Training Course on WMO SDS-WAS Products (Satellite and Ground Observation and
Modelling of Atmospheric Dust), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 5–9 November 2016;
Arctic Polar Regional Climate Centre (PRCC) Network Implementation Planning Meeting
(crosscutting for RA II, RA IV, RA VI), Geneva, 7–9 November 2016;
The 2nd ICE-POP 2018 Workshop, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 8–11 November 2016;
Fourth session of East Asia winter Climate Outlook Forum (EASCOF), Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia, 8–9 November 2016;
Southeast Asian RCC-Network Implementation Planning Meeting, Manila, Philippines, 1415 November 2016;
Seventh ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF), Manila, Philippines, 14–
18 November 2016;
Training on Instrument Maintenance and Calibration, Pune, India, 15 November-12
December 2016;
Fourth WIS Implementation Workshop , Tokyo, Japan, 6–8 December 2016.
EVENTS PLANNED FOR MAY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2018
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA II Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
Seventeenth session of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM-17), Republic
of Korea, April 2018.
Part II: RA II Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 RA II Management Group meeting, Geneva, 10 May 2017;
 RA II Working Group chairs’ meeting, September 2017;
 Meeting of Working Group on Climate Services (WGCS), December 2017;
 RA II Meeting of Working Group on Hydrological Services (WGHS), 2018;
 RA II Management Group meeting, Geneva, June 2018.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
2017
 DBCP Capacity Building workshop for the North Pacific Ocean and its Marginal Seas
(NPOMS-5), Tianjin, China, 4–7 July 2017;
 Asia-Pacific GAW Workshop on Greenhouse Gases, October 2017;
 Eighth Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC) and the meeting
of the Coordinating Group of the RA II WIGOS Project, October 2017;
 ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF) (online and face-to-face), 2017 (4/4), 2018
(2/4), 2018 (4/4);
 East Asian winter Climate Outlook Forum (EASCOF), 2017 (4/4), 2018 (4/4);
 North Eurasian COF (NEACOF) (online and face-to-face), 2017 (4/4), 2018 (2/4), 2018
(4/4);
 Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Central Asia, 2017 (4/4);
 Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Asia, 2017 (4/4);
 Fourth International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone Landfalling Processes 2017, in
conjunction with the joint TLFDP/UPDRAFT workshop, November/December 2017;
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Indian Ocean Data Rescue (INDARE) steering committee meeting, venue: (tbc pending XB
funds availability);
Stakeholders Workshop to Implement the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery (SSD);
Stakeholder Workshop to Implement Impact-based Forecasts and Warning Services;
South Asia FFG (SAsiaFFG): Regional Operational Workshop, Operational Training at HRC,
Steering Committee Meeting 2;
Black Sea and Middle East FFG (BSMEFFG) Steering Committee Meeting 1& 2;
Mekong River Commission FFG (MRCFFG) Training Workshop, Steering Committee
Meeting 2;
Central Asia Region FFG (CARFFG) Follow-up Operational Workshop, Steering Committee
Meeting 3;
Afghanistan Meteorological Instruments Maintenance Training, Forecasters Training,
Satellite Meteorology Training, Hydrometeorologist Training;
Three GISC workshops;
Vegetation Fires and Smog Forecasting regional centre meeting;
Two training events on the use of multi-channel geostationary imagery from MSG over the
Indian Ocean region and Central Asia , June 2017 (for Central Asia) November 2017
(Indian Ocean region);
Common alerting protocol (CAP) Jump-start training Workshop;
Training on general WIS competencies, including train the trainer competencies.
