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WMO Regional Training Centres
Alternatively
Educating and training a
scientifically literate workforce
IFMS and WMO
IFMS
Foster and encourage
communication and
exchange of
knowledge, ideas and
resources between the
Met Soc.
People
WMO
Setting standards,
coordination, organising
data exchange,
representation, technology
transfer, capacity
development
Another way of stating this
The members of your societies
make up the workforce
of our Members
Areas of common interest
Education opportunities
Access to education
and training resources
Competency and Capability
frameworks
Qualifications
Well informed
public
Initial and ongoing
training opportunities
The questions I deal with
What are the Members needs
How many people
What options do we have to deliver
How do we know we are doing a good job
How do we resource it
Where to now
High priority areas 2012 –
2015 and beyond
Providing Climate Services
Contributing to Disaster Risk Reduction
Improving meteorological services to international aviation
Improving environmental observation and data exchange
Contributing to Capacity Development
While responding to emerging issues;
WMO Polar Agenda
Seamless Earth System Prediction
NMHS staffing (limited sample)
Numbers of Members with staffing of
Less than 10
1
Between 10 and 19
4
Between 20 and 49
3
Between 50 and 99
9
Between 100 and 199
4
Between 200 and 499
9
Between 500 and 999
6
Between 1,000 and 1,999
7
Between 2,000 and 4,999
3
Between 5,000 and 9,999
2
Between 10,000 and 19,999
0
Between 20,000 and 49,999
1
More than 49,999
1
Total number of Members
50
NMHS staffing (limited sample)
Professional Technical
Other
No in Weather Services
10,086
2,122
430
No in Climate Services
2,302
630
242
No. in Hydrological Services
1,129
382
156
15,054
5,180
2,786
No. in Communications and Computing
4,617
985
209
No. in Administration and Management
15,298
568
1,566
No. in Training
805
153
68
No. in Environmental monitoring
408
284
93
No. in other support functions
386
928
714
2,041
640
336
52,126
11,872
6,600
No. in Observations
No. in Equipment Maintenance and Installation
Total staff over all categories *
130,000
EC Panel of Experts on ETR
11
Short history
38 WMO Regional
Training Centers
ETRP
Established
1976
First
Symposium
1970
EC Panel of Experts
on Education and
Training 1965
Four Class
System 1962
First RTC
University of
Buenos Aires 1958
WMO
Training Plan
1960
12
Location of RTCs
13
RTC facts and figures
38 Institutions
26 Countries
27 provide long term education and training
20 provide CPD
4 have provided online courses
RTC facts and figures
27 Specialise in Meteorology
10 Specialise in Hydrology
3 Specialise in Agricultural Met
3 Specialise in Aeronautical Met
11 Specialise in Met Tech
RTC facts and figures
27 NMHS training institutes
11 University components
Languages
– 5 Spanish
– 5 French
– 4 Russian
– 2 Chinese
– 20 English
– 2 Portuguese
RTC facts and figures
Reported Activity (subjective rating)
None
10
Some
18
Moderately 4
Active
3
Very active 3
Where to Now
Do nothing
Minor tweaks to current system
Retain current system with major overhaul
Evolve to new paradigm taking best of current
system and lessons from other (UN)
organisations
One option is the concept of the WMO Global
Campus - moving the focus from institutions to
“courses and learning resources”
Questions for you
Your view on the potential role for Met. Societies
In training
Accreditation of CPD courses
Certification of individuals
Support to and for training institutions and trainers