Invitation to attend a webinar on "Charting a Course for Sustainable Meteorological Observation Networks in Developing Countries"

Invitation to attend a webinar on "Charting a Course for Sustainable Meteorological Observation Networks in Developing Countries"

by Zulkarnain Zulkarnain -
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Dear WIGOS Community,

We're pleased to announce a webinar on "Charting a Course for Sustainable Meteorological Observation Networks in Developing Countries".  Please see the details below:

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WEBINAR

The Infrastructure Department of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) are co-organizing a webinar

Charting a Course for Sustainable Meteorological Observation Networks in Developing Countries

 Based on a World Bank/GFDRR report, and focusing on meteorological networks in this webinar.

 Two identical webinars are offered at different times for easy participation:

in English only, expected to last 60-75 minutes.

The moderator will be Albert Fischer, Director of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System branch, who will also introduce how this information is being used by the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF).

Speakers will be:

  • Brian Day, chair emeritus of HMEI and VP of Campbell Scientific
  • David Grimes, former WMO President and former Head of the Meteorological Service of Canada
  • David Rogers, former Chief Executive of the UK Met Office, and
  • Vladimir Tsirkunov, Head of the GFDRR Hydromet Program, World Bank Group.

The speakers will analyze root causes of why meteorological and hydrological systems in developing countries might fail, and share a visionary approach and recommendations how to achieve more sustainable outcomes of observation networks operations in developing countries.

A moderated discussion will take place after the presentations.

Please find the links to access the workshop online here:

For 12 June 2023 at 13:00 UTC: https://wmo-int.zoom.us/j/83582821071?pwd=b2wvNTBFbW1sb1R4Zk1RUlJhTHlrUT09

ID: 835 8282 1071

Code: 992833

For 19 June 2023, 23:00 UTC: https://wmo-int.zoom.us/j/87577862729?pwd=Z3ZWUXB3V0NJQkpBWU1DRTA2d29TZz09

ID: 875 7786 2729

Code: 998882

We look forward to your participation.

Kind regards,

The WIGOS team