Sergiy Stepanenko - An assessment of users’ needs for and providers’ capaсities of climate service in Ukraine
Implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services has demonstrated that there exiist subsatntial discrepances in the availability of competencies necessary for provision of climate services in all WMO Regions, especially in less developed countries, which requires enhancement of large-scale educational programmes for training and advanced training of specialists in the field of climate services.
In Ukraine, despite having an extensive system of national meteorological services, in view of the complex and turbulent political and economic situation, climate services are in the early stages of development. One of the most pressing issues at this stage is training of specialists and bridging a gap between users and climate service providers.
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Oleh Shablii, Inna Khomenko, Valeriya Ovcharuk, Tetyana Dyman, Tetiana Shablii, Vira Sliusar, Yuri Vergeles, Olena Voloshkina
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In order to develop an informed and complete understanding of needs of providers and end users/decision-makers in Climate Service in Ukraine Odessa State Environmental University (National Project Coordinator) in collaboration with Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Odessa National Medical University, and two ministries – Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Ministry of Energy and Environment Protection of Ukraine, within the framework of the Erasmus + project ‘Multilevel Local, Nation- and Regionwide Education and Training in Climate Services, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation – ClimEd’, 619285-EPP-1-2020-1-FI-EPPKA2-Analisys highlights that despite their potential and societal benefits climate services are still not easily accessible beyond the research contexts. Educational measures aimed at enhancement of environmental and climate literacy of end users/policy- and decision makers and fostering climate service providers' awareness of users' requirements enables bridging the gap between climate services and users, incentivizing introduction of climate services through emphasizing their importance and benefits, thereby encouraging a wider user base.
A Survey to Assess the State and Quality of Climate Services in Ukraine
An End-User Survey to Reveal Expectations of Target Groups about the Proposed Climate Services