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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

GENEVA, 2003

CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 2004-2007

Secretary-General's Proposals

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Cg-XIV/Doc. 8(1) (31.X.2002)

ITEM 8

Original: ENGLISH

CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMME AND BUDGET2004-2007

(Submitted by the Secretary-General)

DECISION REQUIRED:

Congress is invited to consider the Secretary-General's estimates for the fourteenth financial period and approve the draft resolution presented in Appendix B.

Appendices: A. Draft text for inclusion in the general summary of Cg-XIV

B. Draft Resolution 8/1 (Cg-XIV) - Maximum expenditures for the fourteenth financial period

C. Consolidated programme and budget 2004-2007 - Secretary-General's proposals.

Cg-XIV/Doc. 8(1 ), APPENDIX A

DRAFT TEXT FOR INCLUSION IN THE GENERAL SUMMARY OF Cg-XIV

8. CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 2004-2007 (agenda item 8)

8.1 Congress considered the programme and budget proposed by the Secretary-General for the fourteenth financial period (2004-2007). Under the present agenda item, Congress considered and decided on the broad expenditure levels for various programmes and parts of the budget. The detailed discussions of various scientific and technical programmes and other activities, and the decisions of Congress thereon, were recorded under the appropriate agenda ite.ms.

[Article 3 of the WMO Financial Regulations requires the Secretary-General to prepare estimates of income and expenditures for each financial period and to submit these to all Members at least six months prior to the opening of Congress.]

8.2 Congress noted that the budgetary proposals for the fourteenth financial period were coordinated with the draft Sixth WMO Long-term Plan with the full collaboration of the Executive Council, regional associations, technical commissions and other scientific and technical bodies. Taking into account the advantages of the single and seamless planning and budgeting process, Congress approved that results-based budgeting be adopted for the fourteenth financial period. Furthermore, it was noted that the structure of the budget document and the programme priorities reflected in the Secretary-General's proposals had been prepared following the priorities established by the Executive Council at its fifty-third and fifty-fourth sessions .... (to be completed by Congress)

[The Secretary-General's estimates for the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007 are presented in Appendix C to this document. The report of the Executive Council on the estimates presented by the Secretary-Genera/ at EC-LIV is presented in Cg-XJV!Doc. 8(2) under the same agenda item. In response to recommendations of EC-LIV (refer to Cg-X/V!Doc. 8(2)), ........... .... ]

8.3 Congress examined the proposed structure of the Secretariat for the fourteenth financial period. lt authorized the Secretary-General to arrange that in the best way possible within the financial limitations imposed by the approved maximum expenditure and taking into account the decisions of Congress and the Executive Council on staff matters. Congress decided that, consistent with the results-based budgeting methodology, the maximum expenditure level, rather than a numeric limitation for staff, was to be considered as the effective limit of the staffing level.

Cg-XIV/Doc. 8(1 ), APPENDIX B

Draft resolution

Resolution 8/1 (Cg-XIV) - MAXIMUM EXPENDITURES FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL

PERIOD

THE CONGRESS,

NOTING:

(1) Article 23 of the WMO Convention,

(2) Article 4 of the Financial Regulations of the Organization,

AUTHORIZES the Executive Council during the fourteenth financial period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2007:

(1) To incur expenditures of ..................... Swiss francs, (SFR ......... ), the division of such expenditures into parts being shown in the annex to this resolution;

(2) To approve biennial appropriations within these limits;

FURTHER AUTHORIZES the Executive Council to incur any necessary expenditures additional to the sum stated above, resulting from:

(1) Any unanticipated increases in Secretariat staff salaries and allowances over and above ......... per cent per annum as from 1 May 2003, consequent to changes in the United Nations salaries and allowances, if the Executive Council is satisfied that they cannot reasonably be met without affecting adversely the programmes approved by Congress;

(2) Any substantial increase in inflation estimates over and above the . . . . . . . . . per cent per annum as from 1 May 2003 to the extent that the Executive Council is satisfied that they cannot reasonably be met by economies within the approved budget.

Annex: 1

Cg-XIV/Doc. 8(1 ), APPENDIX B, p. 2

ANNEX

Annex to draft Resolution 8/1 (Cg-XIV)

MAXIMUM EXPENDITURE FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD

(Thousands of Swiss francs)

Revenue Expenditures

xxxxxx.o 1. Policy-making organs xxxx.o

2. Executive management XXXXX.O

3. Scientific and technical programmes:

3.0 Overall coordination of the scientific and technical

programmes XXXXX.O

3.1 World Weather Watch Programme xxxxx.o

3.2 World Climate Programme xxxxx.o

3.3 Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme XX XXX.O

3.4 Applications of Meteorology Programme XXXXX.O

3.5 Hydrology and Water Resources Programme XXXXX.O

3.6 Education and Training Programme xxxxx.o

3.7 Technical Cooperation Programme xxxx.o

3.8 Regional Programme xxxxx.o

Sub-total Part 3 XXXXXX.O

4. Linguistic, Publication and Conference Services XX XXX.O

5. Resource management xxxxx.o

6. Other budgetary provisions xxxx.o

7. Acquisition of capital assets - Headquarters building xxxx.o

XXXXXX.O TOTAL xxxxxx.o

CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMME AND BUDGET

2004-2007

Secretary-General's proposals

{Cg-XIV/Doc. 8{1 ), APPENDIX C)

{Agenda item 8)

CONTENTS

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... .

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET PARTS 1 to 7 ...................................................................................................... 23

Part 1. Policy-making organs........................................................................................................................ 25

Part 2. Executive management..................................................................................................................... 31

Part 3. Scientific and technical programmes .............................................................................................. 37

3.0 Overall coordination of the scientific and technical programmes.............................................. 39

3.1 World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme . ............................................................. .............. 45

3.2 World Climate Programme (WCP)............................................................................................ 69

3.3 Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme (AREP) .......................... ...................... 88

3.4 Applications of Meteorology Programme (AMP)....................................................................... 99

3.5 Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)............................................................ 112

3.6 Education and Training (ETR) Programme.............................................................................. 125

3.7 Technical Cooperation Programme (TCO) ............................................................................... 135

3.8 Regional Programme................................................................................................................ 143

Part 4. linguistic, Publication and Conference Services........................................................................... 149

4.1 Linguistic Services and Publications ........................................................................................ 150

4.2 Conference, Printing and Distribution Services........................................................................ 155

Part 5. Resource management..................................................................................................................... 159

Part 6. Other budgetary provisions ... ... .... .. .. .. .... .. . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ... . . . .. . . ... .. .. ..... ...... .. ... .. .. . . . . . . . . ....... ..... .. .. .. .... 168

Part 7. Acquisition of capital assets- Headquarters building.................................................................. 170

ANNEXES............................................................................................................................................................. 171

A. Explanation of the budget options................................................................................................................... 173

B. Budgeting methodology used for the preparation of the Secretary-General's programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . ... .. .. ... . .. . . . . ... .. .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . ... 175

C. Analysis of estimates by objects of expenditure ................. ................. ...... ...................................... ............... 178

D. Number of established posts........................................................................................................................... 180

ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................................................................ 182

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. The programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007, which are contained in this document, give estimates of expenditures to be incurred in carrying out the programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during the first four years of the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan (6L TP) 1 (2004-2011 ).

2. At the fifty-third session of the Executive Council, the discussion on the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period mainly concentrated on an overview of some basic policy questions and on the provision of general guidance to the Secretary-General for the preparation of the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period. In accordance with this guidance and in order to ensure the consistency in priority setting between the 6L TP and the programme and budget for the fourteenth financial period, the preparation of the Secretary-General's proposals has been simultaneous and coordinated with the development of the 6L TP; in particular, the programme and budget proposals reflect the goals and objectives of the 6LTP. The WMO vision, desired outcomes, strategies and associated goals in the 6L TP served as the basis for the preparation of the proposals.

EC-LIV guidance for the preparation of the programme and budget proposals

3. In accordance with Article 3.4 of the WMO Financial Regulations, the Executive Council examined the Secretary-General's proposals for the fourteenth financial period at its fifty-fourth session. A number of members expressed their deep concern about the negative impact on all areas of WMO activities caused by not increasing the budget. There was a general recognition that neither the current assessed contributions of SFR 248 800 000 nor the enhanced figure of SFR 252 300 000 would be adequate to pursue programmes wanted by Members. At the same time, many members expressed equal concern about the affordability of any increase in assessed contributions. Having discussed the options presented by the Secretary-General, the Executive Council expressed its wish: (i) to at least maintain, as far as possible, the current level of programme delivery; (ii) to reflect the areas of priority through the relative allocation of funds; and (iii) to take into account the affordability of costs involved.

4. Considering the needs and constraints with respect to programme delivery and affordability for the programme and budget for the fourteenth financial period, the Executive Council recommended for consideration by Cg-XIV the following two options to be funded from the assessed contributions:

(i) SFR 253 800 000 ("Option A" in the programme and budget proposals); and

(ii) SFR 258 800 000 ("Option B" in the programme and budget proposals): consistent with results-based budgeting, the proposed programmes under this option should clearly identify the additional outputs and benefits.

5. The Executive Council also provided guidance on the relative proportion in which budgetary resources should be allocated among Major Programmes in Part 3 - Scientific and Technical Programmes. The Secretary-General took fully into account that guidance in preparing the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period.

6. Recognizing the importance of support to the scientific and technical programmes from budget Part 4 -Linguistic, Publication and Conference Services, and Part 5 - Resource Management, and in order to ensure appropriate support to Members, the Executive Council agreed that resources allocated to those budget parts should not be further reduced.

7. Details of the EC-LIV guidance are provided in Document Cg-XIV/Doc. 8(2).

Key programme areas and programme structure

8. The Secretary-General used the programme structure agreed upon by EC-LIII as the basis for the preparation of the proposals for the fourteenth financial period. Special attention in resource allocation was

1 Referred to throughout this document as a source of additional information on programme activities and outlooks, the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan (or 6L TP) is at present in draft form. lt is submitted to Fourteenth Congress (Cg-XIV) for adoption concurrently with the programme and budget proposals.

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also paid to the following key programme areas that should receive greater emphasis in the fourteenth financial period:

(a) Contribution to the protection of life and property, especially disaster prevention and mitigation;

(b) Climate change and its impacts;

(c) Development of NMHSs and provision of services for socio-economic benefits; and

(d) Hydrology and water resources.

9. These key priority areas will be addressed within the following programme structure composed of eight major scientific and technical programmes:

(a) World Weather Watch Programme;

(b} World Climate Programme;

(c) Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme;

(d) Application for Meteorology Programme;.

(e) Hydrology and Water Resources Programme;

(f) Education and Training Programme;

(g) Technical Cooperation Programme; and

(h) Regional Programme.

10. As regards the contribution to the protection of life and property, especially disaster prevention and mitigation, the most significant input will be made by the WWW Programme- the first priority Programme of WMO. WMO and its Members will continue to develop and operate the unique WWW for the collection, processing, distribution and exchange of weather and climate information and warnings. The implementation of WWW and the Programmes associated with it, such as the Tropical Cyclone and Emergency Response Programmes, will ensure WMO's contribution to societal needs in the mitigation and warning of natural and technological disasters. The Hydrology and Water Resources Programme should make a major contribution to the improvement of flood forecasting and warning, particularly through the development of a global network of Flood Warning Centres. Support to delivery, by Members and/or designated centres, of accurate and reliable warnings in a timely manner will be provided also by the Public Weather Services Programme and by other components of the Application Meteorological Programme. A number of other Programmes, including the World Weather Research Programme, World Climate Applications and Services Programme, and the Global Atmosphere Watch will provide scientific and methodological input, as well as additional data availability.

11. The issue of climate change and its impacts will be addressed primarily through the implementation of the World Climate Programme. WMO will fulfil its responsibilities with respect to the coordination of international climate-related activities under the Climate Agenda, including the GOOS, and interactions with the IPCC assessments. WMO will support Members in meeting their commitments under multilateral environmental agreements, such as the UNFCCC and UNCCD and other environmental protection conventions.

12. The WMO scientific and technical programmes should enhance their support to development of NMHSs and provision of services for socio-economic benefits of people. The main role will be played by the Education and Training Programme. In addition, capacity building activities are included in all other Programmes. These activities are expected to result in enhanced capabilities of the NMHSs to provide beneficial services. Scientific and methodological assistance will be provided particularly through the Applications of Meteorology Programme, the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme and the World Climate Applications and Services Programme. The development of the NMHSs and services delivery will be facilitated and supported by the WWW and GAW infrastructures.

13. The Hydrology and Water Resources Programme will serve as the main vehicle to deal with the issue of water resources assessment and management. Through the activities within this and other Programmes,

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WMO will meet its commitment to address the challenge of the sustainable development of water resources in partnership with NMHSs.

Proposed resource level and allocation for the fourteenth financial period: Options A and B

14. The Secretary-General prepared the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period on the basis of SFR 253 800 000 (Option A) and SFR 258 800 000 (Option B) in accordance with the guidance of EC-LIV. Both budget options fully take into account the four key programme areas in allocating resources.

15. Table 1 summarizes the Option A proposals for the fourteenth financial period and compares them in nominal terms with the maximum expenditure for the thirteenth financial period as approved by Thirteenth Congress. Under Option A, the resources allocated to Part 3 - Scientific and technical programmes amount to SFR 139 927 100, or 55.1 per cent of the total resources, which is a higher proportion as compared to that of the approved maximum expenditure for the thirteenth financial period (53.6 per cent).

16. As· approved by EC-LIV, a number of improvements are proposed in terms of budget structure. In Part 1 - Policy-making organs, Programme 1.0.5- Secretariat support to the policy-making organs is added, budgetary provisions for which are currently included under Part 2 - Executive Management. Part 2 is divided into three programme areas, namely, Programme 2.0.1 - Executive Direction, Programme 2.0.2- General Management, and Programme 2.0.3- External Relations. Budgetary provisions for the Executive Council Working Group on Long-term Planning and the Executive Council Advisory Group on the International Exchange of Data and Products are moved from Part 1 to Major Programme 3.0 -Overall coordination of the scientific and technical programmes, in order to ensure more transparency. While conference and languages services and publications, as well as office automation and information technology, are currently included under Part 4, those functions related to office automation and information technology support have been moved from Part 4 to Part 5 - Resource Management. Part 5, previously called Administration, therefore includes management of financial, human, and information resources, as well as provision of common services. Budgetary provisions for sales and distribution of publications are moved from Part 5 to Part 4 to reflect better budgetary requirements.

17. In order to enhance budget transparency, further improvements have been introduced. The costs of the office of Director of the Applications Programme have been moved to Major Programme 3.4 - Applications for Meteorology from Major Programme 3.1 -World Weather Watch, where they were initially budgeted for the thirteenth financial period. In accordance with the priorities determined by EC-LIV, the budgetary resources for Major Programme 3.2 - World Climate Programme, Major Programme 3.5 - Hydrology and Water Resources Programme, and Major Programme 3.8 - Regional Programme, have been increased. Resources allocated to strategic planning and WMO activities on disaster prevention and mitigation have been substantially increased. Requirements for Congress and the Executive Council, internal audit and legal affairs are budgeted.

18. Table 2 summarizes the Option B proposals for the fourteenth financial period and compares them in nominal terms with the approved maximum expenditure for the thirteenth financial period. Under Option B, the resources allocated to Part 3 - Scientific and technical programmes amount to SFR 144 927 100, or 56.0 per cent of the total resources.

19. Tables 3 and 4 summarize the Options A and B proposals as well as the extrabudgetery resources for the fourteenth financial period.

Impact of the budget options

20. lt should be recalled that Thirteenth Congress, when it met in May 1999, approved a maximum expenditure for the financial period 2000-2003 which is SFR 1.8 million below "zero real growth". The approved budgets for the twelfth financial period also represented a reduction below zero real growth. This was preceded by a period of zero real growth budgets for 16 years ( 1980-1995). The cost of continuing the same volume and scope of activities in the fourteenth financial period as are supported in the thirteenth financial period (a zero real growth budget) would have required an additional amount of SFR 20 911 700.

21. If the Option A budget is adopted for the fourteenth financial period, then the volume of activities must decrease in order to absorb an inflationary increase and statutory staff cost increases during the financial period, which are estimated at SFR 19 795 900. The cost increases include an inflationary increase in programme costs estimated at SFR 4 97 4 200 and statutory increases in staff costs estimated at SFR 14 821 700. The Option A budget level (SFR 253 800 000) represents negative growth by 7.3 per cent

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in real terms. With additional resources proposed under Option B (SFR 258 800 000), the aggregate resource level corresponds to negative growth by 5.4 per cent in real terms. Consequently, neither the Option A budget, nor the resources of Option B will be sufficient to keep the same volume of activities as compared to the thirteenth financial period. A number of activities will therefore have to be reduced or discontinued even if both options are approved for the fourteenth financial period. Furthermore, both options for the fourteenth financial period require freezing of certain posts for some or all of that period.

22. The Option A budget will affect all the areas of WMO activities. The duration of Fifteenth Congress would have to be reduced to 18.5 days, instead of 20 days for Fourteenth Congress and 23 days for Thirteenth Congress. Sessions of the Executive Council, regional associations and technical commissions are budgeted for one day less and documentation needs to be further reduced by 5-10 per cent. The programme reductions to be invoked as a result of the Option A budget would have significant negative implications for attaining strategic goals linked with the WWW implementation, as well as with the World Climate Programme. lt is anticipated that less than half of the expert teams established by the Commission for Climatology would be able to meet. Furthermore, capacity building activities would be restricted typically to one-third or less of the Regions for any activity. lt would not be possible to convene the six regional technical conferences on management of hydrological services, water resources assessment and hydrological forecasting for disaster prevention. The Option A budget would result in reduced output delivery in education and training, namely, reduced production of training publications, and audio-visual materials. Resource mobilization for technical cooperation activities will be reduced to a minimum level. Other regional technical conferences, as well as regional seminars, would not be fully budgeted, and additional extrabudgetary resources would be needed for their full implementation. The service level for conferences and languages services and publications would not meet the requirement. The level of administrative support services in financial, human and information resources management will be negatively affected in terms of quality and quantity.

23. If funds under Option B were made available, then some additional activities could be implemented including WWW, TCP, AREP and PWS contributions to disaster prevention and mitigation, and early warnings; WCP, GCOS, IPCC and WCRP contributions to climate change and its impact assessments; Regional Programme, ETR and TCO activities for development of NMHSs and provision of services for the socio-economic benefits; HWR programme activities in operational hydrology and in risk management in the face of hydrological disasters. Given that the amount of resources for Parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 remain the same under Option B as under Option A, the negative impact also remains the same under both Options.

B.udgeting methodology

24. Taking into account advantages of the single and seamless planning and budgeting process, resultsbased budgeting (RBB) is adopted for the fourteenth financial period in accordance with the guidance of EC-LIII and EC-LIV. The Secretary-General's programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007 are presented in the following RBB format:

(a) The programme and budget proposals describe expected results and performance indicators, formulated on the basis of the framework and programme elements contained in the 6L TP, including: (i) overall objectives for 2004-2011 for each Major Programme; (ii) main long-term objectives for 2004-2011 for each Programme; and (iii) implementation activities for 2004-2007 for each Programme;

(b) The programme and budget proposals contain information required for strategic decision-making, namely objectives, expected results, performance indicators, project activities with description of outputs to be delivered, and resources requirements at the level of Parts and Major Programmes, supplemented by annexes containing additional information on resource allocation by objects of expenditure and staffing;

(c) At the levels of Parts and Major Programmes, both attributable staff and programme cost requirements are shown, and, at the level of Programmes, attributable programme cost requirements are indicated; and

(d) Requirements for regular budget and extrabudgetary resources are also indicated.

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Performance measurement

25. The Executive Council expressed its satisfaction with the presentation of the budget in an RBB format. However, RBB is not limited to the budget format, and performance measurement and reporting is an integral part of the RBB process. In the programme and budget proposals, performance indicators are formulated at the programme level (e.g. the Global Observing System and the Aeronautical Meteorology Programme) in order for the Secretariat to measure its performance on the implementation of the programme and budget for the fourteenth financial period in line with the budgeting methodology agreed upon by EC-LIII. In this context, it should be recalled that, in addition to those performance indicators, the Executive Council agreed to develop a set of key performance indicators (KPis) or measures against which the Council will measure the progress of the programme and budget implementation in relation to the nine strategies of the 6LTP.

26. EC-LIV recognized the importance of performance measurement and reporting in the RBB process and agreed that the nine KPis should be used by the Executive Council and Congress to measure the Secretariat's performance in programme and budget implementation for the fourteenth financial period. lt was suggested that the monitoring of the implementation of the programme and budget for 2004-2007 could be performed by a working group to be established by EC-LV for the monitoring of the 6L TP. The targets to be used for performance measurement and reporting should be set by the Executive Council, based on proposals by the Secretary-General, the technical commissions and regional associations. The nine KPis and their corresponding strategies are shown after the budgetary tables.

POLICY-MAKING ORGANS

27. Congress is the general assembly of delegates representing Members and, as such, is the supreme body of the Organization. The Executive Council, as the executive body of the Organization, is responsible to Congress for the coordination of the programmes of the Organization and for the utilization of its budgetary resources in accordance with the decisions of Congress. lt is expected that Congress, the Executive Council and its subsidiary bodies will strengthen the established core activities and responsibilities of NMHSs in support of the national, regional and global needs and obligations of Members; and will also harness the potential of meteorology and hydrology to contribute to capacity building and sustainable development within the framework of Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), related international conventions and agreements such as those on the Protection of the Ozone Layer, on Climate Change, on Desertification and on the Sustainable Development of Small Island States; as well as the plan of implementation of the recently-concluded World Summit on Sustainable Development.

28. The offices of the Deputy Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General, under the guidance of the Secretary-General, exercise leadership in the preparation for sessions of the World Meteorological Congress, sessions of the Executive Council, regional associations and technical commissions, including preparation of programme and budget proposals in coordination with the WMO Long-term Plan. Assistance will be provided to address the challenges and opportunities associated with technology development, modernization of NMHSs, globalization and other key issues which could have an impact on the international aspects of meteorological and hydrological services.

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

29. In the programme and budget proposals for 2004-2007, the functions of the executive management are classified and budgeted under the following three areas: Executive direction, general management (namely the management function of running the Secretariat), and external relations. The Office of External Relations coordinates WMO activities relating to the United Nations, other international organizations, external relations and Information and Public Affairs.

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES

30. The WMO Programmes are designed to support implementation of the nine strategies with associated goals, as adopted in the draft Sixth WMO Long-term Plan for the period 2004-2011. The eight major Programmes focus on two principal needs: to improve meteorological and hydrological services through strengthening the core activities of NMHSs and to establish an improved scientific basis for, and to contribute

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to, sustainable development. The Programmes include new areas and further development of ongoing high priority activities that support NMHSs in carrying out their functions to support their own national social and economic needs, including integrated activities in the areas of disaster prevention and mitigation, to develop an effective mechanism to provide the WMO coordinated response to the requirements and needs of Members and the international community concerning disaster reduction.

31. The Programmes are designed to assist all Members to provide, and benefit from, a wide range of meteorological, hydrological and related environmental services and to address present and emerging problems. The Programmes are thus based heavily on the sharing of meteorological, hydrological and other environmental data, analysis, forecasts and warnings; the sharing of skills and methodology; the pooling of resources; collaborative research and development; technical assistance; and cooperation with other international agencies. Priorities and strategic orientation in the programme activities for the fourteenth financial period are described in the following paragraphs.

World Weather Watch {WWW) Programme

32. Over the years, Members under the aegis of WMO have developed plans and programmes to facilitate worldwide cooperation in the establishment of networks of observation stations for making meteorological, hydrological and related observations and for ensuring their rapid exchange. WMO was seen as a unique instrument for the mobilization of universal support for the launching of the WWW. The system operates on a 24-hour basis through the integrated efforts of the network of NMSs of all WMO Members. The WWW Programme coordinates the collection, processing and dissemination of standardized meteorological data and information from a constellation of over 10 polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites. There are 10 000 land-based stations, 1 000 upper-air stations, 7 300 ships, 300 moored buoys, 600 drifting buoys, as well as 3 000 aircraft flights which provide over 70 000 additional observations daily. In order to provide for meteorological and related services on a global and regional scale, Member countries have agreed to maintain and operate a unique network of three World Meteorological Centres, 34 Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres and 185 National Meteorological Centres. The WWW Programme continues to be the basic and highest priority programme of the Organization and will continue to put priority on capacitybuilding activities to avail of technological advances to enhance the WWW components, especially in developing countries.

33. Under the Global Observing System (GOS), efforts will continue to improve and optimize global systems for observing the state of the atmosphere and the ocean surface, in the most effective and efficient manner. Implementation components of the programme will include standardization of observing techniques and practices, and their improvement including the redesign, optimum planning and the implementation of redesigned observational networks on a regional basis; performance assessment of the global network including the atmospheric network of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). Assistance will be provided to Members, particularly developing countries and countries with economies in transition, in their efforts to address deficiencies in their national observing networks. Guidance will be provided for the assessment of cost effectiveness, long-term sustainability and innovative collaboration arrangements between NMHSs related to operations of the GOS.

34. The Global Telecommunication System (GTS) will continue to provide the telecommunication services for the timely and secure collection, and exchange of observational data (particularly GOS data) and the distribution of processed information from GDPS and other related centres. The implementation of the programme will require efforts to enhance the structure, organization and implementation of WMO datacommunication networks and systems to form the backbone of the Future WMO Information System (FWIS) at the global, regional and national levels and to support an improved exchange and distribution of meteorological data, products and related information. lt is planned that the GTS will be upgraded through exploiting new technical and economic opportunities, including use of standard advanced information and communication technologies and of modern cost-effective data communication services from telecom providers. With the increasing pressure on radio-frequency bands used for meteorological and related environmental applications, coordination and participation in the relevant ITU activities will continue to be required.

35. The Global Data-processing System (GDPS) is the network of meteorological centres which generates weather and climate analyses, forecasts, advisories, warnings and specialized forecast products. Implementation of the programme will include continued enhancement of the quality and use of the numerical weather prediction (NWP) output from the short-range up to multi-season timescale, as well as development and operational application of PC-based post-processing tools for the generation of forecast products. Increased use of workstation and PC versions of limited domain regional/local NWP models and

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NWP output driven application models in developing countries will be promoted. Support to developing countries will be provided for the further development and sustainability of their GDPS functions, including emerging centres with international responsibility. lt is expected that capabilities of the less developed national WWW centres will be enhanced for the assimilation and analysis of data from major centres and the generation of value-added products.

36. The WWW Data Management (WWWDM) will continue to develop and coordinate the support functions needed, including data formats and codes, for an orderly and efficient overall management of meteorological data and products. lt will also coordinate the monitoring of the operations of the WWW to improve the availability and quality of data and products. Implementation activities will include the development and introduction of FWIS to ensure more efficient collection and dissemination of meteorological and related data and information, automated monitoring functions and quality control procedures. The use of table-driven codes as the primary formats for the worldwide exchange of meteorological and related observations and NWP products will be expanded.

37. The WWW System Support Activities (SSA) will provide technical advice and support, especially to NMHSs in developing countries, in order to assist in achieving the most effective and efficient implementation and sustainable operation of the WWW. The implementation components will include provision of technical advice on the development and implementation of strategic plans for strengthening and operating the WWW in selected Regions in collaboration with the Technical Cooperation and the Education and Training Programmes, and the Regional Offices. The programme also provides the information services on the operation of the WWW required by the Members.

38. The Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP) will continue to organize the necessary studies, and instrument calibration and intercomparisons to ensure accuracy and to guarantee long-term stability of the observing systems used in the GOS. The implementation components of the programme will include technology transfer and capacity building activities in the field of instruments and methods of observation through technical conferences and training workshops; assistance to developing countries for the application of adequate cost-effective observing equipment; training of technicians; and enhancing the performance of Regional Instrument Centres (RIGs). Collaboration with the instrument equipment industry will be further enhanced.

39. In the development of the WMO Space Programme, an important focus will be the implementation of the new WMO Strategy to Improve Satellite System Utilization, using, among other things, contributions from focused science groups and applying modern technologies for education and training purposes. Following recognition of the contribution of the data from the research and development environmental satellites, the space-based component of the WWW Global Observing System is being expanded to include appropriate missions of research and development satellites. This will provide for an increasingly important addition to the observations made by operational environmental satellites.

40. The Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP) would place emphasis on assistance to Members in their efforts to mitigate tropical cyclone disasters. The main long-term objectives of the TCP are to assist Members in upgrading the capabilities of NMHSs to provide better forecasts and more effective warnings of tropical cyclone, related flood and storm surge, to encourage Members to establish national disaster prevention and preparedness measures; and to coordinate the further development and implementation of comprehensive regional cooperation programmes. The implementation activities will mainly consist of planning and implementing activities related to the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) towards mitigating tropical cyclone disasters and the promotion of capacity building in NMHSs.

41. The Emergency Response Activities (ERA) will assist NMHSs and relevant international organizations to respond effectively to environmental emergencies with large-scale transboundary air pollution, caused in particular by possible nuclear or chemical accidents, volcanic eruptions, and land fires, through the provision of specialized GDPS products by designated RSMCs, the development and implementation of procedures for the provision and exchange of specific observational data, and of related training support for users. Eight WMO Specialized Centres that track and predict the transboundary movements of the offensive substances play a crucial role.

42. The WMO Antarctic Activities (WMOAA) programme will coordinate meteorological activities in Antarctica carried out by Members and groups of Members. Implementation components of the programme will include maintenance of the Antarctic basic synoptic network (ABSN) composed of manned and automatic stations and improvement of observing networks over the Antarctic through additional observations from aircraft, ships and drifting buoys and a wider use of satellite capabilities for data collection

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and distribution; provision of regular and timely data exchange in real time scale and support to non-real data exchange for climatological purposes.

World Climate Programme (WCP)

43. The leading role played by WMO in the implementation of the WCP will continue to enable the Organization to provide an authoritative scientific voice on climate and climate change. WMO establishes and maintains the standards for the collection, quality control and archiving of climate data. Under the guidance of the Commission for Climatology, climate data were originally confined primarily to those measures also needed for weather forecasting. However, recognition has grown in the past two decades that an understanding of the slower, climate scale processes require comprehensive measurements from all domains of the Earth system, in particular, atmosphere, ocean and land, including the Earth's freshwater and cryosphere. WMO has continued to enhance its capabilities in these areas through the expansion of its own observing programmes and through the building of partnerships with organizations having specific capabilities in, for example, ocean measurements and observations from space. lt is also a natural extension of WMO's role in providing the underlying structures for weather forecasting to augment those structures to encompass the requirements for forecasting on scales out to seasons and beyond and, through its support for climate research, for developing projections of climate change on decadal scales or longer.

44. Within the framework of institutional support to the WCP, the Secretariat will continue to initiate and coordinate activities in areas of data collection, climate research, applications and training, and mobilize necessary national and international resources. There is an increasing recognition that the impacts of climate change cascade down through all timescales. lt will be important, therefore, for WMO to place further emphasis on the ability of climate services to contribute to the economic, societal and environmental well being of its Members most affected by climate change. This will require NMHSs, through the supporting framework of the Commission for Climatology, to explore new opportunities to participate in, and where possible to contribute to, climate-related research and development, capacity building and infrastructure development. Programme application will focus on a few essential areas, e.g. food and agriculture, water resources, human health and energy. Within the WMO institutional framework, efforts will be made to improve the effectiveness of, and cooperation between, Commissions and regional mechanisms in climaterelated areas.

45. In terms of coordination of activities within the Climate Agenda, emphasis will be put on further raising WMO's profile within the United Nations system on climate and environment-related matters. This will be achieved in particular through collaboration in mutual areas of interest with the Conventions dealing with Climate Change, with Desertification and with Biodiversity. Special attention will be devoted to the continuous participation in the development and implementation of the Climate Agenda, including its contribution to Agenda 21, and to the follow-up from the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

46. The Secretariat will continue to provide Members with regular information on the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements associated with climate change and the preparation of documentation on their views and needs concerning research and observational issues related to these agreements. Guidance will be provided on the work of IPCC and the governing mechanisms of environmental agreements. The programme also includes arrangements for the continuing support to the functioning of the IPCC by WMO.

47. WMO will continue to collaborate with its partners in the planning of observing networks being coordinated under the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). The major implementation activities will include the setting of standards for quality control and archiving of climate observations from GCOS-defined networks and the distribution of observations from those networks, special efforts to ensure continued operation and improved performance of atmospheric observing systems and systems for obtaining oceanographic data, and terrestrial networks. With the support of international and multilateral funding sources, a programme of regional workshops will be implemented to improve climate observing systems in developing countries.

48. The World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP), will give greater attention to developing comprehensive climate data management systems with GIS capabilities and to ensuring that high-quality data from global observing systems for climate are readily available to WMO Members in suitable formats. The Secretariat will coordinate the provision of climate data and datasets for the preparation and dissemination of expert assessments and summaries, such as the annual WMO statements on the status of the global climate, climate system reviews, monitoring of climate anomalies and reports on climate change detection, for use by Members and by the IPCC process; the further development and implementation of climate database management systems, with continuing support to CLICOM; and

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assistance in technology transfer and capacity building activities in using computer technology for climate data management and data rescue.

49. The World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP) will assist WMO Members to develop climate services with special emphasis placed on services for national sustainable development and for devising methods of adapting to, and mitigating, the adverse impacts of climate change and its variations. The Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS) will be the vehicle for much of the programme development and implementation. Assistance will be provided to Members in building their capacity to interact with various sectoral users and to promote the application of cost/benefit analyses related to climate services in various sectors, including the organization of training workshops and sequences of roving seminars, using seconded experts and the provision of specialized guidance material.

50. WMO will continue its strong support for climate research through the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). The demands for confident and more quantitatively accurate projections of climate variability and change will continue to increase. The overall priorities for the next financial period will be the assessment of the nature and predictability of seasonal to interdecadal variations of the climate system at the global and regional scales and providing the scientific basis for operational predictions of these variations; detecting climate change and attributing causes, and projecting the magnitude and rate of humaninduced climate change, regional variations, and related sea-level rise. WCRP will respond to the research needs of the IPCC, UNFCCC and other climate-related Conventions, and of the other components of the World Climate Programme in the framework of the Climate Agenda.

Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme (AREP)

51. The Programme coordinates and stimulates the research activities of Members in atmospheric and related sciences, supports operational programmes and provides information critical for international conventions on major atmospheric environment problems such as stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain and climate change.

52. The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) is to serve as a long-term atmospheric monitoring system and to provide scientific assessment capabilities to understand atmospheric composition changes and their effects on climate, urban environments and ecosystems. The GAW implementation components will include the enhancement of the GAW network of monitoring stations; the development and implementation of a strategy for three-dimensional monitoring of the atmospheric composition; the improvements in availability, quality and the use of GAW data; and the further development of activities in the field of atmospheric urban air quality. lt is planned to continue stratospheric ozone assessments with the next one due in 2006, to develop a capacity for scientific assessments of other atmospheric constituents; and to ensure regular intercomparisons of total ozone instruments. The Secretariat will ensure the better coordination of joint activities of the GAW with other relevant international and national organizations and programmes, as well as the increase of the visibility of WMO as the leading organization in the field of the atmospheric environment.

53. The World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) will promote the development and application of improved weather forecasting techniques, with emphasis on high-impact events. The programme projects will emphasize a comprehensive approach involving all timescales associated with weather prediction, and will ensure that the benefits of research advances are widely shared among nations. The implementation will include identification of new types of weather events where multinational research collaboration is likely to lead to improved prediction; development and application of methods for assessing the cost-benefits and societal implications of improved forecasts of high-impact weather events; capacity building activities to transfer weather forecasting accuracy improvements; and promotion of the research activities in all forecasting ranges from nowcasting to seasonal.

54. Capacity building is an integral part of AREP. These efforts are particularly important in the Tropical Meteorology Research Programme (TMRP) designed to promote and coordinate research activities of Members in high priority areas such as tropical cyclone land falling, and prediction of monsoons and droughts. This will be done through implementation of projects focussing on research studies by Members' relevant scientific institutions, as well as on the application of limited-area modelling to tropical countries.

55. WMO will continue to implement the Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research Programme, with a view to promote basic research in this area and encourage the application of research results particularly to weather prediction, weather modification and to activities related to atmospheric composition and pollution.

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Applications of Meteorology Programme (AMP)

56. The purpose of the AMP is to facilitate the application of meteorology, particularly in the protection of life and property, safeguarding the environment and contributing to sustainable development. The programme includes a component aimed at assisting NMHSs in improving weather services to the general public and in developing guidelines on how best to use these services. The programme also includes the application of meteorology through the provision of services to agriculture, air navigation, in support of the safety of life and property at sea. Institutional support to the AMP is needed to increase its visibility and facilitate collaboration with other WMO Programmes and regional associations. The programme comprises the following four components: Public Weather Service Programme (PWSP); Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP); Aeronautical Meteorology Programme (AeMP); and the Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme (MMOP)2

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57. The Public Weather Services Programme (PWS) is to assist Members to provide reliable and effective weather and related services in support of safety of life and the protection of property, as well as for general welfare and the well being of their people. Implementation components will include enhancement of utilization, by NMSs of tools and techniques to achieve widespread availability of information, assistance in capacity building in NMSs by providing guidance on strategies of professional development, and organizing training and roving seminars and workshops on PWS with a special emphasis on public safety and the importance of effective delivery of services, as part of WMO's overall disaster mitigation and prevention efforts.

58. The purpose of the Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) is to assist Members in the provision of meteorological and related services to the agricultural community to help develop sustainable and economically-viable agricultural systems. The main emphases are to improve production and quality, reduce losses and risks, increase efficiency in the use of water (especially on semi-arid and drought-prone lands), labour and energy, conserve natural resources, combat drought and desertification and decrease pollution by agricultural chemicals or other agents that contribute to the degradation of the environment. Implementation will include the organization of regional workshops and training activities, the preparation of guidance material and publications in order to improve agrometeorological services; to develop agrometeorological data support systems, including the use of GIS and remote sensing for sustainable land management and agroclimatic zoning; and to promote evaluation studies of impacts of climate change, climate variability and extreme events on agricultural production. Support will continue to be given to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and its Secretariat.

59. The purpose of the Aeronautical Meteorology Programme (AeMP) is to assist Members, through an internationally coordinated programme, in their efforts to further the application of meteorology to aviation including improvements to the provision of operational meteorological information to ensure the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation, and to the provision of meteorological assistance and expertise to non-real time aviation activities. The implementation of the programme will include the organization of specialized training events. Emphasis will be placed on the development of aviation-tailored products from NWP products, in particular WAFS broadcast products, on nowcasting and very short-range forecasting techniques on the use of radar and satellite imagery in meteorological services to aviation, and on guidance on meteorological cost recovery services. Updating the international standards and recommended practices contained in the WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49), Volume 11 will be coordinated with ICAO. Actions will be taken to increase the number of AMDAR data globally exchanged in support of WMO Programmes, and in particular the WWW.

60. The purpose of the Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme (MMOP) is the provision of data, information and services in support of the safety of life and property at sea, the protection of the marine environment, and the efficient management of marine resources, based on the collection and integrated management of marine meteorological and oceanographic data. The implementation will include promotion and coordination of continuing improvement in marine meteorological and oceanographic services; development and maintenance of the global marine meteorological and oceanographic observing system; implementation of a fully integrated marine meteorological· and oceanographic data management and archival system; and development, updating and enhanced exchange of information, regulatory and guidance material relating to marine meteorology and oceanography. To implement this activity, fully updated and/or new regulatory and technical guidance materials for operational marine meteorology and oceanography will be developed through a coordinated (with IOC) activity by the Joint WMO/IOC Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM).

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Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)

61. The overall objective of the HWRP is to apply hydrology to meet the needs for sustainable development and use of water and related resources; to the prevention and mitigation of water-related disasters; and to ensure effective environmental management at the national and international levels. The activities of HWRP will concentrate on the measurement of basic hydrological elements from networks of hydrological and meteorological stations; the collection, processing, storage, retrieval and publication of hydrological data, including data on the quantity and quality of both surface water and groundwater; the provision of such data and related information for use in planning and operating water resources projects and for monitoring the state of the world's freshwater resources; the installation and operation of hydrological forecasting systems; and the integration of meteorological and climatological information and forecasts into water resources management. A very important area of activity within the Programme will be working together with other partners on the development of a global network of Flood Warning Centres.

62. The programme on Basic Systems in Hydrology (BSH) provides the basic building blocks and framework for the majority of the scientific and technical aspects of WMO activities in hydrology and water resources. lt covers the collection, transmission and storage of data, the implementation of the Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System (HOMS), and the development of the World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS). A particular focus will be the development and updating of guidance and training material on water resources assessment methodologies for use in developing countries. lt is recognized that increasing the accuracy and volume of the information being collected and exchanged will assist in ensuring efficient management of water resources, especially where they are shared by a number of countries. WHYCOS will continue through a series of regional components and within the framework of common guidelines and standards.

63. The application of hydrological analyses and methodologies to solve a variety of hydrology and water resources problems is the purpose of the programme on Forecasting and Application in Hydrology (FAH). The programme will organize activities in support of water resources development and management, including informing and educating the public, Governments and other parties about the socio-economic benefits of understanding water related issues, hydrological disaster prevention and mitigation. The programme will also support studies of the impact of climate change on water resources and will undertake a review of operational requirements for forecasts and warnings and keep up-to-date with new technological developments. The programme will continue to be closely linked with the World Climate Programme and Tropical Cyclone Programme.

64. The main long-term objective of the programme on Sustainable Development of Water Resources (SOW) is to promote the effective use of hydrology in support of sustainable development. The implementation components will include hydrology for the conservation of water resources (promotion of strategies and preparation of frameworks and guidelines); hydrology for ecosystem protection and restoration; hydrology for economic development, and for social and cultural water uses. NHSs will be provided with guidance material on urban hydrology, the hydrology of small islands and that of arid and semi-arid regions.

65. Through the programme on Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources (CBH), WMO will assist in the development and operation of NHSs, including the education and training of their staff both at the managerial and professional level, increasing public awareness of the importance of hydrological work, and support technical cooperation activities. Implementation activities will include assistance in the institutional improvement and development of Hydrological Services through the systematic review of staff and training needs and to advise on, and support, the development of suitable training events.

66. The purpose of the programme on Water-related Issues (WRI) is to maintain WMO's important role in international activities relating to integrated water resources management, hydrological forecasting to meet societal needs, and to manage risks posed by floods and droughts. A major aspect of this programme is the Organization's collaboration with other agencies in particular within the United Nations system. In addition, it involves joint activities with international river basin commissions and collaboration with scientific and technical non-governmental organizations.

Education and Training Programme (ETRP)

67. The purpose of the ETRP is to assist Members in obtaining adequately educated and trained personnel for the continued development of their Meteorological and Hydrological Services. The Human Resources Development programme will provide the framework for assessing the present and future needs of

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Members for trained and retrained personnel and providing an objective basis for planning and setting priorities, as well as, assisting and providing advice to Members. lt will be done by designing and carrying out surveys on needs of Members for trained staff and by reviewing the WMO classification scheme for meteorological personnel. Providing support to the technical commissions and regional associations in developing their specific education and training strategies will also be part of the implementation activities.

68. Under the Training Activities programme, WMO will contribute to the training process with respect to training centres, including RMTCs, training materials, instructor and management training, and the interface between Meteorological Services and their user communities. This activity will rely primarily on the Technical Cooperation Programme for the provision of experts, equipment, financial and other resources. lt is planned to complete the first cycle of external assessment of RMTCs (eight-year cycle), conducting four regional training seminars for national instructors; two worldwide symposia on education and training; expert seminars on curriculum development, accreditation of qualifications and quality assurance; management of training institutions; and communication skills.

