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Meeting Goals and Procedures
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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: 2Forum: 1Folder: 1Action: 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: 1Forum: 1Action: 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: 1Forum: 1Action: Enhancing Collaboration and Sharing between WMO RTCs
Goal: Increased collaboration and sharing of resources, trainers, and training offerings between WMO RA-I RTCs.
File: 1Forum: 1Action: Marine Meteorological Forecaster Training
Goal: Marine meteorological forecasting services courses for RA-I in English, French, and Arabic.
File: 1Forum: 1Action: Distance Learning, Overcoming the Difficulties
Goal: Shared recommendations and good practices for addressing the difficulties of offering and planning distance learning.
Files: 2Forum: 1Action: 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: 1Forum: 1Action: 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: 3Forum: 1Action: RA-I Learning Needs Assessment
Goal: Identify the training needs and priorities in the region as basis for developing training plans.
Files: 2Forum: 1Action: 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: 1Forum: 1Action: 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: 1Action: 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: 1Forum: 1Additional 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: 5SYMET 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: 4WMO 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: 2URLs: 2WMO Education and Training Programme and Roles of RTCs
Label: 1Files: 3URL: 1Presentations 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: 1Folder: 1URL: 1University 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?
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