Introductory Forum for National Climate Services Information System Focal Points for the WMO Regional Association II

Documents

• Agenda
• Concept note
• Final report

Setting the scene

• Welcoming remarks, Wilfran Moufouma Okia (WMO)
• Introduction to WMO structure, Jun Yu (Regional Office for RA II)
• GFCS and NFCS, Wilfran Moufouma Okia (WMO)
• Climate Services Information System: concept, functions and operationalization at national level, Rupa Kumar Kolli (ET-CSISO)
• Roadmap for implementation of QMS in climate services and climate information in adaptation planning, Amir Delju (WMO)

The network of National CSIS Focal Points

• National CSIS Focal Points: status, roles and responsibilities for operationalizing national CSIS and annual reporting of NCFPs, Rupa Kumar Kolli (ET-CSISO)

Climate services in the WMO RA II

• WMO RA II WG Services and ET Climate Services: objectives and planned activities, Sato Hirotaka (Vice Chair of WG-S)
• Overview of WMO RCCs/RCC-Networks and RCOFs in RA II, Valentina Khan (ET-CSISO)
• Examples of climate services delivery in RA II:
  • India, Dushmanta Ranjan Pattanaik
  • Japan, Kiyotoshi Takahashi
  • China, Zhiqiang Gong

Useful link

• National CSIS Focal Points
• WMO checklist