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Meeting Objectives. Aïda Diongue Niang ANACIM/ Senegal Met Service Co-Chair THORPEX- Africa. Discuss the actual status of Implementation. Last proper regional committee meeting was held in July… 2008
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Meeting Objectives Aïda Diongue Niang ANACIM/ Senegal Met Service Co-Chair THORPEX-Africa THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012
Discuss the actual status of Implementation • Last proper regional committee meeting was held in July… 2008 What has been done so far, particularly regarding HIW case studies and Information system? What are difficulties encountered ? The involvement of the RC members ? The national focal points? THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012
New members of the Regional Committee: 5/9 Redefineinvolvement of RC members THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012
Actions to move forward • Feasible activities involving both Met services, Regional centres and academic communities in Africa but also synergies with: • THORPEX working groups • Relevant programs: e.g. SWFDP, AMMA, GEO, CLimDev, VigiRISC , Afclix, Africa Initiative • NWP centres • Set of activities in templates to provide to Met Services and to be used as basis of research activities THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012
Strategy of better endorsement and resource mobilization • Whatstrategy to develop to have THORPEX betterendorsedat national level? Regionallevel? • Whatsynergies to developwith relevant programes and NWP centres? • How WMO can help for resourcemobilization? • Whatconcrete actions to undertake for resourcemobilization? THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012