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World Meteorological Organization
Working together in weather, climate and water
WMO
EC-WGCD 1 Nov 2011
WMO Programme for the Least
Developed Countries
WMO
www.wmo.int
OUTLINE
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 Background
 Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs
for the Decade 2011-20
 WMO Programme for the LDCs
 Conclusions
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The LDC category
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• Sub-set of developing countries categorized as the
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Specific criteria (UN)
25 LDCs (1971) – 50 (2007) – 48 LDCs (2011)
RA I: 33 RA II: 8 RA IV: 1 RA V: 6
10 LDCs are also SIDS
16 LDCs are also Landlocked Developing Countries
• Graduation from the LDC group (Triennial review)
Over 4 decades, only 3 countries were ever able to graduate
(Botswana, Cape Verde and the Maldives)
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LDC category (cont)
• Poorest, weakest, most vulnerable
(natural disasters, climate change)
and least secure
The international community
agreed to extend special attention
and support measures to LDCs
beyond those available to
other developing countries
- Successive 10-year Programmes of Action for LDCs
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Istanbul Programme of Action for LDCs
for the Decade 2011-2020 (LPoA)
• Fourth UN Conference on LDCs major
international conference dealing with
development issues, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-
13 May 2011
• Istanbul Declaration « Renewed and
Strengthened Global Partnership for the
Development of LDCs »
• New Programme of Action for the LDCs
Istanbul Programme of Action for LDCs
for the Decade 2011-2020 (IPoA)
• Overarching goal: To overcome the structural
challenges faced by the LDCs in order to
eradicate poverty, achieve internationally
agreed development goals and enable
graduation from the LDC category
• Among the specific objectives: Reduce the
vulnerability of least developed countries to
economic, natural and environmental shocks and
disasters, as well as climate change, and enhance
their ability to meet these and other challenges
through strengthening their resilience;
8 IPoA Priority areas for action
1. Productive capacity
(Infrastructure; Energy; Science,
technology and innovation; Private sector
development)
2. Agriculture, food security
and rural development
3. Trade
4. Commodities
8 IPoA Priority areas for action (cont)
5. Human and social development
▪ Education and training
▪ Population and primary health
▪ Youth development
▪ Shelter
▪ Water and sanitation
▪ Gender equality and empowerment of women
▪ Social protection
8 IPoA Priority areas for action (cont)
6. Multiple crises and other emerging
challenges:
▪ Economic shocks
▪ Climate change and environmental
sustainability
▪ Disaster risk reduction
8 IPoA Priority areas for action (cont)
7. Mobilizing financial resources for
development and capacity-building
(Domestic resource mobilization; Official
development assistance; External debt;
Foreign direct investment; Remittances)
8.
Good governance at all levels
Decisions and commitments in IPoA
• IPoA contains many references of direct
interest to WMO and NMHSs.
Among actions required by development
partners under climate change and
environmental sustainability challenges:
« Support enhancing the capacity of
meteorological and hydrological services
of least developed countries »
• The governing bodies of UN system and other
multilateral organizations are invited to contribute
to the implementation of IPoA and to integrate it
into their work programmes as appropriate and
in accordance with their respective mandates.
• Invited to participate fully in reviews of IPoA at
national, subregional, regional and global levels
Congress XVI decisions
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Continue and enhance the WMO Programme
for the LDCs to address the obstacles and
constraints limiting NMHSs in LDCs to provide
relevant weather, water and climate information
and services and to strengthen their capabilities
to meet the demands and requirements of the
priority areas for action in the IPoA for the
LDCs for the decade 2011–2020 as appropriate
• Resolution 6.3/1 (cg-XVI)
Congress decided
• That the WMO Programme for the Least Developed
Countries shall be continued in the sixteenth financial
period and support the implementation of the
Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade
2011-2020;
• That the substance of the WMO Programme for the LDCs
shall comply with the WMO Strategic Plan and Operating
Plan 2012-2015 and contribute to assist NMHSs of Least
Developed Countries to fulfil their mandates.
