Meeting of Directors of WMO RTCs in RA-I and Collaborating Partners

Topic outline

• General

  
  

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    Announcements Forum
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    General Meeting Forum (for logistics or other general questions and comments)
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    Action Plan Template File
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    Photos from the Meeting Shared by EMA URL
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    Final Meeting Report on Outcomes File

• Meeting Goals and Procedures

  Click any section below to reveal its contents or use the section menu at the left of this page. 

  The purpose of the meeting was to explore opportunities for increased collaboration and support in serving WMO Members within the framework of the WMO Global Campus. The following sections contain resources and fora for each of the Action Plans developed during the meeting. The final sections preserve the presentations and resources from the meeting. 

  
  

  Files: 2 Forum: 1 Folder: 1

• Action: Global Campus Inventory of International Training Experts

  Goal: An up-to-date inventory providing access to a list of experts who are willing and may be available for training activities in RA-1

  
  

  File: 1 Forum: 1

• Action: Sharing Experiences in Capacity Development for Developing Countries

  Goal: Implement on WMOLearn website a simple and interactive system for collecting and publishing information on ongling and past capacity development initiatives for NMHSs in developing countries. 

  File: 1 Forum: 1

• Action: Enhancing Collaboration and Sharing between WMO RTCs

  Goal: Increased collaboration and sharing of resources, trainers, and training offerings between WMO RA-I RTCs. 

  File: 1 Forum: 1

• Action: Marine Meteorological Forecaster Training

  Goal: Marine meteorological forecasting services courses for RA-I in English, French, and Arabic.

  File: 1 Forum: 1

• Action: Distance Learning, Overcoming the Difficulties

  Goal: Shared recommendations and good practices for addressing the difficulties of offering and planning distance learning. 

  Files: 2 Forum: 1

• Action: Tracking Completion of Competency-Based Training (Open Badges)

  Goal: Research, conceive, test and document a recommended strategy for RTCs and other Global campus partners to track learning progress in competency-based training.

  File: 1 Forum: 1

• Action: Implementing Training Impacts Assessment

  Goal: Share experiences in conducting long-term impacts assessment and encourage good practices to all, including beyond the region. The guidance could serve the entire WMO Global Campus Community.

  Files: 3 Forum: 1

• Action: RA-I Learning Needs Assessment

  Goal: Identify the training needs and priorities in the region as basis for developing training plans. 

  Files: 2 Forum: 1

• Action: BIP-M Training Collaboration

  Goal: Collaboration between Francophone RTCs and partners to design and offer blended BIP-M training, including an online phase followed by a face-to-face training conclusion, eligible to those passing a qualifications exam. 

  File: 1 Forum: 1

• Action: NWP Training Collaboration

  Goal: Collaboratively develop training on NWP applications, including staff training and training of trainers, to enhance skills in using NWP. (Egypt will lead)

  Forum: 1

• Action: Collaboration with the Private Sector and Academia

  Goal: Increase collaboration with the private sector and academia to expand audiences and increase resources, and to reflect the changing relationships between these institutions and NMHSs. 
  

  File: 1 Forum: 1

• Additional Resources from the Meeting

  Below are sections containing presentations and other resources used during the meeting, including presentations made by participants. 

• WMO Congress-18 and EC-71 Decisions

  How might these recent decisions help you or challenge you in conducting your work? How can you use them to help your institution raise its priority in your country?

  Files: 5

• SYMET 13 Implementation

  SYMET 13, hosted in Barbados in 2017, led to many observations and recommendations by the participants present, including many of you. How should RA-I RTCs and collaborating partners respond to these recommendations? 

  Files: 4

• WMO Global Campus Resources and Discussion

  The WMO Global Campus initiative was approved by Cg-18 Resolution 73. How can we move this initiative forward, taking advantage of its activities and using its goals to drive new ones?

  Files: 2 URLs: 2

• WMO Education and Training Programme and Roles of RTCs
  Text and media area: 1 Files: 3 URL: 1

• Presentations and materials by RTCs and Training Partners

  What are your key strengths as an institution? What are your best examples of collaboration with other training institutions? What can you offer (other) RTCs in RA-I? How could you benefit from working with the (other) RTCs in RA-I?

  Forum: 1 Folder: 1 URL: 1

• University and NMHS Collaboration under the Global Campus Initiative

  Many universities have shown a strong interest in cooperating the WMO Global Campus initiative to help the international community while also benefiting to meet their own goals. How can the universities in RA-I, working with international partner institutions, join in this cooperation?

  National Meteorological and Hydrological Services have much to gain from WMO Global Campus activities to help stretch limited resources and expand their capabilities. How can RA-I RTCs help RA-I NMHSs achieve the highest benefits from the initiative? 
  

  Files: 3