World Meteorological Organization

African & Arab session (English)

17 June 10:00 - 12:30 UTC

Led by Alec Casey (ECCC, Canada) & Kirsty McBeath (UK MetOffice)

Time (UTC)

Topic

Document

10:00

Introduction: purpose of the NFPs initiative

N/A

10:05

Introduction of ITU-R processes

·        ITU regions vs WMO regions,

·        radiocommunications services,

·        ITU's Table of Frequency Allocations (Article 5) vs national tables of allocations,

·        ITU-R Resolutions/Recommendations,

·        World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC)

10:25

The importance for NMHSs of engaging NRAs on critical WIGOS/WMO issues:

·        some key radio frequency dependencies of meteorological and related environmental systems operated by NMHS (radiosondes, weather radars, wind profiler radars, meteorological satellites...)

·        key steps how to engage with their respective NRAs

·        how to coordinate with NRAs (e.g. frequency registration and frequency coordination)

10:45

Q&A session

N/A

11:00

Health break

11:10

Introduction of Preliminary WMO Position Paper on the agenda items of prime importance to WMO Members: A.I. 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.8, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19

11:50

Q&A session

N/A

12:00

Helpful References & Resources:

·        Handbook ITU/WMO

·        ITU-R training resources

·        ...

12:10

Open discussion: What are your expectations as a member of the NFP network for RF matters?

N/A

12:30

End of the session