5th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture (SC-AGR)

Start: 28 October 2025

End: 30 October 2025

09:00 - 17:00 Western European Summer Time zone (WEST, UTC+1).

Hybrid (link to be shared only with confirmed participants)

Day 1 – 28 October 2025

Time	Agenda Item	Responsible
9:00 - 9:45	Opening and introduction Welcome Remarks Opening Remarks Self-introductions Review and adoption of the agenda	Director General, Maroc Meteo A. Corina, VP SERCOM J. Stander J. Ijampy
09:45 – 10:30	Opening and introduction (continued) Overview of SERCOM, linkage – priorities, realities, key issues, challenges & looking ahead followed by discussion	J. Stander
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30	SC-AGR objectives, expected outputs, composition and structure	J. Ijampy
11:30 – 12:30	Expert Teams (ETs) updates – TORs, priorities, workplans and challenges Expert Team on GAMP Expert Team on Drought Expert Team on Agromet Standards and Regulations Task Team on Indigenous and Local Agroclimatic Knowledge Overview of other outputs	N. Chattopadhyay A. Susnik D. Alexandru R. Stone / S. Grey S. Grey
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30	Work planning for SC-AGR Outputs Working session on SC-AGR Outputs	All
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00	Work planning for SC-AGR Outputs Working session on SC-AGR Outputs (continued)	All

Day 2 – 29 October 2025

Time	Agenda Item	Responsible
09:00 - 10:00	Report back and discussion on Day 1 working sessions	All
10:00 – 10:30	Market Place 1 – talks from experts on their work, recent agrometeorological events, latest developments in the field & strategic opportunities	TBA (5 minutes per person)
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Interactions with other WMO bodies (status & opportunities) SC-HYD, INFCOM (including RRR issues), JWG-WEF Nexus approach to climate services Review of Technical Regulations Gender Issues	R. Stefanski R. Stefanski A. Sitta
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30	Partnership and projects Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) and UNCCD WAMIS FAO Aim-for Scale (TBA) Discussion	R. Stefanski R. Stefanski / S. Grey H. Kanamaru E. Isaev / S. Grey All
14:30 - 15:30	Update on regional activities on agrometeorology or regional Agromet strategy RA I – Africa, RA-II – Asia, RA-V – Pacific, RA III – South America, RA-IV – North America, Central America and the Caribbean RA-VI – Europe (including discussion on the agromet centre) Discussion	Z. Shilenje E. Mateescu / D. Alexandru All
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00	Regional needs and priorities – working session on priorities, needs, gaps, opportunities and linkages with ongoing projects and programmes	All (Split into small groups according to RAs – RA I, RA III & IV, RA VI, RA II & V)

Day 3 – 30 October 2025

Time	Agenda Item	Responsible
09:00 – 10:00	Regional needs and priorities (continued) – Report back and discussion	All
10:00 – 10:30	Market Place 2 – talks from experts on their work, recent agrometeorological events, latest developments in the field & strategic opportunities	TBA (5 minutes per person)
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00	Capacity building strategy Recent activities on capacity development opportunities, strategy and plans Agromet Community of Practice Discussion	S. Grey
12:00 – 12:30	Secretariat Support for the SC-AGR	R. Stefanski / J. Stander
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30	Wrap up (including working Coffee/Tea break) Consolidate TORs, conclusions, and recommendations Agreement on key actions - Final presentation of key actions and outcomes from the meeting Consolidate inputs & issues for SERCOM MG	All J. Ijampy
16:30 – 17:00	Closing Remarks	TBA