Alejandro de la Maza - ET.MMO International Workshop on PMO and VOS Implementation Experience Exchange for RA.III & IV

One of the first activities developed under the recently created Expert Team on Marine Meteorology and Oceanography (ET.MMO) from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and its Regional Association for South America (RA.III) and the Caribe (RA.IV), was an on line International Workshop for Experience Exchange about the Implementation of the Port Meteorological Officers (PMO) and the Voluntary Observations Ship (VOS), within national practices and the adoption of International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations for completion the Audit for Members States (IMSAS). The activity were conducted in spanish by the Chile Navy Weather Service (SERVIMET), with the support of the Regional Formation Training Center (CFRT) from National Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Peru (SENAMHI), in two hours weekly sessions, with zoom platform and practical reviews of the materials generated by the Ship Observations Team (SOT), Global Ocean Observation System (GOOS), Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the WMO Guidelines for Marine Services. The goal was to familiarize other marine weather services with the PMO's duties (includes courtesy visits, instrument checking and weather reports training) and to activate the VOS recruitment at national levels, by choosing the better candidates from the scientific research vessels, navy and merchant marine, antarctic logistics, fisheries and yachts.