69. The purpose of the Education and Training Fellowships programme is to educate and train meteorological and hydrological personnel on specially tailored individual and group study training programmes. This programme includes the provision of long-term and short-term fellowships to NMHSs personnel as well as familiarization visits/study tours for senior management personnel of NMHSs. lt is expected that about 200 persons will receive basic education and training in meteorology and operational hydrology, thus qualifying to undertake appropriate responsibilities in their NMHSs. About 300 employees of NMHSs from developing countries and countries with economies in transition will be specialized in various specific domains and may apply improved knowledge in their NMHS. Some 80 senior personnel, particularly newly appointed senior managers of NMHS will be assisted through study tours to see how other NMHSs are organized and function, so that they may be inspired to undertake adequate reforms to improve the management of their own Services.

Technic.al Cooperation Programme (TCO)

70. The TCO aims at ensuring, through collaborative efforts of Members for their mutual benefit, the enhancement and development of the capabilities of the NMHSs so that they can contribute to, and participate, effectively and efficiently in the implementation of WMO Programmes, for the benefit of the global community and in support of national socio-economic development activities. Funding of TCO is received from extrabudgetary sources namely, Trust Fund arrangements, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), bilateral and multilateral cooperation, the World Bank, regional development banks, in addition to the WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) and the regular budget cooperation activities.

71. The budget proposal contained in this document concerns essentially the contribution of the regular budget to the Secretariat support for TCO, which covers support to the VCP and core activities of the Programme, specifically for staffing as well as operation and mission costs. The proposal covers the requirements for activities of the VCP, support for formulation and development of project proposals, and continuous mobilization of resources in support of the development of meteorological and hydrological services at the national, regional and global levels. The VCP Programme will concentrate on organizing annual planning meetings of potential donors for planning and coordination of support to priority VCP projects; promoting the VCP through the enhancement of the publicity and fund raising and coordination missions to potential donors and recipients; and exchanging regularly updated information related to the VCP requirements and implementation.

Regional Programme

72. The purpose of the Regional Programme is to address meteorological, hydrological and related issues which are either unique or of common concern to a Region, or group of Regions, taking into account particular local and regional situations. lt provides a framework for the implementation of the global WMO Programmes at the national, subregional and regional levels; it is linked to, and addresses issues that, cut across the other major WMO Programmes and which have particular relevance at regional levels. The programme also interacts with the relevant activities of subregional economic groupings and regional organizations in the various Regions. Through the Regional Programme, the regional associations will have a key role to play by helping to elevate the level of NMHSs in the Regions. They will also have a role to play in establishing and, through the support of the Regional Programme, in helping to maintain regional facilities with the cooperation of its Members. Such facilities include RMTCs and RSMCs.

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73. The Regional Programme contributes to regional cooperation activities especially with regard to interregional projects and programmes concerning natural disaster reduction and mitigation, drought and environmental hazards, water resources assessment and management, especially in the context of regional and subregional economic communities. lt also contributes to the new high-priority activities related to sustainable development and protection of environment promulgated in the context of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and its Agenda 21, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, as well as the implementation of the Plans for Action of relevant regional and global conferences.

74. The Programme will assist in the development of meteorological and hydrological services in the Regions through the organization of regional events, such as sessions of regional associations, regional working groups, regional seminars and workshops, technical conferences and implementation coordination meetings. Regional and subregional offices established in WMO Regions facilitate the implementation of the Regional Programme through the identification of requirements of NMHSs, in the formulation of meteorological and hydrological programmes, and in the mobilization of resources for the implementation of such programmes. They also serve to bring the Organization closer to its Members and to increase its visibility in the Regions.

LINGUISTIC, PUBLICATION AND CONFERENCE SERVICES

75. The programme support services described under Part 4 of this document cover basic Secretariat functions such as servicing sessions, conferences and meetings, including provision of conference accommodation, interpretation and documentation services, translation, proof-reading, editing, layout, typing and reproduction of documents and editing, design, typography, layout and printing of WMO publications. The support services areas respond directly to the priority efforts of the scientific and technical programmes of the Organization and, as such, the resources in this area have been put under heavy pressure to meet the new priority work and increasing demands of the programmes. The structure of the programme and organizational units is being finalized in order to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of conference, language, publication and distribution services.

linguistic services and publications

76. Despite stringent economy measures, including a substantial reduction in the volume of documentation for constituent body meetings, the overall increased demand for documentation, including that associated with the additional requirements in the Arabic and Chinese languages, has imposed a net increase on the demand for services. Documentation services in the official languages of the Organization will be provided for constituent and subsidiary body sessions, as well as for correspondence to and from the Secretariat, statements, brochures, press releases and other documentation. The Secretariat will continue to improve the quality and timeliness of documentation services covering all WMO requirements.

77. WMO publications specifically defined as mandatory publications by resolutions of Congress (including the languages in which they shall be produced) are funded through the Publications Fund. For various other publications, which result from the activities within the approved WMO Programmes, requirements are specified and funds are allocated under the relevant programmes.

Conference, printing and distribution services

78. The objective will be to provide adequate conference planning support and interpretation services, as well as management of the WMO Conference Centre. From electronic files produced in the Secretariat, it is planned to provide printing and assembly services and electronic products that meet the requirements of Members, scientific and technical programmes of the Organization; to ensure the timely distribution of WMO publications and technical documents in printed and electronic forms.

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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Finance and budget

79. Further modernization of administrative and budgetary management will be pursued to complement results-based budgeting. Internal operating processes will be simplified in order to reduce the administrative burden on programme managers and to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Secretariat. The financial system will be fully operational and will handle financial data, as required under results-based budgeting. lt will also be able to provide programme managers with information that is useful for performance measurement. As a result, it is expected that policy-making organs and executive management will be provided with more transparent financial statements on regular budget-funded activities and extrabudgetary programmes, as well as with programmatic and budgetary performance information.

Information and communication technology support

80. On the initiative of the Secretary-General, an Information Systems Strategy was developed in 2000 in order to address ever-increasing requirements related to information and communication technologies, which are an important component for the global strategic planning of WMO. Applications development is being carried out by internal teams in the most cost-effective manner. Implementation of Intranet service has improved communication among staff. An Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) has been introduced to streamline working methods and procedures. lt is expected that the Secretariat productivity will continue to increase through the effective use of information and communication technologies. Under Option B, important improvements related to: (a) the Internet and Web services support and development; and (b) provision of technical support to users will assist the Secretariat in meeting the challenge for increasing productivity and modernizing the Secretariat's working methods.

Human resources management

81. Following the Secretariat review of 1999-2000, a Human Resources Development Strategy has been elaborated, which encompasses a wide range of human resources management issues. A strategic approach to human resources management is being introduced including staff development and training, development of a skills inventory and core competencies, improved recruitment processes and performance management. Coupled with the results-based approach in budgeting and programme management, accountability mechanisms will need to be reinforced in order to match programme managers' empowerment and foster delegation of authority. Performance information on human resources management will be provided to the policy-making organs and management of the Secretariat in a timely fashion.

Common services

82. Following the recommendations of the process simplification team, some substantive changes have been implemented during the 2000-2001 biennium. Common services will be further improved and standardized through an ongoing simplification of the processes. In spite of reduction in staff and non-staff resources, enhanced management and development of in-house capacity will allow to deliver goods and services in a timely fashion, and will further streamline the current procurement process. Through optimal use of in-house staff resources coupled with outsourcing and better use of temporary staff, savings in staff costs will be achieved. The security and safety measures will be coordinated with the United Nations security and medical services, the local authorities and other international agencies.

CONCLUSION

83. The programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period are constrained by the adverse budgetary environment. The current budgetary policy applied to WMO will negatively affect the potential of the whole Organization to meet various challenges of the new century. There is a growing expectation in the international community that WMO, as a specialized agency of the United Nations system with comparative advantages in meteorology and hydrology, should play an increasingly important role in various areas, in particular the protection of life and property (especially through disaster prevention and mitigation), climate change and its impacts, development of NMHSs and provision of services for the socio-economic benefits of people, and hydrology and water resources. An adequate level of resources should be made available to the Secretariat to enable WMO to maintain its relevance in the international community. Alternatively, WMO

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will have to review the scope of its activities. Congress and the Executive Council should therefore consider discontinuation of certain programme activities and set programme priorities to reach the critical mass and to have a positive impact on global meteorological (including climate) and hydrological issues.

84. As a part of an on-going reform process, the Secretariat will pursue the application of results-based budgeting and management to its activities. The performance of the Secretariat will be measured and reported to Congress and the Executive Council. The Secretariat will evaluate its ability to achieve expected results and contribute to the realization of strategic goals defined in the Sixth Long-term plan. Through continuous performance measurement and improvement, which are at the heart of results-based budgeting, the Secretariat is committed to enhancement of its responsiveness to the needs of the international community.

(G.O.P. Obasi) Secretary-General

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3.2

3.3

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3.5

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3.8

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TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF BUDGET PROPOSALS (OPTION A)

Summary of estimates of expenditure by parts (SFR'OOO)

Proposed maximum Approved maximum

PART I PROGRAMME expenditures for expenditures for

2004-2007 (Option A) 2000-2003 (Cg-XIII)

1 % 2 %

Policy-making organs 6 523.9 2.6 5 871.7 2.3

Executive management 14 235.0 5.6 13161.5 5.2

Scientific and technical programmes:

Overall coordination of the

scientific and technical programmes 8 687.4 3.4 3 980.8 1.6

World Weather Watch Programme 24 993.7 9.8 28 063.2 11.1

World Climate Programme 25 467.2 10.0 25 410.0 10.1

Atmospheric Research

and Environment Programme 14 459.8 5.7 14 737.8 5.8

Applications of Meteorology

Programme 16 671.4 6.6 14 631.6 5.8

Hydrology and Water Resources

Programme 12 002.5 4.7 11 196.0 4.4

Education and Training Programme 14 938.7 5.9 15 178.0 6.0

Technical Cooperation Programme 5 690.0 2.2 5 922.4 2.3

Regional Programme 17 016.4 6.7 16 237.0 6.4

Sub-total Part 3 139 927.1 55.1 135 356.8 53.6

Linguistic, Publication and

Conference Services 44 967.5 17.7 49 267.2 19.5

Resource management 43 452.7 17.1 43 716.6 17.3

Other budgetary provisions 1 921.4 0.8 2 114.8 0.8

Acquisition of capital assets -

Headquarters building 2 772.4 1.1 2811.4 1.1

TOTAL 253 800.0 100.0 252 300.0 100.0

Difference (Column 1 minus

Column 2)

3

652.2

1 073.5

4 706.6

(3 069.5)

57.2

( 278.0)

2 039.8

806.5

( 239.3)

( 232.4)

779.4

4 570.3

(4 299.7)

( 263.9)

( 193.4)

( 39.0)

1 500.0

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2.

3.

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

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5.

6.

7.

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TABLE2 SUMMARY OF BUDGET PROPOSALS (OPTION B)

Summary of estimates of expenditure by parts (SFR'OOO)

Proposed maximum Approved maximum

PART I PROGRAMME expenditures for expenditures for

2004-2007 (Option B) 2000-2003 (Cg-XIII)

1 % 2 %

Policy-making organs 6 523.9 2.5 5 871.7 2.3

Executive management 14 235.0 5.5 13 161.5 5.2

Scientific and technical programmes:

Overall coordination of the

scientific and technical programmes 9 026.5 3.5 3 980.8 1.6

World Weather Watch Programme 26 693.2 10.3 28 063.2 11.1

World Climate Programme 26 016.9 10.1 25 410.0 10.1

Atmospheric Research

and Environment Programme 14 684.1 5.7 14 737.8 5.8

Applications of Meteorology

Programme 17 042.4 6.6 14631.6 5.8

Hydrology and Water Resources

Programme 12 280.7 4.7 11 196.0 4.4

Education and Training Programme 15 498.7 6.0 15 178.0 6.0

Technical Cooperation Programme 5871.7 2.3 5 922.4 2.3

Regional Programme 17 812.9 6.9 16 237.0 6.4

Sub-total Part 3 144 927.1 56.0 135 356.8 53.6

Linguistic, Publication and

Conference Services 44 967.5 17.4 49 267.2 19.5

Resource management 43 452.7 16.8 43 716.6 17.3

Other budgetary provisions 1 921.4 0.7 2 114.8 0.8

Acquisition of capital assets -

Headquarters building 2 772.4 1.1 2 811.4 1.1

TOTAL 258 800.0 100.0 252 300.0 100.0

Difference (Column 1 minus

Column 2)

3

652.2

1 073.5

5 045.7

(1 370.0)

606.9

( 53.7)

2 410.8

1 084.7

320.7

( 50.7)

1 575.9

9 570.3

(4 299.7)

( 263.9)

( 193.4)

( 39.0)

6 500.0

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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

PRESENTED IN RELATION TO THE NINE STRATEGIES OF THE 6LTP

6LTP STRATEGY 1

To enable the delivery of increasingly accurate and reliable warnings of severe events related to weather, water, climate and the related natural environment throughout the world, and ensure that they are able to reach their target audience (individuals, emergency services, decision makers) in a timely and useful manner.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 1

Involvement of WMO in the establishment and effective operation of regional/subregional centres and their activities in the issuance of early warnings for disaster preparedness: measured by the number of new centres established and the degree of effective operation of all centres issuing early warnings before severe weather, water, climate and related natural environment events.

6LTP STRATEGY 2

To enable the provision of increasingly beneficial weather, water, climate and related environmental services to the public, Governments and other users/customers throughout the world.


Sets of guidelines for use by WMO Members in assisting them in facilitating cooperation between users and providers: measured by WMO Members' responses as to the usefulness of the guidelines.

6L TP STRATEGY 3

To enhance WMO's role as the United Nations system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources; including ensuring that it contributes to relevant international conventions, protocols and other legal instruments, and that relevant agreements are scientifically based.


The production of manuals, guides and technical documents dealing with the establishment and maintenance of operational activities associated with meteorology including climatology, hydrology and oceanography: measured by the number of internationally recognized WMO manuals, guides and technical reports and their distribution as well as users responses to these documents.

6LTP STRATEGY 4

To inform and educate the public, Governments and other interested parties about the socio-economic benefits of understanding the weather, water, climate and related environment.


Degree of satisfaction of Members and other external users accessing the WMO Web site: measured by statistics of WMO Web site visited in terms of hits by external users and comments received on the usefulness of the Web site.

6LTP STRATEGY 5

To understand and improve the modelling of the processes which affect the current and future state of the atmosphere, the weather, water resources, the physical state of the oceans, climate change and related environmental states such as air quality and pollution levels.

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The progress of skill of relevant atmospheric and ocean modelling in their contribution to weather forecasting, water resources management, climate prediction, climate scenario projections and environmental issues, such as air quality and pollution levels: measured by a survey among WMO Members to assess the benefits of the WMO contribution to the progress.

6L TP STRATEGY 6

To observe, record and report on the weather, water resources, climate and the related natural environment, to use these data for the preparation of operational forecast and warning services and related information, and to maintain and enhance systems to exchange these data, products and information.


Production of statistical and other reporting information on the level of implementation and effective functioning of observing systems, communications systems and data-processing systems supporting the delivery of operational services on weather, water, climate, and the related natural environment: measured by an improved level of reporting on the effectiveness of operational systems supporting the delivery of services.

6LTP STRATEGY 7

To enhance the NMHSs' capabilities to deliver services and improve cooperation and collaboration between them.


The degree of satisfaction of Members and participants in training events and fellowship awards, and the degree to which these have contributed to the human resources development in Members' NMHSs: measured by assessment of the degree of satisfaction of NMHSs and participants on training received and by degree of contribution to human resources development of training events and fellowships awarded.

6LTP STRATEGY 8

To work more effectively with international partners, other relevant organizations, academia, the media and the private sector.


Cooperative arrangements with other agencies and bodies of the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations in programme areas of common interest: measured by the number of new and actively ongoing cooperative agreements and joint activities, and by the number of associated projects in planning or under way.

6L TP STRATEGY 9

To improve the effectiveness, efficiency and flexibility of the structure and working mechanisms and practices of WMO, to enable it to respond more rapidly to the changing needs of society and to the new opportunities provided by technological advances.


The extent to which the Secretariat operates, on the basis of modernized integrated results-based management system, including results-based performance measurement and reporting system: measured by the degree of satisfaction by the Financial Advisory Committee and the Executive Council as expressed during their respective sessions and other feedback received from Members.

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET

PARTS 1 TO 7

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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1 -POLICY -MAKING ORGANS

Fourteenth Financial Period 2004-2007

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

5 504 300

1 019 600

6 523 900

5 504 300

1 019 600

6 523 900

Extrabudgetary resources

100 000

100 000

Congress is the general assembly of delegates representing Members and as such is the supreme body of the Organization. Congress determines general policies and takes appropriate measures for the effective fulfilment of the purposes of WMO, as given in Article 2 of the WMO Convention, which include:

(i) To facilitate worldwide cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for the making of meteorological observations as well as hydrological and other geophysical observations related to meteorology, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of centres charged with the provision of meteorological and related services;

(ii) To maintain systems for the rapid, free and unrestricted exchange of meteorological and related information as defined by Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) and Resolution 25 (Cg-XIII);

(iii) To promote standardization of meteorological and related observations and to ensure the uniform publication of observations and statistics;

(iv) To further the application of meteorology to aviation, shipping, water problems, agriculture and other human activities;

(v) To promote activities in operational hydrology and to further close cooperation between Meteorological and Hydrological Services; and

(vi) To encourage research and training in meteorology and, as appropriate, in related fields and to assist in coordinating the international aspects of such research and training.

The Executive Council, as the executive body of the Organization, is responsible to Congress for the coordination of the programmes of the Organization and for the utilization of its budgetary resources in accordance with the decisions of Congress, and performs executive functions including:

(i) To implement the decisions taken by the Members of the Organization either in Congress or by means of correspondence and to conduct the activities of the Organization in accordance with the intention of such decisions;

(ii) To consider and, where necessary, take action on behalf of the Organization on resolutions and recommendations of regional associations and technical commissions;

(iii) To study and make recommendations on any matter affecting international meteorology and related activities of the Organization;

(iv) To examine the programme and budget estimates for the following financial period prepared by the SecretaryGeneral and to present its observations and its recommendations thereon to Congress; and

(v) To administer the finances of the Organization.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To achieve maximum benefits for all nations from the effective application of meteorological (including climatological), hydrological and related environment data, knowledge, facilities and services, in particular for the protection of life and property, and the mitigation of damage, and in support of national and international programmes for sustainable development;

(ii) To provide an efficient mechanism for international cooperation in meteorology (including climatology}, hydrology and related disciplines;

(iii) To bridge the gap between the NMHSs of developed and developing countries;

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(iv) To anticipate the needs of future generations for reliable long-term historical records of meteorological, hydrological and related environmental information and to ensure the availability of such information;

(v) To promote the understanding of atmospheric, hydrospheric, cryospheric and related Earth system processes through effective national and international research programmes;

(vi) To respond authoritatively to the increasing demand of the world community for expert advice on meteorology (including climatology), hydrology and related environmental issues of importance to countries;

(vii) To provide an informed, authoritative and effective scientific voice for meteorology (including climatology), hydrology and related environmental sciences within the United Nations system;

(viii) To contribute, through its involvement with global and regional issues which transcend national boundaries, with a view to strengthen international cooperation and goodwill between nations, especially regarding humanitarian and relief activities within the United Nations;

(ix) To promote timely and efficient dissemination of scientific knowledge relevant to meteorology (including climatology), hydrology and related issues to the global community; and

(x) To ensure the free and unrestricted exchange of basic data and products between Members, in accordance with the practice and guidelines provided by Congress, in support of WMO Programmes and for the provision of meteorological and hydrological services at the national and international levels.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PART 1- POLICY-MAKING ORGANS

The proposals for 2004-2007 are presented as follows:

1.0.1 Congress;

1.0.2 Executive Council;

1.0.3 Working groups and panels of experts of the Executive Council;

1.0.4 Assistance to the President; and

1.0.5 Secretariat support to the policy-making organs.

PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT OF THE BUDGET OPTIONS FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

(i) Requirements of linguistic services for Fifteenth Congress are budgeted only for 181f2 days instead of 20 days for Fourteenth Congress and 23 days for Thirteenth Congress. Furthermore, requirements of pre-session documentation for Congress and all Executive Council sessions are reduced by 20 and 5 per cent, respectively as compared to the thirteenth financial period. Consultative meetings on high-level policy on satellite matters will be conducted in one language only, resulting in reduced effectiveness of participation by some representatives.

Programme

1.0.1 -CONGRESS


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

2 063 500 2 063 500

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS FOR 2000-2002


(i) Cg-XIII decisions have been implemented and taken into account in the preparations for the sessions of the Executive Council, technical commissions, regional associations and the WMO Bureau; and

(ii) The Secretariat activities are guided by the decisions of Congress, including the provision of support relating to the preparation of the sessions of Congress and the follow-up activities.

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EXPECTED RESULTS FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

(i) Preparations for the next session of Congress to be held in May 2007 will be a major area of emphasis. This will benefit from contributions received from various constituent bodies, as well as the monitoring of progress being undertaken by the Secretariat; (RB) and

(ii) Provision of clear and relevant policy direction by Congress. (RB)


Requirements of linguistic services for Fifteenth Congress are budgeted only for 18y; days instead of 20 days for Fourteenth Congress and 23 days for Thirteenth Congress. Furthermore, requirements of pre-session documentation for Congress are reduced by 20 per cent as compared to the thirteenth financial period.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

1011 Provision of Secretariat functions to Congress: Organizational and administrative support to Fifteenth Congress including interpretation into six languages, preparation of pre-session and in-session documentation in six languages, production of the report, provision of goods and services related to Congress, such as supplies, transport, other incidentals. (RB)

Programme

1.0.2 - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

3 102 100 3102 000



100 000

(i) At its fifty-second session held in May 2000, the Executive Council adopted nine resolutions related to a wide range of issues, and considered implementation of various programme activities of the Organization;

(ii) At its fifty-third session held in June 2001, the Executive Council adopted 16 resolutions, including those related to the programme and budget for 2002-2003, long-term planing and assessment of proportional contributions of Members for 2001-2003;

(iii) The Sixth WMO Long-term Plan procedure was reviewed by the Executive Council in May 2000, including, general approach, overall structure and contents of the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan, the WMO vision, strategic goals and desired outcomes, as well as plans for monitoring and evaluation of the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan; and

(iv) At its fifty-fourth session in June 2002, the Executive Council addressed a wide range of issues including implementation of various programmes, preparation for Fourteenth Congress, preparation of the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan, as well as the Secretary-General's proposals for the programme and budget for the fourteenth financial period in a results-based budgeting format.


(i) Implementation of the decisions taken by Fourteenth Congress and conduct of activities in accordance with these decisions; (RB)

(ii) Action taken on resolutions and recommendations of regional associations and technical commissions; (RB)

(iii) Programme and budget approval for 2006-2007, examination of the programme and budget estimates for the fifteenth financial period (2008-2011) and presentation of observations to Fifteenth Congress; (RB)

(iv) Guidance to the regional associations and technical commissions on their work programme; (RB)

(v) Recommendations relating to major issues affecting international meteorology and related activities; (RB) and

(vi) Administration of the finances of the Organization in accordance with the provisions of the WMO Convention and the Financial Regulations. (RB)

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The full Executive Council sessions during the fourteenth financial period are budgeted only for 10 days instead of 11 days for the thirteenth financial period. Furthermore, requirements for pre-session documentation are reduced by 5 per cent.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

1021 Provision of Secretariat functions to the Executive Council including FINAC: Organizational and administrative support to the four sessions of the Executive Council (three full sessions and one short session after Fifteenth Congress); provision of interpretation into six languages; production and distribution in six languages pre-session and in-session documentation; production of Executive Council abridged reports, provision of supplies and other incidentals; (RB)

1022 The International Meteorological Organization (I MO) Prize: The International Meteorological Organization (I MO) Prize, funded from the IMO Fund, will be awarded for outstanding work in the field of meteorology or any other field referred to in Article 2 of the WMO Convention. (XB)

1.0.3- WORKING GROUPS AND PANELS OF EXPERTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A

Programme 269 900

Option B

269 900


Executive Council panels and working groups are usually budgeted for under the programmes to which they directly contribute. In this part only those bodies which have a general and coordinated character are included. The previous Congress decided that the meetings of the Bureau should also be budgeted under this part.


(i) The Bureau contributed to the preparation for Fourteenth Congress and Executive Council sessions (EC-LII, EC-LIII and EC-LIV) and exchanged views on some of the major issues of concern to WMO and its Members; and ·

(ii) New activities building on the expansion of WMO satellite activities to include R&D missions. The combined activities include those in the existing WMO satellite activities which focus on operational meteorological satellites and those which focus on all relevant environmental satellite activities, especially R&D.


(i) Effective and efficient use of the time at Fifteenth Congress and Executive Council sessions for discussion and decision-making through assistance provided by the Bureau and the Secretariat in the preparation, organization and coordination of the work of Congress and Executive Council; (RB) and

(ii) Expanded utilization of operational and R&D satellite data, products and services through advice and guidance resulting from dialogue between representatives of space agencies and WMO. (RB)


Consultative meetings on high-level policy on satellite matters will be conducted in one language only, resulting in reduced effectiveness of participation by some representatives (See project 1 032).

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

1031 Meetings of the Bureau: eight sessions of the Bureau meetings; advisory services; and reports; Staff resources required to perform Secretariat functions are budgeted under Programme 2.0.3 - External Relations; (RB) and

1032 High-level policy on satellite matters: four consultative meetings on high-level policy on satellite matters. (RB)

Programme

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

1.0.4- ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

68 800 68 800


1041 Assistance to the President: Provision of Secretariat assistance at the home duty station and in Geneva and other assistance in respect of duties and travel not directly connected with the sessions of the policy-making organs. (Note: staff resources required to perform Secretariat functions are budgeted under Programme 2.0.3 -External Relations). (RB)

1.0.5- SECRETARIAT SUPPORT TO THE POLICY-MAKING ORGANS

Established posts

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1 019 600 1 019 600


(i) The Offices of the Deputy Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General, under the guidance of the Secretary-General, exercise leadership in the preparation for the World Meteorological Congresses and sessions of the Executive Council, regional associations, technical commissions, including preparation of programme and budget proposals coordinated with the WMO Long-term Plan;

(ii) Preparation of documentation for these sessions, participation in the discussions, preparation of resolutions, recommendations and final reports of the constituent body sessions provided by the scientific and technical departments of the Secretariat are budgeted under relevant programme activities. In this budget part, staff costs of the office of the Assistant Secretary-General are budgeted at 50 per cent, covering the coordinating role of this office in preparation of Congress and Executive Council sessions and coordination of follow-up actions. The other 50 per cent of staff costs are budgeted in Part 2 - Executive Management.

MAIN LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES FOR 2004-2011

To provide leadership and coordination for preparations for Congress and Executive Council sessions and implementation of their decisions.


(i) Under the guidance of the Secretary-General, high quality organizational and administrative support was provided to the Executive Council, including its sessions, and its subsidiary bodies;

(ii) Under the guidance of the Secretary-General, organizational actions were initiated for preparation of the Fourteenth Congress including detailed arrangements for session, agenda, documentation plan, etc; and

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(iii) The programme and budget proposals for the second biennium 2002-2003 and for the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007 were prepared using result-based budgeting (RBB) format which provides strategic information in a transparent way.


(i) Adequate organizational and administrative support provided to Fifteenth Congress and four sessions of the Executive Council and its subsidiary bodies; (RB) and

(ii) RBB fully implemented in WMO including monitoring and reporting procedures. (RB)

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

(i) The degree of satisfaction with assistance and services provided by the Secretariat for sessions of Congress and the Executive Council and its subsidiary bodies;

(ii) The degree of satisfaction with presentation, monitoring and reporting of programme and budget in RBB format.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

1051 Provision of secretarial functions: Organizational and administrative support to Fifteenth Congress, four sessions of the Executive Council, including timely and effective preparation of pre-session and in-session documentation, abridged reports and other matters related to these sessions. (RB)

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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2 -EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A

1 296 400

12 938 600

14 235 000

Option B

1 296 400

12 938 600

14 235 000


(i) The duties of the Secretary-General are specified in General Regulation 200. The Secretary-General is responsible for the executive management of the Organization, which includes activities that are executive, policy, legal and overall supervisory in nature. The Secretary-General is assisted in this task by the Deputy Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretary-General, and each acts on behalf of the Secretary-General within the established policies in the day-to-day coordination of specified areas of the internal work of the Secretariat; and

(ii) The internal audit function created in the twelfth financial period will continue in the fourteenth financial period. The Director of the External Relations Office coordinates WMO activities relating to the United Nations and other international organizations, external relations and information and public affairs.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

To improve the effectiveness, efficiency and flexibility of the structure and working mechanisms and practices of WMO, to enable it to respond more rapidly to the changing needs of society and new opportunities provided by technological advances.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PART 2- EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

The proposals for the 2004-2007 are presented as follows:

2.0.1 Executive direction;

2.0.2 General management; and

2.0.3 External relations.


Full budgetary provisions would be made to maintain the Offices of the Chief, Internal Audit and Investigation Service and of the Senior Legal Advisor.

Programme

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2.0.1- EXECUTIVE DI~ECTION


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

813 400 813 400



(i) In accordance with the Fifth WMO Long-term Plan and the decisions of Thirteenth Congress and Executive Council, emphasis was placed on the Secretariat support to the implementation of priority programmes;

(ii) The work of the Secretariat was directed in such a way that the implementation of the decisions of Thirteenth Congress together with those of EC-LI, EC-LII, EC-LIII and EC-LIV has been ensured in a timely manner;

(iii) Continued support has been provided to strengthen further the role and operation of NMHSs, particularly as regards their activities related to the mitigation of natural disasters, and the application of meteorological and hydrological data and products to achieve sustainable socio-economic development and in policy formulation at the national and international levels. For this purpose, several regional technical conferences on the management of the NMHSs have been organized; the Permanent Representatives have been assisted on emerging issues related to the status and operation of their Services, as well as on communication, data exchange and resource mobilization, with special assistance provided to new Permanent Representatives;

(iv) A wide range of measures was taken with a view of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Secretariat, based on the review of the Secretariat which was initiated by the Secretary-General, in the areas of internal and external communications, programme integration and team approaches, strategic approaches to policy, programme and budget planning, financial management and process simplification, human resources development and management practices; and

(v) Close interaction has been maintained with partner organizations, particularly those within the United Nations system with special emphasis on WMO's leading role on issues related to prevention and mitigation of natural disasters, climate variability and climate change, and water resources management.


(i) To review and improve the WMO structure and working mechanisms to increase the effectiveness and flexibility to cope with changing requirements;

(ii) To facilitate new types of cooperation between NMHSs and other sectors, including joint funding of infrastructure and systems for dealing with severe weather-related events at the regional scale;

(iii) To review the role of the WMO Secretariat and the changing skills required to cope with the evolving needs of the Members and ensure that staff from Members with the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to maintaining as wide a geographical basis as possible, are employed in order to drive and coordinate the activities; and

(iv) To provide guidance in the execution of all activities of the Secretariat with the efficient and economical utilization of human and financial resources.


(i) Enhanced interaction with Members at the level of Permanent Representatives and organization of more effective assistance to Members in establishing and operating modern, well-equipped and adequately-staffed NMHSs, benefiting from international cooperation and coordination; (RB)

(ii) Ensuring the WMO contribution towards sustainable development, including increasing the WMO role and visibility in facilitating national and regional capacity building, and participation in international, global and regional programmes; (RB) and

(iii) Secretariat performance strengthened through cost-effective improvements of financial and human resources management and introduction of appropriate technological innovations. (RB)

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(i) The number of Members (NMHSs) who have benefited from WMO's assistance or coordination with the United Nations and other organizations, projects and activities, to improve their operational hydrometeorological services, and increase their capacity to provide the required services; and

(ii) The degree of satisfaction of Members with quality and timeliness of WMO Secretariat performance.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

2011 Assistance to NMHSs: continued assistance to the NMHSs and policy dialogue with high-level governmental officials; further improvement in assistance to the Permanent Representatives through the use of established systems of communications on the basis of modern information and communication technologies and by providing regular guidance on management and operation of NMHSs; (RB)

2012 Participation in the activities: participation in programme and other activities of the United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations and civil society to provide world leadership in expertise and international cooperation in weather, climate, hydrology and water resources, and related environmental issues; studies on special issues related to the WMO position regarding international key issues; documents and reports; (RB)

2013 Guidance on preparations of constituent body sessions: guidance on preparation of Fifteenth Congress, sessions of the Executive Council, regional associations and technical commissions, including policy issues, long-term planning, programme and budget, documentation and publications; (RB) and

2014 Supervision of the Secretariat's performance: continued supervision of the Secretariat's performance and introducing, as necessary, institutional and organizational changes to enhance the Secretariat's capacity for implementation of the scientific and technical programmes, strategic planning, financial and human resources management. (RB)

Programme

2.0.2 -GENERAL MANAGEMENT


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget Option A Option B

201 300 201 300



(i) The Offices of the Deputy Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretary-General assisted the SecretaryGeneral in the implementation of the scientific and technical programmes and other activities of the Secretariat in accordance with the decisions of the policy-making organs and ensuring effective use of the available resources;

(ii) The Offices of the Deputy Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General also assisted the SecretaryGeneral in the implementation of recommended improvements in the four main areas identified by the review of the Secretariat, namely management, human resources, communications and simplification of processes;

(iii) Under the leadership of Deputy Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General, the results-based budgeting methodology which provides strategic information in a transparent way was implemented within the Secretariat in order to prepare the programme and budget proposals for 2002-2003 and for the fourteenth financial period;

(iv) The annual reports of the Internal Auditor have been submitted to the Executive Council and the Council was satisfied with the support provided by the Secretary-General to the Internal Audit and Investigation Service;

(v) The celebration of the WMO 5oth Anniversary with a number of events organized, a large number of commemorative products, publications, radio and television programmes, and a special WM050 Web site homepage, increased the visibility for WMO and NMHSs and media coverage of their activities; and

(vi) Preparation for and participation in the World Summit on Sustainable Development, with a number of events organized, a large participation of Permanent Representatives and a significant visibility for WMO activities.

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(i) To assist the Secretary-General in the integration of the WMO Secretariat vision and core values into the day-today performance of staff duties to support the policies, requirements and aspirations of the constituent bodies and to serve the Organization and its Members;

(ii) To coordinate and supervise directly the implementation of the scientific and technical programmes, approved by Congress, under the guidance of the Executive Council, and in close cooperation with regional associations and technical commissions;

(iii) To organize and perform Secretariat duties for the sessions of constituent bodies of the Organization under the guidance of the Secretary-General; and

(iv) To provide policy advice to the Secretary-General and assist him in guiding the work of the Secretariat and implementing management decisions, including those related to strategic planning, programme coordination, results-based budgeting, performance evaluation and others.


(i) Further enhancement of the effectiveness of assistance and services provided by the Secretariat to the WMO constituent bodies and working groups; (RB)

(ii) Further ensuring effective implementation of the management decisions within the Secretariat towards the implementation of the WMO scientific and technical programmes, in accordance with the decisions of the WMO policy-making organs, ensuring effective use of the available resources; (RB) and

(iii) Full provision of services related to internal audit and legal affairs through the Offices of the Chief, Internal Audit and Investigation Service and of the Senior Legal Advisor. (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction with assistance and services provided by the Secretariat for activities of the Executive Council, regional associations, technical commissions and their working organs;

(ii) Degree of satisfaction with the WMO Secretariat role in the implementation of scientific and technical programmes of the Organization; and

(iii) Degree of satisfaction with services provided by the Chief, Internal Audit and Investigation Service and the Senior Legal Advisor to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Secretariat in terms of management.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

2021 Monitoring of performance: monitoring Secretariat's performance and budget utilization; (RB)

2022 Implementation of decisions by the constituent bodies: advisory services on appropriate organizational and control measures for effective implementation of decisions by the constituents bodies; (RB)

2023 Effectiveness and efficiency of the Secretariat: pursuing, on behalf of the Secretary-General, appropriate measures to achieve better effectiveness and efficiency of the Secretariat, including measures in financial and human resources management and introducing appropriate technological innovations; participation in international meetings; documentation on special issues; documentation and reports; provision of services related to internal auditing and legal affairs through consultancy contracts; (RB) and

2024 Internal auditing and legal affairs: full provision of services related to internal auditing and legal affairs by the Offices of the Chief, Internal Audit and Investigation Service and of the Senior Legal Advisor established within the Secretariat. (RB)

Programme

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2.0.3- EXTERNAL RELATIONS


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget Option A Option B

281 700 281 700



{i) The Secretariat exchanged information and interacted with its Members and their respective NMHSs to facilitate their active participation in WMO Programmes and activities;

(ii) Several activities are undertaken to enhance WMO's image and visibility through Members' active involvement;

{iii) WMO maintained its level of interaction with United Nations system organizations; and

{iv) The External Relations Office was established in order to consolidate and enhance the external relation functions of the Organization.


{i) To promote recognition for WMO and NMHSs as the authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources;

{ii) To project their role as contributors to the formulation and implementation of relevant international conventions, protocols, and other legal instruments on science-based research; and

{iii) To serve as focal point for the collaboration with United Nations system organizations, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations including meteorological and hydrological Societies, the private sector and its Member's Permanent Missions, and for enhancement of the image and visibility of WMO and NMHSs to support the development of meteorology (including climatology) and hydrology.


{i) Further recognition for WMO as the authoritative scientific voice on meteorology, hydrology and related geophysical sciences and greater awareness of the role of NMHSs in sustainable development; (RB)

{ii) Improved coordination of relevant activities on issues of interest to WMO across the United Nations system, as well as with other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, at the regional and global levels; (RB) and

(iii) Provision of adequate support towards the organization of sessions of WMO constituent bodies and the Bureau. (RB)


(i) The contributions of WMO and NMHSs to socio-economic development and to United Nations system organizations, other international organizations and conventions including non-governmental organizations, as well as the media, public, and decision makers on meteorology, hydrology and related fields are clearly identifiable;

(ii) Number of cooperation agreements/programmes/projects/activities undertaken in collaboration with other international organizations (United Nations system, intergovernmental, non-governmental organizations); and

(iii) The degree of satisfaction in the organization of the sessions of WMO constituent bodies and the Bureau, as well as the relationship with Geneva-based Permanent Missions and other organizations and institutions.


(i) Reduction in the volume of work for some interaction with NMHSs and Permanent Missions, such as communication for further improving the image and visibility of WMO; and

(ii) The proposed budget options will adversely impact the external relations activities. These activities would be reduced as compared with the thirteenth financial period. lt will not be possible to implement new functions of

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the External Relations Office, in particular those related to the implementation of the Secretariat External Communication Strategy.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

2031 Provision of Secretariat functions: provision of Secretariat functions to the Bureau of the Executive Council; provision of assistance to the President; (RB)

2032 Interaction with NMHSs and Permanent Missions: exchange of information and interaction with NMHSs and Geneva-based Permanent Missions, inter alia, for preparation for sessions of constituent and other bodies; (RB) and

2033 Participation in the CEB machinery: WMO participates in the machinery of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board (CEB) for Coordination -formerly the Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) - for coordination of matters related to programmes, administration and management. CEB subsidiary bodies include the High-Level Committee on Programme (HLCP) and the High-level Committee on Management (HLCM). This system-wide forum brings together the Executive Heads of all organizations to coordinate and cooperate further on the whole range of substantive and management issues facing the United Nations system; participation in international meetings; studies on issues for special purposes that could contribute to the effective participation in international activities; preparation of documents and reports related to external relations. (RB)

Programme

Established posts

Total

WMO PROGRAMMES

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3 -SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

43184100

96 743 000

139 927100

47 155100

97 772 000

144 927100

Extra budgetary resources

121 365 800

9 510 400

130 876 200

(i) The WMO Programmes are designed to support implementation of the nine strategies with associated goals, as adopted in the draft Sixth WMO Long-term Plan for the period 2004-2011. The eight major Programmes focus on two principal needs: to improve meteorological and hydrological services through strengthening the core activities of NMHSs and to establish an improved scientific basis for, and contribute to, the achievement of sustainable development;

(ii) The Programmes include new areas and further development of ongoing high priority activities that enable NMHSs to carry out their functions to support their own national social and economic needs. The Programmes also embody WMO's response to the wide range of existing and emerging global programmes and concerns, including those focused on the relationships and interactions between human activities and the atmospheric environment; and

(iii) All of the Programmes are based on the recognition that global weather and climate patterns are interdependent and that no one nation can be entirely self-sufficient in the provision of all of its meteorological, hydrological and related environmental services. The Programmes are thus based heavily on the sharing of meteorological, hydrological and other environmental data, analysis, forecasts, warning and other priorities; the sharing of skills and methodology; the pooling of resources; collaborative research and development; technical assistance; and cooperation with other international agencies with common objectives.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PART 3- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES

The proposals for the scientific and technical work of the Organization for 2004-2007 are presented under the following sections as approved by EC-LIII:

3.0 Overall coordination of the scientific and technical programmes

3.0.1 Institutional support to the overall coordination of the scientific and technical programmes

3.0.2 Strategic planning and coordination of the scientific and technical programmes

3.0.3 Disaster prevention and mitigation activities

3.0.4 Information and Public Affairs Programme

3.1 World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme

3.1.0 Institutional support to the WWW Programme

3.1.1

3.1.2

3.1.3

3.1.4

3.1.5

3.1.6

3.1.7

3.1.8

3.1.9

3.1.10

Global Observing System

Global Telecommunication System

Global Data-processing System

WWW data management

WWW system support activity, including the operational information service

Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme

WMO Space Programme

Tropical Cyclone Programme

Emergency response activities

WMO Antarctic activities

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3.2 World Climate Programme (WCP)

3.2.0 Institutional support to the WCP

3.2.1 Coordination activities within the Climate Agenda

3.2.2 Support to climate change-related activities

3.2.3 Global Climate Observing System

3.2.4 World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme

3.2.5 World Climate Applications and Services Programme

3.2.6 World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme

3.2.7 World Climate Research Programme

3.3 Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme (AREP)

3.3.0 Institutional support to AREP

3.3.1 Support to ozone and other environment-oriented Conventions

3.3.2 Global Atmosphere Watch

3.3.3 World Weather Research Programme

3.3.4 Tropical Meteorology Research Programme

3.3.5 Programme on Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research

3.4 Applications of Meteorology Programme (AMP)

3.4.0 Institutional support to AMP

3.4,1 Public Weather Services Programme

3.4.2 Agricultural Meteorology Programme

3.4.3 Aeronautical Meteorology Programme

3.4.4 Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme

3.5 Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)

3.5.0 Institutional support to HWRP

3.5.1 Programme on Basic Systems in Hydrology

3.5.2 Programme on Forecasting and Applications in Hydrology

3.5.3 Programme on Sustainable Development of Water Resources

3.5.4 Programme on Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources

3.5.5 Programme on Water-related Issues

3.6 Education and Training (ETR) Programme

3.6.0 Institutional support to ETR

3.6.1 Assessment of human resources

3.6.2 Training activities

3.6.3 Education and training fellowships

3.6.4 Support to training events under other WMO major Programmes

3 .. 7 Technical Cooperation (TCO) Programme

3.7.0 Institutional support to the TCO Programme

3. 7.1 Voluntary Cooperation Programme

3.7.2 Regular budget cooperation activities

3.7.3 Other components of the Programme

3.8 Regional Programme

3.8.1 Institutional support to the Regional Programme

3.8.2 Regional activities

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3.0- OVERALL COORDINATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES


Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A

2 751 000

5 936 400

8 687 400

Option B

3 026 000

6 000 500

9 026 500


The scientific and technical programmes of the Organization are mutually interlinked. Therefore, it is necessary to provide coordination, such as through the regular meetings of the presidents of technical commissions. The activities requiring coordination among several programmes such as disaster prevention and mitigation, strategic and long-term planning, role and operation of NMHSs, international data exchange, and some others are budgeted under this section.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To improve the effectiveness, efficiency and flexibility of the working mechanisms and practices of WMO, ensuring that there are suitable links between the different bodies within the WMO structure, to deal appropriately with cross-cutting issues such as the different elements involved in implementing an appropriate warning system (from data collection, through development of an appropriate prediction system, to delivery of the warning to the appropriate authorities/users);

(ii) To implement a project-oriented approach, which brings together the necessary grouping of skills for a particular project, not confined by a departmental structure;

(iii) To develop the capability to cope with new priority issues and to improve the efficiency of the WMO modes of operation; and

(iv) To inform the public, Governments and other interested parties about the socio-economic benefits of understanding the weather, water, climate and related environment as well as relevant applications.;

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PART 3.0- OVERALL COORDINATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES

The proposals for the overall coordination of the scientific and technical programmes for 2004-2007 are presented as follows:

3.0.1 Institutional support to the overall coordination of the scientific and technical programmes;

3.0.2 Strategic planning and coordination of the scientific and technical programmes;

3.0.3 Disaster prevention and mitigation activities; and

3.0.4 Information and public affairs programme.


(i) Under the Option A budget, priorities are placed on ISDR activities. A working group meeting on the role of NMHSs in disaster prevention and mitigation and a coordination meeting of the presidents of the technical commissions are proposed. However, a negative impact on Programme 3.0.4 - Information and Public Affairs Programme would be unavoidable. The scope of the First World Broadcast Meteorological Conference would have to be considerably reduced without supplementary extrabudgetary resources. Participation in public information activities for important conferences would have to be reduced; the high-level conference supported by EC-LIV on the role and socio-economic benefits provided by NMHSs could not be funded under the regular budget; and

(ii) If financial resources would be available under Option B, additional Information and Public Affairs Programme activities would be implemented such as media seminars/training workshops and the World Broadcast Meteorological Conference could have a larger scope.