2018
 South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF), 2018 (2/4);
 FOCRAII, 2018 (2/4);
 Workshop on reporting information on the state of the climate and extremes at regional
and national levels;
 WMO/LAS/ESCWA Workshop on Climate Data Management and Data Rescue (tbc);
 Stakeholders Workshop to Initiate Assessing the Social and Economic Benefits (SEB) of
Meteorological and Hydrological Products;
 Meeting of Stakeholders Workshops to Implement the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery
(SSD);
 Stakeholder Workshop to Implement Impact-based Forecasts and Warning Services;
 CMOC-China, Oceanographic and marine meteorological data management and service in
Western Pacific region;
 IOC/WESTPAC, IODE;
 Two GISC workshops;
 Asia-Pacific GAW Workshop on Greenhouse Gases, October 2018;
 Ninth meeting of Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC),
October/November 2018;
 Introduction course on Information Management (WIS Part C);
 Training on general WIS competencies, including train the trainer competencies.
EC-69/INF. 2.4(3), p. 6
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION III (SOUTH AMERICA)
EVENTS CARRIED OUT FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2017
Part I:
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WMO Constituent Bodies’ Sessions and RA III Regional Conferences/
Regional Seminars
None
Part II: RA III Subsidiary Bodies’ Meetings / Sessions
 RA III Management Group Meeting, Geneva, 21 June 2016.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 Course on Hydrological Forecast, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 6-10 June 2016;
 XL Climate Outlook Forum for South-Eastern South America, Santiago, Chile, 12 May 2016;
 The Climate and Hydro-Meteorological Observation and Measurement Systems, Mendoza,
Argentina, 8-12 August 2016;
 Course on Meteorological Applications for Agriculture, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 13-17 June 2016
 Inter-sectoral Workshop for the Prevention and Management of Extreme
Hydrometeorological Phenomena and Measures to Adapt to Climate Change, La Antigua,
Guatemala, 13–15 December 2016;
 Horizontal Cooperation towards Ibero-American NMHSs, Caracas, Venezuela, 29 August3 September 2016;
 2nd Meeting of the Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements for RA III and
RA IV, Willemstad, Curaçao, 5-8 September 2016
 Course on Observation and Prediction of Air Quality, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 59 September 2016;
 Course on Generation of Regional Sceneries of Climate Change, La Antigua, Guatemala,
26-30 September 2016;
 Course on Climate Data Management, La Antigua, Guatemala, 24-28 October 2016;
 Third Ibero-American Workshop on Seasonal Prediction, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1721 October 2016;
 Workshop on Metrology for the Spanish-speaking Countries of RA III and IV, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 2–6 November 2016;
 Workshop on the Development of Professional Training for Regional Training Centres of
RAs III and IV, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7–11 November 2016;
 XIII Meeting of the Conference of Directors of the Ibero-American NMHSs (CIMHET),
La Antigua, Guatemala, 22–25 November 2016;
 XLI Climate Outlook Forum for South-Eastern South America, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1214 December 2016.
EVENTS PLANNED FOR MAY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2018
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA III Regional Conferences/
Regional Seminars
Seventeenth session of Regional Association III (RA III-17), Santiago, Chile, December
2018
Part II: RA III Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 RA III Management Group Meeting, Geneva, 9 May 2017;
 RA III Management Group Meeting in 2018.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 3rd Meeting of RA III-IV Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements, New York,
USA, 16-17 July 2017;
 Meeting on the implementation of WMO Strategy for Service Delivery, 2017;
 National Climate Outlook Forums (NCOFs) in some RA III countries, 2017;
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Global Review of RCOF process, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Q3 in 2017;
Socio-Economic Benefits of Meteorological (SEBs) and Hydrological Services in 2018;
National Climate Outlook Forums (NCOFs), 2018;
WMO Training Development Workshop, 2018.
EC-69/INF. 2.4(3), p. 8
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION IV
(NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN)
EVENTS CARRIED OUT FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2017
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA IV Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
Seventeenth session of Regional Association IV (RA IV-17), San Jose, Costa Rica, 27–
