Opening

• Welcome by the Secretary-General or his representative
• Welcome by the president of the Commission
• Discussion with the Secretary-General or his representative on the status of the WMO governance reorganization (see EC-70 Resolutions 35 and 36, Recommendations 23,24 and 25) and its implications for the work of the commission
• Review of the meeting objectives and agenda

Secretary-General or his representative

President of CCl

Review of Management Group Terms of Reference and brief update of significant activities since CCl-17

President and MG members

3

Setting the scene (selected developments and context, 5-10 min each)

• WMO draft Strategic Plan 2020-2023
• Policy context
• WMO contributions to the GFCS
• Evolving roles of Regional Climate Forums and Regional Climate Centres
• WMO Expert Service and early manifestations (e.g. partnership with GCF)
• Others/discussion

D/CLPA

President's advisor

Vice-President

C/WCAS & FA3 co-chair (Rodney)

D/CLPA

Review of CCl-17 and EC-70 decisions

President of CCl and D/CLPA

Plans for Congress-18 (introduction by E. Manaenkova) and discussion

DSG

Work plan overviews - summaries of and discussion:

• Focus area 1
• Focus area 2
• Focus area 3
• Focus area 4
• ICT-CSIS
• Advisor on Volunteer Network

Focus area co-chairs

Each Focus area co-chairs

All Focus area co-chairs

D/CLPA

09:30 – 12:30

Presentation and review of materials

• Methodology
• Plans for national workshops
• Short overview and expected outputs and implementation by relevant WMO units
• Discussion

C/DMA

SSC/CCA

ARE, GCOS, HWRB, AgM/E, GFCS

13:30 – 17:30

• Improvement to the methodology and design for the country workshops and potential contributions of CCl experts
• Potential for parallel work in MG members own countries
• Implications for CCl work plan

09:30 – 12:30

Implementation issues:

a) Engagement within WMO:

• Regional operational CSIS implementation and how to use the RCFs and RCCs to support:
• national CSIS implementation, including WIS and GDPFS
• high-level policy processes (IPCC)
• Review of available WMO extra-budgetary projects

b) Engagement with partners:

• Discussion on if and how CCl and its experts could contribute to the WMO expert service

Chair ICT-CSIS and C/WCAS

C/DMA

Policy Advisor to President of CCl

D/CLPA

13:30 – 15:00

Each Focus area co-chairs

15:00 – 15:30

President of CCl, D/CLPA

President of CCl