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3.0.1 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE OVERALL COORDINATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES

Programme


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

377 400 377 400



(i) To facilitate coordination of WMO scientific and technical programmes by Secretariat provision of adequate support to the presidents of technical commissions, including support to their annual meetings;

(ii) To reinforce the programme functions of the Secretariat through enhanced coordination and harmonization in the areas of: (a) scientific and technical programmes; (b) climate-related activities; and (c) support to scientific and technical programmes; and

(iii) To increase effectiveness of coordination functions by reducing unnecessary bureaucracy and also by delegation of decision-making authority to programme managers.


(i) Annual Meeting of the Presidents of Technical Commissions served as forum to discuss and recommend joint actions with a view to coordinate better the implementation of the WMO scientific and technical programmes;

(ii) As a result of the WMO Secretariat review, an institutional change was introduced in the following three areas:

• Coordination of scientific and technical programmes covering Major Programme 3.1 - World Weather Watch, Major Programme 3.3 - Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme, and Major Programme 3.4 - Applications of Meteorology Programme;

• Climate-related activities covering Major Programme 3.2 - World Climate Programme and Programme 3.4.2 - Agricultural Meteorology Programme; and

• Support to scientific and technical programmes covering Major Programme 3.6 - Education and Training Programme, Major Programme 3.7 - Technical Cooperation Programme and Major Programme 3.8 -Regional Programme;

(iii) Three Offices of Director Coordinators have been put in place accordingly, in order to assist the various Departments in executing scientific and technical programmes in a timely and effective fashion, by providing guidance, coordination and by bringing day-to-day decision-making closer to staff; and

{iv) Synergy and coordination were maximized among these Departments and overlapping and duplication avoided, thus increasing the efficient and effective use of both human and financial resources and the provision of support to Members by WMO.


Option A:

(i) Better coordinated development and implementation of the WMO scientific and technical programmes and projects; (RB) and

(ii) WMO contribution to the international meteorological, hydrological and environmental programmes within the United Nations system and to other programmes of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. (RB)


Option A:

{i) The degree of satisfaction with the WMO Secretariat support and assistance provided to the presidents of technical commissions; and

(ii) WMO contributions to the United Nations and other internationally-coordinated programmes on climate change, water resources, and environment protection are clearly identified.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3011 Option A - Meetings of Presidents of Technical Commissions: annual meetings of presidents of technical commissions; (RB)

3012 Option A- Coordination of scientific and technical programmes: programme coordination by senior management of the Secretariat aimed at ensuring effective implementation of scientific and technical programmes. Budgetary provisions for the staff cost of Director Coordinators' offices and other related items are foreseen under the relevant Programmes of Part 3; (RB) and

3013 Option A - Liaison mechanism for environment and climate-related matters: interaction with United Nations System organizations and other international organizations. (RB)

Programme

3.0.2- STRATEGIC PLANNING AND COORDINATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

702 500 702 500


(i) To facilitate activities pertinent to the WMO long-term planning process;


(ii) To provide support in addressing WMO major issues in particular, international data exchange and the role and operation of NMHSs, in the changing global and regional socio-economic environment; and

(iii) To initiate, catalyze and/or coordinate pertinent activities and processes relevant to Secretariat strategic planning and related activities.


(i) The draft Sixth WMO Long-term Plan (2004-2011) was prepared for the consideration of Fourteenth Congress, together with the initial monitoring and assessment of the implementation of the Fifth WMO Long-term Plan (2000-2009);

(ii) Analysis and guidance materials on various topics relevant to the issue of the role and operation of NMHSs were prepared, including the analysis of responses from 128 NMHSs to a comprehensive questionnaire on legal instruments, commercial activity and others;

(iii) Following the WMO Secretariat review, the strategic planning function was formalized and the Strategic Planning Office was established in the Secretariat. The process for the preparation of the Secretariat strategic plan, which is strongly related to the WMO Long-term Plan and the programme and budget of the financial period, was set up. Specific areas of concern addressed include human resources development and external communication;

(iv) The recommendations have been prepared by the Executive Council Working Group on Long-term Planning on preparing the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan; the draft 6L TP had been agreed by EC-LIV for presentation to Fourteenth Congress;

(v) Preliminary proposals relating to the WMO structure were prepared for presentation to Fourteenth Congress;

(vi) With regard to the international exchange of meteorological and related data and products, the experience with Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) continued to be largely positive; there has been also generally a strong commitment to make it work; the exchange of climatological data and products was approved as recommended by the Executive Council; and

(vii) Follow-up actions have been undertaken for the implementation of Resolution 25 (Cg-XIII) on the exchange of hydrological data and products.

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(i) Preparation of the Seventh WMO Long-term Plan (7L TP) to set broad objectives and strategies for the Organization, to contribute to the effective management of WMO scientific and technical programmes and to the formulation of the programme and budget for the next financial period; and the evaluation of the implementation of the 6L TP; (RB)

(ii) Preparation of assessments, advice and/or guidelines relating to the major issues particularly the role and operation of NMHSs, to assist in addressing relevant challenges and opportunities such as alternative services delivery, the impact of globalization, commercialization of services and partnership with the private sector; (RB)

(iii) Implementation of projects/activities/decisions addressing Secretariat strategic issues to help realize the Secretariat vision and to enhance Secretariat effectiveness to serve the Organization and its Members, in areas such as human resources development, information technology, capacity building, and resource mobilization; (RB)

(iv) The internationally-recognized status of Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) and Resolution 25 (Cg-XIII) on data exchange will be reviewed; the policy and practice on the exchange of oceanographic and aeronautical meteorological data and products should be formally adopted in cooperation with IOC (UNESCO) and ICAO; (RB) and

(v) Assistance will be provided to NMHSs in facing the challenges and opportunities associated with technology development, the modernization of the basic infrastructure of NMHSs, globalization and other key issues which could impact the international aspect of meteorological and hydrological services. (RB)


(i) Quality of, and level of satisfaction with, WMO Long-term Plan-related documents and evaluation reports produced;

(ii) Quality and number of, as well as level of satisfaction with, assessments and guidelines produced relating to WMO major issues; and

(iii) Impact of, and level of satisfaction with, the enhancement of Secretariat effectiveness resulting from strategic planning activities.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3021 Option A - Long-term planning: undertaking various activities relevant to the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of WMO Long-term Plans; two sessions of the Executive Council Working Group on Long-term Planning; advisory services; reports; (RB)

3022 Option A - Data exchange issue: four sessions of the Executive Council Working Group; advisory services; reports; (RB)

3023 Option A - Addressing major issues: two sessions of the Executive Council Advisory Group on the Role and Operation of NMHSs; preparation of guidance materials; Secretariat support to the Executive Council Advisory Group on the Role and Operation of NMHSs and similar bodies; advisory services; (RB) and

3024 Option A- Secretariat strategic planning: preparation, implementation and evaluation of Secretariat strategic plan dealing with various areas of concern. (RB)

Programme

3.0.3- DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION ACTIVITIES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

535 500 535 500



(i) To develop an effective and efficient mechanism to provide, in an integrated fashion, the WMO coordination of the response to the requirements and needs of Members and the international community concerning disaster reduction;

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(ii) To ensure that outcomes of relevant WMO Programmes are fully used in the process of the WMO's participation in the ISDR; and

(iii) To promote WMO's role as one of leading international organizations dealing with disaster reduction, in particular through active participation in high-level world forums.


(i) WMO actively participated in all activities within ISDR that fall under the WMO mandate, including those on the application of science and technology in disaster prevention, publicizing existing capacities of NMHSs to mitigate natural disasters and pursuing enhancement of these capabilities;

(ii) WMO was selected as lead agency of Working Group 1 (Climate and disasters) in the Inter-agency Task Force on Disaster; and

(iii) The mechanism for ensuring that the WMO Secretariat acted quickly and effectively in support of Members in situations of emergency and disaster, was established, with the Emergency and Disaster Response Group as the primary steering component and Emergency Assistance Response Team for the purpose of providing assistance to NMHSs to ensure their continued ability to operate during and after an emergency or disaster.


Option A:

Enhanced international coordination concerning meteorological- and hydrological-related disasters and better incorporation, in the international disaster reduction activities, of meteorological and hydrological aspects related to the improvement of early warning, risk assessment, vulnerability and impact of disaster, enhanced recognition of the role of NMHSs in disaster prevention and mitigation activities. (RB)


Option A:

The level of WMO contribution in the international disaster reduction activities related to hydrometeorology are clearly identifiable.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3031 Option A- Enhanced international coordination of ISDR activities: one session of the working group on NMHSs' role in disaster prevention and mitigation; coordination group meeting of the presidents of the technical commissions; advisory services; and reports. (RB)

Programme

3.0.4 -INFORMATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1 135 600 1 410 600



(i) To enhance communications and public information activities and develop the capacity of relevant Secretariat staff and those of NMHSs to increase visibility further and to foster a greater public awareness of the goals and achievements of WMO and NMHSs;

(ii) To continue production of science-based information material presented in an attractive and easily understood manner for the media, and general public, decision makers and other development partners; and

(iii) To develop partnership with United Nations system organizations, Member countries and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in the promotion activities and in resources mobilization.

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(i) The celebration of World Meteorological Day (WMD), World Day for Water (WWD) and the WMO 50th anniversary in 2000 were very successful, giving increased visibility and enhancing the image of WMO and NMHSs through Open Door Days at Headquarters, exhibitions and publications, a series of live television transmissions and radio programmes;

(ii) Enhancement of information and public affairs activities through publications including a WMO calendar, brochures, video films, radio programmes as well as media training workshops and support to relevant activities of regional associations and NMHSs especially for the celebration of World Meteorological Day and World Day for Water;

(iii) Increased public awareness of WMO's role in enhancing sustainable development, through exhibitions, publications, video, press materials and press conferences on the occasion of the World Summit on Sustainable Development; and

(iv) Formulation of a new External Communications Strategy of the Secretariat which is meant to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the information and public affairs activities.


Option A:

(i) Generating increased awareness, visibility and recognition with a variety of target audiences of the work and contributions of WMO and NMHSs to socio-economic development, resulting in more resource support from various sectors at the national, regional and international levels; (RB) and

(ii) Improved interaction, feedback and increased demand from target audiences for information related to weather, water and climate from WMO and NMHSs arising from enhanced attention, awareness, visibility and recognition. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Organization of effective communication training events, the development of partnerships, the development of public information products, activities and events, the issuance and wide dissemination of communication/information products as well as an indication of identifiable extrabudgetary resources received; and

(ii) Number of related communication tools and information products, public and media inquiries, the number of press clippings and impact airplay radio/television programmes pointing to the scope of coverage of WMO, the NMHSs and their work as well as requests for assistance from decision makers.


At least one media seminar/training workshop will not be implemented. The scope of the First World Broadcast Meteorological Conference would have to be considerably reduced unless extrabudgetary resources are made available for this Conference. There will be a reduction in the production of public information material. Participation in public information activities for important conferences, such as UNFCCC, UNCCD will have to be reduced and exhibitions organized in collaboration with United Nations system organizations will also need to be reduced or discontinued. If financial resources would be available under Option B, then additional programme activities would be implemented: (a) media seminars/training workshops; (b) the World Broadcast Meteorological Conference in consultation with AMS, IABM and the International Weather Festival to be organized in a larger scope; and (c) international exhibit on water.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3041 Option A- Development of Members' public information capacities: IPA Training Workshop for IPA focal points; coordination of IPA activities, public information materials, and the public information Home page on the Internet; (RB)

3042 Option A - Celebration of WMO and other events: preparation of material and organizing promotional activities for World Meteorological Day and World Day for Water, Ozone Day, Disaster Reduction Day and others with NMHSs or international organizations as special partnerships; (RB) and

3043 Option B - Increasing public awareness of WMO activities: media seminars and the First World Broadcast Meteorological Conference for implementation of the External Communications Strategy of the Secretariat to ensure a unified external outreach with the NMHSs, participation in international exhibitions, festivals, and other events. (RB/XB)

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.1- WORLD WEATHER WATCH (WWW) PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A

7 543 600

17 450 100

24 993 700

Option B

9 053 600

17 639 600

26 693 200


793 400

793 400

(i) The World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme facilitates the development, operation and enhancement of worldwide systems for observing and exchanging meteorological and related observations, and for the generation and dissemination of analyses and forecast products, as well as severe weather advisories and warnings, and related operational information. The activities carried out under this programme collectively ensure that the NMHS of each Member has access to the information it needs to contribute effective services towards improving protection of life and property, increasing safety on land, at sea and in the air, enhancing the quality of life, sustaining economic growth and protecting the environment. The WWW is organized as an international cooperative programme, under which the infrastructure, systems and facilities needed for the provision of these services are owned, implemented and operated by the Member countries. This is based on the fundamental understanding that weather patterns do not recognize national boundaries and are always interactive, and that international cooperation is paramount, as no one country can be fully self-sufficient in the provision of all of its meteorological and related services;

(ii) The Programme's main functions are planning, organization and coordination of the facilities, procedures and arrangements at the global and regional levels, related to the design of observing and communications networks, the standardization of observing and measuring techniques, the use of data management principles, and the presentation of the information in a form and format that is understood by all, regardless of language. The WWW is the key Programme of WMO to provide basic data, forecast products and services for other Programmes of WMO. lt directly supports international programmes, such as GCOS, GOOS, and GAW;

(iii) Members will enhance efforts to make operational systems and practices more cost-effective. This will be achieved through establishing and sustaining new flexible, composite, Earth- and space-based observing systems and adaptable networks for observing the conditions of the atmosphere/ocean system on a global scale. New strategies will be required to facilitate data availability and access so that the observing systems and programmes can be useful to operational meteorology and the research community for addressing the global environmental problems; and

(iv) The WWW Programme will continue to put priority on capacity-building activities to avail of technological advances to enhance the WWW components, especially in developing countries, and on cost-effective, systematic monitoring and improvements to the operations of the WWW that can be derived thereof. lt will thus endeavour, after assisting NMHSs, to participate fully in, and obtain maximum benefits from, the WWW system.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To maintain and strengthen an efficient and economic worldwide integrated system for the generation, collection, processing and exchange of meteorological and related environmental observations, analyses, forecasts, advisories and warnings and other specialized products to meet the needs of all Members, WMO Programmes and relevant programmes of other international organizations;

(ii) To promote and support, through capacity building, measure the introduction of standards, procedures and technology, which enable Members to contribute to, and benefit from, the WWW system and ensure the high level of quality, reliability and compatibility of observations and forecasts needed for the delivery of services required in Member countries; and

(iii) To provide the basic infrastructure for obtaining observational data and related services needed by relevant international programmes addressing global environmental issues.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.1- WORLD WEATHER WATCH BASIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMME

The proposals for the 2004-2007 are presented in the following Programmes:

3.1.0 Institutional support to the WWW Programme;

3.1.1 Global Observing System;

3.1.2 Global Telecommunication System;

3.1.3 Global Data-processing System;

3.1.4 WWW Data Management;

3.1.5 WWW System Support Activity including the Operational Information Services;

3.1.6 Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme;

3.1.7 WMO Space Programme;

3.1.8 Tropical Cyclone Programme;

3.1.9 Emergency response activities;

3.1.10 WMO Antarctic activities.


(i) The Option A budget volume allocated to the WWW Programme requires to plan for an adjustment of activities and staff resources. In particular, the proposed budget includes the freezing of some, or a fraction of some, posts and the downgrading of a post. This will affect the Observing System Division, the Telecommunications Unit, and the Tropical Cyclone Division. The adjustment also includes redistribution of responsibilities, downscaling of programme activities and the transfer of programme activities from Options A and B to uncertain XB resources;

(ii) The new priority project "Future WMO information systems" is designed as a multi-programme activity and relies on the contributions of relevant other major Programmes of WMO;

(iii) Reductions have been factored into the budget proposal, such as shortening of the duration of expert-level meetings and of the sessions of CBS and CIMO, downscaling of the number of WWW-supported training events, eo-sponsorship support to WWW-related events, financial assistance to Members' experts to attend meetings or conferences relevant to the WWW Programme organized outside WMO, and of publication activities;

(iv) The planned reductions and economies result in an Option A budget that meets the ceiling amount foreseen for the WWW Programme. The programme reductions as a result of the budget ceiling, will have significant negative implications for attaining the strategic goals linked with the WWW implementation. In broad terms, the level of performance of the WWW system cannot be maintained or improved, in particular the erosion of the GOS is likely to become stronger again, the use of more cost-effective and powerful communication systems will evolve much slower than required, and available high-quality forecast products cannot be applied to the full benefit of those countries most exposed to and suffering from natural disasters;

(v) WMO exploitation of operational satellite data, product and services will be greatly restricted due to severely reduced work programme for the CBS OPAG lOS Expert Team Meetings on Satellite System Utilization and Products; there will be reduced training events in satellite meteorology and the exploitation of the Virtual Laboratory for Education and Training in Satellite Matters will be restricted. This will adversely impact the implementation of the European Union funded PUMA Project Phase I and its follow-up phases; and

(vi) If sufficient financial resources would be made available under Option B, additional programme activities would be implemented that would enable WMO to:

• Respond to some of the requirements for improving the GOS output through the development of adaptable observing networks and programmes for the generation of targeted observations in disaster exposed areas to strengthen disaster preparedness and early warning activities; make available consultancy services to disaster-stricken countries to assist in rehabilitating damaged stations;

• Assist Members in the GTS/FWIS implementation in areas exposed to weather-related disasters to improve collection of observational data and the reliable provision of processed information and warnings;

• Provide specific technical advice, training and assistance to developing NMHSs to strengthen their telecommunication and related operational capabilities so as to ensure reliable reception of, and access to, data needed for meteorological and, in particular, natural disaster mitigation operations; provide assistance for the restoration of damaged GTS equipment;

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• Strengthen the GDPS and emergency response activities with respect to developing response capabilities of NMSs to environmental emergencies related to chemical accidents, volcanic eruptions, wild-land fires and air-borne diseases;

• Organize regional symposia and training courses for R&D satellite data usage for disaster prevention and mitigation; and

• Organize a technical conference on tropical cyclone and ensure annual sessions of the Hurricane Committee.

3.1.0 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE WORLD WEATHER WATCH PROGRAMME


Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1 345 400 1 345 400


The programme coordinates and supports the work of CBS and CIMO and ensures the overall effective and efficient management of the WWW Programme. This includes material and financial support for the sessions of these Commissions and the support to their presidents. Strong emphasis is placed on the collaboration between these Commissions and the regional associations to achieve an orderly and effective implementation of WWW plans and practices in the Regions and monitoring of the operations of the WWW. The programme facilitates the information sharing activities aimed at the members of the Commissions and enhances the visibility and understanding of the WWW through publications and information activities and representation of the WWW at relevant national and international events. The programme also provides the resources for an effective management of the WWW-Basic Systems Department.


To manage effectively and efficiently the WWW Programme, in particular CBS and CIMO, through the provision of institutional support.


(i) Facilitate sessions of CBS and meetings of its Management Group; support to the president of CBS; collaboration with regional associations was enhanced through their representation at sessions of CBS;

(ii) The effectiveness of the working structure of CBS was further improved; the flow of information to members was improved through a quarterly CBS Newsletter and enhanced use of the Web;

(iii) Participation and representation of the WWW Programme were ensured in other international programmes, meetings and conferences, including regional associations and regional working groups; visibility and understanding of the WWW were promoted through technical documents, publications, brochures and the biennial Reports on the Implementation of the WWW; and

(iv) WMO promoted successfully the establishment of the Association of Hydrometeorological Equipment Industry (HMEI), which is expected to enhance and strengthen the collaboration between WMO and the commercial instrument sector.


Option A:

(i) Effective support to the work of CBS and CIMO, their presidents, the CBS Management Group and the CIMO Advisory Working Group; (RB/XB)

(ii) Effective management and coordination of the WWW Programme; representation of the WWW Programme in sessions of regional associations, relevant international organizations, programmes and events; close collaboration between regional associations and CBS; (RB/XB) and

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(iii) Participants in the WWW system, in particular members/observers of CBS, are properly and timely informed of ongoing activities of CBS, the status of the WWW operations, working results and technological progress; participation of developing countries in sessions of CBS to be increased. (RB)


Option A:

(i) The degree of satisfaction (timeliness of documentation, publications, conference services) with sessions of technical commissions and expert groups' meetings;

(ii) The degree of satisfaction with coordination activities as related to WWW planning and implementation in the Regions; and

(iii) The number and timeliness of reports and publications on the implementation of the WWW, public information material, technical brochures and newsletters; a number of developing countries participating in sessions of CBS.


The duration of the sessions of CBS has been reduced to 8 days for CBS-XIII and 6 days for CBS-Ext.(06); there will be a 10 per cent reduction in the pre-session documentation; meetings of the CBS Management Group in 2004 and 2007 will not be funded; the biennial report on the Status of Implementation of the WWW can be produced in one language only (additional language versions depend on XB resources); the effective management and timely response to urgent requirements of CBS will be weakening, because the CBS Management Group can only meet on a biennial basis, instead of the current annual basis; several publications will be discontinued, issued in one language only and/or reduced to Web publishing. As a result, Members will not be adequately informed.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3101 Option A- Institutional support to the WWW Programme: organizational and administrative support to the one regular and one extraordinary session of CBS, including pre- and in-session documentation, publication of reports; two meetings of the CBS Management Group; two ad hoc meetings on high priority EC tasking; participation of CBS president in EC sessions and PTC meetings; collaboration with the CBS president; participation of regional working group chairs at two CBS sessions; participation in international meetings; advisory services to respond to high priority tasks given by the Executive Council and Congress; public information material; WWW Status Report 2004 and 2006; and technical reports. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.1 - GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

622 600 740 600


The Global Observing System (GOS) provides from the Earth and from outer space observations of the state of the atmosphere and ocean surface for the preparation of weather analyses, forecasts, advisories and warnings, for climate monitoring and environmental activities carried out under WMO Programmes and of other relevant international organizations. lt is operated by NMSs, national or international satellite agencies, and involves several consortiums/1/ dealing with specific observing systems or specific geographic regions. One of the main goals within the WWW will be the restructuring of the GOS into a composite system, particularly for upper-air observing, that will increase the use of ground-based remote sensing, AMDAR, satellites and GPS-Meteorology. Meeting the requirements of monitoring the climate and the environment, in collaboration with partner organizations, will also be a GOS priority. Areas of emphasis in the implementation of GOS may differ in the individual countries, but cost-effectiveness, long-term sustainability and new collaborative arrangements among Members will be key elements in the future design and operation of the observing networks. The development of GOS has its major impact on the implementation of Strategy 6 concerning

1 Examples are AMDAR, ASAP, COSNA, EUMETNET, DBCP

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observations of weather, water resources, climate and the related natural environment. lt also makes substantial contribution to Strategy 1 through providing the observational basis for production and delivery of increasingly accurate and reliable warnings of severe events. Enhanced observational capabilities of NMHSs will constitute the major prerequisite towards the implementation of Strategy 7. Finally, the restructured GOS will serve as an essential component for improving the effectiveness, efficiency and flexibility of structure and operations of WMO (Strategy 9).


(i) To improve and optimize global systems for observing the state of the atmosphere and ocean surface to meet the requirements, in the most effective and efficient manner, for the preparation of increasingly accurate weather analyses, forecasts and warnings, and for climate and environmental monitoring activities carried out under WMO Programmes and other relevant international organizations; and

(ii) To provide for the necessary standardization of observing techniques and practices, including the planning of networks on a regional basis to meet the requirements of the users with respect of quality, spatial and temporal resolution and long-term stability.


(i) The redesign of the GOS made further progress through national and international Observing System Experiments that assessed the impact of various observing systems on NWP and resulted in conceptual conclusions on the need for, and management of, specific observation programmes; it further included the review of observational data requirements and system utilization aspects which delivered the essential information basis for planning experiments and evaluations carried out by WMO Members and international programmes, e.g., EUMETNET;

(ii) Review of requirements for, and representation of, data from automatic weather stations resulted in appropriate adjustments in the GOS regulatory material;

(iii) RBSNs for RAs 11, Ill, IV and V were reviewed and adjusted to meet the requirements and Members' capabilities and ensured the stable generation of reliable observations; a new concept of RBCN was developed and implemented in several Regions which enhanced the GOS support to GCOS;

(iv) Activities of COSNA, EUMETNET and NAOS were monitored and coordinated with GOS operations and the working programme of CBS, as appropriate; and

(v) Guidance was provided to CTBTO and other international organizations in matters related to establishing and managing global geophysical observing networks, which demonstrated the expertise and authoritative role of WMO.


Option A:

(i) Improved composite GOS comprising upgraded and operationally-reliable surface-based and space-based subsystems as a result of experiments on the impact of observing systems on NWP and related applications, adaptable observing programmes, and deployment of modern and cost-effective technology in the observational networks of WMO Members; (RB/XB)

(ii) Improved quality, accuracy and optimized coverage of observational data to meet the requirements for weather analysis and forecasts, warnings, for climate monitoring and other environmental activities within WMO Programmes at the local, regional and global levels; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Methodologies to be developed to strengthen the observing networks to provide the data required for more effective preparedness and early warning operations in subregions with a high natural disaster risk. (RB/XB)

Option 8:

Support activities will result in the implementation of developed observing methodologies and programmes in selected high disaster risk areas; some damaged observing sites will be restored. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Statistics of implementation of RBSN and RBCN obtained from the WWW monitoring results; and

(ii) Degree of meeting stated requirements for coverage, timeliness, reliability and accuracy of observational data.

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Option 8:

(I) Number of NMHSs which, through WMO technical guidance and cooperation projects, have been enabled to introduce observing programmes adaptable to disaster risks or seasonal requirements; and

(ii) Number of Member countries that have obtained technical advice and assistance in rehabilitating destroyed observing infrastructure.

SIGNIFICANT EXTERNAL FACTORS

(i) The technological progress in and the evolution of operating costs of observing systems and networks;

(ii) The future availability of adequate radiofrequency bands for observation systems;

(iii) Future plans and policies of satellite operators; and

(iv) Continued willingness of the aviation industry in participating in the AM OAR programme.

Option 8:

Achievement depends on CBS, CIMO (new instruments and technologies), relevant regional associations, satellite operators and donors.


Option A

The progress of the GOS redesign project will not reach fruition during the fourteenth financial period. This will result in continuing high operational cost to be borne by Members, and the erosion of the GOS, in particular in developing countries, will not be stopped. WWW support to the GCOS upper-air and surface networks will be scaled back, which will undermine current efforts to increase the availability and quality of these networks.

Option 8

If funds would become available, the GOS programme would respond to some of the requirements for improving the GOS output through the development of adaptable observing networks and programmes for the generation of targeted observations in disaster exposed areas to strengthen disaster preparedness and early warning activities; make available consultancy services to disaster-stricken countries to assist in rehabilitating damaged stations.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3111 Option A- Structure and operation of the GOS: two expert team meetings on redesign of the GOS; one workshop on redesign of the GOS; one expert meeting on AWSs; four Implementation Coordination Meetings on Automatic Observing Systems; advisory services to support project coordination; development of proposals and guidance; (RB)

3112 Option A- Expansion of the GOS to meet requirements of other programmes/organizations: two Implementation Coordination Meetings on Integrated Observing Systems; one coordination meeting on the implementation of GSN and GUAN; development of proposals and guidance; (RB)

3113 Option A - GOS networks in disaster prevention and early warning: one workshop on adaptable observing programmes to strengthen early warning, one implementation coordination meeting on network adaptation; a study on regional options for adaptable observing programmes to improve early warning; consultancy services to disaster-stricken countries; and publication of technical guidance; (RB) and

Option B - one workshop on adaptable observing programmes; two implementation coordination meetings; technical advice to disaster-stricken countries in crisis situations. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.1.2- GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM

. Fourteenth Financial Period 2004-2007

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

885 500 1135 500


The Global Telecommunication System (GTS) is an integrated system of managed data communication networks, pointto-point circuits and satellite-based data collection and broadcast systems, which interconnect Meteorological Centres through agreed procedures and services. lt provides the telecommunication services for the collection and exchange of observational data (particularly GOS data) and the distribution of processed information from GDPS and other related centres. The GTS is operated by NMSs, national or international satellite agencies or contracted commercial telecommunication service providers. The Internet complements the GTS where technical or economic conditions limit the scope of the GTS. Maintenance and enhancement of systems to exchange data, products and information in the framework of Strategy 6 thus facilitate access to information needed for the preparation of analyses, forecasts and warnings, research activities and other environment-related applications.

The main goal will be the further development of structure and operational principles of the GTS and its further evolution into the FWIS. The GTS will respond to growing data communication needs of all WMO Programmes and exploit new technical and economic opportunities. Initially, the priority activity will be focused on achieving cost-effectiveness, enhanced data transmission capacity and a greater variety and flexibility of services. In a later phase, the upgraded GTS will evolve into the FWIS jointly supported by the GTS and WWW Data Management Programme, and including input from other relevant programmes, such as AMP, AREP, GCOS, HWRP and WCP. This goal has its main impact on Strategy 6 in that part of this Strategy, which concerns maintenance and enhancement of systems for exchange data, products and information, and contributes to the implementation of Strategies 1 and 9. Improved communications will also make critically important contributions towards enabling the provision of increasingly beneficial services to public, Governments and other customers as implied by Strategy 2.


(i) To improve and optimize the GTS and its operational procedures to provide effective and efficient telecommunication services for the collection and communication of observational data, processed information, advisories, warnings, etc., within established time limits;

(ii) To develop and implement the FWIS that will provide the information systems and services for the exchange of, and access to, data, which will meet the requirements for such services of all WMO Programmes;

(iii) To provide technical advice, training and support to developing NMHSs to improve their telecommunication infrastructure and related operational capabilities so as to facilitate access to data and products needed for operations and to mitigate meteorological and natural disaster; and

(iv) To ensure the availability of suitable radiofrequency bands, in particular through international allocations that are needed for meteorological and related operations and research.


(i) Plans for an improved MTN have been developed and implementation has started. Modern data-communication techniques (TCP/IP, FTP) were further introduced on the GTS resulting in increased data exchange capacities at lower cost;

(ii) The RMDCN in RA VI was successfully implemented and the number of participating RA VI Members has been reaching 70 per cent and is still increasing. The implementation phase of a similar network project in RA Ill has started and similar plans are progressing in RA 11. The RA V RMTN was upgraded and a comprehensive telecommunication strategy for RA I has been adopted;

(iii) Satellite-based data distribution systems have been upgraded and extended;

(iv) GTS operational procedures and provision of related operational and monitoring information were enhanced. Data-handling and communication systems were introduced in the several developing NMCs;

(v) Support to other programmes, in particular WHYCOS, was expanded; and

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(vi) Radiofrequency allocations needed for meteorological operations and research were successfully safeguarded at the 2000 World Radio Communication Conference (WRC 2000) and preparatory activities for WRC 2003 were carried out.


Option A:

(i) Enhanced structure, organization and implementation of WMO data-communication networks and systems to form the backbone of the FWIS at the global, regional and national levels and to support an improved exchange and distribution of meteorological data, products and related information; (RB/XB)

(ii) Extended use by NMHSs of efficient, cost-effective and interoperable information and communication technologies, procedures and practices, for accommodating growing real-time data exchange requirements, including a secure use of public data-communication resources (e.g. the Internet); (RB/XB)

(iii) Strengthening the GTS where it is weak or deficient by enhancing the capability of less developed NMHSs to implement and operate cost-effective data-communications systems; NMHSs in some of the disaster-stricken countries will be enabled to restore their data-communication systems to receive required information and warnings needed for the operation of the NMC; (RB/XB) and

(iv) Continued international allocation of sufficient and suitable radiofrequency bands for meteorological and related operations and research. (RB/XB)

Option B:

{i) Enhanced understanding and provision of technical guidance on the regional aspects of the implementation of the FWIS; (RB/XB) and

{ii) Enhanced capability of NMHSs, in particular from developing countries, to implement and operate cost-effective and reliable data-communications systems, including backup arrangements and restoration of equipment damaged by natural disasters. (RB/XB)


(i) Level of development and implementation of meteorological strategies and plans for interoperable WMO datacommunication networks at the regional (by regional associations) and global levels;

(ii) Statistics on increased volume of data and products exchanged via the WMO global and regional datacommunication networks;

(iii) Number of NMHSs that, through WMO assistance (technical guidance, training, expert services, cooperation projects), will be enabled to improve or restore their data-communication systems and operations; and

(iv) Degree of satisfaction with the international allocations of radio frequencies for meteorological applications.


Option A:

(i} Achievement depends on CBS, relevant regional associations, GTS Centres and donors;

(ii) Achievement on radiofrequency issues depends on ITU and Radiocommunication Administrations; and

(iii) Implementation of one expert meeting and one implementation coordination meeting on the FWIS network, one expert meeting on data communication procedures, one expert meeting on communication technologies for strengthening the GTS, a workshop on radiofrequency management and expert missions depend upon XB resources.


Option A:

Exchange of, and access to, information through flexible and cost-effective communication means will be slowed down, causing some Members and certain user groupings to develop their own systems that will benefit only a few and weaken the worldwide standards of the GTS. Insufficient rehabilitation and strengthening of the GTS will result in a continued lack of data and products, which will impede on the overall performance of developing NMHSs. WMO efforts to protect current radiofrequency allocations will not be sufficient to prepare Members for changes, which will affect poorer countries and further weaken the GOS.

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Option B:

If funds would be available, the GTS programme would assist Members in the GTS/FWIS implementation in areas exposed to weather-related disasters to improve the collection of observational data and the reliable provision of processed information and warnings; provide specific technical advice, training and assistance to developing NMHSs to strengthen their telecommunication and related operational capabilities so as to ensure reliable reception of, and access to, data needed for meteorological and, in particular, natural disaster mitigation operations; provide assistance for the restoration of damaged GTS equipment.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3121 Option A- Organization and structure of the GTS: two CBS/Expert Meetings on Information Systems and Services; participation in international meetings; advisory services on GTS (FWIS network) architecture; publications; (RB)

Option B - Studies on regional aspects of the implementation of the FWIS;

3122 Option A- Operation of the GTS: one expert meeting on use of data-communication procedures; elaboration of data-communication strategy for the GTS; participation in international meetings; two roving seminars; publications; (RB)

3123 Option A- Implementation of the GTS: one implementation coordination meeting on the MTN; advisory services to assist the implementation of RTHs and NMCs; (RB)

3124 Option A- Strengthening GTS implementation: one expert meeting on specific communication technologies; two roving seminars; advisory services to assist Members in developing the GTSs; publications (RB); technical assistance in the form of expert visits for assessing restoration or rehabilitation activities for damaged/destroyed GTS systems, installation support, operator/user training events and on-the-job training; (RB/XB)

3125 Option A - Radio frequencies for meteorology: two sessions of the Steering Group on Radio-frequency Coordination; participation in international !TU-Radiocommunication Sector meetings and two World Radiocommunication Conferences; studies on frequency band use and coordination; (RB) and

3126 Option B- Strengthening of the GTS in areas exposed to natural disasters: two implementation coordination meetings on specific communication technologies; advisory services to assist Members in developing the GTS and on telecommunication systems; technical assistance for restoration of GTS equipment. (RB/XB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.3- GLOBAL DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEM


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

874 400 1104 400


(i) The Global Data-processing System (GDPS) is the network of meteorological centres which generates weather and climate analyses, forecasts, advisories, warnings and specialized forecast products required by NMHSs and other Members' agencies for providing effective services for the protection of life and property, increased safety on land, at sea and in the air, enhanced quality of life, sustainable development and the protection of the environment under the WWW or within the framework of other WMO or international programmes. The GDPS aims at the provision to all NMHSs of more specialized and increasingly reliable NWP products spanning forecast ranges from instantaneous to long term and from the local to the global scale, improved early warning services for the mitigation of meteorological disasters and effective advice for emergency response to environmental catastrophes; and

(ii) This will make the main contributions to Strategy 6 in connection with the use of observational data for the preparation of operational forecast and warning services and related information. The main contributions will be made to the enhancement of the NMHSs capabilities (Strategy 7) and the improvement of the working mechanisms and practices of WMO (Strategy 9). Attaining this goal will support the delivery of warnings and the provision of services (Strategies 1 and 2). Provision of the information on the socio-economic benefits of understanding the weather, water, climate and related environment (Strategy 4) and the improvement of modelling of environmental processes (Strategy 5) will also be supported.

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(i) To contribute to an improved understanding of the current and future state of the atmosphere, the weather and related environmental parameters through continuing efforts to improve the quality of numerical models and forecasting techniques;

(ii) To review the operational requirements for, and implement new functions, techniques and improvements to ensure provision of analyses, forecast and warnings of weather in general and high-impact weather phenomena and natural disasters in particular; and

(iii) To support capacity building of developing NMHSs through strengthening regional and/or national GDPS components, and providing technical guidance and training.


(i) Recommendations for implementation of procedures and standards for making widely available EPS and related verification system for EPS products as an extension of procedures and standards for the deterministic products were developed and implementation is progressing;

(ii) Development and experimental implementation of an updated verification system for long-range forecast was realized;

(iii) Initial development of the GDPS aspect of the infrastructure for long-range forecasting and contributing to the work of the lntercommission Task Team on Regional Climate Centres was achieved;

(iv) Procedures and standards for data quality control were enhanced and implemented by the lead centres on surface, satellite, and aircraft data;

(v) GDPS support was provided to other WMO Programmes and other international programmes through collaborative .activities and related GDPS service delivery specifically for seasonal predictions, public weather services, aviation and environmental emergency response; and

(vi) Capacity building in regional area model and/post-processing facilities and interpretation of NWP products including EPS products was provided to developing NMCs through technical cooperation, technical conferences and workshops/seminars.


Option A:

(i) Improved global, regional and national centres outputs and provision of high quality analysis, forecasts, warnings and other environmental quality products to users as a result of operational use of advances in atmospheric sciences and enhanced adoption of modern and cost-effective technology; (RB/XB)

(ii) Enhanced capability of the less developed WWW centres for the assimilation and analysis of the voluminous information received from major centres and for the generation of local and value added products by provision of technical assistance, guidance and training; (RB/XB)

(iii) Wide availability of PC-based post-processing tools for the generation of value-added products from NWP output and EPS products for improving severe weather guidance; (RB/XB) and

(iv) NMCs/RSMCs/GDPS Centres are able to provide the basic and specialized NWP-based products required for effective preparedness and early warning operations in subregions with a high natural disaster risk. (RB/XB)

Option B:

Capabilities of developing countries will be improved in the application of GDPS products and services for emergency preparedness and response. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Degree of meeting stated requirements for the availability of specified NWP products of all time ranges, NWP products and EPS products at NMCs using modern means including Web technology and degree of satisfaction with the quality of the provided NWP products;

(ii) Number of Members that, through WMO assistance, have acquired the capability to run local NWP models and/ or PC-based post-processing tools for the generation of value added from NWP output and EPS products;

(iii) Level of development support through WMO to facilitate the wide use of PC-based post-processing tools; and

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(iv) Number of NMHSs which, through cooperation with disaster management agencies, have been enabled through WMO assistance or guidance to introduce or strengthen operational timely warning products on weather and climate disaster risks and community response mechanisms.

Option 8:

Number of Member countries that have improved their emergency preparedness and response capabilities.


Achievement depends on CBS, in collaboration with CCI, CAeM, JCOMM, regional associations, GDPS Centres, relevant institutes, national disaster management agencies and donors.


Option A:

Many developing Member countries will suffer from a continued inability to access and use NWP products generated by advanced centres for their efforts to protect life and property, because the resources are not sufficient for training and technical support aimed at promoting the use of NWP products for severe weather forecasting and warning.

Option 8:

If funds would be available, the GDPS programme would implement activities to develop and strengthen NMHSs' emergency preparedness and response capabilities

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3131 Option A- Structure of the GDPS: two expert meetings on quality and use of NWP/EPS products; two expert meetings on the use of operational long-range forecast products; coordination of GDPS implementation; and advisory services to develop specifications and guidance at the country level; (RB)

3132 Option A- Functions and operation of the GDPS: one meeting on implementation and operation of regional models on PC for various applications; one meeting on severe weather forecasting; one workshop on use of EPS; coordination of GDPS operational coordination; development of training materials on tools and use of GDPS products; development of technical solutions at the country level; preparation of reports; (RB)

3133 Option A - Implementation of the GDPS: two Implementation Coordination Meeting on Data-processing and Forecasting Systems; advisory services, in particular for specification of needs at GDPS centres; (RB)

3134 Option A- Application of GDPS products: two workshops on the application of GDPS products/tools/techniques; preparation of guidance material; two expert meetings on early warning systems; technical advice on early warning systems; definition of requirements for, and development of, early warning systems in developing countries; expert visits to provide local advice and on-the-job training; (RB) and

Option B - Six training workshops on emergency response activities; expert services for the implementation of emergency response services; publication of technical reports. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.4- WWW DATA MANAGEMENT


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

410 000 410 000


The World Weather Watch Data Management (WWWDM) programme will continue to develop and coordinate the support functions including data formats and codes, needed for an orderly and efficient overall management of meteorological data and products. lt will also coordinate the monitoring of the operations of the WWW to improve the availability and quality of data and products.

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(i) To implement modern standardized data handling and archiving procedures, practices, interfaces and formats required for the efficient exchange, archive and retrieval of all information used in the WWW and other related WMO Programmes;

(ii) To define and coordinate implementation of the management functions for the FWIS so that it meets the data exchange and access requirements of all WMO Programmes; and

(iii) To provide technical advice and training for developing countries related to the application of modern datamanagement techniques.


