Capacities to provide climate services

This focus area addressed a component of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), the Climate Services Information System (CSIS). The CSIS is a mechanism through which information about climate - past, present and future - is archived, analyzed, modeled, exchanged and processed. 

ClimSA helped strengthening of the CSIS through capacity building for Regional Climate Centers (RCCs). An assessment of baseline capacities, gaps and needs was conducted and an Action Plan for strenghtening RCCs capacities was developed for each RCC.

Network of National CSIS Focal Points
The network of National CSIS Focal Points (NCFPs) act as the primary contact points for the implementation of the System at the national level.

Guidelines on CSIS core functions
This document provides guidance on CSIS core functions and their operational aspects at a regional scale, applicable to the African, Carribean and Pacific Regions.

Climate Services Toolkit (CST)
The Toolkit supports the implementation of the CSIS, consisting of a set of resources that ensure the development and provision of reliable, consistent, actionable and high-quality climate products and services.

ClimSA also supported the improvement of Climate Data Management Systems (CDMS) and assisted with the development and demonstration of a national climate services production chain, showcasing the value of providing and using tailored climate services.

Under ClimSA, an OpenSource CDMS was designed and tested. Recommendations on options for a WMO Open Source CDMS as well as CDMS requirements and recommendations for ACP countries were developed.

More on the Open CDMS initiative.

Recommendations on a WMO Open Source CDMS
This document describes activities undertaken to design and test an open source CDMS, and provides recommendations on options for a WMO open source CDMS.

Recommendations on Open Source CDMS for focus countries
This document provides recommendations on sustainable CDMS requirements for developing countries.

ClimSA also supported the deployment of Climsoft, a free open-source climate data management system (CDMS) designed to store historical climatic data. These data can be used to produce summary reports, maps, or diagrams, or subsets of the data can be extracted for further processing.

Climsoft

Trainings & Workshops

Documents