Meeting of the Commission for Basic Systems Open Programme Area Group on Public Weather Services Expert Team on Services and Products Improvement (CBS/OPAG-PWS ET/SPI)

“MEETING OF THE COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS OPEN PROGRAMME
AREA GROUP ON PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES (PWS)
EXPERT TEAM ON SERVICES AND PRODUCTS IMPROVEMENT”
(CBS/OPAG-PWS ET/SPI)

BOHEMIA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 13-17 AUGUST 2012

Documentation Plan

(Updated as of: 27 July 2012)

Agenda Items:	Subject(s):	Doc No.:	Submitted by:	Expected / Received:
1.	OPENING
2.	ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING
2.1	Provisional Agenda	2.1	Secretariat	Done
2.2	Provisional Programme	2.2	Secretariat	Done
2.3	Explanatory Memorandum to the Provisional Agenda	2.3	Secretariat	Done
	Provisional List of Participants	INF. 1	Secretariat	Done
	Information Note for the Participants Hotel Fact Sheet	INF. 2	Secretariat and Host
	Template for the cover page of Working Documents	INF. 3	Secretariat	Done
3.	REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT DECISIONS OF CBS-EXT.(10), SIXTEENTH WORLD METEOROLOGICAL CONGRESS (CG-XVI), AND THE CBS/OPAG-PWS IMPLEMENTATION / COORDINATION (ICT/PWS) MEETING
3.	Outcomes of the relevant WMO Constituent Bodies (Rev. 1) Appendix I: The WMO Strategy for Service Delivery Appendix II: Report of the ICT/PWS	3	Secretariat	Done
4.	IN-DEPTH REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ET/SPI		J. Guiney	30/06/2012
4.1	Review of the current Terms of Reference (TORs) of the ET	4.1	Secretariat	Done
4.2	Review of the deliverables from the 2010 meeting of the ET (Hong Kong, China) Annex I: Deliverable 1 - Contact selected NMHSs and organizations to request inventory of probabilistic training material for forecasters to deliver and communicate uncertainty and probabilistic weather products to public/media and to request for sharing of such material … TOR (c). Annex II: Practical Guidance on Use of Quality Management Systems and Metrics to Improve Service Delivery Final Report of the 2010 Meeting	4.2	Secretariat (based on material provided by Edwin S.T. Lai) Secretariat Secretariat (based on material provided by Will Lang and Clare Hubbard)	Done
4.3	Restructuring of the ET	4.3		N/A
5.	DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS ON THE DEFINITIONS OF THE EXPERTISE / COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO PWS DELIVERY, AND HARMONIZATION WITH COMPETENCIES DEFINED BY THE ET/COPE AND ET/DPM
5.	Discussions on Definitions of Expertise/Competencies Required for Public Weather Services (PWS) / Weather Forecasters and Advisors (Appendix A) and Competency Framework for PWS Forecasters and Advisors (Appendix B)	5.	Secretariat	Done
	FUTURE DIRECTIONS
6.	National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) Provision of Impact-Based Information, Forecast and Warning Products and Services	6.		Done
7.	DISCUSSIONS ON THE ET TORS AND IDENTIFICATION OF CLEAR AND CORRESPONDING DELIVERABLES	7.		N/A
8.	FINALIZATION OF THE ET TORS, DELIVERABLES, AND THE TITLE OF THE ET	8.		N/A
9.	WORK ON DELIVERABLES	9.		N/A
10.	PREPARATION FOR THE CBS-15 SESSION	10.		N/A
11.	VISIT TO THE FORECAST CENTRE	11.		N/A
12.	PREPARATION OF THE REPORT OF THE MEETING AND THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	12.		N/A
13.	REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF THE REPORT Final Report	13.		N/A
14.	CLOSURE OF THE MEETING	14.		N/A

Meeting of the Commission for Basic Systems Open Programme Area Group on Public Weather Services Expert Team on Services and Products Improvement (CBS/OPAG-PWS ET/SPI)

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