(i) A new procedure to monitor the quantity and timeliness of data exchanged on the GTS was developed and implemented on a trial basis. Since the proposed monitoring provides all information necessary, centres that participate in this integrated WWW monitoring will no longer need to conduct annual global monitoring;

(ii) The logical topology for the FWIS has been developed and new responsibilities for participating centres defined. The proposed vision has far-reaching implications for the operation of the WMO basic systems and will be further refined through pilot tests;

(iii) Operational implementation of GRIB edition 2 and CREX representation forms;

(iv) Developed a strategy for migration to table-driven code forms;

(v) Initial pilot tests of potential technologies for use in the FWIS were conducted; and

(vi) Information on promising new information system technologies was exchanged and participants from developing countries were informed through a CBS technical conference on WMO information systems and services.


Option A:

(i) Improved exchange of meteorological and related data and information between Members as a result of enhanced adoption of modern and cost-effective technology through implementation of the FWIS; (RB/XB)

(ii) Expanded use of modern table-driven codes as the primary formats for the worldwide exchange of meteorological observations; (RB) and

(iii) Wider availability of standard software for meteorological data management applications and post-processing for generating end-user focused products. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Degree of satisfaction with the timeliness and reliability of delivery of observational data and products to Members' NMCs; and

(ii) Number of Members that, through WMO Secretariat coordination, assistance and training, have acquired the capability to use modern table-driven data representation code forms and automated access to meteorological products and information.


(i) Technical specifications for the FWIS will be developed by experts who are appointed by CBS and other technical commissions and must be given sufficient time to invest in this task by their agencies;

(ii) Speed of technical implementation of the FWIS will depend upon availability of XB resources;

(iii) Implementation of GRIB edition 2 and other new code forms is entirely dependent upon actions within NMCs;

(iv) Development and dissemination of standard software to Members depend entirely upon XB resources; and

(v) Training in the use of binary codes depends mainly on XB resources.


The migration to binary codes will progress much slower than required, resulting in a reduced ability to use moderntechnology observational data and GRIB-encoded products and a reduced level of performance of NMHSs. Reduced representation of developing countries and regional associations in meetings on the development of the FWIS will result

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in a reduced consideration of their requirements and implementation potential. There is an increased risk of enlarging the digital divide. WMO will not be able to respond quickly enough to the progressive speed of development of the Internet, resulting in an emergence of competing and incompatible standards and practices, which will make the data exchange more difficult and increase operational costs.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3141 Option A - Development of the data management concept: four expert meetings on development of the FWIS; one expert meeting on evaluation of information systems technologies; two-day video conferences to exchange views on information systems technologies; advisory services to coordinate activities; and publications; (RB)

3142 Option A - Implementation of data management functions: one expert meeting on the implementation of the FWIS; and advisory services to coordinate pilot tests, to provide assistance in the implementation of FWIS technology and other activities (RB); two interprogramme meetings on functional FWIS requirements; one coordination meeting on the Central Software Library; (XB) and

3143 Option A - WMO codes and exchange formats: four expert meetings on data representation and codes; four short (one day) video conferences to coordinate migration strategy (RB); and one training seminar on binary codes. (XB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.5- WWW SYSTEM SUPPORT ACTIVITY, INCLUDING THE OPERATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

764 500 764 500


(i) The WWW System Support Activity (SSA) programme provides technical advice and support, especially to developing NMHSs, in order to assist in achieving the most effective and efficient implementation and sustainable operation of the WWW. The programme promotes the development of standard solutions to common operational problems and their implementation through coordinated projects; and

(ii) The Operational Information Service (OIS) collects from and distributes to, WMO Members detailed and up-todate information, in a timely and efficient manner, on facilities, services and products made available through the operation of the WWW.


(i) To assist developing NMHSs in obtaining the necessary self-reliance for providing weather forecasting and warning services in their country and to allow them to fulfil agreed responsibilities within the WWW system and other related WMO or international programmes;

(ii) To promote the development and implementation of innovative arrangements for cooperation and funding within the WWW system to strengthen the long-term and cost-effective operation of the basic infrastructure; and

(iii) To provide the information services on the operation of the WWW and related systems and improve its utility for the users.


(i) Strengthening of the implementation/operation/maintenance of meteorological observing, data processing and telecommunication systems, including satellite receivers and weather radars as well as connection of NMCs to the GTS through the provision of technical advice, assistance and training;

(ii) Improvement of the basic systems infrastructure in RA I through developing and implementing the WWW Rehabilitation Plan focusing on selected national data-collection systems, observing stations, GTS access and GDPS/data management functions;

(iii) Capacity building for NMHSs was supported through facilitating participation of experts in meetings, technical conferences and training seminars related to the WWW Programme and workshops organized under COSNA;

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(iv) Progress was made in developing innovative concepts for the future long-term sustainable operation of the WWW infrastructure and services, including joint funding and burden sharing; continued collaboration with consortia and groups such as COSNA and EUMETNET/EUCOS contributed to strengthen the effectiveness of the GOS; facilitate MOD and the LRIT programme coordination;

(v) The reasons for the low availability of climatological observations were assessed and, studies were reviewed to evaluate the impact of loss of upper-air observations; and

(vi) Reliable and timely provision of operational information to users; improved effectiveness of the OIS through consequent use of the Internet for information collection and distribution coupled with the introduction of a CD-ROM service and elimination of printed products.


Option A:

(i) Implementation of strengthened and more efficient operations of WWW basic systems infrastructure in developing countries following decisions and priorities of the regional associations; (RB/XB)

(ii) Long-term sustainable operations of selected WWW components and observing systems/networks will be supported through new concepts of burden-sharing, joint-funding and related cooperative arrangement; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Effective and efficient collection and compilation as well as timely provision of accurate information on the status and operation of the WWW to all users. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Number of countries benefiting from the development of regional strategic plans and the prov1s1on of implementation support through the WMO Secretariat (technical advice, training and other capacity building activities); number of participants in training events;

(ii) Level of development and number of implemented innovative funding schemes for the operation of components of the WWW infrastructure; volume of financial resources managed by innovative funding concepts; and

(iii) Statistics on the use of computer and Web techniques in the collection/collation of WWW operational information and elimination of the paper phase in the documentation and near real-time provision of operational information, reference and ancillary data through the Web.


(i) The speed of technological progress and the future evolution of existing collaborative arrangements/programmes/projects may require an acceleration or redirection of programme activities or resources; and

(ii) The programme depends heavily on VCP and XB resources.


Repair of many inoperative systems/equipment in developing countries will be delayed or impossible. The amount and quality of technical advice will be downscaled, which makes it more difficult for developing countries to benefit from improvements based on modern and cost-effective equipment or telecommunication services.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3151 Option A- Technical advisory and training support: two training seminars on WWW system planning; six training seminars on the operation of WWW components, including codes; expert visits to provide technical services and/or training; advisory services on the development and implementation of regional or subregional WWW strategic plans; (RB/XB)

3152 Option A - Innovative collaboration: two expert meetings on innovative collaboration concepts; two expert meetings on quality management implementation involving developing countries; advisory services on quality management; preparation of corresponding reports; (RB/XB) and

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3153 Option A - Operational Information Service: one expert meeting on Members' OIS requirements; advisory services to optimize operational procedures and to develop database applications; publications; CD-ROM production and mailing; and selected Publication No. 9 Volumes printout on request from Members. (RB)

3.1.6 -INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION PROGRAMME

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

692 000 692 000


The Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP) organizes the necessary studies, and instrument calibration and intercomparison campaigns to ensure accuracy and guarantee long-term stability of the observing systems used in the GOS. The Programme develops and supports publication of technical guidance, observation practices, standards and performance characteristics, and implements related capacity building activities. The Programme makes the major input to the implementation of Strategy 6 with respect to ensuring improvement of observations' quality. The Programme also contributes to the enhancement of the NMHSs capabilities to deliver services (Strategy 7).


(i) To improve the quality and long-term stability of observations and measurements of meteorological and related environmental variables through the coordination and promotion of the use of modern observation methods and technologies to meet the requirements for operational and research applications; and

(ii) To enhance the effective and economic use of observing/technology systems through training in, and technology transfer to, developing countries.


(i) Quality and reliability of observations and observation instruments have been improved through instrument calibrations and intercomparisons, in particular the Ninth International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-IX), Regional Pyrheliometer Comparisons (RPCs) in Switzerland in 2000, and the WMO lntercomparison of GPS Radiosondes in Brazil in 2001;

(ii) The technology transfer to developing countries has been enhanced and their capabilities in the instrument sector have been strengthened through the distribution of technical information, circulars, and publications (in printed form or on CD-ROM), a closer collaboration between Members and instrument producers partially involving Regional Instrument Centres, the Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TEC0-2000) and the Exhibition on Meteorological Instruments, Related Equipment and Services (METEOREX-2000), in China in 2000, and regional instrument technician training;

(iii) An Instrument Catalogue on CD-ROM was developed in collaboration with the industry and distributed to all Members, which will give users valuable reference for procurement projects;

(iv) Proposals have been developed on requirements and definitions related to observing techniques and instrument standards, functional specifications for AWSs and rain intensity measurements for consideration by Cl MO-XIII;

(v) Interdisciplinary issues have been successfully supported in close collaboration with other WMO technical commissions and bodies outside of WMO, such as ISO and BIPM, including a draft formal working agreement between WMO and the latter; and

(vi) Assistance and guidance was provided to interested Members to help them develop their own instrument manufacturing facilities and to organize coordinated procurement of instruments and consumables.

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Option A:

(i) Sustained and improved quality of observations and measurements of meteorological and related environmental variables for operational applications, climate monitoring and research as a result of the use of modern methods of observation, cost-effective technology and the implementation of instrument intercomparisons and calibration campaigns to meet the enhanced requirements; (RB)

(ii) Enhanced capability of developing countries in applying more effective and economic observing technologies and systems by the provision of technical assistance, guidance, training and technology transfer; (RB) and

(iii) Comprehensive publications on instrument specification standards, methodologies and procedures, maintenance and calibration data. (RB)


(i) Degree of meeting the versatile and increasingly stringent quality requirements for the full range of observational data through implementing instrument intercomparisons and calibration campaigns, and the provision of technical guidance on specifications and use of sophisticated systems such as Doppler weather radar and wind profilers;

(ii) Level of support through WMO in the organization and support of training workshops for instrument repair and calibration staff; number of refurbished or calibrated instruments; and

(iii) Degree of satisfaction with the quality and timeliness and number of technical publications.


(i) The implementation of effective and economic observing/technology systems within the operational networks of the NMHSs depends on financial means and sufficiently educated staff available at Services;

(ii) The abilities of, and services provided by, the Regional Instrument Centres to the region of their responsibility significantly influences both the quality of observations especially in developing countries and, through training events, the qualification of experts;

(iii) The offer of Members to serve as host countries or to provide assistance for carrying out instrument intercomparisons is the precondition for successfully implementing these tasks;

(iv) The development of technical specifications and standards for operation of instruments and methods of observation has to be done by experts who are appointed by CIMO. NMHSs must give sufficient time to them for carrying out these tasks; and

(v) The provision of extrabudgetary means is crucial for carrying out several important activities, in particular instrument intercomparisons and calibrations, training events. A conference (TECO) on instruments in the CIMO intersessional period can only be carried with XB resources.


Instrument intercomparisons cannot be sufficiently funded and instrument technicians of developing countries cannot be adequately trained. The Regional Instrument Centres in developing countries will not be able to develop their full support potential. The session of CIMO will be reduced to 7 days and there will be a 10 per cent reduction in the presession documentation. As a result of this, the quality and reliability of some observing systems will deteriorate and the output of the GOS will suffer.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3161 Option A- Institutional support to the instrument and methods of observation: organizational and administrative support to the session CIMO-XIV including pre- and in-session documentation, publication of the report; one session of the CIMO Advisory Working Group; participation in international organizations; assistance to the president of CIMO; preparation of publications; (RB)

3162 Option A - Quality and long-term stability of observations: three sessions of CIMO Working Groups; one expert meeting on standardization; (RB) one expert meeting on automation and maintenance; four meetings of organization committees on intercomparisons; one international Pyrheliometer lntercomparison (IPC-X); (XB) and

3163 Option A - Effective and economic use of systems, training and technology transfer: one technical conference in conjunction with Cl MO-XIV; one expert meeting on capacity building; (RB) one technical conference in 2004; one

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training workshop for instrument specialists; one meeting of Heads of Regional Instrument Centres; advisory services to Regional Instrument Centres in the implementation of tasks. (XB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.7- WMO SPACE PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

675 200 967 200


The main purpose of the WMO Space Programme (WMOSP) is to coordinate environmental satellite matters and activities throughout all WMO Programmes and to give guidance to these and other multi-sponsored programmes on the potential of remote-sensing techniques in meteorology, hydrology, related disciplines and their applications. Through this coordination and guidance, the programme makes essential contributions to the implementation of Strategy 6 with respect to the collection and exchange of satellite observations and to Strategy 8 by ensuring more effective work with those numerous international partners and relevant organizations that deal with satellite systems.


(i) To participate in the development of GOS as a composite system comprised of surface and space-based components, with a primary focus on matters related to environmental satellites;

(ii) To assist Members in the transition of low-resolution imagery satellite services from analogue to digital under complex operational conditions;

(iii) To promote high-quality satellite-related continuing education to keep the knowledge and skill of Members' operational and scientific staff up-to-date with the latest technological innovations, and to provide the competence and skills needed in related fields, such as communication with users; and

(iv) To provide information, advice and guidance to Members on satellite-related technological developments as well as on changes in relevant existing meteorological and hydrological operational systems to enable them to develop plans for objective and wise investments.


(i) Enhanced capabilities for WMO Members provided by space-based component of GOS (GOES-11 and -12, FY-28, AMSU on NOM-15 and -16);

(ii) Planned expansion of the space-based GOS to include R&D missions;

(iii) Establishment of the Virtual Laboratory for Education and Training in Satellite Matters;

(iv) Establishment of the International Precipitation Working Group; and

(v) Training events for WMO Members in Regions I, 11, Ill, IV and V at "Centres of Excellence for Satellite Meteorology" have been organized.


Option A:

(i) A proposed plan for the redesign for the space-based component of the GOS for environmental satellites; (RB/XB)

(ii) Reception of the new LRIT and LRPT digital direct broadcast service by WMO Members; (RB)

(iii) Improved forecasting skills through increased knowledge of remotely-sensed data acquired through education and training events and increased use of cloud track winds, sounding retrievals and qualitative precipitation estimates through transfer of knowledge and methodology ; (RB/XB) and

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(iv) Increased awareness of R&D satellite data capabilities for disaster and mitigation support and identification of observational requirements through focused symposia with R&D satellites; (RB)

Option 8:

(i)

(ii)

Increased awareness of R&D satellite data capabilities for disaster and mitigation support and identification of observational requirements through focused symposia with R&D satellites; (RB) and

Increased usage of R&D satellite data and products for disaster and mitigation support through regional education and training events on access, interpretation and methodologies. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Draft plan for the redesign for the space-based GOS submitted six weeks before CBS-XIII;

(ii) Number of Members: (a) informed of digital direct broadcast transition schedule six months before actual transition; and (b) that attended IWW 7, ITSC-XIII and IPWG-11 (at least six) and WMO regional training events in satellite meteorology (at least 30); and

(iii) Number of Members informed of potentialities of R&D data and products to support disaster and mitigation support activities.

Option 8:

Number of Members trained to use data and products for disaster and mitigation support activities. (RB)


Operational satellite operator plans including launch dates and operational systems may change.


Option A:

(i) WMO representation in international forums including EUMETSAT Councils and STGs, CEOS, CGMS, United Nations Inter-agency Meetings, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, IGOS and the Space Frequency Coordination Group will be severely reduced;

(ii) WMO exploitation of operational satellite data, product and services will be greatly restricted due to severely reduced work programme for the CBS OPAGIIOS Expert Team Meetings on Satellite System Utilization and Products;

(iii) WMO will reduce eo-sponsorship for the ITWG, IWW and IPWG and provide greatly reduced financial support for participation by WMO Members;

(iv) There will be reduced training events in satellite meteorology and the exploitation of the Virtual Laboratory for Education and Training in Satellite Matters will be restricted. This will adversely impact the implementation of the European Union-funded PUMA Project Phase I and its follow-up phases; and

(v) Development of standards for R&D satellite data, instruments and missions will be delayed. There may be frequency allocation conflicts to the detriment of WMO Members.

Option 8:

If funds are made available under Option 8, regional symposia on R&D satellite date usage and training course in disaster prevention and mitigation support from R&D satellite data will be organized, which would result in enhancement of awareness of R&D satellite data and products in some WMO Regions and development of standards for R&D satellite data, instruments and missions.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3171 Option A - Space-based Global Observing System: two CBS expert meetings; participation in EUMETSAT, IGOS, CEOS and relevant meetings and activities; and issuance of reports; (RB)

3172 Option A - LRIT-LRPT transition: provision of information (correspondence and WMO Satellite Activities Web pages) to WMO Members on transition schedule for new digital broadcast services; coordination with space agencies; and reports and publications including guidance materials; participation in CGMS, SFCG and United Nations lnteragency Meeting; (RB)

3173 Option A - Satellite system utilization improvement: six specialized symposia related to cloud track winds, sounding retrievals and quantitative precipitation estimations; and advisory services to Members on

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technological developments to increase their knowledge base; and issuance of reports; (RB/XB)

3174 Option A- Enhanced satellite training: one regional training event for satellite meteorology in order to promote high-quality continuing education in meteorology, climatology and hydrology; (RB/XB)

3175 Option A - R&D satellite data for disaster prevention and mitigation support: two regional symposia for R&D satellite data usage for disaster prevention and mitigation support; participation in international meetings of R&D agencies; advisory services; publications and reports; (RB)

Option B - R&D satellite data for disaster prevention and mitigation support: additional two regional symposia for R&D satellite data usage for disaster prevention and mitigation support; enhanced participation in international meetings of R&D agencies; enhanced advisory services; (RB) and

3176 Option B - Education and training for disaster prevention and mitigation support form R&D satellite data: two regional education and training seminars for disaster prevention and mitigation support from R&D satellite data. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.8- TROPICAL CYCLONE PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

988 000 1 488 000


793 400

The purpose of the Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP) is to assist Members, through an internationally-coordinated and cooperative programme, in their efforts to mitigate tropical cyclone disasters. This includes facilitating WMO's role in the implementation of follow-up activities to the IDNDR (now ISDR) and helping Members to obtain the humanitarian, social and economic benefits of effective tropical cyclone disaster mitigation and to achieve sustainable development. The Programme therefore makes its main contribution to the implementation of Strategy 1 by enabling the delivery of increasingly accurate and reliable warnings of tropical cyclones. The Programme also contributes to the implementation of several other Strategies, especially Strategy 7 by enhancing the NMHSs capability to deliver services.


(i) To assist Members in upgrading the capabilities of NMHSs to provide better tropical cyclone, related flood and storm surge forecasts and more effective warnings through regionally-coordinated systems, and to encourage Members to establish national disaster prevention and preparedness measures; and

(ii) To coordinate the further development and implementation of the five comprehensive regional cooperation programmes.


(i) Supported and coordinated the work of the five TC regional bodies;

(ii) Organized three workshops, one Regional Technical Conference, and 14 meetings on tropical cyclones and storm surges;

(iii) Go-sponsored seven training courses/workshops to update knowledge and skills of tropical cyclone forecasters of NMSs; and

(iv) Publication of six technical documents in the TCP series; 18 new editions of the Operational Plans/Manuals of five TC regional bodies; and nine final reports on sessions of four TC regional bodies.

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Option A:

(i) Further upgrading the capabilities of NMHSs in order to be able to provide better tropical cyclone, flood and storm surge forecasts through training activities for forecasters and the provision of guidance material; (RB/XB)

(ii) Development and implementation of technical plans, formulated by each of the five TC bodies towards upgrading tropical cyclone, storm surge and flood warning facilities and services at the regional level with emphasis on disaster mitigation activities; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Better provision of coordinated warning systems centred on the role of the TC RSMCs with activity specialization in tropical cyclones, in providing specialized advisories and other products and services. (RB/XB)

Option 8:

(i) Provision of a forum for the exchange of views and experience on improving tropical cyclone and storm surge forecasting and promoting a stimulated critical and objective examination of current tropical cyclone warning system and disaster mitigation programmes. lt is envisioned that increased tropical cyclone awareness will lead to effective action by the Government, communities and individuals during disaster situations; (RB) and

(ii) Assistance to Members of the RA IV Hurricane Committee to develop further their coordinated and cooperative regional plan by reviewing the plan during annual regular sessions. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Improved the timeliness, effectiveness, accuracy and reliability of TC RSMCs tropical cyclone forecasts and warnings through improved forecast models and overall warning systems;

(ii) Prepared technical plans geared towards upgrading warning systems and establishing increased collaboration and coordination between Members of the TCP Regional Bodies and RSMCs related to disaster mitigation activities; and

(iii) Increased accessibility to, and availability of, meteorological data to and from other Members and the RSMCs for use in the tropical cyclone warning system and tropical cyclone disaster reduction activities.

Option 8:

(i) Formulation of a framework of guidelines to assist decision-making required to counter the threat to affected communities and effectively avoid potential disaster situations; and

(ii) Assisting Members of the RA IV Hurricane Committee in attending the annual meetings ..


.(i) Level of participation of Members of the TC Regional Bodies; and

(ii) Availability of funds from outside funding agencies for special projects of the five TC Regional Bodies.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3181 Option A - Institutional support to TCP coordinating bodies: four annual meetings of ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Meetings; four meetings of the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones; public information materials; (RB)

Option B - Institutional support to TCP coordinating bodies: two annual meetings of the Hurricane Committee; (RB)

3182 Option A - Development of advanced technology and transfer of technology: one expert meeting on the formulation of a TCP subproject; advisory services, including those related to TC forecasting systems; public information material; publications; (RB)

3183 Option A- WWW support and additional facilities for tropical warning systems: one expert meeting on tropical cyclone warning; one technical coordination meeting of TC RSMCs; advisory services on TC warning systems; (RB)

3184 Option A- Tropical cyclone and storm surge simulation, forecasting and warning: one technical conference on tropical cyclone and storm surges; two workshops on storm surges in the South China Sea region; one workshop on storm surges for the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea; advisory services on storm surge forecasting systems; five technical documents; and 16 new editions of the Operational Plans; (RB)

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3185 Option A- Development of tropical cyclone mitigation systems and promotion of public awareness: one workshop on tropical cyclone mitigation systems; one seminar on tropical cyclone disaster reduction; advisory services on TC mitigation systems; and public information material; (RB)

3186 Option A - Capacity building and human resources development for tropical cyclone warning: two southern hemisphere training courses on tropical cyclones; two RA I training courses on tropical cyclones; attachment of tropical cyclone forecasters to TC RSMCs; and attachment of storm surge expert to advanced centres; (RB) and

3187 Option B- Disaster reduction and mitigation: Technical Conference on Tropical Cyclones and Storm Surges; and provision of advisory services on tropical cyclone disaster reduction. (RB)

EXTRABUDGETARY ACTIVITIES

(i) Typhoon Committee Trust Fund (TCTF): the funds are used for institutional support and the financing of programme activities of the Typhoon Committee as determined by the Committee. The funds are complementary to TCP activities, inter alia, for human resources development events; and

(ii) Panel on Tropical Cyclones Trust Fund (PTCTF): the funds are used mainly for institutional support to the Technical Support Unit, lslamabad.

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.9 - EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

200 000 320 000


The Emergency Response Activities (ERA) programme assists NMHSs, other relevant agencies of Member countries and relevant international organizations to respond effectively to environmental emergencies with large-scale transboundary air pollution, caused in particular by major nuclear accidents, volcanic eruptions, chemical accidents, airborne diseases and wildland fires, through the provision of specialized GDPS products by designated RSMCs, the development and implementation of procedures for the provision and exchange of specific observational data, and of related training support for users. Activities related to nuclear accidents are based on the International Conventions on Early Notification and on Assistance, to which WMO is party, under the overall coordination of the IAEA. The Programme serves the implementation of Strategy 7 by assistance to the NMHSs to enhance their capabilities and that of Strategy 8 by ensuring more effective work with international partners.


(i) To develop and improve Members' capabilities to respond effectively to environmental emergencies with largescale transboundary air pollution, in particular major nuclear incidents; and

(ii) To coordinate and collaborate WMO's ERA activities with those of other relevant international organizations to ensure optimum programme effectiveness.


(i) Improved operational arrangements for response to nuclear incidents and other emergencies taking into account new IAEA requirements and including practices for the use of Web technologies for the dissemination of products and other relevant information;

(ii) Wider participation of NMHSs in the ERA programme and improved notification and warning procedures to RSMCs and to NMHSs which facilitate effective national response to national emergency management agencies;

(iii) Publication and dissemination to Members of guidance on effective response procedure to chemical incidents;

(iv) Approval by CTBTO and endorsement by the Executive Council of draft relationship agreement and progressive implementation of cooperation arrangements related to long-range transport and dispersion modelling applied to treaty verification; and

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(v) Access to CTBTO monitoring data to support WMO and related international programmes.


Option A:

Improved level of effective response by Members and relevant international organizations to nuclear emergencies through provision and exchange of enhanced observational data and improved specialized products; effective collaboration of WMO with relevant international partner organizations; (RB/XB)

Option B:

The emergency response capability of the NMHSs is enhanced through the development of methodologies and NWP products and the implementation of coordinated operational emergency response arrangements related to volcanic eruptions, wildland fires, air-borne diseases and chemical accidents, as well as the provision of technical assistance, guidance, training on accessing information from major centres, post processing and interpretation of specialized products and generation of user-oriented products and services for local emergency disaster management. (RB/XB)


Option A:

In case of nuclear accidents, degree of satisfaction with the generation, upon request, of agreed high-quality ERA specialized products at designated centres and access to these products by NMHSs and relevant international organizations using modern means including Web technology;

Option B:

Degree of satisfaction with the progress achieved in expanding and developing the emergency response arrangements to cover new risk domains connected with large-scale atmospheric pollutions or transport of dangerous agents; level of availability of specialized products at the NMCs for the generation of user-oriented products for local emergency disaster management; the number of Members that, through WMO assistance, have acquired the capability to use ERA products received and/or to run local pollution models.


(i) The ERA programme is implemented in close collaboration with relevant international organizations, in particular IAEA; CTBTO, FAO, ICAO, OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency and the European Union/Emergency Response Office, which depend in their emergency activities on meteorological support provided by the RSMCs and NMCs. Requirements emerging within these organizations predetermine to a large extent the corresponding activities of WMO directed, inter alia, to enable the NMHSs to contribute their input within the national disaster mitigation framework; and

(ii) Progress in developing meteorological support methodologies and related operational plans for emergencies with transboundary atmospheric pollution different from nuclear accidents, and related training depend largely on the availability of XB resources.


Option A:

The development of emergency response procedures and products in case of large-scale chemical accidents, land fires and volcanic eruptions will advance slowly. Members will not receive the required range of specialized products from the designated RSMCs. The international role of WMO in disaster mitigation will be weakened.

Option B:

If funds would be available, the ERA programme would strengthen the emergency response capability of Members to cover new risk domains connected with large-scale atmospheric pollutions or transport of dangerous agents.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3191 Option A - Emergency response to nuclear accidents: two meetings of the Emergency Activities Coordination Group; participation in international meetings organized by IAEA, lnteragency Commissions, CTBTO Working Groups/Commissions; advisory services for planning and evaluation of exercises; publications; (RB)

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3192 Option A- Development of emergency response activities: two expert meetings on ERA roles of NMHSs; expert visits in ERA situations; (RB) and

3192 Option B - Four expert meetings on the development of emergency response capability related to chemical accidents, volcanic eruptions, wildland fires and air-borne diseases; coordination of tests/exercises of ERA schemes, technical publications. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.1.10- WMO ANTARCTIC ACTIVITIES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

86 000 86 000


The WMO Antarctic Activities (WMOAA) programme coordinates meteorological activities in Antarctica carried out by nations and groups of nations. Within the framework of the Antarctic Treaty, it focuses on the interfaces between these activities and relevant WMO Programmes, in particular the WWW, and aims at meeting the requirements for meteorological services as well as for environmental monitoring and climate research. The programme therefore contributes to the implementation of Strategies 2 and 6 with respect to the WWW development in Antarctica and Strategy 8 by promoting more effective work with international partners involved.


(i) To coordinate implementation and operation of the basic systems of the WWW to meet the requirements for meteorological services and research activities in the Antarctic, including monitoring of climate and environment; and

(ii) To collaborate with other international organizations and programmes in Antarctica in order to ensure a coordinated and cost-effective scientific and technical programme.


(i) The Antarctic Basic Synoptic Network was reviewed and improvements to the telecommunication arrangements for the Antarctic were developed;

(ii) The operational performance of the Antarctic meteorological networks was monitored and improved in close collaboration with relevant application programmes and international organizations; and

(iii) The publication entitled The International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook has been prepared and issued on CD-ROM.


Option A:

(i) Coordination and sustained operational performance of the Antarctic meteorological observational and telecommunication networks; (RB) and

(ii) Enhanced provision of required meteorological services and support. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Percentage of reliable surface and upper-air stations implementing a full observational programme in the Antarctic;

(ii) Level of modernization of GTS circuits in the Antarctic on the basis of advanced telecommunication techniques and, in particular, satellite-based telecommunication services; and

(iii) WMO contributions to the international Antarctic meetings are already identifiable.

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(i) Achievements directly depend on the ability of Members concerned to implement the programme; and

(ii) The level of collaboration with interested international organizations and programmes. The required level of coordination and collaboration can be achieved only with additional funding through XB sources.


Reduced representation of WMO in Antarctic meetings and conferences will result in an increasing instability in the Antarctic observational and data exchange networks.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3193 Option A- Antarctic meteorology: one coordination meeting on Antarctic meteorology; and publications. (RB/XB)

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.2- WORLD CLIMATE PROGRAMME (WCP)


Option A

6 955 900

18 511 300

25 467 200

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

7 320 900

18 696 000

26 016 900


21 434 600

21 434 600

(i) The purpose of the World Climate Programme (WCP) is to provide an authoritative international scientific voice on climate and climate change, and to assist countries in the application of climate information and knowledge to national sustainable development through the implementation of Agenda 21 and associated instruments in order to achieve the maximum possible benefit for national economies and social welfare;

(ii) The WCP embraces the study and monitoring of the entire climate system and, as such, makes its major contributions to the implementation of most, if not all, WMO Strategies. The Programme supports enabling the delivery of increasingly accurate and reliable warnings of severe climatic events (Strategy 1) and the provision of increasingly beneficial climate services (Strategy 2). The Programme serves to enhance WMO's role as the United Nations authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of climate (Strategy 3) and provides information on the socio-economic benefits of understanding climate (Strategy 4). The WCP's research component contributes to understanding and improving the modelling of the processes, which affect climate (Strategy 5). The Programme also supports the development of climate observations (Strategy 6) and ensures the more effective international partnership (Strategy 8);

(iii) The WCP is an integrating and catalytic agent for initiating and coordinating activities in the areas of data collection, research, applications and training. Promoting the establishment of relevant national committees is seen to be an effective means to mobilize support for these activities and to facilitate international coordination. Within the Programme, special attention is given to developing and supporting national climate services through regional cooperation. This makes an important contribution to the implementation of Strategy 7 concerning enhancing the NMHSs capabilities and Strategy 8 concerning international partnership; and

(iv) At the same time, the WCP continues to support the provision of authoritative assessments on climate science, social and economic impacts, and possible response options to climate change, especially through the work of the WMO/UNEP IPCC. Such assessments provide the scientific and technical basis for adopting national and international response measures within the United Nations multilateral environmental agreements aimed at the implementation of Agenda 21 and other proposals emerging from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The WCP can provide critical support to enable nations to meet their commitments under these environmental agreements. To this end, it is envisaged that the international climate-related programmes, including the WCP as a core programme, will continue to be developed within the Climate Agenda framework, which has the following thrusts:

• New frontiers in climate science and prediction;

• Climate services for sustainable development;

• Studies of climate impact assessments and response strategies to reduce vulnerability; and

• Dedicated observations of the climate system.

The overall objectives of the WCP are formulated to ensure that these thrusts are pursued.

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OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To facilitate the effective collection and management of climate data and the monitoring of the global climate system,

including the detection and assessment of climate variability and changes;

(ii) To foster the effective application of climate knowledge and information for the benefit of society and the provision of

climate services, including the prediction of significant climate variations both natural, and as a result of human

activity;

(iii) To assess the impacts of climate variability and changes that could markedly affect ecosystems, economic or social activities and advise governments !hereon, and contribute to the development of a range of social and economic

response strategies that could be used by Governments and the community; and

(iv) To improve the understanding of climate processes for determining the predictability of climate, including its variability and change, identifying the extent of human influence on climate and developing the capability for climate prediction.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.2- WORLD CLIMATE PROGRAMME


3.2.0 Institutional support to the WCP;

3.2.1 Coordination activities within the Climate Agenda;

3.2.2 Support to climate change-related activities;

3.2.3 Global Climate Observing System;

3.2.4 World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme;

3.2.5 World Climate Applications and Services Programme;

3.2.6 World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme; and

3.2.7 World Climate Research Programme.

PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT OF BUDGET OPTIONS FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

Option A:

Adoption of Option A has several significant implications for WMO's management functions with respect to the WCP and also with respect to the activities that can be supported. The CCI principally coordinates those components of the WCP that lie entirely within WMO's responsibility. lt is anticipated that the fourteenth session of the Commission will have to be shortened, with a consequential reduction in the ability of the Commission to cover the widening range of its potential responsibilities. Furthermore, less than half of the expert teams established by the Commission will be able to meet and capacity building activities will be restricted typically to one-third or less of the Regions for any one activity. In this context, the CLIPS activity, which has begun to show significant progress, would be seriously curtailed. lt is also likely that WMO's position as the authoritative voice on climate matters will be jeopardized through an inability to publish, except in electronic forms and in one language only, basic publications such as the Annual Global Climate Statement and periodical climate system reviews.

Contributions to the WCRP, IPCC and to GCOS, along with support for the implementation of United Nations multilateral environmental agreements will be reduced. Option A provides for a significant reduction from the current level of WMO support resulting in GCOS not being able to support activities in the oceanic and terrestrial domain, such as the activities of the GCOS Ocean and Terrestrial Observing Panels and the baseline networks for hydrology glaciers and permafrost. The

reduction of support to the IPCC would be particularly unfortunate given the strong and continual endorsement of WMO's sponsorship by Members. In summary, Option A would seriously compromise many of the strategic goals laid down in the Long-term Plan in the area of climate and the environment;

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Option 8:

Restoration of some of the effective resource base through the adoption of Option B would enable GCOS to convene two meetings of the Terrestrial Observing Panel for Climate, and would preserve WMO's commitment to the continued success of the IPCC. Option B will also restore some important activities aimed at climate data rescue and at improving climate database management systems in developing countries, including training seminars.

3.2.0 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE WORLD CLIMATE PROGRAMME

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

898 800 898 800


The purpose of the institutional support to the WCP is to provide the resources required for the coordination between the various components of the Programme and between the Programme itself and other climate and environmental activities and programmes. This sub-programme also supports the work of CCI and its officers. For administrative purposes, CAgM is included in these coordination activities; however, it is functionally supported under sub-programme 3.4.2.


(i) To ensure close coordination between the various components of the WCP and between other climate and environmental activities of the WMO, in particular, IPCC and GCOS; and

(ii) To ensure the effective functioning of CCI and CAgM (budgeted under 3.4.2}, including support for their respective fourteenth and fifteenth sessions, and for the activities of their officers and Management Groups.


(i) A more effective structure of working arrangements of the CCI has been implemented. Substantial work was undertaken to implement the results of CCI-XIII. Two Implementation Coordination Team meetings were also held which provided advice to the president and vice-president on implementation of the new structure and on activities of the various Expert Teams. The Commission established three OPAGs, four Implementation Coordination Teams and 14 Expert Teams;

(ii) An international conference was arranged and held prior to the CCI meeting. This was successful in informing Members of the climate services it is anticipated they will need to provide in the twenty-first century; and

(iii) Part 1 of the Guide to Climatological Practices (WMO-No. 1 00) was completed, which provides Members with updated information about the operation and methods for climate activities.


Option A:

(i) Active participation from developing countries in future CCI activities and the international conferences arranged prior to the Commission meetings; (RB) and

(ii) CCI view on climate activities will be provided to various Executive Council task groups and special task team. (RB)

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(i) Number of participants from developing countries in the expert groups, assessments, OPAGs and working as rapporteurs in the Commissions; and

(ii) Number of task teams and various intercommission teams dealing with climate issues CCI representatives participate in.


(i) Commitment of the Members to provide the necessary climate experts and technical assistance to the developing countries;

(ii) Ability of developing countries to leverage the information being provided for the benefit of their services;

(Hi) Ability to acquire extrabudgetary funds to support the installation of the CDMS's and data rescue hardware in developing countries;

(iv) There have been continuing requests from members of the Commission for funding of unforeseen actions. These requests can be accommodated only to a modest level by the reprogramming of funds without distorting the agreed activities in support of the Commission; and

(v) Delays in completing Part 1 of the Guide to Climatologica/ Practices by the CCI members, may force a further delay in the work on Part 2 of the Guide.


The fourteenth session of CCI will be shortened with a consequential reduction in the ability of the Commission to fully discuss its mandate. Delay in distribution and completion of Part 2 of the Guide to Climatologica/ Practices will result in provision of incomplete guidance to Members.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3201 Option A - Institutional support to the WCP; organization and provision of administrative support to the fourteenth session of CCI, including pre- and in-session documentation; provision of support to the president; special lectures; three meetings of the CCI Management Group; advisory services on CCI matters; reports; participation in international meetings on climate change and variability; advisory services related to CCI new working structure and to the planning of climate coordination with developing countries; updating of the Guide to Climato/ogical Practices including the completing Part 2 of the Guide; publications; and reports. (RB)

3202 Option A - Evaluation and development of CCI Plans: participation in international meetings on climate change and variability; advisory services related to CCI new working structure and to the planning of climate coordination with developing countries; updating of the Guide to Climatological Practices including the completing of Part 2 of the Guide; publications; and reports. (RB)

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3.2.1 -COORDINATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CLIMATE AGENDA


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 300 000 300 000

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


500 000

The purpose of the Coordination Activities within the Climate Agenda programme is to ensure the WMO's responsibilities are fulfilled with respect to the coordination of international climate related activities under the Climate Agenda, including the WCP and GCOS. lt is through this component that the WCP contributes to the more effective work with international partners following Strategy 8.


(i) To ensure WMO's effective participation in the development and implementation of the Climate Agenda, including its contribution to Agenda 21 and to alternative or complementary proposals emerging from WSSD, highlighting the role of NMHSs in the process;

(ii) To ensure coordination on the implementation of the four components of the WCP and GCOS amongst WMO programmes, within the overall context of the Climate Agenda; and

(iii) To improve public awareness of the Climate Agenda and its associated activities and international efforts aimed at coping with the challenges posed by climate variability and climate change.


(i) Review on implementation of "Health of the Atmosphere" Chapter 9 of Agenda 21 to the ninth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development;

(ii) Preliminary assessment of distribution of climate-related activities amongst WMO Programmes;

(iii) Preparation of information material for WSSD on WMO's contribution to the implementation of Agenda 21;

(iv) Publication of biannual World Climate News;

(v) Support for Executive Council Advisory Group on Climate and Environment; and

(vi) Completion of the publication Climate into the 21 51 Century.


Option A

(i) Improved collaboration with other United Nations bodies and agencies in the area of climate and environment; (RB) and

(ii) Procedures in place for interagency coordination on climate aspects of emergencies and disasters, e.g. El Niiio

events. (RB)

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Option A

(i) WMO collaboration with United Nations, international organizations, conventions, advisory mechanisms related to climate variability and change are clearly identifiable; and

(ii) WMO's role in advising the United Nations System and other international bodies on the climate aspects of emergencies and disasters is clearly identifiable.


Future directions of the Climate Agenda will be guided by the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

PROGRAMMATIC IMP.ACT OF BUDGET OPTIONS FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

Inability to follow through adequately on the outcomes of WSSD, affecting NMHSs in developing countries and those countries with economies in transition, which will then not be able to respond as effectively to the outcomes of WSSD.

PR.OJECT ACTIVITIES

3211 Option A - Overall coordination of the WCP: four sessions of an Advisory Group on Climate and Environment; advisory services for projects identified the under Climate Agenda; and reports; (RB)

3.2.2- SUPPORT TO CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED ACTIVITIES


Resources (SFR}

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 1192400 1 252400

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


15 800 000

The purpose of the programme is to assist Members in meeting their commitments under multilateral environmental agreements such as the UNFCCC, the UNCCD and, as appropriate, the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity, primarily in the fields of research and systematic observations. The programme also includes arrangements for the WMO support to, and interaction with the process of the IPCC assessments. The programme directly supports Thrust 3 of the Climate Agenda and contributes to the implementation of the WMO Strategy 3, particularly as regards the assessment of scientific basis of relevant international agreements.

MAIN LONG-TERM OB.JECTIVES FOR 2004-2011

(i) To support the work of IPGC;

(ii) To assist WMO Members in identifying national needs related to meeting their commitments under multilateral environmental agreements associated with climate change; and

(iii) To facilitate access to funding sources that will assist WMO Members meet their commitments under these agreements.

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(i) Third Comprehensive Assessment Report of IPCC released along with a number of special reports;

(ii) Major contributions by WMO Programmes to the work of IPCC; and

(iii) Significant bridging support provided to the United Nations Convention on Desertification through the funding to special seminars on drought and to the Secretariat.


Options A and 8:

(i) Information to Members on developments related to the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements associated with climate change; (RB)

(ii) Support to the functioning of the work of the IPCC Secretariat (RB/XB); and

(iii) Preparation of documentation on the views and needs of WMO Members on research and observational issues related to the multi-lateral environmental agreements associated with climate change. (RB)


Options A and 8:

(i) IPCC continues to be recognized as the principal authoritative voice on scientific and technical matters related to climate change;

(ii) More effective contributions by NMHSs of WMO Members to the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements; and

(iii) The degree of satisfaction (timeliness of documentation, conference services, etc.) provided by the IPCC Secretariat.


Continuing support by WMO's partner and country Panel Members to the work of IPCC needs to be maintained. Expansion of the mandate of IPCC to support climate change related aspects of other multilateral environmental agreements might also be a significant factor.


Reduction in WMO contribution to IPCC Trust Fund under Option A and overall in support to Members on responding to IPCC will result in diminished role of WMO as an authoritative voice on issues relating to climate change, water resources and desertification, reduced ability to inform Members on implications of climate change, reduced support to NMHSs to assist them in developing capabilities to provide services related to climate change adaptation measures, such as coping with increased frequency and intensity of extreme events. Funds under Option B will be used to help reinforce WMO's commitment to the work of the IPCC.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3221 Option A - Support to UNFCCC: participation in international meetings related to UNFCCC and climate change; public information materials; and reports; (RB)

3222 Option A- Support to IPCC: block grant to the IPCC Trust Fund; (RB/XB)

Option B- Support to IPCC: enhanced support to IPCC Trust Fund; (RB/XB)

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3223 Option A- Response to UNFCCC requirements: two regional workshops on observing systems for climate; (RB)

3224 Option A - Support to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: participation in international meetings; and publications; (RB)

3225 Option A - Support to the Desertification Convention: one expert group meeting on drought preparedness; one symposium on climate factors in desertification; provision of support to meetings organized by UNCCD; participation in international meetings; guidance materials; and publications; (RB) and


Programme of IPCC: The programme of IPCC is implemented with resources from the joint WMO/UNEP IPCC Trust Fund, considerably augmented by direct and voluntary contributions from Governments. The extrabudgetary funds provided by UNEP are primarily used to support the IPCC Secretariat including the salary of the Deputy Secretary. The IPCC tailors its annual budget to its work programme that is funded mostly through government contributions including the operation of three Technical Support Units. An activity period is defined as the duration of full IPCC assessment; the current activity period is anticipated to run through 2007. Additional cash contributions to the IPCC Trust Fund have been made in the past by the UNFCCC, and the European Commission.

