Transcript Presentation of RA I

RA I WIGOS
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Status Report as at
8 March 2013
By Amos Makarau
Status
• RAI provisionally approved the TT-WIGOS
Implementation plan (English version only)
in October 2012 at the extra-Ordinary
Congress of WMO.
• Translation into French still to be done
• It will be considered and adopted at the
next RAI Session (2014/15)
RAI WIGOS Governance and
Working Structure
• RAI (Plus MG)
• Sub-Regional WIGOS Coordination
Groups (SR-WCG)
• RA I WIGOS Working Body (TT-WIGOS
approved)
• Sub-regional WIGOS Working Body
(national focal points)
Next
• Communication and Outreach
- targeting Permanent Representatives
- Operating at sub-regional level
- two workshops planned for 2013
* 5-7 June (Southern Africa)
* 10-12 June (East Africa)
- the rest of the sub-regions in 2013 (funding
problem)
Next (Cntd)
- Appointment of national WIGOS focal
points within the course of the year
- Development of templates for national
WIGOS implementation
- Distribution of WIGOS regulatory material
- Attendant capacity development preferably
at sub-regional levels
Challenges/Problems facing RAI
in Implementing WIGOS
• Understanding of WIGOS (and WIS) still cloudy in RAI
beginning with NMHS leadership. This includes its
implementation, benefits and implications
• High staff turnover, including at the PR level. At the
technical level, either due to resignations to newly
created positions on climate change or en-mass
retirement
• Communication
• Civil strife/ political instability in 3 of the sub-regions
• Other priorities (QMS, climate change, DRR, visibility,
sustainability)
Request to ICG-WIGOS
• Urge WMO to expedite the translation of the RA
I WIP into French
• Request WMO to avail financial resources to
complete outreach workshops for 3 sub-Regions
so that they can take place in 2013
• Urge EC to take RAI as one of its priorities
regarding WIGOS (and WIS)
• Regulatory material for , among others, AWSs,
data management and metadata.