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World Meteorological Organization
Working together in weather, climate and water
WMO
EC-WGCD 1 - Dec 2011
Regional Programme
and South-South Cooperation
WMO
www.wmo.int
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 Regional Programme
 Overall objective
 Structure
 Congress decisions
 South-South Cooperation
 Conclusions
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Regional Programme (RP)
Overall Objective :
• Ensure the efficient and effective
functioning of the six RAs.
• Provide a framework for regional
cooperation in the implementation of the
WMO strategies, policies and programmes
taking into account regional requirements,
capacities and priorities.
• Focus, as part of the WMO capacity
development effort, on the assistance given
at regional level to bridge gaps in the
capabilities of all Members, especially
LDCs, SIDS and countries in transition, to
produce, utilize and benefit from
hydrometeorological information, products
and services,
Structure
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Regional associations activities:
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Institutional support to RAs;
Regional events;
Regional cooperation and partnership:
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Coordination of capacity development
activities in the Regions;
Cooperation with regional partners.
• The RP contributes to capacity development
efforts, through the Regional Offices and
WMO Offices in the Regions, by
maintaining close relations with all
Members, by acting as point-of-contact
between Members and the WMO
Secretariat.
Congress XVI decisions
Congress decided that the WMO Regional
Programme shall be continued in the sixteenth
financial period; Resolution 6.4/1 (cg-XVI)
• To continue providing support to the six
Regional Associations of the Organization;
• To plan and coordinate regional activities,
aligning them with the WMO Strategic and
Operating Plan and the WMO technical and
scientific programmes to ensure a harmonized
and synchronous implementation effort by
Members;
• To ensure that in the planning,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of the regional and national
strategic/operating plans, the scientific and
technical programmes of the Organization,
the particular needs, capabilities and
priorities of the various Regions are
recognized and considered
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To foster strengthening the role and operation
of NMHSs at the national and regional levels
to enable them to fulfill their mandates and
provide adequate response to emerging
challenges;
To identify Member’s needs for the provision of
regional facilities and services through
continuation and monitoring of existing
Regional Centres and establishment of new
Centres, as appropriate;
• To promote establishing and maintaining links and
partnerships with relevant regional and subregional organizations, inter-governmental and
economic groupings in the Regions
• To contribute to the resource mobilization,
establishment and implementation of regional
and sub-regional capacity development
projects
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To facilitate broad use of the expertise available
at national and regional level through transfer of
knowledge and know-how from the developed
to the developing parts of the Regions;
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To promote and establish pilot projects in the
Regions aimed at building the capacity of
developing countries as a collaborative effort
between RAs and TCs.
Congress urged Members to contribute to the
maximum extent possible to the Programme
during the sixteenth financial period including
support to Regional Offices and WMO Offices
in the Regions through secondments and other
appropriate means;
Congress requested the presidents of RAs to
maintain strong liaison and ensure inter-regional
cooperation and consistency on regional priorities,
programmes and projects which cross regional
borders
Congress requested the presidents of TCs to provide advice
relating to the needs of RAs and consider the priorities
stated by the RAs in the development of the programmes
and projects of the respective TCs;
Congress requested the Secretary-General to review, in
consultation with the presidents of RAs concerned, the
current set-up of the WMO Regional Offices and WMO
Offices in the Regions and propose measures for
improving their effectiveness and efficiency, including
appropriate relocations, within available resources.
Options for future efficiencies
(RA I-MG)
 Implement cost saving measures outlined by the SecretaryGeneral in budget submission
• tele-conferences, use of internet tools, etc.
 Trust Fund Projects or other Voluntary contributions
 Further economies in constituent body sessions
 Consider some restructuring in DRA Office
 Delay recruitment of staff (decrease cost and effectiveness)
Options for future efficiencies (cont)
 Increased in-kind support for field offices
 Consider relocation of Geneva Staff to the Regions
 Possible secondments or movement of a field office
 Work with RO, TCs, Program offices, cross regions for
better coordination of meetings, leveraging WG and
OPAG meetings, prioritization of activities
South-South Cooperation
• 1974: a special unit established by UN GA
within UNDP to promote “Technical
Cooperation among Developing Countries
(TCDC)”
• 1978: strengthened to promote, coordinate
and support South-South and Triangular
cooperation globally and within the United
Nations system.
• 1999: Cg noted that the VCP is an
appropriate mechanism for the promotion
and support of TCDC, especially for the
delivery of assistance to LDCs and SIDS
• Sept 2010: JIU visited UN Agencies,
including WMO on their South-South
Cooperation and Triangular Coop activities
- Mainstreaming of South-South cooperation (SSC) into the
Programme of Work of the organization
- Financing of SSC activities
- Cooperation/coordination with other UN and international
organizations
- Participation in SSC focal point network
- Capacity building and training programmes for SSC
International Training Seminar on
“South-South Cooperation on Weather and Climate”
8-12 November 2010, RTC Nanjing, China
• Confirmed the overall objective of SouthSouth Cooperation as the means to
exchange resources, technology and
knowledge between developing countries
• Called for greater South-South cooperation
in order to address the peculiar challenges
which are dominant in the developing
nations
• 2011: Cg-XVI urged Members to support
INTAD initiative with the support of the
Secretariat.
• SSC status
Lack of internal support structure
Weak reporting mechanisms
Conclusions
• The RP shall contribute to all Expected Results of
the WMO Strategic Plan and Operating Plan
(2012-2015) with particular focus on Strategic
Thrust 3: “Strengthening capacity-building”, and
ER 6: “Enhanced capabilities of NMHSs, in
particular in developing countries and least
developed countries, to fulfil their mandates”;
• http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/regional_offic
es.php
• Need to designate a Secretariat Focal
Point for South-South Cooperation
D/RAP (proposed)
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