3.2.3- GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 386 200 461 200

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Extra budgetary

resources

1 332 000

(i) The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is a joint undertaking of WMO, IOC of UNESCO, UNEP and ICSU. The purpose of GCOS is to ensure that the comprehensive observations needed to address general and specific climate-related issues are properly defined, obtained and made accessible. GCOS contributes to Thrust 4 (Observations) of the Climate Agenda and thereby to the implementation of WMO Strategy 6 relating to the taking of

observations needed for operational forecasting and warning services with respect to weather, water and climate, and Strategy 5 relating to the understanding and modelling of the atmosphere and climate system;

(ii) GCOS focuses on improving the effectiveness and scope of existing operational networks and systems. In addition, it provides a long-term, systematic framework for integrating, and enhancing as needed, the research-oriented observing systems of participating countries and organizations. Through this combination of operational and researchbased inputs, GCOS aims to secure a comprehensive system that is focussed on meeting the requirements set by users and issues. GCOS is built primarily on the climate components of the following existing global observing systems: GOS of WMO's WWW, GAW, GOOS, and GTOS. WMO is a joint sponsor, with other agencies and

organizations, of GOOS and GTOS. GCOS takes account of capabilities for both space-based and in situ observing techniques and aims to include all necessary physical, chemical and biological properties relating to atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological, cryospheric, and terrestrial processes. GCOS is closely linked to the activities of other international programmes which address climate issues, such as the WCP and the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme.


To ensure that climate observing systems provide adequate data for:

(i) Climate change detection and attribution;

(ii) Climate system monitoring;

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(iii) Operational climate prediction, especially on seasonal to interannual time scales;

(iv) Assessing impacts of, vulnerability to, and adaptation to climate variability and change, e.g., of terrestrial ecosystems and sea-level;

(v) Research to improve understanding, modelling and prediction of the climate system; and

(vi) Application for sustainable economic development.


(i) GCOS networks expanded and performance improved (Atmosphere: GSN, GUAN and GAW; Ocean: Argo network nearing full implementation; Terrestrial: implementation of GTN-H (Hydrology) begun);

(ii) Regular reports prepared and delivered to UNFCCC/SBSTA regarding climate observing system status; synthesis of Parties' National Reports in cooperation with UNFCCC Secretariat completed; preparation of Second Report on Adequacy of Global Climate Observing Systems completed;

(iii) GCOS Regional Workshop Programme implemented and performing; six (of 10) workshops completed and Regional Action Plans developed; regional improvements being implemented; and

(iv) GCOS established and widely recognized as the prime and crucial system for providing needed climate observations.


Option A:

GUAN and GSN performance maintained at an inadequate level and not improved. GCOS to continue its representation on systematic observations at UNFCCC, but do limited reporting. Limited capacity to follow up on Adequacy Report to UNFCCC. GCOS Regional Workshop Programme completed only if extrabudgetary resources are available; (RB/XB)

Option B:

Similar to Option A, but with one additional meeting of AOPC. (RB/XB)


Options A and B:

(i) Statistics on the performance of GCOS networks, including statistics on the exchange and availability of data from those networks;

(ii) WMO contribution to the United Nations and international organizations, conventions, advisory mechanisms on GCOS activities are clearly identifiable; and

(iii) The number of regional/global reports and assessments prepared regarding GCOS with WMO assistance or coordination.


(i) For either Option A or B, GCOS activities are critically dependent on external funding from sponsors, national and other international or regional organizations. Adequate external funding may not be available due to various economic, organizational and/or priority reasons;

(ii) Political issues within the UNFCCC could affect its interest in and support for systematic observation; and

(iii) GCOS Regional Workshop Programme totally dependent on extrabudgetary resources.

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Under Options A or B, minimal planning and direction to the GCOS programme due to only two (of four needed) meetings of the GCOS Steering Committee (GCOS SC) and one or two (of four needed) meetings of AOPC. No WMO support for the Ocean or Terrestrial Observations Panels, with resulting serious loss of credibility for support of the multi-domain GCOS concept. Only partial (25 per cent) professional staff support for implementation of the GCOS basic climate networks such as GSN and GUAN and basic secretariat activities. GCOS programme not viable without major external sources of funding (up to 4 times the WMO regular budget contribution, of which other current sponsors collectively to provide only 1 time). Regional Workshop Programme cannot be completed without additional external matching funding of about SFR 1.1 million.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3230 Options A or B - GCOS Secretariat operations and minimal support to Panels: organization and servicing of two meetings of the GCOS Steering Committee and one or two meetings of the AOPC; no support for OOPC and TOPC. Very limited participation in international meetings such as UNFCCC/SBSTAICOP, observing system sponsors, CEOS, IGOS; publications and reports; (RB/XB) and

3231 Options A orB- Response to UNFCCC/COP: organization of four GCOS regional workshops and follow-up activities; one expert meeting to finalize adequacy report to UNFCCC; participation in international meetings; publications and reports. (RB/XB)


GCOS support: Extrabudgetary contributions required for GCOS to carry out its basic operations (including support to its panels but excluding the Regional Workshop Programme), are estimated at approximately SFR 1.6 million for the fourteenth financial period, of which about SFR 352 000 is expected from current sponsors. The remainder must come from sponsors and other voluntary contributions (solicited from nations and any other sources). Additional extrabudgetary resources of about SFR 2.1 million will be required to complete the GCOS Regional Workshop Programme, of which SFR 980 000 will be provided by the GEF on condition that the remainder be obtained as matching funding from other sources. Therefore, the remaining balance of approximately SFR 2.4 million needs to be raised from external resources, without which the GCOS Programme will not be fully implemented. (The Regional Workshop Programme is a major component of the GCOS response to the requests from the UNFCCC/COP and cannot be carried out without these resources.)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.2.4- WORLD CLIMATE DATA AND MONITORING PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1183 900 1 323 900


(i) The purpose of the World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP) is to support Thrust 4 of the Climate Agenda by promoting the development of comprehensive climate data management systems, and by ensuring that high-quality data from global observing systems for climate are readily available to WMO Members in formats suitable for use in: modelling climate processes; detecting climate change; monitoring climate variability; developing climate applications and services; and for assessing the impacts of climate; and

(ii) The WCDMP will directly support several WMO strategies:

• Strategy 1 will be supported through the provision of climate anomaly warnings and the continual monitoring of the climate system;

• Strategy 3 will be supported through the provision of annual statements on the status of global climate, biennial reviews of climate and other monitoring reports, enabling WMO to remain the authoritative voice on the state of the climate;

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• Strategy 6 involving climate data collection and management will be supported by the development of climate

databases, enhancement of climate data exchange mechanisms, issuance of guidelines on climate observations and by other climate data management activities; and

• Strategy 7 will be supported by the transfer of climate database management technology, facilitating exchange of climate datasets and by data rescue activities.


(i) To support the development of observation networks to meet the needs of specific applications, including the use of traditional in situ surface and upper-air observations, satellite systems and new observing technologies;

(ii) To complete the implementation of a climate alert system to inform Members of pending significant climate anomalies;

(iii) To coordinate the provision of monitoring of climate anomalies, regular assessments and authoritative statements on the interpretation and applicability of instrumental and proxy data for the study of climate variability, the detection of climate change, and the validation of climate models and forecasts;

(iv) To develop awareness of the interannual variability of the global climate system and to facilitate the generation, interpretation and dissemination of this information in global and regional scale climate fluctuations;

(v) To facilitate the development and implementation of methods to enable the rescue, preservation and management of climate data by WMO Members, especially developing countries, and to promote the international exchange of climate data and related products;

(vi) To coordinate the preparation and distribution of global and regional data sets, including metadata, as required, for both research and the development of climate information and prediction services; and

(vii) To coordinate the development and implementation of advanced climate database management system, with the provision for capacity building and technology transfer.


(i) Substantial work was undertaken to implement the results of CCI-XIII , which was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 19 to 30 November 2001. Two Expert Team and one Management Group meetings were coordinated and

held under the new structure. These meetings established and approved the priorities for CCI and completed Part 1 of the Guide to Climatological Practices and prepared the draft Climate Statement for 2002;

(ii) Major emphasis was placed on developing the new climate database management system and data rescue activities. Two meetings were held on data rescue, one in RA Ill and one in Geneva with the purpose of reestablishing the data rescue efforts and gaining acknowledgement that data rescue is an ongoing activity;

(iii) The programme issued several publications including the proceedings from three workshops and six meetings on re-establishing the data rescue project as an integrated activity with CLICOM;

(iv) Three Climate Statements along with the development of press releases associated with them were completed during this period which continue to ensure WMO is the authoritative international voice on climate conditions; and

(v) The eighth edition of the biennial review, which details climate conditions from 2000 to 2002, was organized, coordinated and published. This continues the WMO activities of documenting the climate system and its anomalies.


Option A:

(i) Improved use of and quality of climate assessments and information produced from WMO for the Members; (RB)

(ii) Rapid (at least 50) installations and support of the new Climate Database Management System (CDMS); (RB) and

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(iii) Implementation of data rescue activities in Members services that increase the completeness of the global databases. (RB)

QQtion B:

(i) Training in data management through three regional workshops; CDMS training materials completed and distributed; (RB)

(ii) Completion of the annual climate statement brochure along with the press release; (RB) and

(iii) Expanded data rescue activities in Members services in RA Ill and RA 11. (RB)


Option A:.

(i) Number of assessments and reviews of the state of the climate produced. Number of experts involved in the production of these reports;

(ii) Number of countries that install the new system; and

(iii) Number of observations rescued in participants' services and number of observations provided to the global databases through WMO coordinated assistance.

Option B:

(i) The WMO Annual Climate Statement will be printed and distributed each year for World Meteorological Day;

(ii) CDMS training materials and manuals will be. completed and distributed to all Members participating in new system; and

(iii) Number of observations rescued in RAs 11 and Ill and number of observations provided to the global databases, support and coordination will be provided in six countries within these regions.


(i) Commitment of the Members to provide the necessary climate experts and technical assistance to the developing countries;

(ii) Ability of developing countries to leverage the information being provided for the benefit of their service; and

(iii) Ability to acquire extrabudgetary funds to support the installation of the CDMS's and data rescue hardware in developing countries.


(i) Reduced level of training activities will result in provision of minimum levels of support for capacity building in data management activities relevant to climate change, especially in Regions 11 and Ill. Discontinuation of the Global Climate System Reviews and Climate Variation training seminars and reduced level of activities related to Annual Climate Statements will result in reduced visibility of WMO as authoritative international voice on climate monitoring;

(ii) Under Option A the Data Rescue Project will not be expanded to RAs Ill or VI as originally planned. Thus, valuable irreplaceable data will be lost for scientific research. In addition, the implementation of CDMS will progress slowly with the risk of failed systems in RA I; and

(iii) Under Option B, the Data Rescue Project will be expanded to RAs Ill and VI as originally planned. Data and information will be rescued that will complete the existing databases for those regions. In addition, the CDMS will be fully implemented throughout the regions.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3241 Option A- Climate data and data management (CDDM): one meeting of the Implementation Coordination Team on networks; one CDDM training seminar; one DARE expert team meeting on rescue, preservation and digitisation of climate records; one expert team meeting on metadata for climate applications; two expert meetings in regions on observing requirements and standards for climate; two expert meetings in regions on rescue, preservation and digitisation of climate records; and two expert meetings in regions on climate data management. Also included are advisory services and coordination for the implementation of Regional Climate Centres; advisory services in CDDMrelated expert teams of other technical commissions; participation in international meetings related to the aforementioned CDDM activities; updates of DARE databases; evaluations and testing of CDMS; CDMS updates, publications and reports; (RB)

Option B- Climate data and data management (CDDM): the addition of the following: one coordination meeting of the DARE expert team on observing requirements and standards for climate; two expert meetings in regions on rescue, preservation and digitization of climate records; and CDDM training seminars. Also to be included are enhanced participation in international meetings related to CDDM; and preparation of related publications; (RB/XB) and

3242 Option A- Analysis of climate variability and change: one meeting of the Implementation Coordination Team on data sets and climate system monitoring; one expert team meeting on climate change indices; three expert meetings in regions on climate change detection; Global Climate System Reviews; advisory services for the lntercommission Task Team on RCCs; advisory services for expert teams on analysis of climate variability and change and for related expert teams of other technical commissions; participation in international meetings; Annual Statements and press conferences; publications; and reports; (RB)

Option B - Analysis of climate variability and change: the addition of the following: one expert meeting on procedures and processes for climate change detection Oointly with CLIVAR); one expert team meeting to prepare the Global Climate System Reviews; two training seminars and workshops on the analysis of climate variability and change; participation in international meetings; additional publications and reports. (RB/XB)

3.2.5- WORLD CLIMATE APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES PROGRAMME (WCASP),


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 1 803 200 1 803 200

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


102 600

The purpose of World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP) is to assist WMO Members and other international organizations in furthering the applications to maintain public safety, health and welfare, to alleviate poverty and to promote sustainable development. CLIPS will be the vehicle for much of the programme development and implementation.

The Programme will make major contributions to the implementation of several of the WMO strategies and goals, specifically:

(i) Strategy 2 - by assisting in the provision, through NMHSs, of increasingly beneficial climate services that directly support the Members' requirements;

(ii) Strategy 4 - by facilitating awareness of benefits of climate applications for Members' societies and economy; and

(iii) Strategy 7 - by assisting Members to improve their climate services through collaboration and training on new climate services within regions and globally.

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(i) To help Members develop climate services with special emphasis placed on services for national sustainable development and for devising methods of adapting to, and mitigating, the adverse impacts of climate and its variations;

(ii) To promote awareness of the potential benefits of climate services in human endeavour with particular emphasis on alleviating poverty and maintaining public safety and welfare; and

(iii) To encourage the development and use of practical methods and techniques for applying climate information, including climate prediction products.


(i) Substantial work was undertaken to implement the results of CCI-XIII, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 21 to 30 November 2001. One Implementation Coordination Team and eight Expert Teams assist in the implementation of the WCASP programmes. Meetings were held with three of the Expert Teams. Meetings were also arranged for two expert groups under the old CCI structure. These meetings continued the successful CLIPS forum for climate prediction and established the heat stress index process as beneficial to the Members;

(ii) Several Roving Seminars for CLIPS were held in the Regions during this. period, which followed the implementation plans for that project providing important information on the interpretation of climate predictions;

(iii) A virtual regional climate outlook forum was held in RA VI. This virtual forum demonstrates a low-cost method for providing information on CLIPS to some Regions;

(iv) Issued several publications including the proceedings from four workshops and four meetings were issued. These publications have generated considerable interest in the WMO-sponsored applications;

(v) Significant progress was made in the area of climate and human health with the implementation of the pilot projects on heat stress in Rome, Shanghai and Casablanca; and

(vi) A major CLIPS training workshop was conducted in RA I. CLIPS and climate applications workshops were also conducted in RA IV and RA V. These workshops have successfully transferred knowledge and understanding of the climate prediction capabilities of the world to various Regions.


Option A:

(i) Improved understanding and use of climate prediction results for Members' socio-economic benefit and use of climate information in applications of human health will enable Members to improve socio-economic conditions through the use of climate information; (RB)

(ii) Active participation (especially by experts from developing countries) in future CCI meetings and international conferences concerned with climate applications will enhance the opportunities of those experts to benefit from networking amongst their peers, which in turn will facilitate technology transfer; (RB)

(iii) Improved Members' understanding of the benefits and limitations of climate predictions through the CLIPS forum; (RB) and

(iv) Extension of the CLIPS training seminars to four Regions; convening of an International conference on CLIPS operations. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Number of participants at the roving training seminars and virtual regional climate outlook forums for CLIPS; number of requests for additional seminars;

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(ii) Number of participants from RAs 11 and Ill in climate forums within the regions; and

(iii) Establishment of climate and health pilot project as a global (rather than national) project.


(i) Commitment of the Members to provide the necessary climate experts and technical assistance to the developing

countries;

(ii) Ability of developing countries to leverage the information being provided for the benefit of their service; and

(iii) Ability to acquire extrabudgetary funds to support the roving seminars and CLIPS forums.


A reduction of support to CLIPS and to WCASP in general will damage the hard-won credibility and could seriously jeopardize further progress.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3251 Option A - Development of CLIPS: one meeting of the Implementation Coordination Team; seven expert team meetings on research needs for seasonal to interannual prediction, on CLIPS operations including project generation,

on verification, on capacity building, and on end-user liaison; four CLIPS training seminars; participation in international meetings; advisory services on understanding climate predictions; and associated publications; (RB) and

3252 Option A - World climate applications: three expert team meetings on operational heat/health warning, on heatrelated climate indices and their use in early warning systems, and on workshops and training related to urban climatology; two world climate applications training seminar/workshop; participation in international meetings; public

information materials; publications, and reports. (RB)


UNEP-financed projects: Extrabudgetary resources will be required to support the various ad hoc joint activities entered into. Activities would normally be carried out within the framework of existing WMO Programmes and projects, whose scope will be enlarged through the extrabudgetary resources and collaboration with other sponsors.

3.2.6- WORLD CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES PROGRAMME

The World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme (WCIRP) is a key activity under Thrust 3 of the Climate Agenda and the responsibility for it rests with UNEP. Within WMO Programmes, activities relevant to the WCIRP are planned mainly under WC ASP, bearing in mind an intimate linkage of the climate impact assessment and the development of

climate applications and services suitable for mitigation of the harmful impact of climate change and variability.

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3.2.7- WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 1191 400 1 281 400

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


3 700 000

(i) The purpose of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is to develop the fundamental scientific understanding of the physical climate system and climate processes needed to determine to what extent climate can be predicted and the extent of human influence on climate. WCRP studies thus address outstanding issues of scientific uncertainty about the Earth's climate system. They also reflect the scientific priorities identified by IPCC. A fundamental cross-cutting and unifying theme is the continuous improvement of physical mathematical models for simulating and assessing the predictability of the climate system over a range of space and timescales. Climate research requires input from many scientific disciplines, and cooperation between governmental and nongovernmental organizations and the academic community. This cooperation was established formally by an agreement between WMO, IOC (UNESCO) and ICSU whose Joint Scientific Committee has the responsibility for formulating the overall scientific concepts and goals of WCRP, as well as organizing (with the assistance of the permanent Joint Planning Staff for WCRP) the required international coordination of research efforts;

(ii) While WCRP is primarily concerned with the physical climate system, the ICSU-sponsored International GeosphereBiosphere Programme (IGBP) focuses on the corresponding chemical and biological processes. ICSU also sponsors jointly with the International Social Sciences Council the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), which addresses the relationship between human behaviour and environmental processes. The WCRP is working increasingly in partnership with IGBP and IHDP to provide the necessary international framework for scientific cooperation in the full study of Earth system science and global change; and

(iii) WCRP will make strong contributions to the following WMO strategies and associated goals:

• Strategy 1 - by enabling the delivery of increasingly accurate and reliable warnings of severe events related to climate; in particular with respect to improving seasonal and longer-term predictions of events associated with El Niiio and global warming (including likely consequences of regional climate change);

• Strategy 3- by enhancing WMO's role as the United Nations system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources;

• Strategy 5 - by ensuring understanding and improving the modelling of processes which affect the current and future state of the climate system;

• Strategy 6 - by promoting, maintaining and enhancing (research) observational systems for observing the climate and, where appropriate, using such data for operational warning services and other information; and

• Strategy 8 - by providing a framework for WMO to work more effectively with international partners, including scientific institutions.


(i) To assess the nature and predictability of seasonal to interdecadal variations of the climate system at the global and regional scales, and to provide the scientific basis for operational predictions of these variations for use in climate services in support of sustainable development;

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(ii) To detect climate change and attribute causes, and make projections of the magnitude and rate of human-induced climate change, regional variations, and related sea-level rise;

(iii) To respond to the research needs of IPCC, UNFCCC and other climate-related Conventions, and of the other components of the WCP in the framework of the Climate Agenda; and

(iv) To encourage greater participation of scientists from developing countries in the WCRP.


(i) Implementation (under CLIVAR and GEWEX) of regional projects to improve our understanding of climate variability and predictability and hydrological processes in Africa and the Americas, with active participation of local scientists;

(ii) The study of Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) completed a comprehensive assessment and publication of the concentration, distribution and variability of water vapour in the upper troposphere and stratosphere;

(iii) The Joint Scientific Committee/Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Working Group on Air-Sea Fluxes produced an authoritative report on the overall requirements for surface flux data, the space-time variability of fluxes, data sources of fluxes and related variables, direct flux observation, parametrization and evaluation of flux products;

(iv) The GEWEX Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (2001-2004) was developed and implemented; and

(v) The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) completed and published its major global synthesis of data on the world's oceans, and the concluding conference for WOCE was held (November 2002).


Option A:

(i) Significant advances in all WCRP scientific projects, collection of specific observational data sets, and data projects, leading to improvements in the understanding, modelling and prediction of basic climate processes and events and refined projections of climate change; (JCRF) 1

(ii) International research promoted by WCRP will continue to provide significant new contributions to IPCC and related Assessments; (JCRF) and

(iii) WCRP, IGBP and IHDP will have developed and been launched and will be implementing several joint research projects aimed at addressing critical issues of global sustainability. (JCRF)

Option B:

Increased activity and output from climate modelling and prediction panels, and increased involvement of scientists from developing countries in WCRP-related activities. (JCRF)


Options A and B:

(i) Improved understanding and modelling of the climate system reflected in refined and more confident projections of climate change, increased certainty in attribution of changes, and extended exploratory and operational seasonal to interannual prediction capabilities;

(ii) Results from WCRP-sponsored research highlighted or cited directly or indirectly in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (expected around 2006-2008), and other international research reviews; and

1 WCRP project activities are supported by the Joint Climate Research Fund (JCRF) to which contributions are made by WMO (from its regular budget), as well as by ICSU and IOC (extrabudgetary resources).

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(iii) Implementation, jointly with IGBP and IHDP, of at least two internationally recognized projects addressing critical issues of global sustainability.


(i) Support of the international scientific community for new directions in climate research proposed by the JSC/WCRP, and the availability of the corresponding research funds and other critical resources;

(ii) Continued external support (i.e. from ICSU and IOC) for the WCRP Joint Planning Staff and additional (national) funding for the WCRP International Project Offices; and

(iii) Dependence on the infrastructures of other international global change programmes, in particular, IGBP, IHDP and START.


Reduction in activities across the whole of the WCRP agenda will result in an inability to respond effectively to new developments in climate science and recommendations of the Joint Scientific Committee. In particular, even under Option B, four high-priority expert workshops (regional climate modelling; Arctic and North Atlantic oscillations; ice-sheets and sealevel; troposphere-stratosphere interactions) and a conference on the GEWEX Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period will not be held.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3271 Option A - Activities of the Joint Scientific Committee: four annual sessions of the Joint Scientific Committee; two biennial sessions of Joint Scientific Committee officers; participation of the chairperson and Members of the Joint Scientific Committee in international meetings and events; and publications; (JCRF)

3272 Option A - Operations of the Joint Planning Staff: participation in international meetings and scientific conferences relevant to WCRP; public information materials; (JCRF)

3273 Option A - Climate modelling: four annual sessions of CAS/Joint Scientific Committee Working Group on Numerical Experimentation; three sessions of the Working Group on Coupled Modelling; two biennial sessions of the GEWEX Modelling Panel; three sessions of the CLIVAR Prediction Panel; two biennial sessions of the Cryospheric Modelling Panel; two biennial workshops on atmospheric reanalyses; participation in international modelling meetings and conferences; publications; (JCRF)

3274 Option A - GEWEX: four annual sessions of the GEWEX Scientific Steering Group; four annual sessions of the GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel; four annual sessions of the GEWEX Radiation Panel; two biennial coordination/review workshops for the baseline surface radiation network; four annual sessions of the Panel on Cloud System Studies; two biennial workshops on land-surface processes; two biennial workshops on GEWEX field experiments; one quadrennial expert meeting on data management for GEWEX projects; one quadrennial Scientific Conference on GEWEX; participation in international meetings; and publications; (JCRF)

3275 Option A - CLIVAR: four annual sessions of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group; four annual sessions of the CLIVAR Monsoon Panel; two biennial sessions of the CLIVAR African Climate Variability Panel; one quadrennial expert meeting on decadal to centennial climate change; two biennial workshops on detection of climate change; two biennial sessions of Working Group on Air-Sea Fluxes; four annual sessions of the Ocean Observations Panel; four annual implementation coordination meetings for ocean observations; and one quadrennial conference on CLIVAR; participation in international meetings; and publications; (JCRF)

3276 Option A - Climate and Crvosphere (CiiC) : four annual sessions of the CliC Scientific Steering Group; two biennial implementation coordination meetings for planning cryospheric observations; two biennial expert meetings on cryospheric data management; and one quadrennial conference on CliC; participation in international meetings; and reports; (JCRF)

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3277 Option A- Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC): four annual sessions of the SPARC Scientific Steering Group; two biennial expert workshops on trends in stratospheric parameters (temperature, water vapour and ozone); two biennial expert workshops on stratospheric processes; one quadrennial conference on SPARC; participation in international meetings; and reports; (JCRF)

3278 Option A - Cooperation/joint activities with global environmental change and climate observation programmes: four annual WCRP/IGBP/IHDP panels or workshops on carbon cycle (costs shared with IGBP/IHDP); four annual joint WCRP/IGBP/IHDP panels or workshops on water or food resources (costs shared with IGBP/IHDP); four joint WCRP/IGBP/IHDP climate observations panels (costs shared with GCOS and IOC); participation in international meetings related to co-operation with global environmental change programmes; (JCRF)

3273 Option B- Climate modelling: one expert meeting of the Working Group on Coupled Modelling; one session of the CLIVAR Prediction Panel; (JCRF)

3278 Option B - Cooperation/joint activities with global environmental change and climate observation programmes: five per cent additional support to participants in joint WCRP/IGBP/IHDP START-related activities aimed at regional capacity building; (JCRF)


WCRP project activities are supported by the JCRF to which contributions are made by WMO (from the regular budget) and ICSU and IOC (extrabudgetary) in accordance with the agreement between them on the conduct of WCRP. The expected ICSU contribution for the fourteenth financial period amounts to approximately SFR 2 million and that of IOC to approximately SFR 1.7 million. The ICSU and IOC payments to the JCRF are added to that by WMO from the WMO regular budget to support the range of WCRP activities.

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3.3- ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (AREP)

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A

3 759100

10 700 700

14 459 800

Option B

3 879100

10 805 000

14 684100


The Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme (AREP) is to contribute to the advancement of atmospheric sciences and to assist Members by fostering research in meteorology and related environmental fields. The Programme therefore will make the major contribution to the implementation of the WMO Strategy 5 in the area of understanding and improving the modelling of the processes which affect the current and future state of the atmosphere, the weather and related environmental states, such as air quality and pollution levels. In addressing the wide range of scientific issues, the Programme provides to WMO the opportunity to work more effectively with international scientific institutions and other partners, as implied by Strategy 8.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To further develop the GAW system of monitoring stations, calibration and WMO World Data Centres to provide authoritative assessments on the state of the atmosphere and contribute to the prediction of its future composition;

(ii) To contribute to improved cost-effective techniques for forecasting high impact weather and promote their application among Members to enable reliable warnings of severe weather events;

(iii) To improve understanding of the processes and phenomena common to low latitudes enabling better weather and climate services provided by Members; and

(iv) To improve understanding of atmospheric processes including the physics and chemistry of clouds in recognition of their role in weather and climate predictions, transport and transformation of pollutants and for weather modification activities.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.3 - ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME


3.3.0 Institutional support to AREP;

3.3.1 Support to ozone and other environment-oriented Conventions;

3.3.2 Global Atmosphere Watch;

3.3.3 World Weather Research Programme;

3.3.4 Tropical Meteorology Research Programme; and

3.3.5 Programme on Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research.


Option A:

Multidisciplinary and socio-economic approaches are indispensable in the context of disaster reduction. The freezing of the GAW Ozone Senior Scientific Office position for five months will unable WMO GAW to maintain its activities at the current level, in particular the support to WMO Members on the stratospheric ozone assessments. The next CAS

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session will have to be shorter and documentation reduced giving less opportunity to WMO Members to discuss CAS programmes.

Option 8:

Option B would permit a very significant support of the effort made by WMO Members to link more meteorological forecasting products to users, in particular in their decision processes. lt would also foster cooperation between WMO Programmes such as AREP, WWW/PWS and HWR. More specifically, the following activity would need to be funded under Option B: organization of a Conference on High Impact Forecasting and Disaster Reduction for better integration of advance quantitative precipitation prediction and hydrological forecasting in flood prevention and better management of flood crises (Project 3334).

3.3.0 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

923 300 923 300


To provide overall management, support and direction of AREP/CAS in accordance with the decisions of CAS, the Executive Council, Congress and the 6LTP, and to provide secretariat support to the president of CAS as well as to sessions of the Commission and its working groups.


(i) To continuously increase the visibility of CAS activities and encourage support by WMO Members in its activities; and

(ii) To gain better recognition of the AREP role in support of environment-related conventions.


(i) CAS-XIII, which was successfully organized, identified activities and projects that address the needs of Members with respect to atmospheric monitoring, weather forecasting, understanding cloud processes and atmospheric tropical systems;

(ii) Through the organization of four meetings of the CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Members' weather prediction activities have been subject to review and comparisons;

(iii) Go-sponsoring various meetings relevant to AREP activities on atmospheric composition issues, weather modification and cloud physics research and assessments, tropical meteorology science and capacity building initiatives, and weather forecasting and socio-economic applications;

(iv) Increased visibility of CAS activities and good support by WMO Members in the programme activities; and

(v) Development of the WMO Library Registration Database with Web access directly available by WMO Members.


Option A:

(i) Ensure through the Working Group on Numerical Experimentation meetings a better interface with the WCRP and support to numerical modelling activities within the other AREP programmes, in particular WWRP; (RB)

(ii) A better visibility and extension of Members' support of AREP activities; (RB) and

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(iii) A WMO library more accessible to WMO Members for their operational, and research and development activities. (RB)


Option A:

(i) A clear benefit to numerical weather prediction activities from climate modelling activities and vice-versa;

(ii) The degree of satisfaction (timeliness of documentation, conference services, publications) for the session of CAS-XIV, and better recognition of AREP's activities among WMO Members; and

(iii) An improved library service for both the WMO Secretariat and WMO Members measurable through increased requests for information from users.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3301 Option A- Institutional support to WWRP research. development and demonstration projects: organization and provision of administrative support to the CAS-XIV session, including pre- and in-session documentation; four sessions of the CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation; one meeting of the CAS Advisory Working Group; participation in international meetings; and public information materials; and reports; (RB)

3302 Option A - WMO Technical Librarv: management of the WMO Technical Library; and participation in international meetings; (RB) and

3303 Option A - Cosponsoring of various scientific events: financial contributions to scientific NGOs and IGOs for events of relevance to AREP. (RB)

3.3.1- SUPPORT TO OZONE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENT-ORIENTED CONVENTIONS

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

326 300 326 300


The Programme aims to meet the continued responsibilities of WMO for international coordination of the atmospheric sciences and systematic observations in support of agreements, such as the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, its Montreal Protocol and successive amendments; through GAW ozone research and monitoring activities; UNFCCC, the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, and other environment protection conventions through the use of results of basic GAW projects. The Programme will help enhance WMO's role as the United Nations system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere and ensure WMO's contribution to the above conventions, thus supporting the implementation of the WMO Strategy 3.

MAIN LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE FOR 2004-2011

The main long-term objective of the Programme is to collaborate closely with WMO Members, with relevant partners in the United Nations system, and other national and international organizations and institutions to assess and predict human influences on the atmosphere and, through the atmosphere or other environmental components, and to contribute to the development of additional environment-oriented conventions.


(i) Active participation of WMO in preparation of the Ozone Assessment-2002 as a scientific basis for developing further actions under the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol;

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(ii) Preparation and wide distribution of "Antarctic Ozone Bulletins" every 10 days to two weeks from mid-August to mid-December. Similarly northern hemisphere stratospheric ozone anomaly maps are produced during the critical period;

(iii) Increased cooperation with, support to, and participation of WMO in the activities related to the European Monitoring and Evaluation programme (EMEP) within the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (joint workshops, model intercomparisons, participation in work of the EMEP Bureau and Task Force on Monitoring and Modelling);

(iv) Assistance and advice provided for initiation of the regional programme "Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia";

(v) A number of national research projects on atmospheric transport and deposition of pollutants to the sea were supported and coordinated within the MED POL programme under the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea; report on "Atmospheric input of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to the Mediterranean Sea" was prepared and published; and

(vi) Valuable support of WMO to ozone and other environment-oriented conventions as well as relevant regional activities has been recognized by the international community.


Option A:

(i) Provision of atmospheric composition and airborne pollution information to the Parties of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol, the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol, the MED POL Programme of the Barcelona Convention, the UECE Convention on long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and other agreements; (RB/XB)

(ii) Greater visibility of the contribution of WMO-GAW to scientific assessments and reports needed for implementation of environmental conventions and agreements; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Regular preparation and distribution through GTS and Internet of "Antarctic Ozone Bulletins". (RB)


Option A:

(i) WMO-GAW contribution to the United Nations, international· organizations, conventions and other global and regional agreements through assessments of the state and evolution of atmospheric composition and airborne pollution are clearly identifiable; and

(ii) The number of regional/global reports, assessments, summaries, statements, research projects etc., prepared with WMO assistance or coordination.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3311 Option A- Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol: two meetings of the ozone research managers; two expert meetings on ozone assessment (to be eo-sponsored); one implementation coordination meeting on ozone depleting substances; participation in international meetings; preparation of assessments; public information materials, such as brochures and newsletters; technical publications and reports; (RB)

3312 Option A- Other environmental conventions and agreements: two expert meetings on EMEP assessment; two implementation coordination meetings; and participation in international meetings; (RB) and

3313 Option A- Atmospheric transport, chemical transformation and deposition of polluants over land and sea at different time and space scales: one technical expert meeting on regional air pollution; two expert meetings on pollution deposition; one expert meeting on atmospheric transport modelling; and participation in international meetings. (RB)


In the past, extrabudgetary contributions were made to support regular budget-funded activities. In the case where such extrabudgetary contributions will be made during the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007, additional activities will be implemented to achieve the above expected results.

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.3.2- GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE WATCH (GAW)


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1 150 400 1 150 400


The purpose of the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) is to serve as a long-term atmospheric monitoring system and to provide scientific assessment capabilities to understand atmospheric composition changes and their effects on climate, urban environments and ecosystems. The Programme will therefore make major contributions to the implementation of both Strategy 5 (understanding atmospheric composition changes and their effects) and Strategy 6 (observation of the atmosphere as part of natural environment). In the course of implementation of the Programme, capabilities of the NMHSs involved will be enhanced, thus serving Strategy 7, and the more effective work of WMO with international partners will be ensured following Strategy 8. The GAW will continue to exercise the warning function contributing to the activities required by Strategy 1.


(i) To further develop a functional system for real-time or quasi real-time measurement of the atmospheric composition by using ground- and space-based observations to enable the prediction of future states of the atmosphere and thus to provide an early warning of its changes;

(ii) To further develop the global network for monitoring of greenhouse gases through the troposphere, particularly in continental areas and at low latitudes in order to determine large-scale spatial distributions and temporal trends in their abundance and fluxes;

(iii) To improve availability of GAW data and to promote their use for scientific analyses, satellite validation, better understanding of budgets of ozone and other greenhouse gases, development of coupled atmospheric chemistry and transport models, near real-time evaluations and for development of national, regional and global policies to protect the atmosphere;

(iv) To maintain strenuous efforts to ensure the continued high quality of GAW data;

(v) To promote and coordinate activities in atmospheric urban environment, including pilot projects in selected cities, and to assist NMHSs in enhancing their capabilities in providing urban-environmental forecasting and air quality services;

(vi) To facilitate the training of monitoring station personnel and the transfer of technology in measurement techniques, data analysis and applications; and

(vii) To meet the responsibilities of WMO in providing leadership and guidance to governments in international efforts towards the protection and management of the atmospheric environment.


(i) Completion of two WMO/GEF Projects "Global Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases Including Ozone" (establishment of six GAW global stations in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, Indonesia and Kenya) and "Monitoring of Ozone and UV-B in the Southern Cone Countries" (establishment of nine ozone monitoring stations and 12 UV-B monitoring stations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay);

(ii) Development of the GAW Strategic Plan for 2001-2007 and preparation of an updated GAW Measurements Guide with description of basic requirements for all GAW measurement parameters;

(iii) Initiation of a number of activities within the new GURME project including four workshops and two pilot projects (in Beijing and Moscow);

(iv) Production of ozone maps over the northern hemisphere; increased total ozone measurements in data sparse regions; and the holding of the first African Dobson spectrophotometer intercomparison;

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(v) Two reports "Land-based sources and activities affecting the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment" and "A sea of troubles - issues in focus" (containing sections on the atmosphere-ocean interactions) have been prepared by the interagency Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) with active participation of GAW experts;

(vi) Establishment of the GAW training and Education Center (GAWTEC) and a number of calibration centres with substantial support of some W MO Members; and

(vii) The "Report on a Strategy for Integrating Satellite and Ground-based Observations of Ozone" has been prepared by WMO and the Committee on Earth Observing Satellites (CEOS) and final series of ozone sonde environmental chamber intercomparisons have been completed resulting in preliminary standard operating procedures for electrochemical ozone sondes.

EXPECTED RESULTS FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004~2007

Option A:

(i) Enhancement of the network of monitoring stations to meet the global and regional measurement requirements (RB/XB) and improvements in the availability and the use of GAW data; (RB)

(ii) Improvements in quality of GAW data through instrument calibrations and maintenance; (RB)

(iii) Further development of GAW training opportunities and improvements in the station personnel performance; (RB/XB)

(iv) Internet access to the GAW station information including up-to-date information on measured parameters, instrumentation and personnel, and to the data in GAW Data Centres; (RB) and

(v) GAW technical reports, assessments and guidance documents published and disseminated to the WMO Members. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Increase in the number of stations reporting data to the GAW Data Centres;

(ii) Number of training events and trainees and intercomparison el(ercises supported by WMO;

(iii) The number of effectively functioning GAW Data Centres through user-friendly Internet access to data as well as the number of calibration centres and Quality Assurance/Science Activity Centres (QAISAC); and

(iv) Number of GAW technical reports, assessments and guidance documents prepared and distributed to the WMO Members.


(i) The main burden of functioning of GAW stations rests with the Members operating the stations; the success of GAW becomes apparent only when the Members pay due attention and provide sufficient support to these activities and to establishing regional/sub-regional cooperative programmes, external funding (e.g. GEF) and inkind contribution of Members to GAW central facilities is also of paramount importance for success; and

(ii) Enhancement of the network of monitoring stations (Expected result 1) and further development of GAW training opportunities (Expected result 3) will depend to a great extent on readiness of Members to maintain existing and to establish new stations and on financial and in-kind support provided for training.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3321 Option A- Institutional support to the GAW: two session of the Executive Council Panel of Experts/CAS Working Group on Environmental Pollution; collaboration between the Panel and the Secretariat; and technical reports; (RB)

3322 Option A - Improvement in global monitoring network for background atmospheric composition and related parameters: two regional technical meetings and two expert meetings on quality assurance; two meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group on aerosol (to be cosponsored); two meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group on precipitation chemistry and deposition; four expert meetings (to be cosponsored); four meetings of experts on

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GAW technical subjects; participation in international meetings; advisory services; collaboration with GAW central facilities; preparation of manuals and technical materials; and technical reports; (RB)

3323 Option A- Monitoring and improvement in understanding of distribution of greenhouse gases and ozone budget: two expert meetings on ozone data and measurements; two meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group on ozone; two meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group on greenhouse gases (to be eo-sponsored); two technical meetings on carbon dioxide (to be eo-sponsored); participation in international meetings; advisory services; and technical reports; (RB/XB)

3324 Option A - Application of GAW products and data to environmental and climate issues: two meetings of managers of GAW data centres (to be eo-sponsored); two expert meetings on environmental and climate issues (to be eo-sponsored); two implementation coordination meetings on new requirements for GAW data; one international conference on carbon dioxide (to be eo-sponsored); participation in international meetings; and technical reports; (RB/XB) and

3325 Option A- GURME: two implementation coordination meetings; two meetings of SAG on GURME; two regional technical meetings; one expert meeting on urban environmental guidelines; participation in international meetings; advisory services; manuals and technical reports. (RB)

EXTRABUDGETARV ACTIVITIES

In the past, extrabudgetary contributions were made to support regular budget-funded activities. In the case where such extrabudgetary contributions will be made during the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007, additional activities will be implemented to achieve the above expected results.

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.3.3- WORLD WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WWRP)


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

764100 884100


The Programme will promote the development and application of improved weather forecasting techniques, with emphasis on high-impact events. The Programme projects will emphasize a comprehensive approach involving all time scales associated with weather prediction, and will ensure that the benefits of research advances are widely shared among nations. The Programme therefore will make substantial contributions to both Strategy 5 concerning research and Strategy 6, involving weather prediction activities. The Programme will also serve the implementation of Strategy 1 since its scientific results will help enable the delivery of accurate and reliable warnings of severe weather events.


(i) To develop improved and cost-effective techniques for forecasting high-impact weather (which affects quality of life and is economically disruptive) and to promote their application among Members;

(ii) To improve public safety and economic productivity by accelerating research on the prediction of high impact weather;

(iii) To facilitate the integration of weather prediction research advances achieved via relevant national and international programmes;

(iv) To demonstrate improvements in the prediction of weather, with emphasis on high-impact events through the exploitation of advances in scientific understanding, observational network design, data assimilation and modelling techniques and information systems;

(v) To encourage the utilization of relevant advances in weather prediction systems to the benefit of all WMO Programmes and all Members; and

(vi) To improve understanding of atmospheric processes of importance to weather forecasting through the organization of focussed research programmes.

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(i) Successful realization of the WWRP Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP) which is providing a unique database of observation and modelling results on critical extreme events over the Alps for researchers and developers of operational forecasting systems;

(ii) Successful implementation of the WWRP Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project showing that advanced nowcasting techniques can very significantly help NMHSs to provide critical meteorological support for decision makers;

(iii) Progress in the Aircraft In-flight Icing Project, the Mediterranean Experiment (MEDEX) on Cyclones that Produce High Impact Weather in the Mediterranean and the Hemispheric Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX) that have practical implications for forecasting high impact weather events thus assisting NMHSs in their responsibilities to protect life and property; and

(iv) Other accomplishments during 2000-2002 include: the organization of three sessions of the Science Steering Committee for the WWRP, four scientific workshops, and preparation of technical documents which provided overall guidance to the WWRP and furthered progress in scientific aspects and training capacities of the Programme.


Option A:

(i) Improved understanding of important atmospheric processes relevant to some high impact weather events; (RB)

(ii) Improved quality of forecasting related to some high impact weather events, which may benefit to public safety and economic productivity; (RB) and

(iii) Enhanced applications of advanced technologies in operational forecasting of more NMSs. (RB)

Option 8:

(i) Better integration of advance quantitative precipitations prediction and hydrological forecasting in flood prevention. Better management of flood crises; (RB) and

(ii) NMHSs forecasting products better integrated in the users decision processes associated with high impact weather such as extreme events. Improved socio-economic safety and efficiency with respect to high impact weather events. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Progress in the implementation of WWRP Research and Development Projects (RDPs) and Forecast Demonstration Projects (FOPs); reports on socio-economic impact aspect of RDPs, and on verification of FOPs, reviewed by the Science Steering Committee; and

(ii) The list of NMHSs (or forecasting centres), which through WMO assistance (training workshops, experts' advice, etc.), had access to improved methodologies for forecasting high impact weather events.

