February 4th, 2019
09.00 - 10.00 Opening Session
● Prof Massimo Inguscio, President CNR
● Dr Francesco Loreto, Director CNR-DISBA
● Dr Antonio Raschi, Director CNR-IBIMET
● Dr Marina Baldi, Director RTC in Italy
● Min. Roberto Colaminé, MAECI-DGCS
● Dr Mauro Pedalino, AICS
● B.Gen. Silvio Cau, WMO-PR of Italy, Servizio Meteorologico dell’Aeronautica Militare
● Dr Souleymane Ouedraogo, Director General AGRHYMET
● Mr Jonson Boanuh, ECOWAS Secretariat
● Mr Lamin Touray, Chair of West African WMO PRs
● Dr Yinka Adebayo, WMO Education and Training Office
10.00 – 10:30 Coffee-Break
10:30 – 12:00 The PACC-RRC Training Programme
(Chair: Marina Baldi - IBIMET-CNR; Rapporteurs M. Waongo - AGRHYMET, V. Tarchiani – IBIMET)
- WMO (Patrick Parrish)
- IBIMET (Vieri Tarchiani)
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AGRHYMET (Moussa Waongo)
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Feedbacks and consideration from PACC-RRC courses:
- Didactical activities (Maurizio Bacci – IBIMET)
- The view of trainers (Massimiliano Pasqui – IBIMET)
- Distance Learning and new technologies activities (Elena Rapisardi - IBIMET) -
Feedbacks from participants:
- Ms Veronique Bomo Manouan – Cote d'Ivoire
- Mr Orlando Mendes – Guinea-Bissau
- Ms Maria Alexandrina Mendes Martins Gomes Moreno – Cabo Verde
- Ms Houefa Valerie Sounouke - Benin
12:00 -13.00 Lessons learnt from PACC
(Chair: Abubakar Mashi - PR Nigeria; Rapporteurs Moussa Waongo - AGRHYMET, Vieri Tarchiani – IBIMET) Synthesis (30 min) and discussion (30 min)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Presentation of posters
(Chair: Massimiliano Pasqui – IBIMET-CNR):
- Ms Veronique Bomo Manouan – Cote d'Ivoire
- Mr Orlando Mendes – Guinea-Bissau
- Ms Maria Alexandrina Mendes Martins Gomes Moreno – Cabo Verde
- Ms Houefa Valerie Sounouke - Benin
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 -17.00 Round Table: Climate Services and capacity development in West Africa, experience from the NMHSs
(Chair: Daouda Konate PR Cote d’Ivoire; Rapporteur: Bernard Gomez – WMO)
February 5th, 2019
09.00 – 10.15 Climates Services for West Africa
(Chair: Dr Souleymane Ouedrago - AGRHYMET)
- Keynote speaker: Carlo Buontempo - ECMWF (30 min)
- Climate Services and public policies: Prof. Olukayode Oladipo – University of Lagos, Nigeria (15 min)
- Perspectives of distance learning for Climate Services: Patrick Parrish - WMO (15 min)
- GFCS and WMO projects and initiatives in the region: Robert Stefanski – WMO (15 min)
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee-Break
10.45 – 13.00 Discussion on needs and options for a new capacity development initiative
(Chair: Tanja Cegnar – Slovenian Environment Agency; Rapporteurs: Bernard Gomez and Patrick Parrish – WMO; Vieri Tarchiani – IBIMET-CNR)
- Capacity development through WMO education and training activities: Yinka Adebayo - WMO (15 min)
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General discussion and/or breakout sessions followed by a plenary session
o Climate services in West Africa:
o Existing services
o Needs and resources
o Public policy and institutional matters
o Approaches to capacity development
o Partnerships and cooperation -
Contents for the new initiative
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 Conclusion and follow-up activities and approval of the Conference Statement
(Chair: Lamin Touray PR Gambia; Rapporteur: Robert Stefansky - WMO)
15.30 – 16.30 Closure
- Director IBIMET, Dr Antonio Raschi
- Director Regional Training Center in Italy, Marina Baldi
- Chair of West African WMO Permanent Representatives, Lamin Touray
- Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (tbc)
- Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (tbc)
- WMO Education and Training Office, Dr Yinka Adebayo