Congress underscored the importance of the WMO
Programme for the LDCs and the high priority to be
continually attached to it.
• Congress urged Members to participate actively in, and to
contribute to the maximum extent possible, to the funding
of the WMO Programme for the LDCs, including through
the WMO Trust Funds for NMHSs of LDCs;
• Furthermore Congress approved the Global Framework for
Climate Services (GFCS) whose guiding implementation
principles include priority for the most vulnerable
countries (including LDCs).
• The GFCS priority sectors (Agriculture. Disaster Risk
Reduction, Water and Health) are among IPoA priority
areas of action.
WMO Programme for the LDCs
• Overall objective: To enhance the capacities of the
NMHSs of the LDCs including those which are
SIDS, so that they can contribute efficiently and in
a timely manner to the socio-economic
development efforts of the countries concerned
through the production, delivery and effective use
of relevant weather, water and climate information
and services in order to eradicate poverty, achieve
internationally agreed development goals and
enable graduation from the least developed
country category.
Activities 2012-2015
• Raise the profile of NMHSs with the national development
outcome and increase government and stakeholders
support to the NMHSs, through advocacy and institutional
capacity building, among others;
• Improve the infrastructure and operational facilities of
NMHSs in LDCs;
• Enhance regional cooperation in the countries concerned,
especially in areas such as training and the production,
delivery and effective use of weather and essential climate
services; and
• Share good practices and experiences.
• Assistance to all the LDCs in the preparation and
implementation of development plans of their
NMHSs based on the priority needs of countries;
• Development of technical cooperation projects
and programmes on infrastructure development
and socio-economic benefit valuation, climate
change issues, including fast track projects;
• Provision of support in the area of human
resources development through special training of
selected staff;
• Development of capacity-building activities,
including planning, management and resource
mobilization; and
• Resource mobilization and technical assistance for
the development of NMHSs activities
Specific CD activities, in collaboration with UN-OHRLLS
• Workshop on coordination and partnership for
enhancing the benefits of weather-,climate- and
water- related services in the development of the
LDCs in Africa (Cotonou, Benin, 9-10 Nov 2011).
National Focal Points of LDCs and Directors of
NMHSs from 28 LDCs out of 33 attended.
• Capacity development Seminar for NMHSs of the
LDCs in Africa (11Nov 2011): QMS, GFCS,
WIGOS-WIS.
Conclusions
– Investing in weather, climate and water related services
as an additional tool for the development of LDCs in a
visible manner
– Ensure that NMHSs are able to address adequately such
issues as the relevant priority areas for action in the
IPoA for the LDCs, particularly productive capacity
sectors, agriculture, food security and rural
development, disaster risk reduction, water resources
management and climate change and environmental
sustainability
– RAs to play a coordinating role in the implementation
of WMO Programme for LDCs
THANK YOU
LIST OF THE 48 LDCS
Africa (33)
1
Angola
2
Benin
3
Burkina Faso #
4
Burundi #
5
Central African Republic #
6
Chad #
7
Comoros *
8
Democratic Republic of the Congo
9
Djibouti
10
Equatorial Guinea
11
Eritrea
12
Ethiopia #
13
Gambia
14
Guinea
15
Guinea-Bissau *
16
Lesotho #
17
Liberia
Asia (14)
1
Afghanistan #
2
Bangladesh
3
Bhutan #
4
Cambodia
5
Kiribati *
6
Lao People’s Democratic Republic #
7
Myanmar
Latin America and the Caribbean (1)
1
Haiti *
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Madagascar
Malawi #
Mali #
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger #
Rwanda #
São Tomé and Príncipe *
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Togo
Uganda #
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia #
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Nepal #
Samoa *
Solomon Islands *
Timor-Leste *
Tuvalu *
Vanuatu *
Yemen
*Also a SID