Option 8:

(i) Quantifiable decreases in loss of life and property due to improved warning; and

(ii) The list of NMHSs linking forecasting outputs to customer needs.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3331 Option A- Institutional support to the WWRP: four sessions of the WWRP Science Steering Committee; (RB)

3332 Option A- Support to WWRP Research and Development, and Demonstration Projects: three WWRP symposia for RDPs and FOPs; and advisory services; (RB)

3333 Option A - Improvement of high impact weather forecasting: two workshops on high impact weather forecasts/data assimilation; (RB)

3334 Option A - Effective transfer of knowledge and technology on weather prediction: a training workshop on new technology in weather prediction; advisory services; and publications; (RB) and

3335 Option B - Methodoloav transfer: Conference on High Impact Forecasting and Disaster Reduction (in cooperation with the WWRP and the PWS Programme). (RB)

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3.3.4- TROPICAL METEOROLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMME (TMRP)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

377100 377100


The purpose of TMRP is to promote and coordinate research activities by Members in high-priority areas of tropical meteorology. While major attention is on the weather system scale, emphasis will also be given to the variability and prediction of monsoons, droughts, and other seasonal events at the regional scale. Similar to the WWRP, the Programme will make substantial contributions to the implementation of WMO Strategies 5 and 6. The Programme will also serve to enhance NMHSs capabilities to deliver services (Strategy 7) and more accurate and reliable warnings (Strategy 1 ).


(i} To improve understanding of the behaviour and physical processes of tropical systems by assisting Members in strengthening their research activities;

(ii) To develop, through improved knowledge, tropical phenomena, prediction methods and techniques relating to the following areas: tropical cyclones, monsoons, tropical droughts and semi-arid zone meteorology, rain producing tropical systems, interaction between tropical and mid-latitude weather systems, tropical limited-area modelling and operational use of numerical products for tropical forecasting; and

(iii) To encourage the exchange of scientific knowledge of methodologies and their operational application of scientific advances to meet the socio-economic needs of tropical countries.


(i) The publications of the Proceedings of the WMO sponsored Workshops on West African Monsoon Variability and Predictability, the Extra-tropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones and the Fourth WMO Workshop on Tropical Limited Area Modelling were completed;

(ii) The successful holding of the Second International Workshop on Monsoons in collaboration with the WCRP and Indian Meteorological Department in New Delhi, India in March 2001;

(iii) The implementation of the Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research Project on Landfalling Tropical Cyclones approved by Scientific Steering Committee for WWRP is slowly progressing; and

(iv) The holding of the Fifth WMO International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (Cairns, Australia, December 2002}.


Option A:

(i) Increased interest and activities in tropical meteorology research by Members especially in developing countries in the tropics; (RB)

(ii) Gradual introduction of new numerical weather prediction methods in tropical weather/climate forecasting by Members concerned; (RB) and

(iii) Significant reduction in the gap between forecasting centres in developing countries and advanced centres regarding the application of research finding to operational prediction activities. (RB)

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Option A:

(i) The level of success of the Programme to organize projects to investigate various tropical weather phenomena such as tropical cyclones, monsoon studies, collaborating, where appropriate, with other WMO Programmes, international bodies and programmes and national institutions; and

(ii) The number of Membe_rs who benefit, through WMO assistance with capacity building, from improved operational application of research.


(i) Members' support for tropical meteorology research, particularly in tropical developing countries; and

(ii) Capability of advanced countries to support/assist tropical meteorology research activities.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3341 Option A - Strengthening research efforts to improve understanding and prediction: one working group meeting on tropical meteorology research; advisory services; and publications; (RB) and

3342 Option A - Effective transfer of scientific knowledge and operational application of tropical meteorology research results: three international workshops on monsoon/tropical cyclones/tropical LAM. (RB)

3.3.5- PROGRAMME ON PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF CLOUDS AND WEATHER MODIFICATION RESEARCH

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

217 900 217900


The purpose of the Programme is to stimulate Members' collaboration and participation in basic research in the physics and chemistry of clouds and to encourage the application of this research particularly to weather prediction, weather modification and atmospheric composition and pollution-related activities. Advances in our understanding will serve as a source of information to Members on the rationale underlying all aspects of weather modification and the role of clouds in atmospheric chemistry.


(i) To promote research in the physics and chemistry of clouds with particular reference to: (a) weather prediction; (b) weather modification; and (c) atmospheric composition and pollution; and

(ii) To provide the rationale underlying all aspects of weather modification.


(i) The Executive Council Panel/CAS Working Group on Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research at its twentieth session proposed amendments to the WMO Scientific Statement on the Status of Weather Modification and the Guidelines for Advice and Assistance Related to the Planning of Weather Modification Activities to take account of recent developments, which were approved by EC-LIII (2001) and widely distributed;

(ii) A review of the latest results concerning hygroscopic seeding was conducted which called for further research as mechanisms are poorly understood; the report was given wide distribution; and

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(iii) WMO eo-sponsored a cloud modelling workshop and brought together countries from the Mediterranean, South East Europe and the Middle East (MEDSEEME-PEP) to ascertain their willingness to cooperate in weather modification activities in support of water augmentation.


Option A:

(i) Members kept apprised of latest research results and international weather modification activities and fully informed on the scientific consensus on the efficacy of weather modification techniques; (RB)

(ii) Members informed on standardization for exchanging and centrally collecting information on cloud characteristics and collaboration of MEDSEEME-PEP partner countries to establish common databases and training structures; (RB/XB) and

(iii) A programme activity on cloud chemistry to be developed in cooperation with GAW. (RB/XB)


Option A

(i) List of Members that are able to contribute to relevant international scientific activities; and

(ii) List of Members that have been assisted in their weather modification activities.


EXtra funding from the European Union is necessary for the MEDSEEME-PEP activity.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3351 Option A - Institutional Support to the Programme on Cloud Physics and Chemistrv: one session of the CAS Working Group on Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification; participation in international meetings; and publications; (RB)

3352 Option A - Promotion of research on cloud physics and chemistrv and of their applications to all fields of atmospheric sciences: one expert meeting on cloud seeding: one workshop on cloud modelling cosponsoring; and publications; (RB/XB) and

3353 Option A - Provision of guidance to Members on cloud physics and chemistrv and weather modification: advisory services; and publications. (RB)


In the past, eXtrabudgetary contributions were made to support regular budget-funded activities. In the case where such extrabudgetary contributions will be made during the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007, additional activities will be implemented to achieve the above expected results.

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3.4- APPLICATIONS OF METEOROLOGY PROGRAMME (AMP)


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget Extrabudgetary

Option A Option B resources

Programme 3 706 200 3 956 200 3 296 400

Established posts 12 965 200 13 086 200

Total 16 671 400 17 042 400 3 296 400

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

(i) The purpose of the Applications of Meteorology Programme (AMP) is to facilitate the application of meteorology, particularly in the protection of life and property, safeguarding the environment and contributing to sustainable development. The Programme includes a component aimed at assisting NMHSs in improving weather services to the general public and in developing guidelines on how best to use these services. The Programme also includes the application of meteorology through the provision of agreed services to agriculture and air navigation; in support of the safety of life and property at sea, and the protection and effective use of marine environment. A special component of the Programme deals with natural disaster prevention and mitigation, with a view to ensure integrating relevant activities within WMO scientific and technical programmes; and

(ii) Most applications will be supported by elements of one or more WMO Programmes and the many national applications of meteorology, hydrology and oceanography, and will specifically address particular needs. The AMP addresses those main areas of applications that are very important to WMO Members and in which international collaboration is necessary to help ensure the provision of agreed services. The Programme will therefore contribute to the implementation of virtually all WMO Strategies, with special emphasis on Strategies 1 and 2 concerning delivery of warnings and other services, and on Strategy 7 through enhancing NMHSs capabilities.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To promote and assist the provision of increasingly beneficial weather, climate and related environmental services to the public, Governments and other customers throughout the world in pursuit of national economic, social and cultural goals and sustainable development; and

(ii) To coordinate and facilitate effective use of weather, ocean and related natural environment, to use these data for delivery of accurate and reliable warnings of severe events related to weather, water and related natural environment throughout the world.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.4 - APPLICATIONS OF METEOROLOGY

PROGRAMME


3.4.0 Institutional support to AMP;

3.4.1 Public Weather Services Programme;

3.4.2 Agricultural Meteorology Programme;

3.4.3 Aeronautical Meteorology Programme; and

3.4.4 Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme.

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The reduction of the duration of the sessions of CAgM, CAeM and JCOMM will have negative results on the discussions and have time pressure on participants and the Secretariat staff. Further reduction of the volume of documents (by 10 per cent) will result in less information being provided to the sessions of the Commissions in the official WMO languages.

Funding under Option B would help the PWS and AeM training in having guidance material for NMHSs to improve their knowledge on cost recovery issue as well as to enhance their channels of dissemination and communication with the public in case of natural disasters.

3.4.0 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE APPLICATIONS OF METEOROLOGY PROGRAMME

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Option A

101 500

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

101 500


The purpose of these activities is to provide institutional support to the AMP and its constituencies, to increase its visibility and facilitate collaboration with other WMO Programmes, regional associations as well as with other international organizations such as ICAO, IOC/UNESCO, IMO.


(i) To keep Members and public abreast of activities carried out within the AMP;

(ii) To coordinate AMP activities with other WMO Programmes and international organizations; and

(iii) To improve the level of performance of the AMP.


(i) The WWW-A Department has responsibility for four components of AMP, namely institutional support of AMP, PWSP, AeMP and MMOP. Institutional support to the AMP was used to promote among the Members positive results of activities carried out within PWSP, AeMP and MMOP at the sessions of the regional associations as well as through coordination with other WMO Programmes and international organizations. As a result, a greater visibility of AMP was achieved; and

(ii) In order to improve operational efficiency, the WWW activities and functions were organized and carried out in two separate departments, one for Basic Systems and the other for Applications.


Option A:

Improvement of the visibility of the AMP, efficient use of its resources and better coordination with other Programmes through representation of AMP in WMO bodies, regional associations, international organizations and related activities. (RB)

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Option A:

Quantitative increase in user satisfaction with meteorological services provided to public services, aviation, and marine transport as determined through regular user surveys.


Willingness of the Members to participate to a large extent in the activities carried out within AMP and to provide extrabudgetary resources.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3400 Option A - Institutional support to the AMP: participation in the sessions of the regional associations and international organizations. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.4.1 - PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

346 000 466 000


The purpose of PWSP, coherent with Strategy 2, is to assist Members to provide reliable and effective weather and related services in support of safety of life and protection of property, as well as for general welfare and well being of their people. The programme also aims, following Strategy 7, to strengthen Members' capacities to achieve the objectives of the PWSP by means of effective plans, organizations, infrastructure, trained staff, and a total user-based focus.


(i) To strengthen Members' capabilities to meet the needs of the community through the provision of comprehensive weather and related services with particular emphasis on public safety and welfare; and

(ii) To foster a better understanding by the general public of the capabilities of NMHSs and how best to use their services.


(i) Following the establishment of the various expert and implementation coordination teams under the OPAG on PWS, major achievements were made in the further development and implementation of the objectives of the Programme. Meetings of all teams were organized, and deliverables in the form of publications and technical documents were produced in several areas of the work of the Programme as requested by CBS;

(ii) The second edition of the Guide to Public Weather Services Practices (WMO-No. 834) was published in 2000 in the official WMO languages. A series of CD-ROMs based on the Guide were also prepared and distributed to Members. This Guide and the CD-ROMs help Members with their efforts to develop or improve their national PWS Programmes;

(iii) Five technical documents were prepared and published, containing guidance material on developing media presentation systems, on performance evaluation and verification, on a framework for data and products in

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support of public weather services, on weather on the Internet and other modern technology, and on improvement in relations with the media and the use of official, consistent information;

(iv) A set of guidelines for best practice on relationships between NMSs and emergency management organizations was also prepared;

(v) A central Web site for making warnings of tropical cyclones available to the media was launched on a trial basis to enhance the concept of "sole official source" of warnings from NMSs;

(vi) A second central Web site was developed to allow collection from and distribution to Members of official city forecasts. This facility provides access to authentic and accurate information and also enhances the visibility of

NMSs;

(vii) A total of 10 training events were organized on a regional basis, often in collaboration with other WMO Programmes. These capacity building activities are a central component of the thrust of the PWS Programme and have assisted Members to build and improve their national PWS programmes; and

(viii) Continued cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has facilitated the work of that office in its relief efforts.


Option A:

(i) Improved provision of services to the public and other users in support of protection of life and property as part of WMO's overall disaster mitigation and prevention efforts, resulting from better application of guidance material and advice and acquired skills through successful training events; (RB)

(ii) Enhanced access by the public and other users to the regionally and internationally exchanged public weather warning and forecast products through the implementation of pilot projects to make such warnings and forecasts widely available; (RB) and

(iii) Improved communication and exchange of information with the user community as part of efforts to meet user requirements and enhance user satisfaction. (RB)

Option B:

(i) Provision of consolidated advice and guidance to Members directly related to their efforts in combating disasters and mitigating loss of life and property due to such disasters. lt is expected that such mitigation will be achieved as a result of improved preparedness, communication of warnings, and increased public awareness; (RB) and

(ii) Enhanced capability of Members to provide higher quality products and services to the public and users as result of the development of new strategies for capacity building. The application of more advanced training techniques, up-to-date guidance material and advice delivered at successful training events will increase the overall skill of a larger cadre of NMS staff. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Number of Members that, through the WMO Secretariat assistance, in particular training and guidance materials, have capacity for better and more efficient dissemination of public weather warning and forecast products, in particular through mass media channels and the Internet;

(ii) Number of Members that have agreed to participate in pilot projects on a regional basis, involving the use of the Internet for improved access to official warnings and forecasts as part of their collaboration with other NMSs; and

(iii) Increased number of Members establishing or improving relations with the user community, including important partners such as the media and the emergency management authorities, the education authorities, and the general public as a result of better response to the needs of those communities in providing services for the socio-economic benefit of their citizens.

Option B:

(i) Number of Members that through the WMO assistance, in particular training and guidance materials have enhanced their channels of dissemination and communication with the public and hence have improved access

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by their citizens to early warnings and other information during severe meteorological and hydrological events, leading to saving lives and property; and

(ii) Number of Members that through WMO assistance, in particular training and guidance materials, have better trained staff whose enhanced level of skill, expertise and productivity would increase Members' capability to provide the public and other users with the optimum level of quality products and services.


(i) Due to budgetary constraints in order to implement many of the activities within the PWS Programme, increasingly more emphasis is placed on voluntary contribution by Members in the form of experts' time and work on particular projects such as the preparation of guidelines and training materials, as well as participating in training events as resource persons. This at times has led to major delays in delivery of guidance materials. The same constraints have prevented the production of the guidance materials in more than one WMO language, even though this has been requested by the Executive Council;

(ii) Following the development and launch of the two major projects on facilitating access to warnings and provision of official city forecasts, their full implementation depends on the degree of commitment of Members who have agreed to participate. 1t should be noted that these projects have been developed in collaboration with the WMO Secretariat by an NMS on an entirely volunteer basis and therefore theoretically at least, there may be a possibility that they may be suspended if the NMS does not find the necessary resources to continue the work; and

(iii) Although major emphasis is placed on capacity building, including the involvement of the media and emergency managers in the PWS activities of the NMS, the degree of success of all training work depends on the extent of implementation by NMSs themselves of what has been learnt.


Option A:

Lack of resources will result in partial delivery of guidance materials and projects to be developed under directions of CBS. Reduced level of activities related to training events, conferences and publications would not allow WMO to realize tangible benefits for NMSs and the public.

Option 8:

Increase in the level of resources will improve the PWSP delivery of guidance materials and projects to be developed under the mandate of CBS. Funds becoming available under Option B will allow the holding of the PWS Expert Meeting on Strategies for Implementation of Disaster Reduction and the Expert Meeting on Strategies Towards Capacity Building. Furthermore, the slight increase in resources will cater for a new and additional meeting, the Expert Meeting on Preparation of Appropriate Guidelines on Disaster Reduction and Mitigation Related to PWS Delivery, which will further advance the thrust of WMO toward disaster reduction and mitigation.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3411 Option A - Science and technology development related to PW S products: two expert meetings on product development and on product verification and service assessment; participation in international meetings; advisory services; and two technical documents in PWS series; (RB)

3412 Option A - Presentation and dissemination techniques: two expert meetings on presentation and dissemination techniques and on media issues; participation in international meetings; advisory meetings; and technical documents; (RB)

3413 Option A- Public understanding and education: one implementation coordination meeting of the OPAG on PWS; one core PWS implementation coordination meeting; updates for the third edition of the Guide to PWS Practices; and technical document for OPAG/PWS; (RB)

3414 Option A- Exchange and coordination of hazardous weather information: two expert meetings on warning and forecast exchange issues and on public understanding and use of warnings and forecasts; a technical document; (RB)

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3415 Option A- Capacity building of NMSs: participation in international meetings; (RB)

Option B - Capacity building of NMSs: one expert meeting on strategies towards capacity building of NMSs; (RB)

3416 Option A- Public weather services in support of natural disaster reduction: advisory services; (RB) and

Option B - Public weather services in support of natural disaster reduction: one expert meeting on strategies for implementation of disaster reduction; one expert meeting on preparation of appropriate guidelines on disaster reduction and mitigation related to PWS delivery. (RB)

3.4.2- AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 1 530 800 1 530 800

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Extra budgetary

resources

50 000

(i) The purpose of the Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) is to assist Members in the provision of meteorological and related services to the agricultural community to help develop sustainable and economicallyviable agricultural systems. The main emphases are to improve production and quality, reduce losses and risks, decrease costs, increase efficiency in the use of water (especially on the semi-arid and drought-prone lands), labour and energy, conserve natural resources, combat drought and desertification and decrease pollution by agricultural chemicals or other agents that contribute to the degradation of the environment. The programme deals with applications to agriculture of both climate information which is used mainly for strategic planning purposes and recent weather data and weather forecasts used mostly in day-to-day agricultural operations; and

(ii) As regards the programme's involvement in the implementation of the WMO strategies, its main contribution will be made to Strategy 2, since it will enable the provision of increasingly beneficial agricultural services, and to Strategy 7 through enhancing the NMHSs capabilities to provide forecasts and warnings relevant to agriculture.


(i) To promote environmentally-sustainable, economically-viable and high quality production by strengthening Members' indigenous capabilities to provide relevant meteorological services to agricultural and other related sectors; and

(ii) To foster a better understanding, by farmers and other end-users in the agricultural, forestry and related sectors, of the value and use of meteorological information in planning and operational activities.


(i) Substantial work was undertaken to implement the activities of all six working groups, 11 joint rapporteurs and two expert groups established at CAgM-XII. Meetings of the six working groups were organized. Activities in the regional associations were promoted through the organization of the meeting of the Working Groups on AgM of RAs VI and 11;

(ii) The CAgM-XIII session was organized in Ljubljana, Slovenia in October 2002 where members agreed on a new OPAG structure for the next intersessional period. An International Workshop on Reducing the Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Variability and Climate Change was held in conjunction with CAgM-XIII which enhanced the participation from developing countries at the session. Proceedings of the Workshop were brought out as a special issue of Climatic Change, an international journal published by Kluwer;

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(iii) Major emphasis was placed on training and capacity building in Member countries. Three Roving Seminars: Data Management for Applications to Agriculture; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Agroecological Zoning; and Application of Climatic Data for Drought Preparedness and Management of Sustainable Agriculture were held;

(iv) Two International Workshops and two Expert Group Meetings were organized. The International Workshops covered two topics: Automated Weather Stations for Applications in Agriculture and Water Resources Management: Current Use and Future Perspectives; and Carbon Sequestration, Sustainable Agriculture and Poverty Alleviation; and

(v) The Programme issued several publications including proceedings of eight workshops/expert group meetings, four technical notes, 12 CAgM reports and two training manuals. The Programme participated actively in the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and initiated WMO's participation in the Convention on Biological Diversity for the first time. Collaboration with other United Nations agencies including FAO, UNDP/UNSO and UNEP had been strengthened.


Option A:

(i) Improved quantity and quality of the agrometeorological applications and services provided by the members at the national and regional levels; (RB)

(ii) Members trained in the use of new methods and tools to provide improved agrometeorological applications and services; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Publication and dissemination of CAgM Reports and Technical Notes to all the members; National progress reports made available on-line to all the members. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Number of meteorological services at the national level providing improved agrometeorological applications and services;

(ii) Number of training seminars organized and the number of participants, especially from the developing countries, trained at these seminars;

(iii) Number of CAgM Reports and Technical Reports published; number of national progress reports available on line.


(i) Interest of the Members in providing detailed and informative national progress reports in accordance with the format provided by the Secretariat;

(ii) Support of international and national funding bodies;

(iii) There is a growing demand for funding activities that are not foreseen and hence the demands exceed the resources allocated. External funding and co-sponsorships are being solicited to organize roving seminars and workshops;

(iv) There is a growing demand for improving the agrometeorological applications and services in the Member countries. To meet this demand, it is necessary to develop and disseminate methods and tools that could enhance the capacity of the Member countries to provide improved applications and services.


Fourteenth session of CAgM will be shortened with a consequential reduction in the ability of the Commission to discuss fully its mandate. Furthermore, the Commission has developed a new structure based on several OPAGs. lt is unlikely that there will be sufficient funds to support fully the work of the associated expert and implementation teams for these Groups.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3421 Option A- Institutional support to the Programme, in particular CAgM: one session of CAgM; one meeting of the Advisory Working Group of CAgM; one meeting of international workshop on agrometeorological services; participation in meetings organized by FAO, CGIAR and other relevant organizations; and publications; (RB)

3422 Option A - Agrometeorological services for agricultural production; three expert group meetings on climate forecasts for agriculture, on agrometeorological aspects of water management; and on agrometeorological observation and information networks; one symposium on weather, climate and farmers; participation in international meetings; advisory services; development of methods and procedures of dissemination of agrometeorological information; publications; and reports; (RB)

3423 Option A - Aqrometeorological data support systems; two expert group meetings on agroclimatic zonation and agrometeorological indices; three roving seminars on applications of GIS and remote sensing; guidance material; and reports; (RB) and

3424 Option A - Agrometeorological impacts of climate change, climate variability and natural disasters: three expert group meetings on extreme weather and climate events, on contributions of agriculture to global warming, and on adaptation strategies to climate change; participation in international meetings; advisory services; and reports. (RB)


Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award: The purpose of the Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award is to encourage and reward an original scientific paper on the influence of meteorology in a particular field of the physical, natural and human sciences or on the influence of one of these sciences on meteorology. The award aims at stimulating interest in such research, in support of WMO Programmes.

3.4.3- AERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGY PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 643 400 773 400

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


1 736 000

The purpose of the Aeronautical Meteorology Programme (AeMP) is to assist Members, through an internationallycoordinated Programme, in their efforts to further the application of meteorology to aviation. The scope of the Programme, in the framework of WMO's role of facilitating international coordination and cooperation, covers improvements to the provision of operational meteorological information required by the aviation industry to ensure the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation, and to the provision of meteorological assistance and expertise to nonreal-time aviation activities This Programme will directly contribute to WMO Strategy 1 through enhancing aviation safety, to Strategy 2 through enhancing benefits to the aviation sector, and to Strategy 4 through ensuring the sustainability of the worldwide provision of services.


To ensure the worldwide, reliable provision of good quality, timely, cost-effective and responsive meteorological service to users in support of safe, regular and efficient aviation operations.

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(i) A total of seven training events on various topics including NWP applications, meteorological cost recovery, aeronautical meteorological codes and ATS/MET/Pilots coordination and volcanic ash were conducted from extrabudgetary resources and attended by 240 participants from all WMO Regions;

(ii) Technical documents prepared or updated and published during the period included the Methods of Interpreting Numerical Weather Prediction Output for Aeronautical Meteorology (Technical Note No. 195, WMO-No. 770) in Spanish and French (2000), the Aerodrome Reports and Forecasts: A User's Handbook to the Codes (WMO-No. 782), the WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49), Volume 11 and four issues of the TREND Newsletter have been published. Furthermore, work on the development of a TAF verification scheme continued during the period. The update of the Guide to Practices for Meteorological Offices Serving Aviation (WMO-No. 732) that started in 2001 is nearing completion. In 2002, the Compendium on Tropical Meteorology for Aviation Purposes (WMO-No. 930) was published, the Booklet on Aviation and the Global Atmospheric Environment and a document on Implementing a Cost Recovery Framework for Aeronautical Meteorological Services were developed. Furthermore work on the development of a TAF verification scheme continued during the period;

(iii) The number of countries that attended AMDAR Panel meetings increased by 5, namely, China; Hong Kong, China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and Sweden. Over 130,000 AMDAR reports are being exchanged on the GTS per day in 2002, representing nearly a 2.5 fold increase when compared to 1998 when the Panel was established. The preparation of an AMDAR Reference Manual was completed and approved for publication by the AMDAR Panel in 2001;

(iv) With regards to WAFS related issues, WMO attended three ICAO WAFS-related meetings and continued WMO assistance was given to Members to install W AFS satellite broadcast terminals. As of early 2002, full transfer of responsibility of all RAFCs to either WAFC London or Washington was completed; and

(v) The ICAO Conference held in 2000 endorsed the WMO proposal to retain the existing guidance on cost recovery. WMO provided assistance to Members to help them recover meteorological service costs from aviation through participation at joint ICAOIWMO missions in Member countries. Furthermore, additional guidance material for implementing a cost recovery framework for aeronautical meteorological services has been prepared and reviewed by the Executive Council session in 2002.


Option A:

(i) Better provision of service to aviation as a result of better application of guidance material and improved skills through successfully conducted training events; (RB) and

(ii) Increase in the number of AMDAR data globally exchanged per day to serve WMO Programmes. (RB/XB)

Option B:

The recovery of aeronautical meteorological costs from the aviation industry by NMSs will be facilitated by funds made available to convene a cost recovery seminar and to conduct relevant advisory missions to assist Members in facilitating the recovery of meteorological costs from national stakeholders and the airlines. (RB)


Options A and B:

(i) Number of Members that, through WMO Secretariat assistance, including training: (a) have established cost recovery or decided to do so and have requested Secretariat advisory missions in their countries; and (b) have accessed the standardized World Area Forecast System (WAFS) information; and/or

(ii) Number of Members that, through WMO Secretariat assistance, have implemented AMDAR projects/programmes.

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Willingness of Members to provide support to training activities, seconded-experts to carry out projects, participate actively at meetings of CAeM bodies, implement cost recovery and contribute to the AMDAR Trust Fund to carry out AMDAR activities.


Option A:

Lack of resources will result in loss of the current momentum for implementing cost recovery and in less knowledge and experience of NMSs in cost recovery from the aviation industry. Under Option A , the level of training in the application of quality assurance in the delivery of aviation meteorological products will be reduced, and consequently, competitiveness of NMSs will decrease while the number of third party service providers to aviation would continue to grow. WMO may not be able to be represented at coordinated AMDAR and METLINK meetings and the ICAO Committee on the Environment. This will have negative impacts on the implementation of the AMDAR programme and consequently on the implementation of the composite GOS and on work to be undertaken by the Commission to implement relevant parts of the Agenda 21.

Option B:

Funding is improved with resources allocated to convene a cost recovery seminar and to conduct advisory missions to Member countries to assist in facilitating the recovery of costs from aviation. This is particularly important in view of increased Governments' disengagement from provision of adequate resources to support all NMSs activities.

Options A and B:

Under both options, unlike other technical comm1ss1ons, no funding has been allocated to convene a technical conference despite repeated calls that such a conference be convened. The last CAeM technical conference was held in 1992. With tremendous scientific and technological progress made during the last decade reflected in changes to user requirements, aeronautical meteorology is behind advances made particularly in observation systems and NWP product applications and remote training capabilities.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3431 Option A- Institutional support to the Programme: the thirteenth session of CAeM; one session of the Advisory Working Group; participation in ICAO Working Group meetings; (RB)

3432 Option A -Provision of meteorological service to air navigation: one session of the CAeM PROMET Working Group; one session of the CAeM TREND Working Group; one seminar on the use of radar and satellite imagery in meteorological service to aviation; (RB) and

Option B - Provision of meteorological service to air navigation: In addition to activities listed under Option A, a training seminar on cost recovery issues will be convened and assistance will be provided to Members on request through advisory missions on cost recovery to Member countries to facilitate the recovery of costs incurred for the provision of meteorological service to the aviation industry. (RB)

NOTE: One training event on nowcasting and TAF verification is planned to be funded under the ETR Programme (Project 3.64.4) and three events on cost recovery for RAs I, IIN and for the Commonwealth of Independent States are planned to be funded under the Regional Programme (3.8.1 ).


The AMDAR/ASDAR funds will be used to coordinate national and regional AMDAR programmes, as well as to improve AMDAR data exchange and quality control. External funding and eo-sponsorship will be solicited to organize a technical conference in conjunction with CAeM-XIII.

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3.4.4- MARINE METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 1 084 500 1 084 500

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


1 510 400

(i) The purpose of the programme is the provision of data, information, services and new capacity in support of the safety of life and property at sea, operations in the open and coastal ocean areas, the protection and sustainable development of the ocean and marine environment, numerical weather prediction and operational meteorology, the monitoring and prediction of seasonal-to-interannual climate variability and climate change, and the efficient management of marine resources, based on the collection and integrated management of marine meteorological and oceanographic data; and

(ii) The programme will continue to contribute to an appropriate infrastructure for technological innovation, information exchange, national capacity building and manpower development in the specialized areas of marine meteorology and oceanography. The programme is developed with best scientific practice, design and management of observing systems, and promotes innovative organizational structures of an international, global and regional nature; the programme will therefore contribute to the implementation of practically all WMO strategies.


(i) To enhance the provision of marine meteorological and oceanographic services in support of the safety of navigation and safe operations at sea, contribute to risk management for ocean-based economic, commercial and industrial activities, contribute to the prevention and control of marine pollution, sustainable development of the marine environment, coastal zone management and recreational activities, and in support of the safety of coastal habitation and activities;

(ii) To enhance and sustain an integrated, global marine meteorological and oceanographic observing and data management system, containing both in situ and remote-sensing components and including data communication facilities, as a part of the GOOS and the WWW, and in support of the WCP, the WCRP and other major WMO and IOC Programmes;

(iii) To maintain and expand a comprehensive data base of marine meteorological, oceanographic and sea-ice data, in support of marine services, operational meteorology and oceanography and the WCP; and

(iv) To manage the evolution of an effective and efficient Programme through selective incorporation of advances in meteorological and oceanographic science and technology; and to ensure that all countries have the capacity to benefit from, and contribute to, these advances, and to contribute to the implementation of the programme in general.


(i) Following the approval of JCOMM in 1999 by the WMO and IOC Governing Bodies, the first formal session of the new Commission took place in Akureyri, Iceland, June 2001. The Commission agreed to a substructure based on four Programme Areas, as well as a comprehensive, integrated work plan. The Management Committee and all Programme Area Coordination Groups met in 2002 to initiate the intersessional work;

(ii) Data buoy deployments and data quality continue to show measurable improvements and new regional buoy projects were established by the DBCP to address specific data availability problems, in particular in the Southern Ocean; a VOS Climate project was designed and implemented, to provide a reference set of VOS data and metadata for global climate studies; a new round-the-world ASAP route was implemented by the ASAP Panel as a cooperative project, in particular to provide upper-air data from the southern hemisphere oceans; the low density XBT network was redesigned in the light of the Argo project, and is now being implemented by the SOOP Implementation Panel;

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(iii) A project was initiated to enhance maritime safety services through the provision of meteorological charts to mariners via lnmarsat SafetyNET as part of the GMDSS;

(iv) The project documents for the cooperative regional development projects SEACAMP and WIOMAP were finalized and submitted for funding; and

(v) A JCOMM Observing Systems Operations Support Centre (JCOMMOPS) was established.


Option A:

(i) Enhanced quantity and quality of marine meteorological and oceanographic data available on the GTS, including data from Argo delivered as part of an operational programme; (RB/XB)

(ii) Enhanced quantity, quality and timeliness of marine data delivered to users through the designated data archival centres; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Enhanced delivery of marine data and services (including improved quality, timeliness and reliability) to users as a result of enhanced involvement of maritime countries in the work of JCOMM, through successful capacity building activities such as training events and regional development projects. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Quantitative increase in data quantity and quality as revealed through regular GTS data flow and data quality monitoring;

(ii) Expansion of marine climatological, oceanographic and sea ice data archives, and operational delivery of data and associated metadata to users through the Web; and

(iii) Through WMO assistance, increased number of maritime Members operating marine observing platforms, delivering marine services and participating in the work of JCOMM, together with a quantitative increase in user satisfaction as determined through regular user surveys.


Extrabudgetary funding to support the MMP is provided primarily through voluntary contributions by Members to the DBCP/SOOP and ASAP Trust Funds, within the context of the work of the data buoy, SOOP and ASAP panels. The funds support the DBCP/SOOP coordinator (a key element of JCOMMOPS) and various related technical work for these panels. Some extrabudgetary resources are also provided in kind by Members, such as through seconded experts and software development. Major efforts will be made during the period to attract additional extrabudgetary funding to support other aspects of the work of JCOMM.


Global implementation of operational oceanography under JCOMM will be negatively affected. IOC activities in support to JCOMM will not be implemented.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3441 Option A - Institutional support to the Programme: two sessions of the JCOMM Management Committee; one session of the JCOMM 11; and participation in international meetings; preparation and revision of JCOMM brochures; and publications; (RB/XB)

3442 Option A - Marine meteorological and oceanographic services: one meeting of the JCOMM Services Programme Area Coordination Group; two meetings of the IOC/WMO/CPPS Working Group on El Nifio; one meeting of the JCOMM Expert Team on Maritime Safety Services; advisory services; and one meeting of the JCOMM Expert Team on Waves and Surges; one meeting of the JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice; (RB/XB)

3443 Option A- Marine climate and ocean database: one meeting of the JCOMM Data Management Programme Area Coordination Group; one meeting of the JCOMM Expert Team on Marine Climatology; one meeting of the JCOMM Expert Team on Data Management Practices; and Ocean Data Management Handbook; (RB/XB)

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3444 Option A - Marine and ocean observations: one meeting of the JCOMM Observations Porgramme Area Coordination Group; one meeting of the JCOMM Ship Observation Team; JCOMM Implementation Plans; and support to the GOOS Project Office; (RB/XB)

3445 Option A- Information exchange: advisory services; public information and publications; (RB)

3446 Option A - Science and technology development: one meeting of the MPERSS Symposium; and one meeting of the JCOMM Products Symposium; (RB) and

3447 Option A - Capacity building: one meeting of the JCOMM Capacity Building Coordination Group; revision of training publications. (RB/XB)


Data Buoy Cooperation Panel: The DBCP funds will be used to provide support for the JCOMMOPS technical coordinator position, including salary, travel and logistics. Support for other JCOMMOPS activities include some additional travel, publications and data base management. JCOMMOPS is a major source supporting operational in situ marine observing systems, which are coordinated and managed by JCOMM, and complements the marine observing systems project under the regular budget.

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3.5- HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES PROGRAMME (HWRP)

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Option A

3313300

8 689 200

12 002 500

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

3 504 300

8 776 400

12 280 700

Extrabudgetary

resources

2160 000

2160 000

(i) The HWRP fulfils one of the major purposes of WMO, namely to promote activities in operational hydrology and to further close cooperation between Meteorological and Hydrological Services (Article 2(e) of the WMO Convention);

(ii) The HWRP promotes improvements in the capabilities in developing countries, through technology transfer and capacity building, so as to enable them to assess independently their water resources on a continuous basis, and respond, through risk management strategies, to the threats of floods and droughts, and thus to meet the requirements for water and its use and management for a range of purposes. The Programme takes into consideration the existence of climate variability and change and its hydrological impacts and the need to provide more information to the general public and to Governments so that they can better understand the importance of hydrology and the role of NHSs in their activities. The Programme also promotes increased collaboration between NHSs and NMSs, particularly in the provision of timely and accurate hydrological forecasts as a contribution to the protection of life and property. The activities of the HWRP concentrate on: the measurement of basic hydrological elements from networks of hydrological and meteorological stations; the collection, processing, storage, retrieval and publication of hydrological data, including data on the quantity and quality of both surface water and groundwater; the provision of such data and related information for use in planning and operating water resources projects and for monitoring the state of the world's freshwater resources; the installation and operation of hydrological forecasting systems; and the integration of meteorological and climatological information and forecasts into water resources management;

(iii) The Programme will therefore contribute effectively to the implementation of all WMO strategies and, with some minor exceptions, it will also serve all associated goals. The primary results of these activities are improved accuracy of hydrological forecasts, which contribute to the protection of life and property, and increased knowledge and information in support of sustainable socio-economic and environmental development and use of water; and

(iv) Many of the activities under the HWRP have strong links with other Programmes, in particular the WCP, TCP, ETR, TCO and the Regional Programmes. The requirement for hydrological expertise in the implementation of many of the resulting joint projects results in the principal responsibility for their implementation falling on the staff of the HWR Department.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

To apply hydrology (a) to meet the needs for sustainable development and use of water and related resources; (b) to the prevention and mitigation of water-related disasters; (c) to ensure effective environmental management at the national and international levels.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.5 - HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES

PROGRAMME


3.5.0 Institutional support to the HWRP;

3.5.1 Programme on Basic Systems in Hydrology;

3.5.2 Programme on Forecasting and Applications in Hydrology;

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3.5.3 Programme on Sustainable Development of Water Resources;

3.5.4 Programme on Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources; and

3.5.5 Programme on Water-related Issues.


(i) Option A covers the basic needs of the HWRP, with the only exception of the programme on Sustainable Development of Water Resources, where only two out of the four subprogrammes will have funds available. Under Option A, no activities will be undertaken in hydrology for ecosystem protection and in hydrology for social and cultural water uses;

(ii) If funds were made available under Option B, the coverage of the training on HOMS components would be extended, activities in public understanding of hydrological forecasting and risk management strategies would be undertaken, and training would be provided on hydrology for ecosystem protection and restoration, thus covering several of the major gaps of Option A; and

(iii) lt must however be noted that neither of these options permits a great enhancement of the regional activities of the HWRP, which has been repeatedly requested by Members. In particular, it will not be possible to hold six regional technical conferences (one in each WMO Region), having as main subjects the management of hydrological services, the assessment of water resources, and hydrological forecasting for disaster prevention, in accordance to the characteristics and needs of the Region concerned. The importance of WMO holding these conferences stems from the current international situation, where, even if multiple United Nations agencies and NGOs organize water-related events, they concentrate mostly on the "political" aspects, leaving the NHSs unassisted in their needs of support in operational hydrology and water resources management. In other words, WMO would be filling a niche much to the benefit of its Members.

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.5.0 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE HWRP


Option A

717 200

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

717200

Extra budgetary

resources

This institutional support provides the necessary Secretariat support to the international hydrological activities of Members, under the framework of CHy, and at the regional level, in the context of the Working Groups on Hydrology (WGHs) of the various regional associations. The scope of work of CHy and of the WGHs being multifaceted, this programme will contribute to the implementation of all of WMO strategies.


To ensure the effectiveness of CHy and its Working Groups and Experts in tackling hydrological issues of concern to the NHSs of Members, and to facilitate the activities of those Members at the regional level through their participation in the WGHs of the various regional associations.


(i) Substantial support has been provided to the work of CHy. Technical material (reports, supplements) approved by CHy-X has been published and distributed to Members. The session of CHy-XI was prepared and held. The three working groups established by CHy-XI held their first sessions and developed detailed work plans for their activities until 2004;

(ii) Support has been provided to the president of CHy and members of the Commission's Working Groups to ensure achievement of the actions laid out by CHy-XI;

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(iii) Support has been provided to the work of the RA WGHs in order to facilitate the preparation and implementation of projects of regional interest, including the mobilization of the resources needed; and

(iv) Collaboration with Members has resulted in plans for the adequate assessment and integrated management of their water resources.


Option A:

(i) Successful session of CHy-XII held, and a comprehensive and demand-driven programme of work for the next intersessional period developed; (RB) and

(ii) Contribution to the solution of regional hydrological problems through the cooperation of Members' NHSs within the framework of WMO WGHs of the various regional associations. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Number of expert and associated experts involved in the work of CHy, with particular emphasis on the participation of developing countries; and

(ii) Number of regional projects developed and implemented by the various regional WGHs.


The participation of experts from the NHSs is on a voluntary basis and is mainly financed by the Members. Their availability to devote time to WMO's activities can thus become a controlling factor in the achievement of the objectives of both CHy and the RA WGHs.


Option A covers the basic needs of this programme. lt will not be possible, however, under either Option A or B, to satisfy additional requirements, such as: to convene six regional technical conferences (one per each RA) on management of hydrological services, water resources assessment and hydrological forecasting for disaster prevention, and to hold a second intersessional meeting of core members of the six RA Working Groups on Hydrology. These two factors would seriously reduce the hydrological assistance of WMO to its Members at the regional level.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3501 Option A - Work of CHy: organization and provision of administrative support to the twelfth session of CHy including pre- and in-session documentation; publication of reports; two sessions of CHy Advisory Working Group; participation in international meetings; and public information materials for World Water Day; (RB) and

3502 Option A- Support to regional activities in hydrology: six sessions of RA Working Groups on Hydrology; advisory services; and support to Regional Hydrological Advisors for their attendance at Executive Council sessions. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.5.1 - PROGRAMME ON BASIC SYSTEMS IN HYDROLOGY


Option A

822 700

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

882 300

Extra budgetary

resources

The Programme on Basic Systems in Hydrology (BSH) provides the basic building blocks and framework for the majority of the scientific and technical aspects of WMO activities in hydrology and water resources. lt covers the collection, transmission and storage of data, the implementation of HOMS, the further development of WHYCOS and its internal and external coordination. lt includes the extensive work of CHy in the area. The programme will contribute to the implementation of Strategy 1, through enhancing mechanisms and communication systems for delivering warnings; Strategy 2, by the provision of increasingly beneficial water-related services; and Strategy 6, through ensuring observing, recording and reporting on water resources. The programme will also assist in enhancing capabilities of NMHSs, thereby contributing to the implementation of Strategy 7.


To provide guidance to, and support for, NHSs in the development and maintenance of their activities for the provision of data and products, with an emphasis on quality assurance and in support of socio-economic development.


(i) CHy experts have developed guidelines to improve hydrological data management and prepared a manual for sediment transport measurement;

(ii) The first CD-ROM containing the Guide to Hydrological Practices (WMO-No. 168) in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Russian) was produced and distributed to Members;

(iii) The implementation of the Plan for HOMS in the Twenty-first Century was initiated during this period and is progressing successfully: the HOMS Reference Manual has been updated, containing 180 state-of-the-art components; the new version has been made available on CD-ROM and on the HOMS web page; a HOMS presentation and a HOMS brochure have been prepared. The translation of the HOMS Reference Manual into three languages has been completed. Regular updates of the HOMS Reference Manual are being distributed via email to 121 HOMS National Reference Centres and seven HOMS Regional Focal Points. Training activities related to HOMS components of regional relevance have been held in RAs I, IV and V;

(iv) WHYCOS has continued to expand. The implementation of the first phases of MED-HYCOS and SADC-HYCOS and the pilot phase of AOC-HYCOS have been successfully completed and proposals have been developed for follow-up activities, some of which have already commenced. Proposals for HYCOS projects for the Aral and Baltic Sea Basins, East Africa, and the Caribbean and Pacific regions have been submitted to donors for consideration. Work has also been initiated on a number of other HYCOS projects in such regions as the Arctic, Black Sea, Hindu-Kush-Himalayan and the La Plata and Amazon River Basins; and

(v) In recognition of the importance of rescuing and preserving the historical hydrological data and making them easily accessible for water resources development, a data rescue pilot project has been implemented successfully in eight African countries. The project contributed to strengthening the human and institutional capacity of NHSs of the participating countries.


