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Meeting of the Regional Subprogramme Management Team (RSMT) of SWFP-Eastern Africa

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Location
Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

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Severe Weather Forecasting Programme (SWFP)

Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 14-17 May 2024

The  Regional Subprogramme Management Team (RSMT) of SWFP-Eastern Africa mainly comprises the designated focal points/ representatives of NMHSs of participating countries and contributing World Meteorological Centres (WMCs) and Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs). WMO in collaboration with RSMCs in Dar Es Salaam & Nairobi and with support from FINKERAT project (funded by the government of Finland) and CREWS Horn of Africa & CREWS East Africa projects is organizing this meeting of RSMT in Dar Es Salaam from 14 to 17 May 2024.  RSMT will review the progress of SWFP-Eastern Africa including its potential scale up in support of UN Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, and will also review and update the regional severe weather operational plan.

SWFP-Eastern Africa currently involves nine countries in the subregion including Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda (Djibouti & Somalia agreed to join SWFP-Eastern Africa in 2023). Eritrea and Sudan have also been invited to the meeting for their consideration to join SWFP-Eastern Africa in support of EW4All initiative as feasible.

- Information Note for participants

- Provisional Agenda

- Doc template and presentation template (for NMHSs only)

- Doc template for Global/Regional centres and others

Day 1: Tuesday, 14 May 2024

 

Time

Agenda Item

Who

Chair

08:30-09:00

Participant registration

All

 

09:00–09:30
  1. Organization of the Meeting

1.1 Opening (Provisional program)

Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) & WMO Secretariat

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

10:00–10:15

1.2 Adoption of agenda and working arrangements

All

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

10:15–11:00
  1. SWFP and EW4All initiative

2.1 SWFP status and summary 

2.2 Advisory Group on Severe Weather Forecasting

 

Ata HUSSAIN

Ata HUSSAIN

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

11:00–12:30

2.3 EW4All initiative & ET-EWS 

2.4 EW4All African Action Plan 2023-27 & ongoing projects

2.5 SWFP-Eastern Africa expansion

2.6 TMA Initiatives and Experiences in EWS

  1. WMO Strategy for Service Delivery, IBFWS and CAP (online)

Karla Lienhart (WMO)

Alessandro CHIARIELLO

Ata HUSSAIN

Wilberforce Kikwasi & Benedicto Katole   

Vicente Vasquez Granda

Hamza Kabelwa  (Co-chair)

13:30-14:30
  1. Related projects

4.1 ICPAC/ClimSA (online)

4.2 FINKERAT

4.3 CREWS initiatives in East and Horn of Africa

4.4 WISER Africa

 

Hussen Seid Endris

Anne Hirsikko (FMI)

Alessandro CHIARIELLO

John Mungai (UKMO)

Hamza Kabelwa

(Co-chair)

14:30-15:30
  1. World Meteorological Centres (WMCs)

 

 Stijn Vermoote   Catherine Moore     Daniel Rieger         Zewdu Segele

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

16:00-17:00
  1. Regional Centres

 

David Koros            Hamza Kabelwa Kantamla Mafuru (TMA) & John Mungai (KMD)   Sarah Kimani

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

Day 2: Wednesday, 15 May 2024 

 

9:00-10:30
  1. National Centres

 

 

Representatives of NMHSs

 

David Koros      (Co-chair)

11:30-12:30

Representatives of NMHSs 

David Koros      (Co-chair)

13:30-15:30
  1. Programmatic updates from WMO
  2. EUMETSAT and Nowcasting tools for Eastern Africa
  3. SWFP capacity development and training needs

Representatives of NMHSs   

Ata HUSSAIN (WMO)   Sarah Kimani

Ata HUSSAIN & Co-chairs

David Koros      (Co-chair)

16:00-17:00
  1. SWFP Reporting mechanism through RSMCs web portal

David Koros & Hamza Kabelwa

David Koros      (Co-chair)

Day 3: Thursday, 16 May 2024

 

9:00-10:30
  1. RSMT of SWFP-Eastern Africa
  1. SWFP and RA I: Way forward to improve SWFP regional governance and reporting to RA I

Ata HUSSAIN (WMO)

Alessandro CHIARIELLO & Ata HUSSAIN

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

11:00-12:30
  1. Review and updating of Eastern Africa Severe Weather Operational Plan (SWOP)

Co-chairs/All

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

13:30-15:30

Review and updating of SWOP (cont.)

Co-chairs/ All

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

16:00-17:00

Review and updating of SWOP (cont.)

Co-chairs/ All

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

Day 4: Friday, 17 May 2024 

 

9:30-10:30

Finalization of SWOP review

Co-chairs/ All

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

11:00-12:30
  1. Follow-up actions and recommendations

Co-chairs/ All

David Koros      (Co-chair)

13:30-14:30
  1. Any other business
  2. Review of meeting report

Co-chairs/ All

Co-chairs/ All

David Koros

(Co-chair)

14:30-15:30
  1. Next meeting and closure

Co-chairs/ All

David Koros      (Co-chair)