1545 - 1700 CET (60 to 75') Round Table - Building competencies and collaboration beyond knowledge and skills: Insights from a transnational partnership (Vieri Tarchiani - IBE-CNR Italy)
1545 - 1700 CET (60 to 75') Round Table - Building competencies and collaboration beyond knowledge and skills: Insights from a transnational partnership (Vieri Tarchiani - IBE-CNR Italy)
Training programs for staff of National Meteorological Services (NMSs) in developing countries often rely on short, intensive courses lasting one or two weeks, aimed at teaching the use of a specific technique or tool. While this approach can effectively enhance knowledge and technical skills, it rarely leads to a real increase in competence—which requires the long-term application of methods and tools within a specific operational context.
One effective way to build lasting competence is by embedding trainees into an operational team for a sufficiently long period to allow them to acquire not only technical knowledge but also hands-on operational experience and an understanding of the team’s working practices. Moreover, this approach fosters long-term collaboration and helps establish mutually beneficial partnerships, particularly when the institutions involved have similar structures and capacities.
The roundtable will feature participants from the collaborative experience between the Meteorological Service of the Tuscany Region (LaMMA, Italy), the National Meteorological Services of Niger (DMN) and Burkina Faso (ANAM), with the support of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) through the Institute of Bioeconomy (IBE) and the WMO Regional Training Center in Italy.
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