Option A:

(i) Efficient and effective collection, transmission and storage of hydrological data by NHS's for water resources assessment and management; (XB)

(ii) Increased efficiency of NHSs in delivering their services due to the use of appropriate technologies delivered through HOMS; (RB)

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(iii) Provision of adequate hydrological data for the analyses of national and regional water-related issues, and for global assessments, through the implementation of new HYCOS projects and the maintenance of existing HYCOS projects; (RB/XB)

(iv) Internet access to the most recent WMO Technical Documents and publications in hydrology; (RB) and

(v) Publication of the Operational Manual on Water Resources Assessment. (RB)

Option 8:

Increased efficiency of NHSs of all regions in delivering their services due to the use of appropriate technologies delivered through HOMS. (RB)


Option A:

(i) The number of NHS's which, through WMO's assistance, generate adequate hydrological information to meet the needs of the users of their services;

(ii) The number of NHSs that have been involved in training activities associated with HOMS components;

(iii) The increase in the number of NHS's involved in HYCOS projects;

(iv) Number of down loads of WMO Technical Documents and publications from the WMO Web site; and

(v) Number of NHSs that, through WMO assistance, use the Operational Manual on Water Resources Assessment in their routine operations.

Option 8:

The number and geographical representativeness of NHSs that have been involved in training activities associated with HOMS components


The implementation of HYCOS projects and the expansion of WHYCOS activities are subject to the availability of extrabudgetary funds and are limited by the staff resources within the Secretariat to plan and support them.


Option A will allow the preparation of basic guidance material, the training of professionals from developing countries of RAs I, 11, Ill and IV in the use of modern hydrological technologies, and the holding of several regional workshops and seminars. If additional funds were made available under Option B, the training on new technologies could be expanded to professionals of RAs V and VI.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3511 Option A - Water resources assessment: two sessions of the CHy Working Group on Water Resources; preparation of sixth edition of the Guide to Hydrological Practices in hard copy and on CD-ROM, together with other publications; preparation of the Operational Manual on Water Resources Assessment, including one expert meeting on the review of the Manual; electronic publication on the Web of HWR technical documents; participation in international meetings and reports; (RB)

3512 Option A - Technology in operational hydrology: four roving seminars on HOMS components of relevance to NHSs of RAs I, 11, Ill and IV; resource mobilization to fund additional roving seminars on HOMS; and publications; (RB/XB)

Option B - Technology in operational hydrology: two roving seminars on HOMS components of relevance to NHSs of RAs V and VI; participation in international meetings; (RB) and

3513 Option A - WHYCOS: two meetings of the WHYCOS International Advisory Group; two regional workshops on application of new technologies in data collection and dissemination in RAs 11 and Ill; planning and monitoring of the implementation of individual HYCOS components; participation in international meetings; and reports. (RB/XB)

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3.5.2- PROGRAMME ON FORECASTING AND APPLICATIONS IN HYDROLOGY

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Option A

718 200

Resources (SFR}

Regular budget

Option B

806 300

Extrabudgetary

resources

2160 000

The purpose of the Programme on Forecasting and Applications in Hydrology (FAH) is to cover those aspects of HWRP relating to the application of hydrological analyses and methodologies to solve a variety of hydrology and water resources problems. The programme organizes activities in support of water resources development and management, including informing and educating the public, Governments and other parties about the socio-economic benefits of addressing water-related issues (the reference here is to Strategy 4); and disaster prevention and mitigation, which contributes to the implementation of Strategy 1. The programme will also support studies of climate change and environmental protection, as included under Strategy 5, and will undertake a review of operational requirements for forecasts and warnings and keep up-to-date with new technological developments, as envisaged under Strategy 6. Increased collaboration between NMSs and NHSs, as mentioned under Strategy 7, will be promoted and facilitated. The programme will continue to be closely linked with the WCP and TCP.


To apply hydrological modelling and forecasting techniques, risk assessment and management approaches, and related technology to the prevention and mitigation of water-related disasters and to understand better the implications of climate variability and change on hydrology and water resources.


(i) A technical meeting on flood forecasting was held in Bogota, Colombia for experts from RAs Ill and IV. A regional project for the establishment of a flood information system is under development in the Hindu-Kush-Himalayan region and cooperation with the Mekong River Commission is leading to the planning and implementation of its flood management strategy. Ten Member countries of RA 11 participated in an expert meeting on floodplain management, efforts are ongoing to strengthen the hydrological component of programmes implemented by the Typhoon Committee, the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones and the Hurricane Committee in RAs I, 11, Ill and IV. First results have been achieved in the establishment of networks for the exchange of information and know-how in flood management in RAs I, 11, and V, to be expanded to other RAs in due course. Through the implementation of the Associated Programme on Flood Management, a joint project of WMO and the Global Water Partnership (GWP}, a review of good practice in flood management has been compiled and projects on flood management are being implemented in RAs I, 11 and Ill;

(ii) Involvement in the United Nations-wide World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) has included advisory services and technical support for major components, such as the building of the knowledge base, the information network and the indicators for water resources assessment and development;

(iii) Further development of HYCOS projects has focussed in a number of regions on the collection of data and their use in flood forecasting and management;

(iv) Application-oriented project proposals have been developed and are under implementation to alleviate impacts of water-related disasters specifically in RAs I and 11. First steps have been undertaken to improve collaboration between NHSs and NMSs so as to improve product generation for the forecasting of extreme hydrological events (floods and droughts);

(v) The Global Terrestrial Network - Hydrology (GTN-H) and the Global Groundwater Assessment Centre (IGRAC) have been established and the Global Runoff Data Centre continues to operate, complementing other global observing systems; and

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(vi) The World Climate Programme-Water (WCP-Water) has developed projects on the detection of trend in hydrological regimes and draft projects with regard to climate, water and health and climate, water and agriculture in vulnerable basins, mainly in arid and semi-arid regions. WCP-Water collaborates actively with other related initiatives, such as the Dialogue on Water and Climate, initiated by the World Water Council, and the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).


Option A:

(i) Development and provision of techniques to deliver reliable and timely forecasts of extreme events resulting in reduced loss of life and property from water-related hazards (floods and droughts) including the development of the concept of a global network of the Flood Warning Centres; (RB)

(ii) Improvement of the knowledge base to quantify impacts of climate change on water resources through activities and projects undertaken within WCP-Water; (RB)

(iii) Development and implementation of pilot projects in the areas of flood and drought information systems and risk management in RAs I, 11, Ill, IV and V, including available know-how in the Regions and specifically in RAs IV and VI through HYCOS projects, collaboration in regional programmes such as TCP, and in close collaboration with other regional bodies such as ESCAP and the Regional Technical Advisory Committees of the GWP; (RB/XB) and

(iv) Full operation of GTN-H, GRDC and IGRAC in collaboration with global observing systems and delivery of products for the improved assessment of water resources and the improvement of assessment of climate change and variability. (RB/XB)

Option B:

(i) Improved communication between NHSs and authorities responsible for disaster management and the general public as regards hydrological risk management; (RB/XB) and

(ii) Improved and more efficient risk management under conditions of hydrological drought. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Number of Members which, through WMO assistance, improve their forecasting capability of hydrological extremes such as floods and droughts;

(ii) Number of initiatives on climate and water resources where WMO is directly involved and which contribute to WMO objectives; these include the Dialogue on Water and Climate, the GEWEX-Water Resources Applications Project, IGOS, IPCC and regional activities and projects on the impacts of climate on water resources;

(iii) Effectiveness of projects undertaken resulting in the improved access to data and information, hydrological forecasting and warning and the delivery of information products for disaster preparedness and reduction; and

(iv) Number of requests received by the global network operators and data centres and rating of the quality of their services delivered to the water and climate communities as well as to decision makers and the general public.

Option B:

(i) Number of NHSs which, through WMO assistance, have established a pro-active communication linl< with the national authorities responsible for disaster management and the general public; and

(ii) Published manual for risk management under conditions of hydrological drought.


The expected results can only be achieved if substantial additional funds are available for the implementation of the programme through cooperative arrangements with the broader water and climate community and directly from donors.

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Under Option A, Members will be assisted in the implementation and/or enhancement of their activities in flood and drought forecasting, and risk assessment. If additional fund were made available under Option B, activities in public understanding of hydrological forecasting and risk management strategies would also be undertaken. Lack of funding will result in constraints in implementation of WCP-Water and other projects in collaboration with UNESCO and other organizations, with a consequent loss of credibility vis-a-vis their programmes.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3521 Option A - Hydrological aspects of disasters: two CHy Working Group meetings; four expert meetings on risk awareness in developing countries, long-range forecasting of floods and droughts, disaster preparedness and on state-of-the-art methods in quantitative precipitation forecast and flood forecasting; evaluation of risk management strategies; development of guidance materials for risk management applications and plans for a new project on drought management; participation in international meetings; publications and reports; (RB/XB)

3522 Option A - Public understanding of hydrological forecasting and risk management strategies: International symposium on hydrological risk awareness and response mechanism of communities; preparation of public education materials on flood preparedness and drought preparedness for use of national agencies; and development of pilot projects on risk management; (RB)

Option B - Public understanding of hydrological forecasting and risk management strategies: two expert meetings on public awareness and risk management in the face of hydrological disasters; one expert meeting on flood risk mapping and community response options; one expert meeting on forecasting of hydrological droughts and options for disaster reduction; and compilation of a manual for risk management under conditions of hydrological drought; (RB) and

3523 Option A - Hydrology in the context of environmental issues: three expert meetings on the variability of hydrological processes, on climate change and water resources management and on hydrological trends and changes in vulnerable basins; advisory services; studies of impact of climate change on water resources; development of inputs to WCP-Water projects and to the Dialogue on Water and Climate; support to GRDC; and publications and reports. (RB/XB)


(i) Hydrology and Water Resources Trust Fund: The purpose for which funds are contributed to the HWR Trust Fund include support to training courses, to the work of the GRDC and to the more general range of activities. These funds are used for support to activities included in the approved programme and budget and serve to supplement the funds already available under the regular budget. They increase the effectiveness of activities related to Programme. The HWR Trust Fund thereby provides a channel by which Members and other international organizations can support specific WMO activities; and

(ii) Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM): Funds are contributed to support the WMO/GWP Associated Programme on Flood Management. APFM is concerned with a wide range of activities in relation to floods, including not only aspects of risk assessment and forecasting, which are central to WMO's area of responsibility, but also aspects where floods as seen as a valuable water resources. In relation to the former aspects, the work of the APFM is very much complementary to and integrated with Programme 3.5.2.

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3.5.3- PROGRAMME ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Option A

250 800

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

294100

Extrabudgetary

resources

The purpose of the Programme on Sustainable Development of Water Resources (SDW) is to encourage the full participation of NHSs in national planning and development of their country. This is a cross-cutting programme which has strong links with Programmes 3.5.1 and 3.5.2. The programme's main contribution to the implementation of the WMO Strategies will be provided under Strategy 2 by promoting the improved water-related services; Strategy 3, by enhancing WMO's role in the United Nations system in the area of distribution of water resources; and Strategy 4, by emphasizing the socio-economic benefits of understanding water-related issues.

MAIN LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

To promote the effective use of hydrology in support of sustainable development.


(i) An assessment has been made of the hydrological needs of the small island States of the Pacific and projects have been prepared for the training of hydrological technicians and for the improvement of water resources monitoring. Efforts have been made to implement these projects in partnership with regional bodies;

(ii) A project which aims at improving the management of water resources in the Caribbean Islands has been prepared and funds are being sought for implementation;

(iii) Expert meetings have been organized on the hydrology of urban areas and draft technical guidelines on the subject have been prepared; and

(iv) Activities supporting the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in arid and semi-arid areas have been implemented.


Option A:

(i) Sustainable development of water resources through the application of hydrological practices in urban areas; (RB)

(ii) Improved and more efficient use of water resources in small islands and arid and semi-arid areas; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Increased awareness at national government level of the economic value of water resources data and information. (RB)

Option B:

Increased participation of NHSs in the environmental management of their country. (RB/XB)


Option A:

(i) Number of Members that, with the assistance provided by WMO, use the new technical guidance on urban hydrology developed by WMO;

(ii) Published technical guidance on the hydrology of small islands and that of arid and semi-arid regions; and

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(iii) Number of NHSs that, with the assistance provided by WMO, estimate the economic value of the water resources information they produce.

Option B:

Number of NHSs of RAs I and V who, through the assistance of WMO, participate actively in the development of the environmental management strategies of their country.


The development of guidance material on the hydrology of arid and semi-arid regions is subject to the identification of a suitable eo-sponsoring organization.


Under Option A, this programme will continue developing and disseminating technical guidance in areas which have recently assumed a great importance for NHS worldwide. If additional funds were made available under Option B, training activities would be provided on hydrology for ecosystem protection and restoration, thus satisfying a common request of hydrological managers.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3531 Option A - Hydrology for the conservation of water resources: two expert meetings on the hydrology of small islands and on water resources of arid and semi-arid regions, respectively; advisory services; publications; and reports; (RB/XB)

3534 Option A - Hydrology for economic development: two training workshops on estimating the economic value of water resources information in RAs I and Ill; guidance material on the determination of the economic value of the collecting of water resources information; (RB) and

3532 Option B - Hydrology for ecosystem protection and restoration: one training workshop on linkages between hydrology, ecological sustainability and environmental management strategies. (RB)

3.5.4- PROGRAMME ON CAPACITY BUILDING IN HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Option A

435 700

Resources (SFR}

Regular budget

Option B

435 700


The purpose of the Programme on Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources (GBH) is to provide guidance by which NHSs can implement institutional improvement and, through staff education and training, build their capacities to serve their respective countries. This is a cross-cutting programme, which has strong linkages to Programmes 3.5.1 and 3.5.2, and will contribute to the implementation of the majority of the WMO strategies.


To assist the rational development and operation of NHSs, including the education and training of their staff, increasing public awareness of the importance of hydrological work, and support to technical cooperation activities.

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(i) Concepts have been developed for lnternet-based, computer-aided and distance learning courses in hydrology and water resources;

(ii) Training and education has been extended to NHSs focusing on technical, managerial and public awareness requirements;

(iii) HYCOS projects are used as an effective means to improve the managerial capacity of NHSs with respect to the operation and maintenance of hydrological and telecommunication networks; quality control and archiving of data and information; product development and dissemination of data and information to different user communities; and

(iv) Guidelines and methodologies have been promoted for improved product development of NHSs.


Option A:

(i) Progress towards having well-trained and highly skilled staff in NHSs under an integrated water resources management framework; (RB)

(ii) Improved efficiency and effectiveness of NHS's to deliver timely and reliable information related to water resources assessment and hydrological forecasts for governmental and non-governmental organizations, the general public and the information requirements at regional (i.e. in shared river basins) and global (e.g. in the support of global data centres and the United Nations-wide WWAP); (RB)

(iii) Improved understanding at the government and community levels of the role and importance of services provided by NHSs; (RB) and

(iv) Strengthened managerial capacity of NHSs to improve their routine operation and their services to the public in extreme hydrological situations. (RB)


Option A:

(i) The level and effectiveness of staff development support through WMO training in hydrology and water resources focusing on institutional capacity building and management aspects of NHSs;

(ii) Number of NHS's which have improved their product delivery capacity as a result of WMO inputs;

(iii) The degree of knowledge about water-related issues at governmental and general public level in selected countries; and

(iv) Number of NHSs which, through WMO assistance, have improved their public service delivery capacity in extreme hydrological situations.


The achievement of the expected results in this area depends greatly on the institutional situation in the area of water resources management of each particular country, and this generally varies markedly between countries and over time.


Under Option A, this programme will assist the Members in the institutional strengthening of their NHSs. Although the education and training activities in hydrology are to be considered as a complement to those described under the ETR Programme, the combined offer of these two Programmes satisfy only a small fraction of the demand in this field.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3541 Option A - Organization and development of hydrological services: four interregional expert meetings on institutional development and management of hydrological services in extreme hydrological situations (covering between them all WMO Regions); one expert meeting on institutional capacity building; compilation of guidance material for the organization and development of hydrological services; preparation of guidelines on operation of hydrological services in emergencies; advisory missions to assist Members; and public information materials; (RB)

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3542 Option A - Education and training in hydrology: one expert meeting on computer-aided distance learning; development of guidelines for distance learning; development of training and guidance materials for hydrological forecasting and risk management applications; support to participants in symposia and training events; participation in international meetings; public information materials and other publications; (RB) and

3543 Option A - Product delivery and public awareness in hydrology and water resources: one international symposium on product delivery and public awareness of hydrological services. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.5.5- PROGRAMME ON WATER-RELATED ISSUES


Option A

368 700

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

368 700


The purpose of the Programme on Water-Related Issues (WRI) is to maintain WMO's important role in international activities relating to integrated water resources management to meet societal needs and manage the risks posed by flood and drought. A major aspect of the programme is the Organization's collaboration with other agencies within the United Nations system. In addition, it involves joint activities with international river basin commissions and collaboration with scientific and technical NGOs. The programme therefore relates to a number of the WMO Strategies, particularly Strategies 3 and 8, by promoting the enhancement of WMO's role within the United Nations system, and effective international partnerships in water-related issues.

MAIN LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES 2004-2011

To increase the effectiveness and visibility of NHSs activities through inter-organizational collaboration in the water field.


(i) WMO chaired the UN/ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources throughout the major part of this period and thus the Organization obtained visibility and some influence in a number of high-level meetings;

(ii) Substantial contributions in the form of material and advice in areas of WMO's responsibility have been made to a number of interagency projects, in particular the production of the first World Water Development Report. This is the major element in the United Nations-wide WWAP, which provides a new basis for cooperative action within the United Nations systems in which WMO has a major role to play;

(iii) The third edition of the International Glossary of Hydrology was completed and good progress made in other joint activities with UNESCO;

(iv) An inter-agency framework for information management in hydrology and water resources has been developed with the participation of WMO; and

(v) Extrabudgetary funding was secured for a number of projects in collaboration with other United Nations agencies and NGOs.


Option A:

(i) Increased WMO collaboration with international river basin authorities, focusing on technical assistance and sharing of experiences with related bodies; (RB)

(ii) Increased awareness of water issues at the global level, in particular those that are of importance to NMHSs; (RB) and

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(iii) Collaboration with other United Nations agencies and NGOs and coordination of UN/NGO activities in hydrology and water resources. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Number of agreements between WMO and international river basin authorities;

(ii) Number of Members involved in international meetings on water issues; and

(iii) Low level of duplication among the UN/NGO agencies.


The achievement of the expected results depends on concurrent developments within the broader international water community, sometimes opening and sometimes limiting the opportunity for WMO's involvement.


Reduction of eo-sponsorship and coordination with NGOs and IGOs will result in weakening WMO's position as a leading agency in fresh water. For example, under Option A, WMO may not be able to play a major role in the World Water Day celebrations in 2004.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3551 Option A - Water-related activities within the United Nations system: four meetings of the WMO/UNESCO Liaison Committee for Hydrological Activities; WMO contribution to convening the Sixth WMO/UNESCO International Conference on Hydrology; one technical symposium as input to WWAP; one expert meeting on strategic water-related programme coordination; participation in coordination meetings of United Nations bodies and other international meetings; public information materials; publications, and reports; (RB/XB) and

3552 Option A- Cooperation with other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations: support to symposia and technical meetings of other organizations - river basin commissions, regional bodies and NGOs; participation in international meetings organized by GWP, the World Water Council and other organizations; development of an Associated Programme on Drought Management with GWP; fund-raising missions; and preparation of public information materials. (RB/XB)

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.6- EDUCATION AND TRAINING (ETR) PROGRAMME


Option A

7181 100

7757 600

14 938 700

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

7 631100

7 867 600

15 498 700


520 400

520 400

(i) One of the primary aims of WMO, as laid down in its Convention, is to encourage training in meteorology and operational hydrology, and to assist in coordinating the international aspects of such training;

(ii) The purpose of the Education and Training (ETR) Programme is to assist Members in obtaining adequately educated and trained personnel for the continued development of their Meteorological and Hydrological Services so as to enable them to discharge their operational responsibilities, as well as meet the challenges of new functions;

(iii) The actual education and training of meteorological and hydrological personnel is generally carried out in, and with contributions by, the Member countries themselves. lt is expected that a clear commitment from Members to the continuing education and training of their staff would assist the NMHSs in becoming, as much as possible, a learning organization;

(iv) The institutions, in which the education and training activities are carried out include research centres and universities, WMO RMTCs, national meteorological training institutions, and the training units of Meteorological Services. The ETR Programme has links with various institutions, and such links vary with circumstances from the management of a short-duration training event by the Secretariat to the close monitoring and interaction with the training programme of an RMTC, the provision of guidance materials and training aids to a national training unit, and the placement of fellows for training outside their home countries; and

(v) As personnel are to be educated and trained in subjects and functions, which are pertinent to all WMO Strategies, the education and training activities will be an integral part of the implementation of all these Strategies, particularly Strategies 7 and 8, with respect to enhancing the NMHSs capabilities and more effective international partnership.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To ensure the availability of adequately trained staff to meet Members' responsibilities for providing meteorological, hydrological and related information and services;

(ii) To promote capacity building by assisting NMHSs in the attainment of an appropriate level of self-sufficiency in meeting their training needs and in developing their human resources;

(iii) To promote and strengthen the exchange of training knowledge, resources and expertise between Members and WMO RMTCs making particular use of relevant new and emerging technologies and techniques; and

(iv) To promote high-quality continuing education in meteorology, climatology, hydrology and related disciplines so as to keep Members' relevant staff up-to-date with the latest scientific advances and technological innovations, and to provide the competence and skills needed in additional fields, such as communication with users.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.6:- EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMME

The proposals for the period 2004-2007 are presented as follows:

3.6.0 Institutional support to the ETR Programme;

3.6.1 Assessment of human resources;

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3.6.2 Training activities;

3.6.3 Education and training fellowships; and

3.6.4 Support to training events under other WMO major Programmes.


Option A:

Reduced regular budget funding will result in reduced output delivery, i.e. reduced production of training publications, reduced service to members in the area of training aids and audio-visual materials, in limited monitoring of regional training centres, and in reduction in the delivery of training. The proposed RB fellowship allocations for this financial period amount to about 80 per cent of the previous period. As the RB contributions to the funding of WMO fellowships is about 30 per cent (the remainder being covered under VCP, TF and UNDP) the total impact in the delivery is estimated at about a 6 per cent real reduction. Although a total of 41 training events or activities are proposed for the fourteenth financial period under other WMO major programmes, which represents the same level of activities compared to the thirteenth financial period, about one-third of them will be underbudgeted, negatively affecting their implementation; and

Option B:

Support to e-learning would be provided. Training, especially e-learning, is one of the best ways to increase long-term productivity within the Secretariat and it can be easily extended to Members and Secretariat staff alike. With the development of e-learning tools and software, it is possible for the Organization to invest in training software that can be implemented for many years, thus reducing the cost per head of training. E-learning software allows WMO to personalize its e-learning strategy and the computer skills development of its staff and Members. If funds are available under this option, the delivery of RB fellowships will be expanded by about 8 per cent and, in the area of human resources development, about a 20 per cent expansion in the funds available for training publications, and service to members and RMTCs; and about a 7 per cent expansion in the allocations available for the under-budgeted training events under other major programmes.

3.6.0 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMME

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

378 200 378 200


The main purpose of this component is to provide support to the Executive Council Panel of Experts on Education and Training in its role of adviser in all matters related to the Organization's education and training activities. lt also aims at supporting the external interactions of the Programme in strengthening the cooperation between training centres and at maintaining the use of state-of-the-art office automation, information and computer technology.


(i) To maintain the administrative support to the Executive Council Panel at similar, or even higher, levels than in previous sessions;

(ii) To continue interacting with SCHOTI to foster the cooperation between training centres from developed and developing regions; and

(iii) To keep the ETR computer system up-to-date and to the best standards of the market.

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(i) Successful organization of the nineteenth and the twentieth sessions of the Executive Council Panel of Experts on Education and Training (Barbados, 2000; Manila 2002) and implementation of relevant recommendations such as encouraging constituent bodies to identify priority training needs, including needs that cut across the specialist requirements of the technical commissions and regional associations;

(ii) Active participation in CO-COM/SCHOTI sessions in 2000, 2001, 2002 and support to the attendance of the AMTC representative; and

(iii) Improvement of the ETA information and communication technology.


(i) To organize and implement the recommendations of two sessions of the Executive Council Panel and to continue the interaction with SCHOTI, in order to foster the cooperation with training centres from developed and developing countries; (AB) and

(ii) To keep the ETA communication and information technology up-to-date to the best standard of the market. (AB)


(i) The Executive Council assessment of the ETR activities, and Members' satisfaction with respect to the ETAprovided guidance and support, as well as with respect to the assistance provided by individual Members through bilateral and multilateral arrangements; and

(ii) The degree of automation of ETA activities, in particular the reliable and timely tracking of participants in training events and fellowships.


(i) Members responsiveness to the Executive Council Panel recommendations, including Members' willingness to provide external assistance; and

(ii) Availability of funds for upgrading their own information and communication technology.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3601 Option A- Institutional support to ETR Programme: two sessions of the Executive Council Panel of Experts on ETA; participation in international meetings related to education and training. (AB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.6.1- ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES


Option A

69300

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

69300

Extra budgetary

resources

The purpose of the Assessment of Human Resources programme is to provide the framework for assessing the present and future needs of Members for trained and retrained personnel and for providing an objective basis for planning and setting priorities, as well as, assisting and providing advice to Members. The Assessment of Human Resources programme supports the overall ETA Programme in responding effectively to the needs of Members. This programme enable relevant resources and training schemes to be brought to bear upon the identified training requirements of

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Members, whether individually or collectively, in subregional or regional groupings. The programme will make the most important contribution to the implementation of Strategy 7, by carrying out activities, which lead to enhancing the NMHSs capabilities.


(i) To keep the training needs of Members under review and update an assessment; and

(ii) To contribute to a coordinated strategic approach to assist Members with their training for national human resources development.


(i) An Assessment of Members' Training Requirements and Opportunities (Survey 2002), was undertaken in order to facilitate an updated prioritization of Members' training needs versus WMO Region, subject of training, teaching language, category of personnel to be trained;

(ii) The Survey 2002 provides an objective basis for the better tuning of the ETR-organized/co-sponsored training events according to the most pressing international training needs. lt also facilitates an improved two-way communication between training-providers (particularly from developed countries) and Members in need of training assistance; and

(iii) A completely revised edition of the long-standing Guidelines for the Education and Training of Personnel in Meteorology and Operational Hydrology (WMO-No. 258) was issued. lt describes the new WMO classification of personnel in meteorology and operational hydrology, and curricula for their initial qualification and specialization. The actual implementation of the new classification will take several years - at least till 2005; implementing the new curricula may take longer- beyond the fourteenth financial period.


(i) An updated assessment of Members' training requirements and opportunities including updated prioritization of Members' training needs versus WMO Regions, subjects of training, teaching language and category of personnel to be trained; (RB)

(ii) An improved two-way communication between training providers (particularly from developed countries) and Members in need of training assistance; (RB) and

(iii) Implementation of the new system of classification of personnel, particularly in the Member countries hosting RMTCs, will facilitate better human resource development planning in various NMHSs. (RB)


(i) Ratio of the implemented training activities versus the established priorities; and the level of external support provided (key performance indicators derived from the Surveys 2002/2006 and from ongoing ETR statistics and correspondence with Members); and

(ii) Number of Members that have implemented the new WMO classification system and improved their human resource development plans; to be derived from ongoing reports and especially from Survey 2006.


(i) Members responsiveness to the Survey 2006; and the accuracy of their replies;

(ii) Members' willingness to provide external assistance; and

(iii) Members' readiness to improve their own human resource development activities; and NMHS' interest to review their training programmes, including expanding training delivery to new topics.

PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT OF THE OPTION A BUDGET FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

Reduced or limited advice on human resources activities will be provided to Members.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3611 Option A- Assessment of human resource development: advisory services on human resource development to Member countries and analysis of results and publication of the Survey. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.6.2 -TRAINING ACTIVITIES


Option A

1 362 900

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

1 562 900

Extra budgetary

resources

The purpose of the Training Activities programme is to contribute to the training process with respect to training centres, including RMTCs, training materials, instructor and management training, and the interface between Meteorological Services and their user communities. This programme will utilize input from the Assessment of Human Resources programme, and rely primarily on the TCO Programme for the provision of experts, equipment, financial and other resources, thereby assisting in the implementation of the WMO Strategy 7. lt will also promote synergistic interactions through cooperation with other organizations engaged in education and training within the framework of Strategy 8.


(i) To provide technical advice on the development and execution of training programmes, taking into account the new WMO classification;

(ii) To assist Members in the training of instructors;

(iii) To promote the development and use by Members in their training activities of the WMO RMTCs, modern training materials, and distance learning techniques taking into account the availability of suitable state-of-the-art technological products;

(iv) To promote a more effective and wider utilization of meteorological and hydrological information and services by user sectors; and

(v) To encourage NMHSs to become learning organizations.


(i) Successful implementation of three Regional Training Seminars for national instructors in RA 111/IV; RA 11/V; RA 1/VI; and provision of support for visiting lecturers to deliver training and advice at training centres;

(ii) Production of three titles in the training publication Blue Series; release of the Guidelines (WMO-No. 258) and of its companion paper Detailed Syllabus Examples, under the new Continuing Education and Training-MH Series; and yearly updating of the mandatory publication Compendium on Training Facilities for Meteorology and Operational Hydrology (WMO-No. 240)- Part V on the RMTCs' training programmes. Improvement of the Virtual Training Library (VTL) content and presentation; and

(iii) Implementation of external assessments of the RMTCs located in Argentina, Barbados, Costa Rica, Egypt, Kenya, Niger, Philippines and Uzbekistan.

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Option A:

(i) Implementation of: four regional training seminars for national instructors; one worldwide symposia on education and training; expert seminars on curriculum development, accreditation of qualifications and quality assurance; management of training institutions, communication skills; (RB)

(ii) Production of new titles in the WMO series of training publications; and translation in other languages; also support to RMTCs and other training institutions through provision of training material (e.g. visual aids) and through VTL documentation; (RB) and

(iii) Completion of the first cycle of external assessment of RMTCs (eight-year cycle) will make them more visible and more focused on the highest priority needs of the Region. (RB)

Option 8:

Introduction and application of the e-learning system to provide training for Secretariat staff and Members using on-line Internet technologies. (RB)


Option A:

(i) The degree of satisfaction of participants in the ETR Programme-supported training events; to be measured through evaluation-reports and especially through dedicated Training Event Review Forms filled-in by participants following completion of their training;

(ii) Members' satisfaction with respect to the received training assistance, measured through the annual trends in the number of requests for services, number of copies and number of slides/videos provided; and number of hits in the VTL pages; and

(iii) The degree of updating in the RMTCs training programmes and curricula, to be derived from external assessment reports. Also, the ratio of the re-confirmed RMTCs, and Members' satisfaction with respect to the RMTCs' training delivery and related services.

Option 8:

Number of satisfied Members, staff and related groups trained through e-learning.


(i) Availability of funds, and of experts to contribute in the expected training events;

(ii) Members' willingness to host planned events and capability to provide required facilities;

(iii) Availability of suitable authors for preparing publications on the required themes;

(iv) Provision of external support (outsourcing) for printing training publications; and

(v) RMTCs' commitment for meeting expressed regional training needs.


Reduced regular budget funding will result in reduced production of training publications, in reduced service to Members in the area of training aids and audio-visual materials, in limited monitoring of regional training centres, and in reduction in the delivery of training.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3621 Option A - Training publications: issuance of ETR new titles of training publications; translation of training publications in other languages; (RB)

3622 Option A - WMO Training Library services: prov1s1on of computer-aided learning material, software and hardware, including training texts, audio-visual material and aids; (RB)

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3623 Option A - WMO RMTCs: advisory services to RMTCs to monitor and advise on their activities; external assessment of RMTCs; and training materials and aids for assistance to RMTCs; (RB)

3624 Option A - Training of trainers and instructors: one training seminar on curriculum development; and three regional seminars for national instructors; (RB)

3625 Option A - Training of operational personnel in special subject areas: one worldwide symposium on education and training; and one training seminar on management of training instructions; (RB)

3626 Option B - Support to e-learning: implementation of an e-learning service using the Internet technologies for training Members' and the Secretariat staff and related groups in basic computer knowledge and thematic training under ETR activities; (RB) and

3627 Option B - Support to manpower development of NMHS: additional support for provision of training material, advisory services and assistance. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.6.3- EDUCATION AND TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

3 200 100 3 450100

Extra budgetary

resources

(i) The purpose of the Education and Training Fellowships programme, which will make essential contributions to enhancing NMHSs capabilities (Strategy 7), is to educate and train meteorological and hydrological personnel on specially tailored individual and group study training programmes, including on management and familiarization visits/study tours for senior personnel. Training is provided mainly abroad on subject areas and technologies for which the facilities and teaching expertise are not available at home. Emphasis continues to be placed on using, as a first priority, the training facilities within the regions concerned, in particular those of the RMTCs; and

(ii) This programme includes the provision of long-term and short-term fellowships to NMHSs personnel and Hydrological Services and also extends to provide fellowships in meteorology and operational hydrology to bona fide refugees identified as such by the office of UNHCR.


Develop and strengthen trained human resources in NMHSs through the implementation of short- and long-term fellowships.


(i) About 150 persons will receive basic education and training in meteorology or operational hydrology and, upon completion of their studies, will be qualified to undertake appropriate responsibilities in their NMHSs;

(ii) About 450 employees of NMHSs from developing countries and countries with economies in transition will be specialised in various specific domains, and upon return home may apply their improved knowledge in relevant operational activities; and

(iii) Some 60 newly promoted senior managers of NMHSs, having the opportunity to see how other NMHSs are organized and function, may be inspired to undertake adequate reforms to improve the management of their own Services.

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(i) About 200 persons will receive basic education and training in meteorology and operational hydrology, thus qualifying to undertake appropriate responsibilities in their NMHSs; (RB/XB)

(ii) About 300 employees of NMHSs from developing countries and countries with economies in transition will be specialised in various specific domains and may apply improved knowledge in their NMHS; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Some 80 senior personnel, particularly newly promoted senior managers of NMHS will be assisted through study

tours to see how other NMHSs are organized and function, so that they may be inspired to undertake adequate reforms to improve the management of their own Services. (RB/XB)


(i) The level of improvement in Members' human resources development facilitated through WMO fellowship awards, measured through the number of staff trained to take-up job-entry level tasks;

(ii) Number of staff supported by WMO to attend specialized training events and the trend in their subsequent promotion at higher levels; and

(iii) Members' satisfaction with respect to the improvement of administrative or other measures for the effective and efficient management of their NMHS; to be evaluated from Study Tours Reports.


(1) Decreasing traditional funding opportunities for fellowships;

(ii) Rising costs of education and training in most of the countries hosting training institutions; and

(iii) Increasing demands for fellowships.


The proposed fellowships RB allocations for this financial period amount to about 80 per cent of the previous period. As

the RB contributions to the funding of WMO fellowships is about 30 per cent (the remainder being covered under VCP, TF and UNDP) the total impact in the delivery is estimated at about a 6 per cent real reduction.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3631 Option A - WMO education and training fellowships: participation in international meetings on fellowship activities; and regular budget contribution for the financing of the staff in the Fellowship Division; (RB/XB)

3632 Option A - Long-term fellowships: implementation of long-term fellowships (more than one year duration); (RB/XB)

3633 Option A - Short-term fellowships: implementation of short-term fellowships (less than one-year duration); (RB/XB)

3634 Option A - Fellowships for the training of bona fide refugees: implementation of fellowships for refugees (identified as such by the UNHCR); (RB/XB) and

Option B - WMO Education and training fellowships: Additional RB fellowship support of about 8 per cent of the amount allocated under Option A. (RB)


Fellowship Division staff costs: The management and administration of fellowships from all sources of funds are carried out in the Fellowship Division under the supervision of the Director, Education and Training Department. it is proposed that a regular budget contribution be made to share the staff costs of the Fellowship Division which are funded at 20 per cent from programme support cost income.

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3.6.4- SUPPORT TO TRAINING EVENTS UNDER OTHER WMO MAJOR PROGRAMMES

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


Option A

2 170 600

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

2 170 600


The purpose of this programme is to monitor, coordinate, and assist in the planning of training events implemented by Members or the Secretariat under other major WMO Programmes which include specific training responsibilities. The scope of the programme therefore extends to the collaboration and interaction with the other major Programmes of the Organization. The programme will make considerable contribution to improving WMO's working mechanisms and practices as envisaged by Strategy 9.


To ensure an integrated training programme from the various training components of all WMO major Programmes.


(i) Successful implementation of some 45 training events under WWW, WCP, AREP, AMP, HWR and the Regional Programmes; also a refined identification of subject areas for future regional training events; and

(ii) Initiation of coordinated actions oriented towards a review, planning and adaptation of new curricula for various fields of specialisation in meteorology and operational hydrology, according to constituent bodies' requests and recommendations.


(i) Implementation of some 40 training events under other WMO major Programmes: WWW, WCP, AREP, AMP, HWR and the Regional Programmes; (RB) and

(ii) Assessment and review of curricula in most of the common fields of specialization in meteorology and operational hydrology, according to ongoing scientific advancements and operational priorities. (RB)


(i) The degree of satisfaction of participants in the concerned training events, including the appropriateness of the delivered training, versus participants' expectations; and

(ii) Number of specialized areas whereby curricula were updated, adapted or reviewed; the baseline reference will be the priority-subjects recommended by technical commissions, and the specialized training needs identified by regional associations.


(i) Reliable selection of candidates, particularly their previous knowledge basis in the concerned specialized training events;

(ii) Members' willingness to provide external assistance; and

(iii) Members' readiness to upgrade continuously the knowledge and skills of their own specialists in meteorology and operational hydrology.

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Reduced regular budget funding will have considerable negative impact in capacity building through education and training. Although a total of 41 training events or activities are proposed for the fourteenth financial period, which represents the same level of activities compared to the thirteenth financial period, about one-third of them will be underbudgeted, negatively affecting their implementation.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3641 Option A -Training events under the World Weather Watch: two training seminars on instruments, one training seminar on satellite-based forecasting tools, one training seminar on GDPS, three training workshops on hurricane forecasting and warning and one training seminar on PWS and GDPS in support of natural disaster reduction; (RB)

3642 Option A -Training events under the World Climate Programme: two training workshops on CLIPS, 3 roving seminars on climate, one training workshop on climate early warning systems; (RB)

3643 Option A -Training events under the Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme: one GAW training workshop, one training workshop on very-short and short-range forecast, one training workshop on medium- and short-range; one training workshop on monsoon studies for RAs I and 11; (RB)

3644 Option A - Training events under the Applications of Meteorology Programme: one training workshop on GIS and remote sensing; three roving seminars on weather, climate and farmers; one training seminar on nowcasting and TAF verification, one training workshop on wave and surge forecasting; one training workshop on port meteorological officers; (RB)

3645 Option A -Training events under the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme: two international courses on river measurements; two courses on hydrological forecasting; four courses on applied hydrology and information systems for water management, two Latin American courses on hydrology; (RB) and

3646 Option A - Training event under the Regional Programme: six regional training events - one per WMO Region. (RB)

Programme

Established posts

Total

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3.7- TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME (TCO)


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1 059 600

4 630 400

5 690 000

1199 600

4 672100

5 871 700

Extra budgetary

resources*

93 000 000

8 990 000

101 990 000

* Indicative estimated figures. Rough estimates of extrabudgetary resources that are likely to be made available during the fourteenth financial period are indicated under the "extrabudgetary resources" column. The amounts are determined on the basis of elements available at the time of the preparation of the budget proposals. lt should be noted that the amount of extrabudgetary resources made available to WMO depends on the demand of recipient countries, as well as of the willingness of donors and funding agencies to contribute. In addition, the prevailing economic environment of the international community influences very much the demand of beneficiaries at the national, regional and international levels.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

(i) The purpose of the Technical Cooperation {TCO) Programme is to ensure, through collaborative efforts of Members and for their mutual benefit, the enhancement and development of the capabilities of the NMHSs, as envisaged in Strategy 7, so that they can contribute to, and participate effectively and efficiently in, the implementation of WMO Programmes, for the benefit of the global community and in support of national socioeconomic development. Therefore the Programme makes a major contribution to the implementation, through the WMO Programmes, of all WMO Strategies and their associated goals;

(ii) The Programme helps to ensure that the NMHSs have the required technical and financial means. While the access to, and competition for, financial resources are increasingly becoming difficult, the Programme will endeavour to meet this objective. In view of the changing world economic situation, and noting the overall decrease of technical assistance globally, WMO has been exploring new sources of funding for its technical cooperation activities. WMO Member countries and in particular their NMHSs are being advised on the potential sources of funding of technical cooperation activities and on how they can be tapped; and

(iii) The analyses of national and regional needs and the development of the WMO Long-term Plan provide a basis for developing priorities in technical cooperation programmes managed by WMO. These programmes are to contribute effectively to development activities through: (a) the achievement of suitable levels of meteorological and hydrological services in Member countries; (b) the creation of the required component of the infrastructure for sustainable development; and (c) the realization of the collective goals of the agreed WMO Programmes. This strategic approach will allow Members and partners to meet the most important needs, help the countries receiving assistance to identify and obtain support for technical cooperation projects and programmes that will yield maximum benefits, and assist WMO, including the Secretariat, in assigning priorities in its activities.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To promote international cooperation in capacity building to ensure that Members have the pertinent capacity and resources needed, particularly to bridge the gap between the levels of relevant services provided;

(ii) To assist Members in identifying their requirements for the development and enhancement of their NMHSs and the appropriate external support necessary to meet those requirements;

(iii) To assist Members in formulating appropriate project/programme proposals to meet the requirements of NMHSs;

(iv) To facilitate the exchange of information on the needs of potential recipient Members, on the possibilities offered by potential donor Members and institutions, and mobilize the required resources through contacts with relevant funding institutions;

(v) To assist Members in the implementation of technical cooperation projects and programmes, as required;

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(vi) To provide Members with the necessary support in the areas of technical cooperation and ensure that all relevant scientific and technical aspects of projects are in line with the established standards and guidelines;

(vii) To assist Members in building up the capacities of their NMHSs and of relevant national and regional institutions so that they can participate efficiently in national development activities and meet their international obligations;

(viii) To assist Members in developing and implementing regional projects and programmes in the areas of meteorology, hydrology, the environment and other related issues in particular through appropriate political and economic support frorn Members; and

(ix) To ensure, through the establishment of dynamic and synergistic partnerships with funding institutions and regional and international organizations such as those of the United Nations system, that the relevant meteorological, hydrological and environmental aspects of proposed projects and programmes are developed and implemented according to the recognized standards and guidelines.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.7- TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME


3.7.0 Institutional support to the TCO Programme;

3.7.1 Voluntary Cooperation Programme;

3.7.2 Regular budget cooperation activities; and

3. 7:3 Other components of the Programme.


Resource mobilization activities will be reduced to a minimum level, resulting in development of a very limited number of projects, which will have a negative impact on assistance to NMHSs. If additional funds will be available under Option B, then minimum support will be provided to NMHSs of countries affected by ~isasters.