31 March 2017.
Part II: RA IV Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 RA IV Management Group Meeting, Geneva, 21 June 2016;
 RA IV Management Group Meeting, Seattle, USA, 23 January 2017;
 RA IV Hurricane Committee, 39th session, San Jose, Costa Rica, 23-26 March 2017;
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 Installation and training of the MCH database, Managua, Nicaragua, 29 May–4 June 2016;
 2nd Meeting of the Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements for RA III and
RA IV, Willemstad, Curaçao, 5-8 September 2016;
 Initial Planning Meeting for the Development and Implementation of the Haiti and
Dominican Republic Flash Flood Guidance (HDRFFG), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
7-9 September 2016;
 Course on Generation of Regional Sceneries of Climate Change, La Antigua, Guatemala,
26-30 September 2016;
 Course on Climate Data Management, La Antigua, Guatemala, 24-28 October 2016;
 Workshop on Metrology for the Spanish-speaking Countries of RA III and IV, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 2–6 November 2016;
 Workshop on the Development of Professional Training for Regional Training Centers of
RAs III and IV, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7–11 November 2016;
 XIII Meeting of the Conference of Directors of the Ibero-American NMHSs (CIMHET),
La Antigua, Guatemala, 22–25 November 2016;
 Inter-sectoral Workshop for the Prevention and Management of Extreme
Hydrometeorological Phenomena and Measures to Adapt to Climate Change, La Antigua,
Guatemala, 13–15 December 2016.
EVENTS PLANNED FOR MAY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2018
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA IV Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
None
Part II: RA IV Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 Meeting of the RA IV Experts Group on Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project
(SWFDP), Miami, Florida, USA, 23-26 May 2017;
 RA IV Hurricane Committee, 40th session, 2018.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
2017
 Central American Climate Outlook Forum (CACOF), April (July and November) 2017
(3 sessions);
 Haiti and Dominican Republic FFG (HDRFFG) system operational training at HRC,
San Diego, USA, 3-28 April 2017;
 Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW), Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 24 May 2017;
 Central America Flash Flood Guidance (CAFFG) system first Steering Committee Meeting
(SCM1), San Jose, Costa Rica, 3-5 May 2017;
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6th VOC Expert meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 24-26 May 2017;
Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF), (2 sessions), May (and November) 2017;
GAW Scientific Advisory Group on Applications, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 22-23 June 2017;
WGNE workshop on Systematic Errors, Canada, June 2017;
3rd Meeting of RAs III-IV Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements, New York,
USA, 16-17 July 2017;
Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project – Caribbean 2 Training workshops,
July (and November) 2017;
GCW Portal Team meeting (reduced), Canada, September 2017;
TT on Radiation Reference (WIGOS), USA, October 2017;
Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project – Caribbean Testing and
Demonstration, November 2017;
Meeting on the implementation of WMO Strategy for Service Delivery;
CAFFG system operational training at Hydrologic Research Center (HRC), (Step 3
training).Q3, San Diego, United States of America;
Arctic Polar COF (PCOF) Inaugural session, Q3-Q4 (TBC), Canada;
National Climate Outlook Forums in RA IV (NCOFs);
Global Review of RCOF process, involvement of RAIV RCOFs, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Q3;
Meeting on the implementation of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard;
RA IV Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warning, and Public Weather Services;
WMO Online Course for Trainers (English);
WMO Training Development Workshop, Melbourne, Australia;
Training in aeronautical meteorology;
RA IV (Training) Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warnings (annual);
RA IV Technical Workshop on Drought Risk Analysis, Management and Prediction, Q3;
Meeting of the RA IV Working Group on Hydrology. Q3.
2018
 Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project Testing and Demonstration,
April 2018;
 Central American Climate Outlook Forum (CACOF): 3 sessions, April (July and November)
2018 Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project Wrap-up and finalization,
November 2018;
 RA IV (Training) Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warnings (annual);
 SWFDP regional training;
 Coastal Inundation Wave and Storm Surge training Workshop (TCP-MMO) Socio-Economic
Benefits of Meteorological (SEBs) and Hydrological Services;
 Workshop on Impact-based forecasting;
 IV Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warning, and Public Weather Services;
 Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF);
 Arctic Polar COF (PCOF);
 National Climate Outlook Forums (NCOFs) in some RA IV countries;
 Second WMO Workshop on Operational Climate Prediction, Q1-Q2 (TBC), involvement of
RAIV Members, RCOFs, RCCs anticipated;
 CAFFG system regional training workshop (Step 4 training). Q1;
 HDRFFG SCM2. Q1;
 HDRFFG regional operational training workshop (Step 4 training). Q2;
 International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone, USA;
 WMO Online Course for Trainers (Francophones) (tentative);
 WMO Training Development Workshop;
 GCW observations to products, RA IV (proposed) (location TBD; perhaps linked to the
development of PRCC).
