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Resolution 3.2/2 (RA VI-18)
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION VI (EUROPE), decides:
(1) To establish the Regional Association VI Working Group for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (WG Services) to work under the guidance of the RA VI president and management group and in cooperation and collaboration with the relevant bodies of the Commission for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (Services Commission), according to the following Terms of Reference:
(a) Follow up on the WMO Strategic Plan; World Meteorological Congress, Executive Council and Regional Association VI resolutions, decisions and recommendations addressing services and application-related matters, for the activities to be undertaken at a regional level,
(b) Assist Members to enhance service delivery capabilities and enable effective implementation and compliance,
(c) Identify needs for new and improved services and analyse related capabilities among Members, and develop a roadmap and regional implementation plan to support improvements and support capacity-development activities,
(d) Facilitate, monitor and report on the implementation and uptake of services and applications, and WMO standards and regulations at national and regional levels and support Members to comply with the regulations,
(e) Propose pilot and demonstration projects in/from RA VI,
(f) Facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices from developed to developing Members in the region,
(g) Provide feedback to SERCOM on RAVI Members' requirements and needs including providing input to the proposed work plan of the Commission.
(2) That the working group shall be composed of:
(a) A chair and a vice-chair,
(b) Task teams, with the task-team leaders serving as core members of the working group,
(c) Other experts serving as associate members of the working group, as necessary.
(3) To designate Mr/Mrs ____, [Member State], as chair of the working group and Mr/Mrs ____, [Member State], as vice-chair, (To be updated during/after the session)
(4) To empower the RA VI president and management group to designate the core and associate members of the working group, who, preferably, should be selected from the group of RA VI experts, appointed members, chairs or vice-chairs of the relevant technical commission subsidiary bodies (RA VI/INF. 3.2),
(5) To request the chair:
(a) To submit to the RA VI president, and the management group, a proposal for the composition of the task teams and their terms of reference,
(b) To agree on the modalities of work and submit to the RA VI president and the management group within four months, a work programme for the period 2021–2024 with due account being taken of the priority actions identified by the regional association,
(c) To provide an annual progress report and a final report at least three months before the nineteenth session of the regional association.
(6) To invite Members:
(a) To nominate core and associate experts who are committed to serving actively on the working group, with due attention being paid to gender balance and sub-regional balance,
(b) To support the activities of the working group,
(c) To actively support the work of the RAVI Teams and groups, particularly with the experts who are members of SERCOM teams.
REGIONAL ASSOCIATION VI (EUROPE), decides:
(1) To establish the Regional Association VI Working Group for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (WG Services) to work under the guidance of the RA VI president and management group and in cooperation and collaboration with the relevant bodies of the Commission for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (Services Commission), according to the following Terms of Reference:
(a) Follow up on the WMO Strategic Plan; World Meteorological Congress, Executive Council and Regional Association VI resolutions, decisions and recommendations addressing services and application-related matters, for the activities to be undertaken at a regional level,
(b) Assist Members to enhance service delivery capabilities and enable effective implementation and compliance,
(c) Identify needs for new and improved services and analyse related capabilities among Members, and develop a roadmap and regional implementation plan to support improvements and support capacity-development activities,
(d) Facilitate, monitor and report on the implementation and uptake of services and applications, and WMO standards and regulations at national and regional levels and support Members to comply with the regulations,
(e) Propose pilot and demonstration projects in/from RA VI,
(f) Facilitate the transfer of knowledge and best practices from developed to developing Members in the region,
(g) Provide feedback to SERCOM on RAVI Members' requirements and needs including providing input to the proposed work plan of the Commission.
(2) That the working group shall be composed of:
(a) A chair and a vice-chair,
(b) Task teams, with the task-team leaders serving as core members of the working group,
(c) Other experts serving as associate members of the working group, as necessary.
(3) To designate Mr/Mrs ____, [Member State], as chair of the working group and Mr/Mrs ____, [Member State], as vice-chair, (To be updated during/after the session)
(4) To empower the RA VI president and management group to designate the core and associate members of the working group, who, preferably, should be selected from the group of RA VI experts, appointed members, chairs or vice-chairs of the relevant technical commission subsidiary bodies (RA VI/INF. 3.2),
(5) To request the chair:
(a) To submit to the RA VI president, and the management group, a proposal for the composition of the task teams and their terms of reference,
(b) To agree on the modalities of work and submit to the RA VI president and the management group within four months, a work programme for the period 2021–2024 with due account being taken of the priority actions identified by the regional association,
(c) To provide an annual progress report and a final report at least three months before the nineteenth session of the regional association.
(6) To invite Members:
(a) To nominate core and associate experts who are committed to serving actively on the working group, with due attention being paid to gender balance and sub-regional balance,
(b) To support the activities of the working group,
(c) To actively support the work of the RAVI Teams and groups, particularly with the experts who are members of SERCOM teams.