World Meteorological Organization

The WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative (FFI) arose from an Expert Meeting in 2003. The objective of the Initiative is to “Improve the capacity of meteorological and hydrological services to jointly deliver timely and more accurate products and services required in flood forecasting and warning and in collaborating with disaster managers, active in flood emergency preparedness and response”. 

In 2011, the World Meteorological Congress (Cg) passed Resolution 15 (Cg-XVI) establishing the WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative - Advisory Group (FFI-AG) with the objective of providing guidance and advice on the hydrological forecasting elements of several flood-related initiatives and programmes (in progress under the WMO programmes), and to provide broad-based support to improve collaboration between the meteorological and hydrological communities for improved flood forecasting related practices. 

Congress 19 and EC-77 moved the FFI-AG under the Commission for Weather, Climate, Hydrological, Marine and Related Environmental Services (SERCOM), which at its 3rd meeting (Resolution 3 SERCOM-3) established new terms of reference to the FFI-AG. 

The goal of the FFI-AG is not to have their own activities but to recommend and provide advice on ongoing activities and gaps in the Hydrology Action Plan, especially in relation to Long Term Ambition 1 – “No one is surprised by a flood”, filling the gaps between meteorological, hydrological and disaster management communities.

Meetings

Flood Forecasting Initiative Advisory Group, meeting Q4 (2024)

Past meetings of FFI-AG (as subsidiary body of Executive Council)

WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative, Fourth Meeting of the Advisory Group

WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative, Third Meeting of the Advisory Group

WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative, Second Meeting of the Advisory Group

WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative, First Meeting of the Advisory Group