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REGIONAL ASSOCIATION V (SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC)
EVENTS CARRIED OUT FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2017
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA V Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
None
Part II: RA V Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 Fourteenth session of RA V Management Group, Geneva, 17 June 2016;
 Sixteenth session of RA V Tropical Cyclones Committee, Honiara, Solomon Islands,
29 August–2 September 2016;
 RA V Working Group on Infrastructure (videoconference), 8 February and 8 March 2017.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 Fourth meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) for the SWFDP,
Honiara, Solomon Islands, 23-27 August 2016;
 Thirty-eighth Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Meteorology and Geophysics,
Yangon, Myanmar, 29–31 August 2016;
 Training workshop on advancing groundwater monitoring in Pacific SIDS, Suva, Fiji,
29 August–2 September 2016;
 Pacific Islands Aviation Weather Services (PIAWS) Panel, Honiara, Solomon Islands,
2 September 2016;
 Pacific Regional Training on QMS, Nadi, Fiji, October 2016;
 Finland-Pacific Project Practitioners Workshop, Nadi, Fiji, 12–14 October 2016;
 Second Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF-2), Nadi, Fiji, 17–18 October 2016;
 Pacific Roadmap for Strengthening Climate Services, Nadi, Fiji, 20–22 October 2016;
 Southeast Asian RCC-Network Implementation Planning Meeting, 14–15 November 2016,
Manila, Philippines, 14–15 November 2016;
 Seventh ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF), Manila, Philippines, 14–
18 November 2016;
 In-country training for Kiribati Meteorological Service, Kiribati, December 2016;
 Meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team of the Severe Weather Forecasting
and Disaster risk reduction Demonstration Project for SE Asia, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 10–
14 August 2016;
 In-country training for Kiribati Meteorological Service staff on Tarawa on aviation weather
observations and reporting, and AMO competency assessment, Kiribati, March 2017;
 Wrap-up meeting of the Pilot project on SIGMET Coordination in Southern Asia, Singapore,
27–29 March 2017;
 Informal Planning Meeting of the WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP IPM),
Melbourne, Australia, 4–6 April 2017.
EVENTS PLANNED FOR MAY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2018
Part I:
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WMO constituent body sessions and RA V Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
CAS Science Summit, Bali, Indonesia, 20–22 October 2017;
Seventeenth session of Commission for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS-17), Bali, Indonesia,
23–24 October 2017;
TECO JCOMM-5, Bali, Indonesia, 23–24 October 2017;
Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM5), Bali, Indonesia, 25–29 October 2017;
Seventeenth session of Regional Association V (RA V-17), 2018.
Part II: RA V Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 RA V Management Group meeting, 12 May 2017;
 RA V Working Group on Weather Services, second half of 2017;
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RA V Working Group on Infrastructure, Second half of 2017;
RA V Management Group meeting (for the preparation of RA V-17), first quarter of 2018;
17th Session of RA V Tropical Cyclones Committee, second quarter of 2018;
RA V Management Group meeting, June 2018.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 Regional BIP-MT training program for Pacific SIDS/LDCs, Nadi, Fiji, 24 April-29 June 2017;
 CAP training in Pacific SIDS, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Nauru, 2017;
 New Caledonia, Niue and Palau;
 Capacity development for Kiribati Met Service for compliance with QMS/Part 174 (NZS/AS)
standards, Kiribati, 15-25 May 2017;
 AMDAR workshop, Jakarta, Indonesia, 22-26 May 2017;
 Distance Learning Course for Field Hydrology Technicians Course 2017 of SIDS in RA V,
22 May–28 July 2017;
 Capacity development for Tuvalu Met Service staff on aviation weather observations and
reporting and AMO competency assessment, Tuvalu, mid-2017;
 NSC and development of National Framework for Climate Services for Fiji, Fiji, June 2017;
 NCOFs for Fiji, Fiji, June 2017;
 WIGOS Regional Centre workshop, Australia, Second half of 2017;
 The 4th session of the PMC and the 2nd PMMM, Honiara, Solomon Islands, 1418 August 2017;
 Eighth Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC), October 2017;
 Asia-Pacific GAW Workshop on Greenhouse Gases, October 2017;
 3rd PICOF, October 2017;
 NCOFs for Kiribati, Kiribati, October 2017;
 NCOFs for Samoa, Samoa, October 2017;
 NCOFs for Tuvalu, Tuvalu, October 2017;
 NCOFs for Tonga, Tonga, October 2017;
 ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF) (2 sessions – online and face-to-face), fourth
quarter of 2017, second quarter of 2018;
 Asia-Pacific GAW Workshop on Greenhouse Gases, October 2018.
