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

Start date
End date
Location
Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Activity Areas (1)

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    Adanna Robertson-Quimby (WMO)

Hamza Kabelwa  (Co-chair)

13:30-14:30
  1. Related projects

4.1 ICPAC/ClimSA (online)

4.2 FINKERAT

4.3 CREWS East Africa

4.4 CREWS Horn of Africa

4.5 WISER Africa

 

Hussen Seid Endris

Anne Hirsikko (FMI)

Alessandro CHIARIELLO

Alessandro CHIARIELLO

John Mungai (UKMO)

Hamza Kabelwa

(Co-chair)

14:30-15:30
  1. World Meteorological Centres (WMCs)
  • WMC ECMWF (online)
  • WMC Exeter (online)
  • WMC Offenbach
  • WMC Washington

 

 Stijn Vermoote   Catherine Moore     Daniel Rieger         Zewdu Segele

Hamza Kabelwa (Co-chair)

16:00-17:00
  1. Regional Centres
  • RSMC Nairobi
  • RSMC Dar Es Salaam
  • Regional WIGOS Centre
  • RTC Kenya

 

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
  • Burundi
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
  • South Sudan
  • United Republic of Tanzania

 

 

Representatives of NMHSs

 

David Koros      (Co-chair)

11:30-12:30
  • Uganda
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea

Representatives of NMHSs 

David Koros      (Co-chair)

13:30-15:30
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  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)