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Meeting Objectives

The THORPEX-Africa Meeting, held in Geneva from May 8-11, 2012, aimed to discuss the current status of implementation since the last regional committee meeting in July 2008. Key topics included progress on HIW case studies, challenges faced by regional members and national focal points, and strategies for enhancing engagement and progressing forward. The meeting emphasized feasible activities involving meteorological services, regional centers, and academic communities in Africa, as well as the need for resource mobilization and better endorsement of THORPEX initiatives at national and regional levels.

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Meeting Objectives

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  1. Meeting Objectives Aïda Diongue Niang ANACIM/ Senegal Met Service Co-Chair THORPEX-Africa THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012

  2. Discuss the actual status of Implementation • Last proper regional committee meeting was held in July… 2008 What has been done so far, particularly regarding HIW case studies and Information system? What are difficulties encountered ? The involvement of the RC members ? The national focal points? THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012

  3. New members of the Regional Committee: 5/9 Redefineinvolvement of RC members THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012

  4. Actions to move forward • Feasible activities involving both Met services, Regional centres and academic communities in Africa but also synergies with: • THORPEX working groups • Relevant programs: e.g. SWFDP, AMMA, GEO, CLimDev, VigiRISC , Afclix, Africa Initiative • NWP centres • Set of activities in templates to provide to Met Services and to be used as basis of research activities THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012

  5. Strategy of better endorsement and resource mobilization • Whatstrategy to develop to have THORPEX betterendorsedat national level? Regionallevel? • Whatsynergies to developwith relevant programes and NWP centres? • How WMO can help for resourcemobilization? • Whatconcrete actions to undertake for resourcemobilization? THORPEX-Africa meeting Geneva May 8-11 2012

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