EC-69/INF. 2.4(3), p. 12
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION VI (EUROPE)
EVENTS CARRIED OUT FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2017
Part I:

WMO constituent body sessions and RA VI Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
Regional Conference on South-East European Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems, Project
Kick-off meeting, 5 October 2016, Zagreb, Croatia.
Part II: RA VI Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 RA VI Working Group on Technology Development and Implementation, Third Meeting in
XVI Inter-sessional Period, Belgrade, Serbia, 2-3 June 2016;
 RA VI Task Team on WIGOS Implementation, Third Meeting in XVI Inter-sessional Period,
Belgrade, Serbia, 6-7 June 2016;
 RA VI Working Group on Climate and Hydrology, Third Meeting; Session of the RA VI
Hydrology Forum, Oslo, Norway, 19-23 September 2016.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 Workshop on Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation, 6-7 October 2016, Zagreb,
Croatia;
 Informal Conference of SEE NMHS Directors (ICSEED), 6-7 October 2016, Zagreb, Croatia;
 Regional Stakeholders Workshop to Implement the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery for
NMHSs in South-East Europe, Tirana, Albania, 17-21 October 2016;
 Meeting of the RA VI Working Group on Agrometeorology / Workshop "Agrometeorologists
for farmers in hotter, drier, wetter future", Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-11 November 2016;
 Pre-COF training, 7th Session of the Mediterranean Climate Outlook Forum (MedCOF-7),
16th Session of South East European COF, Rome, Italy, 15-23 November 2016;
 South-East European Multi-Hazard Early Warning Advisory System, Forecaster's Workshop,
7-9 February, Skopje, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ;
 South-East European Multi-Hazard Early Warning Advisory System, Numerical Modelling
Workshop, 8-9 March 2017, Budapest, Hungary;
 First Advisory Group and Technical Team meeting of the WMO Global Meteo Alarm System
(GMAS), 13-15 March 2017, Geneva, Switzerland;
 3rd PannEx workshop on the climate system of the Pannonian basin, 20-22 March 2017,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
 Workshop on ICT technologies and observational requirements for SEE-MHEWS-A System,
4-6 April 2017, Athens, Greece.
EVENTS PLANNED FOR MAY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2018
Part I:


WMO constituent body sessions and RA VI Regional Conferences/Regional
Seminars
Seventeenth session of RA VI (Geneva, 2017) ;
RA VI Regional Conference (Geneva, 2017).
Part II: RA VI Subsidiary Body Meetings/Sessions
 Meetings of Management Group (Geneva, May and autumn 2017) ;
 Meeting of the Working Group on Climate and Hydrology;
 Meeting of the Working Group on the Technology Development and Implementation;
 Meeting of the Working Group on Service Delivery and Partnership.
Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses
 SEECOP NWP Consortium meeting (South East Europe Cooperation in Operational
Prediction), Belgrade, October 2017;
 Informal Conference of SEE NMHS Directors (ICSEED), October 2017, Belgrade, Serbia;
 Hydrology Forum;
 RCOFs.