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Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture (SC-AGR) Meeting Q1 2025

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Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture

25 - 26 March 2025, 11:00-13:00 CET, Videoconference

Agenda

 

Day 1 – 25 March 2025 

Time (UTC) 

Agenda Item 

Responsible 

10:00 - 10:15 

  1. Opening and introduction (15 Minutes) 

  1. Opening Remarks 

  1. Self-introductions 

  1. Review and adoption of the agenda 

Chair: J. Ijampy 

A. Corina, VP SERCOM 

All 

J. Ijampy 

10:15 – 11:00 

  1. Overview of the SC-AGR outcomes and lessons learned from previous cycle and discussion  

  1. SC-AGR workplan for the 2024-2027 cycle 

  1. Discussion on workplan 

R. Stone 

 

J. Ijampy 

All 

11:00 - 11:30 

  1. Presentation and discussion on Expert Teams (ETs) – TORs, priorities and workplan 

  1. Expert Team on GAMP (Output A) 

  1. Expert Team on Drought (Outputs G, H & I) 

  1. Expert Team on Agromet data Issues 

  1. Task Team on Indigenous and Local Agroclimatic Knowledge (Output N) 

 

 

N. Chattopadhyay 

A. Susnik 

D. Alexandru 

R. Stone / S. Grey 

 

11:30 - 12:00 

  1. Discussion on ETs, workplan & key issues  

All 

 

 

Day 2 – 26 March 2025 

Time (UTC) 

Agenda Item 

Responsible 

10:00 - 10:30 

 

  1. Interactions with other WMO bodies (status & opportunities) 

  1. SC-HYD 

  1. INFCOM (including RRR issues) 

  1. JWG-WEF Nexus approach to climate services (Output P) 

Chair: E. Mateescu 

 

F. Pischke 

R. Stefanski 

S. Grey 

10:30 – 11:00 

 

  1. Partnership and projects 

  1. Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) & UNCCD (including update on DR+10) 

  1. FAO 

  1. GWP – Agromet community of practice 

Chair: Y. Everingham 

R. Stefanski 

 

H. Kanamaru 

G. Majercakova 

11:00 - 11:30 

 

  1. Discussion on strengthening relationships with RAs on Agromet issues (linked to SC-AGR Output Q) 

  1. RA I – Africa 

  1. RA-II – Asia 

  1. RA-V – Pacific 

  1. RA III – South America 

  1. RA-IV – North America, Central America and the Caribbean 

6.6    RA-VI – Europe 

R. Stefanski/S. Grey 

 

 

Z. Shilenje 

J. Luther 

B. Tapia 

 

 

E. Mateescu  

11:30 - 11:45 

 

  1. Capacity building strategy 

Discussion on capacity development opportunities, strategy and plans 

S. Grey 

 

11:45 - 12:00 

 

  1. Wrap up  

  1. Consolidate conclusions & recommendations  

  1. Agreement on key actions 

  1. Closing 

R. Stefanski/S. Grey 

 

 

J. Ijampy 

 

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