3;7.0- INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME

MAIN·LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES FOR 2004-2011

(i) To coordinate and supervise technical cooperation activities aimed at building up the capacities of NMHSs and of relevant national and regional institutions so that they can participate efficiently in national development activities and meettheir international obligations;

(ii) To develop strategies for resource mobilization and for appropriate project/programme proposals to meet the requirements of NMHSs; and

(iii) To ensure, through the establishment of dynamic and synergistic partnerships with funding institutions and regional and international organizations such as those of the United Nations system, that the relevant meteorological, hydrological and environmental aspects of proposed projects and programmes are developed and implemented according to the recognized standards and guidelines.


(i) The total delivery of technical cooperation activities carried out through the Programme and funded from several sources has been increasing (the delivery for 2001 amounts to US$ 16 million, which represents a 29 per cent increase as compared to the performance of 2000). Several major new projects were approved with funding from UNDP and government cost sharing in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the United Arab Emirates and under trust fund schemes;

(ii) The cooperation with the World Bank and regional development banks was enhanced especially through the conclusion of Memoranda of Understanding with the World Bank and the lnter-American Development Bank. Negotiations have been initiated with the African and Asian Development Banks in order to strengthen collaboration in the areas of natural disaster preparedness and mitigation, water resources management, agricultural production and the protection of the environment;

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(iii) Several Members received assistance in the development of new projects and in the mobilization of resources in support of national and regional meteorological and hydrological projects. Missions were organized, especially from the WMO Subregional Offices, to identify requirements of Members and to assist in resource mobilization efforts;

(iv) Within the framework of the WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme, priority projects in support of the WWW systems were funded to ensure the continued operations of facilities in several member countries; and

(v) Capacity building activities continued to be carried out in several regions.


(i) Improved capabilities of NMHSs of several Members to provide adequate services and products to decision makers and to the user community through enhanced facilities and human resources; (RB/XB)

(ii) Further development of regional meteorological and hydrological institutions to enhance their contribution towards sustainable development activities in the regions; (RB/XB) and

(iii) More approved projects and programmes through negotiations with financial institutions, development banks and the donor community. (RB/XB)


(i) Number of approved projects and agreements with funding agencies; and

(ii) Level of support received for technical cooperation activities.


Changing policy and procedures of funding agencies and institutions in allocating resources for technical assistance projects.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3701 Option A- Programme and project management: development and implementation of projects and programmes; (RB)

3702 Option A - Inter-agency coordination: participation in various United Nations and related technical cooperation activities; (RB/XB) and

3703 Option A - Resource mobilization: mobilization of resources in support of NMHSs. (RB/XB)


Technical Cooperation Fund: The Technical Cooperation Fund provides partial financial means for the Secretariat support for the TCO Programme. lt finances costs of technical and support staff, seconded experts and consultants, as well as operational costs. Programme support cost income earned through implementation of UNDP projects and Funds-in-Trust projects is credited to the TCO Fund. The budget for the TCO Programme financed from the TCO Fund (including revenue and expenditures) is approved by the Executive Council on a biennial basis. Given that estimates fluctuate from one biennium to another, resource estimate for the TCO Fund is not shown in the budget table. For the 2002-2003 biennium, EC-LIII approved the budget amounting to SFR 5.6 million.

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.7.1- VOLUNTARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME


Option A

235 700

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option 8

375 700


28 800 000

The main purpose of the WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) is to promote relevant international cooperation and to assist Member countries through cooperative efforts of Members to complement implementation activities for WMO scientific and technical programmes under other programmes such as national programmes, bilateral or multilateral programmes, Trust Fund arrangements and the UNDP. The VCP provides, inter alia, for support to be given to Member countries at their request either in the form of equipment and services, including training, contributed on a voluntary basis by Member countries or by direct financing, using financial contributions obtained on the same basis.


The main long-term objective of the WMO VCP is to provide timely and effective technical assistance to Members by ensuring and furthering:

(i) Coordinated support to high-priority VCP projects by donors;

(ii) Members' participation in the VCP Programme; and

(iii) Effective management and operation of the VCP Programme.


(i) Through the yearly Informal Planning Meetings on the VCP and related Technical Cooperation Programmes, donors' contributions were coordinated to support VCP projects in the established WMO priority areas. Special sessions were dedicated to presentations by, and discussions with, external donors (the World Bank, Regional Banks, technical cooperation organizations, etc.);

(ii) The third and fourth sessions of the Executive Council Advisory Group of Experts on Technical Cooperation in May 2000 and March 2002 made recommendations to the Executive Council on the VCP Programme including the allocations of the VCP(F), terms of reference for the Informal Planning Meeting, and the concept of the establishment of an Emergency Assistance Response Team for timely and coordinated assistance to NMHSs affected by disasters. The Group reviewed the most urgent requirements of Members and defined priority areas for the provision of technical assistance;

(iii) In 2000-2002, contributions to the fund (VCP(F)) and to the equipment and services (VCP(ES)) averaged, per year, US$ 280,000 and US$ 7.2 million, respectively. A total of 150 projects for 80 Members were supported by donors and 250 fellowships were awarded under the VCP. Major VCP coordinated projects implemented were: the provision of new generation CLICOM systems for 12 African countries, the Internet connections, hydrological data rescue for Africa, support to the upper-air network in the Russian Federation, emergency assistance for countries affected by disasters. Completed VCP projects were evaluated in 2000 and 2002;

(iv) The Internet- TCO and VCP Home Pages were substantially enhanced for publicity and resource mobilization, and for distribution of the relevant information to Members. Yearly and monthly VCP publications were issued and distributed to Members by mail and through the Internet; and

(v) Through resource mobilization activities by the VCP management, Members' participation in, and support to, the Programme were increased.

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Option A:

(i) Effective donors' support to WMO priority projects, in particular, support to projects for GCOS surface and upperair networks, satellite digital receivers, climate data management, and emergency disaster assistance; (XB)

(ii) Increased Members' participation in, and contributions to, the VCP; (RB/XB) and

(iii) Well-managed administration of the VCP, including better communication with Members through the Internet (TCOIVCP web pages). (RB/XB)

Option B:

Faster rehabilitation of meteorological and hydrological infrastructure for NMHSs of countries affected by disasters. (RB/XB)


(i) The level of support through WMO in the number of VCP projects and trained VCP fellows, and the amount of contributions and the number of Members (donors and recipients) participating in the WMO VCP Programme; and

(ii) The degree of satisfaction for Members with the implementation of VCP projects, and the degree of frequency of exchange of VCP-related information.


Changing policy and procedures of VCP donors.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3711 Option A - Coordination with donors: two sessions of the Executive Council Advisory Group of Experts on Technical Cooperation; four Informal Planning Meetings on the VCP and Related Technical Cooperation Programme; (RB/XB)

Option B - Natural disaster response activities in coordination with donors for assessment of immediate requirements and development of medium- and long-term rehabilitation needs as well as the provision of minimum support to affected NMHSs; (RB/XB)

3712 Option A- Resource mobilization for VCP: resource mobilization and donor coordination; (RB/XB) and

3713 Option A- Management and operation of the VCP Programme: administrative backstopping for VCP projects; management of VCP-related databases; and issuance of VCP-related publications, brochures and reports; as decided by Ninth Congress, the staff cost involved in the procurement of equipment will be paid by the respective source of funding. (RB/XB)


(i) Voluntarv Cooperation Fund: the purpose of the Fund is to allow a quick response to high priority requirements. The Fund will finance short-term fellowships, equipment and expert services which are not covered by the regular budget; and

(ii) VCP coordinated projects: extrabudgetary funds will finance the implementation of priority VCP projects for equipment and services including fellowships through WMO procurement/travel arrangements in accordance with donor's guidance. The extrabudgetary funds will cover equipment and services including fellowships, which are not covered by the regular budget.

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.7.2- REGULAR BUDGET COOPERATION ACTIVITIES


Option A

823 900

Resources {SFR)

Regular budget

Option B

823 900

Extra budgetary

resources

The main purpose of the regular budget cooperation activities is to promote the WMO technical cooperation activities in support of WMO Members through new approaches for resource mobilization and strengthening ties with the United Nations system. Through negotiations with United Nations agencies and donor community and resource mobilization addressed to Governments, funding and donor agencies and the private sector, technical assistance projects and programmes will be developed for approval and implementation under the other components of the Programme (Programme 3.7.3).


(i) To contribute to the development of projects and programmes for NMHSs in developing countries and countries with economies in transition through increased collaboration with the regional intergovernmental organizations and United Nations Programmes and specialized agencies to make available financial resources on a more adequate and reliable basis; and

(ii) To build an effective and harmonized resource mobilization mechanism to support the above objective.


(i) The development of projects and programmes continued in support of WMO Members through enhanced and strengthened collaboration with the United Nations system, development partners such as the World Bank, regional development banks and funding agencies, as well as Governments;

(ii) The resource mobilization efforts were further enhanced through the conclusion of Memoranda of Understanding with development partners, the promotion of trust fund projects and consolidation of partnerships with cooperating partners, such as the World Bank, Regional Banks and other international financial institutions; and

(iii) Enhanced cooperation between TCO and Regional and Subregional Offices resulted in improved performance with regard to project formulation, development and implementation.


(i) Increased number of developed and approved technical assistance projects and programmes through negotiations with United Nations agencies and donor community, in the areas of capacity building, disaster prevention and mitigation, global climate change and integrated water resources management; (RB) and

(ii) Increased resources for national and regional projects by contributions from UNDP, Governments, development banks, other funding agencies and the private sector. (RB)


(i) The number of projects which through WMO's assistance haVe been developed and approved; and

(ii) The level of development support provided to Members through WMO.


Changing policy and procedures of funding agencies and institutions in allocating resources for technical assistance projects.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3721 Option A - Coordination of the programme and collaboration with the United Nations system: coordination with UNDP and other relevant organizations of the United Nations system; and participation in coordination meetings with United Nations system organizations, regional economic groupings, technical conferences and regional associations; (RB) and

3722 Option A - Programme development and resource mobilization: upstream technical backstopping, such as project formulation; cooperation with international financial institutions, bilateral development assistance agencies and the Organization of American States (OAS), intergovernmental organizations such as the European Union, the World Bank, the lnter-American Development Bank and regional development banks; and public information materials. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

3.7.3- OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAMME


Option A

Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option B


64 200 000

Resources mobilized from various sources of funding such as Trust Funds, UNDP, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Fund for International Partnership (UNFIP), Banks, and the private sector will be used to support individually and collectively Members in order to enhance the capabilities of NMHSs and related regional and international institutions so that they are able to provide support to priority programmes such as those related to poverty alleviation, capacity building, environment protection and regeneration, water resources management and natural disaster mitigation. The projects and programmes will be developed and implemented in close collaboration with Members, regional intergovernmental organizations, and other United Nations Programmes and specialized agencies.


To develop and strengthen NMHSs through the delivery of WMO's technical cooperation activities funded from various sources such as Trust Funds, UNDP, GEF, UNFIP, the World Bank, regional development banks and the private sector.


(i) Several major projects were implemented with funding support from financial institutions, aid agencies and other cooperating partners. The total delivery of the technical assistance under the other components of the Programme amounted to approximately US$ 25 million during the period;

(ii) Support continued to be provided to the Nairobi and Harare Drought Monitoring Centres for climate related and capacity building activities in the !GAD and SADC regions. These activities were funded by USAID, the World Bank and Belgium. Italy and Switzerland continued to support the development and implementation of early warning systems and reliable agrometeorological advisories in the Sahelian countries;

(iii) The UNDP projects in Bahrain, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Maldives are being successfully implemented and have contributed to the enhancement of human resources and the upgrading of the technical facilities of the NMSs. Three major UNDP projects are also being implemented in the United Arab Emirates to support the establishment of a network of automatic weather stations, the networking of weather radars and improved weather forecasting for the benefit of users. A network comprising three radars has also been established in the Islamic Republic of Iran;

(iv) Through the IDB/WMO study on the prediction and amelioration of socio-economic impacts of ENSO in Latin America and the Caribbean, proposals for national and regional ENSO early warning systems were prepared. Through the Finland/WMO project for the Small Island Development States of the Caribbean (SIDS-Caribbean), telecommunications and data processing and management systems, calibration and maintenance facilities and training of personnel are being provided to the participating countries;

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(v) Technical assistance services continued to be provided to the large-scale project of Mexico on water resources management (PROMMA). In Brazil, two major projects have been successfully implemented. The WMO/ANEEL 1998-2001 project "Program of Hydrologic Georeferencing and Monitoring for Power Usage" achieved most of the objectives. The WMO/IBAMA 1997-2001 project "Environment and Mining" has also been implemented. Activities were initiated for the creation of the future CIIFEN "International Research Centre for the El Nifio Phenomenon" through the establishment of a trust fund within the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the Government of Ecuador and WMO; and

(vi) The "Integrated Project for Monitoring and Information System (IPM&IS) for the assessment and forecasting of the state of the environment and pollution in the Caspian Sea region" is to address the environment and pollution problems of the region under the umbrella of the Caspian Assessment (CASPAS) and CASPCOM. The "Operational Provision for the Hydrometeorological Safety for the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)" project is to assist in the establishment of a sustainable and affordable operational system to provide timely, reliable, consistent, high-resolution meteorological and hydrological data and products for the end-users of the transport sector. Special efforts have been initiated to mobilize resources for these projects.


(i) Well-managed, effective, and satisfactory implementation of approved technical assistance projects and programmes funded by UNDP, Governments, development banks and other funding agencies; (XB) and

(ii) Increased delivery of technical assistance to Members from approved projects under Trust Fund arrangements and UNDP. (XB)


(i) The degree of satisfaction with the implemented projects and programmes under Trust Fund arrangements and UNDP; and

(ii) The level of timely delivery of all project components and fulfilled objectives and outputs.


Changing policy and procedures of funding agencies and institutions in allocating resources for technical assistance projects ...

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3731 Option A - Project development and implementation: Activities will be concentrate.d on the resources mobilization, further development of project proposals, and implementation of projects. (RB/XB)

EXTRABUDGETARV ACTIVITIES

(i) UNDP-financed projects: the purpose of UNDP funds is to support technical assistance projects for Members. The. extrabudgetary resources will finance those capacity-building activities in developing countries, which are not covered by the regular budget. Emphasis is placed on the delivery of equipment and services, relatedtraining and support for national and regional institutions;

(ii) UNDP projects - GEF: the purpose of funds is to finance the implementation of projects for climate observing systems in developing countries; and

(iii) Other technical cooperation projects including Funds-in-Trust projects: the purpose of these funds is to finance the implementation of technical assistance projects for Members. The extrabudgetary funds will finance those capacity-building activities in developing countries which are not covered by the regular budget. Emphasis is placed on the delivery of equipment and services, related training and support for national and regional institutions.

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.8 - REGIONAL PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A

6 914 300

10 102 100

17 016 400

Option B

7 584 300

10 228 600

17 812 900


681 400

681 400

(i) The purpose of the Regional Programme (RP) is to address meteorological, hydrological and related issues which are either unique or of common concern to a Region, or group of Regions, taking into account particular local and regional situations. lt provides a framework for the implementation of the global WMO Programmes at the national, subregional and regional levels; it is linked to, and addresses, issues that cut across the other major WMO Programmes and which have particular relevance at regional levels. The Programme also interacts with the relevant activities of subregional economic groupings and regional organizations in the various Regions. Hence, the RP contributes to the solutions of regional and global issues of importance to society, as well as to the realization of WMO objectives and thereby will contribute to the implementation of all WMO strategies. The Programme provides support to the six WMO Regional Associations;

(ii) Given the wide gap in development levels of the countries in the various WMO Regions, the scientific and technical programmes of WMO will need to be planned and implemented in such a way as to help bridge the gap between NMHSs of developed and developing countries, as well as enable Members to participate more fully in, and benefit from, the WMO Programmes in an equitable manner. Thus, through the RP, the regional associations will have a key role to play by helping to elevate the level of NMHSs in the Regions. Regional associations will also have a role to play in establishing and, through the support of the RP, helping to maintain regional facilities with the cooperation of its Members. Such facilities include RMTCs and RSMCs;

(iii) The RP ensures that in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the scientific and technical programmes of the Organization, the particular needs and capabilities of Regions are recognized and considered, taking into account the best interest of the Organization as a whole. The activities under the RP provide significant assistance in addressing the regional aspects and in integrating them within the entire scope of the work of WMO, particularly, in strengthening the role of the NMHSs at the national and regional levels to enable them to contribute further to the sustainable development of their respective countries and to address better pressing environmental issues;

(iv) The RP assists in the development of meteorological and hydrological services in the Regions through the organization of regional events, such as sessions of regional working groups, regional seminars and workshops, technical conferences and implementation coordination meetings;

(v) Regional and subregional offices established in WMO Regions facilitate the implementation of the Regional Programme through the identification of requirements of NMHSs, in the formulation of meteorological and hydrological programmes, and in the mobilization of resources for the implementation of such programmes; and

(vi) In coordination with the other programmes, the RP supports efforts towards the reduction of disasters, especially natural disasters, and their harmful impacts through improvement of warnings of impending hazards, disaster preparedness and mitigation as well as risk assessment. Supporting and strengthening regional and subregional institutions engaged in issuing warnings is highly necessary.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To provide support to global WMO Programmes and contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WMO Programmes in the Regions, taking into account regional interests and concerns;

(ii) To assist and/or support in building the meteorological and hydrometeorological capabilities of Member countries, either individually or as groups of countries, in cooperation with regional and subregional economic groupings and institutions, to implement effectively WMO Programmes in the respective Regions and to enable NMHSs' to play their full role in sustainable socio-economic development of their countries;

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(iii) To facilitate the provision of advice and guidance to Members in the Regions on cross-cutting issues, such as the role and operation of NMHSs, data and product exchange, commercialization and alternative services delivery; and

(iv) In coordination with the other Programmes, to ensure that Members in the Regions are kept informed of developments in the science of meteorology, hydrology, other related fields and evolving environmental issues and to disseminate information on matters affecting Members in the various Regions.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMME 3.8- REGIONAL PROGRAMME


3.8.1 Institutional support to the Regional Programme; and

3.8.2 Regional activities.


Option A:

(i) The duration of the sessions of regional associations have been already reduced by one and/or two days and further reduction will have negative result on discussions and have time pressure on the participants and the WMO Secretariat staff;

(ii) Further reduction on the volume of documents will result in less information to be provided to the sessions of regional associations;

(iii) Support by Regional Offices to Members will be reduced;

(iv) Only core members of working groups will be supported to attend the sessions. Experts from Member countries who used to participate in, and benefit from, the work of Working Groups will not do so. Hence the level of implementation of the RP at the national level will be negatively affected;

(v) There will be no separate regional implementation coordination meetings on WWW components. Experts group meetings to address specific regional or subregional issues will not be possible, hence the level of implementation of the RP will be negatively affected;

(vi) Regional instrument intercomparisons will not be possible resulting in degraded standard of operation of NMHSs;

(vii) There will be less support for the transfer of knowledge to NMHSs; and

(viii) Regional technical conferences and seminars are budgeted at 53 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively. lt is hoped that the remaining amount will come from extrabudgetary resources. If sufficient resources cannot be mobilized, such events will be cancelled or limited to fewer participants. This will affect the efforts of WMO to build the capacity of NMHSs through the transfer of new management techniques and the introduction of new technology.

Option 8:

Capacity building activities of NMHSs in various key areas under this option will partially offset those negative impacts foreseen under Option A.

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3.8.1 -INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE REGIONAL PROGRAMME


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget Extra budgetary

Option A Option B resources

Programme 5 511 900 5 511 900

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The purpose of the institutional support to the RP is to facilitate its implementation mainly through the effective and efficient functioning of the regional associations, regional working groups and rapporteurs, sessions of regional associations, their working groups and Regional and Subregional Offices. For this reason Regional and/or Subregional Offices are established in all WMO Regions. The Offices also serve to bring the Organization closer to its Members and to increase its visibility in the Regions as well as assist Members in the identification of their requirements, in the formulation of meteorological and hydrological programmes, and in the mobilization of resources for the implementation of such programmes. The programme will make major contributions to strategies outlined in the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan by improving relevant working mechanisms and practices of WMO.


(i) To provide support so that the regional components of the WMO Programmes are implemented;

(ii) To provide support to the NMHSs in the respective Regions so that they are strengthened, developed and their capabilities built through: (a) active participation of NMHSs in the sessions of regional associations; (b) active participation of NMHSs in the work of regional associations; and (c) assistance provided by regional and subregional offices; and

(iii) To collaborate with other regional organizations and institutions to enhance the above two objectives as well as to promote the visibility of NMHSs by participating actively in the activities of those organizations that are relevant to WMO and by developing and implementing joint programmes and projects.


(i) Six regional association sessions were organized: the twelfth session of RA If (September 2000}; the thirteenth session of RA IV (March/April2001}, the thirteenth session of RA Ill (September 2001), the thirteenth session of RA VI (May 2002}, the thirteenth session of RA V (May 2002} and the thirteenth session of RA I (November 2002};

(ii) Secretariat support was provided to sessions of various working groups, such as Working Groups on the Planning and Implementation of the WWW, on Hydrology, on Climate Matters, on Agriculture Meteorology and on Tropical Cyclones or Hurricanes in RAs I, 11, Ill, IV, V and VI, aimed at improving the implementation of regional components of the WMO technical and scientific programmes;

(iii} Assistance provided to the regional implementation coordination meeting in the field of WWW for different Regions, to improve the basic systems of the WWW Programme;

(iv) Assistance provided to NMHSs of affected countries in Central America by Hurricanes Mitch and Keith, in Southern Africa by tropical cyclones lline and Gloria and in south-east Asia by forest fires, in recovering and rehabilitating their meteorological and hydrological facilities and strengthening their early warning capabilities;

(v) The harmonization of the Technical Cooperation Programme and Regional Programme activities were cost effectively implemented through Regional and Subregional Offices and a number of project proposals formulated, developed and/or being implemented such as the lbero-American climate project, the radar network for the Caribbean region, the Drought Monitoring Centre projects for eastern and southern Africa, the haze project in Asia, etc.; and

(vi) Strategic plans for the development of NMHSs and for improving the basic meteorological facilities in various Regions were initiated.

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Option A:

(i) Effective implementation of decisions and recommendations of regional associations relevant to scientific and technical programmes through the mechanism of regional association sessions and their subsidiary bodies; (RB)

(ii) Increased awareness creation, visibility and promotion of the activities of NMHSs and WMO through the WMO Regional and Subregional Offices; (RB) and

(iii) Increased capacity building and increased level of provision of meteorological and hydrological services for the socio-economic benefits of people through transfer of knowledge. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Degree of satisfaction of NMHSs with the action taken by the WMO Regional and Subregional Offices in implementation of decisions and recommendations of the regional associations;

(ii) Level of development support to NMHSs with the assistance or in coordination with W MO Regional and Subregional Offices measured by the number of project initiatives, project proposals and arrangements for implementation; and

(iii) Degree of satisfaction of NMHSs with the action taken by the WMO Regional and Subregional Offices in case of natural disasters and extreme weather and climate events.


Implementation of the RP is highly dependent on the level of the development of the NMHSs and their technical capabilities and the government and donor support.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

381 0 Option A - Assistance to presidents of regional associations: travel of presidents and regional hydrological advisers to sessions of constituent bodies; (RB)

3811 Option A- Participation in meeting of other regional organizations: representation of WMO in meetings of other regional organizations; (RB)

3812 Option A- Regional Office for Africa- Nairobi; Subregional Office for Western Africa- Lagos; and Subregional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa - Nairobi: to assist Members in RA I to develop their NMHSs in Africa and to provide support to Regional Association I and its president and working groups; (RB)

3813 Option A- Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific- Geneva; Subregional Office for the South-West Pacific - Apia; and Subregional Office for Asia: to assist Members in RA 11 and RA V to develop their NMHSs in Asia and South-West Asia to provide support to RAs 11 and V, their presidents and working groups; (RB)

3814 Option A - Regional Office for the Americas - Asuncion; Subregional Office for Northern America, Central America and the Caribbean - San Jose: to assist Members in RAs Ill and IV to develop their NMHSs in the Americas, to provide support to RA Ill and IV, their presidents and working groups; (RB)

3815 Option A- Subregional Office for Europe- Geneva: to assist Members in RA VI to develop their NMHSs in Europe, to provide support to the RA VI and its president and working groups; (RB)

3816 Option A - Sessions of regional associations: organization and provision of administrative support for the sessions of the regional associations including pre- and in-session documentation, publication of reports; (RB) and

3817 Option A- Sessions of regional working groups: organization of sessions of regional working groups established by regional associations, provision of secretariat assistance for its activity between sessions, publication of reports namely: six sessions of AWGs, six sessions of WGs/WWW, six sessions of WGs/WCP, six sessions of WGs/HWR, two sessions of the Tropical Cyclone Committee (RA 1}, two sessions of the Tropical Cyclone Committee (RA V) and two sessions of the Hurricane Committee (RA IV}. (RB)

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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3.8.2- REGIONAL ACTIVITIES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1 402 400 2 072 400


681 400

The purpose of the regional activities is to facilitate the implementation of the Regional Programme mainly through the various activities in the Regions: regional seminars and workshops, technical conferences and implementation coordination meetings. These events assist in the development of meteorological and hydrological services in the Regions and are instrumental in building the capacity of NMHSs and are also linked to the activities of the Education and Training and Technical Cooperation Programmes of the Organization. The programme naturally relates to the implementation of all strategies of WMO.


(i) To address specific regional issues to assist in the implementation of the regional components of the WMO Programmes; and

(ii) To provide support to the NMHSs in the respective Regions so that they are strengthened, developed and their capabilities built through: (a) advice through expert missions and visits; (b) technical conferences, training workshops and seminars; and (c) transfer of technical knowledge and know-how.


(i) Four regional seminars organized in RAs I, 11, IV and VI in various specific areas in order to strengthen the capacity building of NMHSs, in particular in the fields of new technology, alternative service delivery, cost recovery, etc.;

(ii) Regional technical conferences convened in RAs I, 11, Ill, IV, V and VI to exchange the experience gained and share the views on the rapidly developing new technology and on the management of meteorological and hydrological services; and

(iii) Technical and expert advice were provided to about 90 NMHSs in all Regions which resulted in greater involvement of NMHSs in planning, implementation and coordination of global programmes at the regional and national levels.


Option A:

(i) Increased level of provision of meteorological and hydrological services by NMHSs through the advisory and expert services, transfer of knowledge and proven technology and methodologies; (RB)

(ii) Increased capacity building through regional seminars, workshops and technical conferences; (RB) and

(iii) Improved regional and subregional capacity of specialized regional centers for services to Members in accordance with their needs. (RB)

Option B:

(i) Wider participation on the capacity building of NMHSs through the increase of knowledge of new management and transfer of new technology; (RB) and

(ii) Increase of capacity building in climate application and management of hydrological service, and satellite meteorology. (RB)

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Option A:

(i) The number of Members (NMHSs) which through WMO's expert missions implemented or upgraded technology, methodology, or practice;

(ii) The degree of satisfaction with the technical conferences, training workshops and seminars organized under the Regional Programme and the level of implementation of the recommendations of these events; and

(iii) The ratio of regional specialized centers functioning effectively and Members' satisfaction with the level of services they provide.

Option B:

The number of Members (NMHSs) which through the support provided upgraded methodology, or practice for the provision of methodological and hydrological services for the socio-economic benefits of people.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

3821 Option A - Consultants and seconded experts: mission of consultants and seconded experts to NMHSs to transfer knowledge and methodology; publication of guidance material; (RB)

3822 Option A- Support to transfer of knowledge: publications and report; (RB)

3823 Option A - Regional seminars: organization of six seminars for capacity building of NMHSs of developing countries, as recommended by regional associations, publication of reports; (RB/XB)

3824 Option A - Regional technical conferences: organization of six regional technical conferences for capacity building of NMHSs of developing countries; publications and reports; (RB/XB) and

3825 Option B - Capacity building meetings/manpower development/transfer of technological know-how: three on climate applications, two on hydrology, support to technology transfer on instruments and new systems, including training activities on satellite. (RB)


Regional technical conferences and seminars (Projects 3423 and 3424): Regional Technical Conferences and seminars are budgeted under Options A and Bat 45 per cent and 53 per cent respectively. lt is hoped that the remaining amount (SFR 681 400) will come from extrabudgetary resources. If sufficient resources cannot be mobilized, then such events will be cancelled or limited to fewer participants. This will affect the efforts of WMO to build the capacity of NMHSs through the transfer of new management techniques and the introduction of new technology.

Programme

Established posts

Total

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4. LINGUISTIC, PUBLICATION AND CONFERENCE SERVICES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

3 645 100

41 322 400

44 967 500

3 645100

41 322 400

44 967 500


1 900 000

1 900 000

The structure of the programme and organizational units has been reviewed by the Secretary-General in order to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of linguistic, publication and conference services. The programme structure and resource distribution indicated in the present proposal reflects the new structure of the programme and organizational units.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

To provide linguistic, publication, and conference services to WMO Members and to the scientific, technical and supporting programmes set by Congress, to a level of quality that reflects the high standards of WMO.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To provide conference services, including management of the WMO Conference Centre and conference planning and support services for all WMO meetings as required, and to other organizations as decided by the Secretary-General;

(ii) To provide linguistic services, including interpretation, translation, text-processing and proof-reading for all WMO meetings and other language-related needs of the WMO Secretariat as required;

(iii) To provide publication services, including editing, layout, graphics, and electronic and hard copy output and distribution to meet the requirements of the Publications Programme and other publications-related needs of the WMO Secretariat as required.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSAL FOR PART 4 - LINGUISTIC, PUBLICATION AND CONFERENCE

SERVICES


4.1 Linguistic Services and Publications; and

4.2 Conference, Printing and Distribution Services.


The service level will not be expanded during the fourteenth financial period. Since requirements are increasing by 12 per cent per annum on average, this effectively implies a 25 per cent shortfall on requirements over the financial period. In addition, inflation could account for a further 10 per cent shortfall on requirements. Costs are also expected to increase due to more outsourcing, even while only maintaining 2000-2001 service levels. Shortfall for required services will be charged to other Programmes through cost recovery. A larger proportion of costs must be paid for through budgetary provisions under other Programmes.

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

3 289 000

28 757 600

32 046 600

3 289 000

28 757 600

32 046 600


1 400 000

1 400 000

To provide language/documentation and publication services to WMO Members, the Secretary-General, Executive Management and the WMO Departments in support of the WMO Programmes set by Congress, to a level of quality, timeliness. and cost-effectiveness that reflects the high standards of WMO.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To continue to improve the quality and timeliness of language services, including the standardization of terminology, covering all WMO requirements;

(ii) To continue to improve the quality and timeliness of documentation services covering all WMO requirements;

(iii) To continue to improve the management of both language/documentation and publishing processes (workload forecasting and costing) as well as of the available human, financial and material resources; and

(iv) To continue to improve the quality and timeliness of publications.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSAL FOR MAJOR PROGRAMME 4.1 - LINGUISTIC SERVICES AND

PUBLICATIONS


4.1.0 Management and Administration of the LSP Department;

4.1.1 Languages Services; and

4.1.2 Publications Programme.

4.1.0- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LSP DEPARTMENT

PURPOS.E AND SCOPE

To manage the human, financial and material resources of the LSP Department efficiently and cost-effectively, including by planning, organizing, administering, leading and stimulating the efforts of its staff, and controlling the use of its other resources, to achieve its approved objectives.


(i) To improve the speed and quality while reducing the cost of services rendered in the fields of languages, document production and publications through better planning, delivery control and priority setting;

(ii) To identify as precisely as possible workload and resource requirements by means of an office-wide integrated document and publication planning and scheduling system;

(iii) To improve workflow management and output delivery by means of a job-tracking and control system;

(iv) To monitor and develop the use of technologies designed to increase quality, efficiency and productivity; and

(v) To train all staff in appropriate professional skills and ensure an optimal work environment.

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(i) Management of the split of former LPC Department into CLS and PDS, and creation of the LSP Department;

(ii) Provision of the additional Arabic and Chinese language services requested by Thirteenth Congress using savings in other areas;

(iii) Substantial reduction of costs particularly in the text-processing area, and improvement of the language services for WMO constituent bodies and other sessions as well as improvement of publication services; and

(iv) Improvement of cost recovery management.


(i) Refined management of resources and improved decision-making based on more precise outpuUcapacity analyses; (RB)

(ii) Timely, accurate and cost-effective translation into up to the six official languages of meeting documentation, publications, correspondence and other material as required by the WMO Members, Secretary-General and Secretariat; (RB)

(iii) Timely, quality-controlled and cost-effective production of meeting documentation, publications, correspondence and other material as required by the WMO Members, the Secretary-General and the Secretariat; (RB)

(iv) Further standardization of terminology in WMO's fields of interest; (RB) and

(v) Staff trained in required professional skills and working tools and optimal working environment in terms of human relations. (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction of WMO constituent bodies, management, departments and outside customers with the quality and timeliness of documents and publications in all languages;

(ii) Improved overall productivity per language in terms of global average number of words translated, revised, edited and produced;

(iii) Smaller variance between work scheduled and work delivered in terms of quality, volume and deadlines;

(iv) Earlier availability of documents for, and reports of, constituent-body sessions (including in electronic form); and

(v) Number of staff trained in professional skills and degree of satisfaction with working environment


Significantly changed requirements.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

41 01 Management of the LSP Department: planning, monitoring and evaluating the Organization's translation, publication and document production services, establishing work programmes, determining priorities and estimating resource requirements; managing staff resources and promoting team work; Participation in relevant interorganization meetings; (RB) and

4102 Implementation of forecasting. planning. job-tracking and control: Ongoing scheduling, forecasting and planning of work in regular consultation with management and client departments; regular analysis of the relationship between workload and capacity; integration of cost-recovery system; systematic reporting on statistics and costs. (RB)

4.1 I 1 - LANGUAGE SERVICES

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

To provide revision, self-revised translation, text-processing, proof-reading and terminological services to WMO's Members, the Secretary-General's Office, Executive Management and the WMO Departments in support of the programmes set by Congress.

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To provide timely, accurate revision, translation, text-processing and proof-reading of documents for all WMO meetings for which such services are requested by Congress, of publications issued under the Publications Programme and of miscellaneous correspondence, administrative and information documents.


(i) Translation, text-processing and proof-reading services in up to the six official languages of the Organization were successfully provided for WMO's constituent and subsidiary body sessions and various other meetings held during the period;

(ii) Support was provided to all WMO Programmes, including translation, text-processing and proof-reading in up to the six official languages of the Organization of correspondence to and from the Secretariat, brochures, statements, press releases and administrative information;

(iii) The extended services requested by Thirteenth Congress for Arabic and Chinese languages were provided;

(iv) Equipment and software were modernized;

(v) Terminological standardization was enhanced, inter alia through the use of the WMO Web page; and

(vi) The timely provision of session documentation in the required languages and in both hard copy and electronic forms facilitated decision-making by delegates, which were well prepared before meetings, thus also helping to reduce the length of the meetings and the amount of documentation required in-session.


(i) Decision-making by Members and their delegates to constituent-body and other meetings will be facilitated, and mutual understanding among meteorologists as well as between the WMO Departments will be promoted through timely, accurate translation and text-processing of documentation as well as standardization of terminology in WMO's fields of interest; (RB) and

(ii) Members and Secretariat will be provided with the best possible translation services within available resources, through rational use of human, financial and material resources, interorganizational collaboration and increased use of computer-assisted translation software, wherever feasible without detriment to the quality of service. (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction on the part of participants in WMO meetings (timeliness of documentation of acceptable quality in all languages); and

(ii) Degree of satisfaction on the part of end-users.


(i) Modification of language requirements by Congress (cf. Resolution 19 (Cg-XIII)); and

(ii) Availability of freelance translators and text-processing staff.


Overall reduction in operational human and material resources will necessitate a greater level of outsourcing with little quality control, and will also result in a 20 per cent reduction of translation of annexes to correspondence in all languages, and in electronic distribution of pre-session documentation (no distribution of printed material).

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

4111 Revision and translation in up to the six official languages: Revision and translation in up to the six official languages of WMO of documentation for constituent-body and other meetings, as well as of publications, correspondence, public information and other material and interpretation in up to three of the official languages for meetings of constituent bodies and other WMO meetings for which these services are required; (RB)

4112 Referencing and terminological information services: Referencing and terminological information services related to WMO's fields of interest, including expanding the terminological database, responding to queries from within the Organization, from other organizations or from translators working outside the Headquarters building, and increasing the use of computer tools throughout the translation process; (RB)

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4113 Text-processing and proof-reading: Text-processing and proof-reading in up to the six official languages of WMO of documentation for the scheduled constituent-body and other meetings, correspondence, public information and other material, as well as text-processing of translated publications; (RB) and

4114 Document control and archiving: Monitoring of the translation/text-processing workflow and posting of translated material on the WMO server for consultation by the WMO Members and the Secretariat (RB).

4.1.2- PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMME

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

To provide the publications required by Members as outlined in the Publications Programme approved by Congress and amended, when required, by the Executive Council.


(i) To meet the requirements of the Publications Programme as defined by Fourteenth Congress;

(ii) To develop a publication production system allowing users to access diverse information types on specific topics, rather than to simply gather the information in individual publications, acquire the hardware and software for all required formats, and increase relevant skills of staff; and

(iii) To support, and provide material into, the overall integrated information dissemination system.


(i) The Publications Programme was fulfilled;

(ii) Publications production language teams were established with the aim of streamlining and speeding up the production (i.e. the editing, proof-reading, layout) of publications and other products, and improving their quality;

(iii) Reduction of backlog of publications in Arabic; and

(iv) A range of electronic products was developed.


(i) The Publications Programme fulfilled; (RB)

(ii) An integrated publications production system in place, available to users; (RB) and

(iii) Publications available via an integrated information dissemination system and realistic plan for incorporating all the publications in the Publications Programme into that system. (RB)


(i) Publications Programme completed to the satisfaction of users;

(ii) Availability of system and degree of satisfaction of users; and

(iii) Availability of publications via integrated information dissemination system.


Significantly changed requirements.


Overall reduction in operational staff will necessitate greater level of outsourcing with no quality control, and will also result in reduction of volume of new editions of Guides (by 30 - 50 per cent) and of quantity/size of high-quality publications (by 25 per cent). This might have serious consequences: (i) quality and timeliness of publications will suffer in all the languages; (ii) Guides will not be fully updated; (iii) fewer illustrations, pages and issues of some mandatory publications (e.g. WMO Bulletin); and (iv) reduction by 25 per cent in volume and frequency of WMO Bulletin issues.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

4121 Basic Documents: Editing, layout and printing of the Basic Documents, including the Technical Regulations and its annexes, as well as WMO Manuals; (RB)

4122 Operational publications: Editing, layout and printing of publications containing standards and data essential to the operation of WWW; (RB)

4123 Official records: Editing, layout and printing of abridged reports and resolutions of WMO constituent body meetings; (RB)

4124 WMO Guides: Editing, layout and printing of Guides to WMO meteorological and hydrological working practices; (RB)

4125 WMO Bulletin: Editing, layout and printing of the WMO Bulletin; (RB)

4126 Revenue from the sale of publications: Revenue from the sales of publications is credited to the Publications Fund; (RB) and

4127 Programme-supporting publications: Editing, layout and printing of publications required by the technical, scientific and supporting programmes. (RB)


(i) The Publications Fund is established to support the implementation of the Publications Programme. The following income is credited to the Publications Fund: (a) appropriations made by Congress for mandatory publications under the Publications Programme; (b) appropriations made by Congress for relevant scientific and technical programmes credited to the Fund in the amount estimated for the purpose of producing specified programme-related publications and other printed and visual materials; (c) revenues from the sales of publications and subscriptions; (d) revenues derived from advertisements in the WMO Bulletin; and (e) voluntary contributions, gifts and donations accepted by the Organization in accordance with the Financial Regulations for the promotion and/or the production of WMO Publications;

(ii) Publications Fund expenditures incurred will be debited to the Fund for the following purposes: (a) costs of services for translation, editing, illustration, design, text-processing, typesetting, page preparation for mandatory publications when extra assistance is needed for these services; (b) where funds have been transferred from scientific and technical programmes for the purpose, the cost of services for translation, editing, illustration, design, text-processing, typesetting, page preparation for programme-supporting publications and other items, when necessary; (c) costs of all equipment necessary for the production of publications and costs of maintenance and repair of such equipment; (d) costs of printing, covers, binding, and/or electronic publishing of WMO publications and reprints as required; (e) all costs relating to the production and distribution of catalogues and other sales-promotion material; and (f) direct and identifiable administrative costs involved; and

(iii) Revenue amounting to SFR 1.4 million is expected to be generated from sales of WMO publications and advertisements in the WMO Bulletin and credited to the Publications Fund for the fourteenth financial period (2004-2007).

Programme

Established posts

Total

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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4.2 - CONFERENCE, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

356100

12 564 800

12 920 900

356100

12 564 800

12 920 900


500 000

500 000

To provide conferences, printing and distribution services for the scientific, technical and supporting programmes set by Congress, to a level of quality, timeliness and cost-effectiveness that reflects the high standards of WMO.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

(i) To continue to improve the quality and timeliness of conferences and printing services, including distribution and sales;

(ii) To offer a comprehensive capability for the production of electronic publications and documents in various media; and

(iii) To continue to improve the management of both the conferences and printing and distribution processes (workload forecasting and costing) as well as the available human, financial and material resources.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSAL FOR MAJOR PROGRAMME 4.2 - CONFERENCES, PRINTING AND

DISTRIBUTION SERVICES


4.2.0 Management and administration of the CPD Department;

4.2.1 Conference services; and

4.2.2 Printing, electronic output, sales and distribution.

4.2.0- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CPD DEPARTMENT

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

To manage the CPD Department efficiently and cost-effectively, including planning, organizing, administering, leading, stimulating the efforts of its staff, and controlling the use of its resources, to achieve its approved objectives.


(i) Plan and manage resources to meet foreseen requirements for conference services;

(ii) Develop computerized conference management aids;

(iii) Implement the activity-based costing and management (ABC/M) system, and provide relevant training in its use;

(iv) Train managers in process and resource management; and

(v) Train all staff in the appropriate professional skills and ensure an optimal work environment.


(i} Management of the split of the former LPC Department into PDS and CLS, and creation of CPD Department;

(ii) Introduction of pilot activity-based process management system;

(iii) Continued reduction in the costs and improvement in the quality and timeliness of conference services and electronic replication and hard copy printing services; and

(iv) Equipment and software were upgraded.

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(i) Conference services meeting requirements for sessions of WMO constituent and subsidiary bodies as well as IPCC, WCRP and GCOS and other bodies (including management of the WMO Conference Centre); (RB)

(ii) ABC/M system available for process and resource management; (RB)

(iii) Timely distribution and sale of publications in electronic and hard copy forms through various media; (RB/XB) and

(iv) Staff trained in required professional skills and optimal working environment in terms of human relations. (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction with conference services, including management of the WMO Conference Centre;

(ii) Degree of satisfaction with printing and hard-copy and electronic distribution services; and

(iii) Number of staff trained in professional skills and degree of staff satisfaction with the working environment.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

4201 Management and administration of the CPD Department: planning, coordination, participation in meetings of other organizations, etc.; (RB)

4202 Electronic archiving of outputs: Electronic archiving of outputs for dissemination via Internet; (RB) and

4203 Implementation of ABC/M system: Putting in place an ABC/M system to assist in the management and costing of PDS operations, and to use information from the system to improve processes. (RB)

4.2.1 - CONFERENCE SERVICES

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

To provide conference services to WMO Members, the Secretary-General's Office, Executive Management and the WMO Departments in support of the WMO Programmes set by Congress that reflect the high standards of WMO.


(i) To provide adequate conference planning, support and interpretation services as well as management of the WMO Conference Centre;

(ii) To organize good interpretation services for all WMO meetings for which such services are required;

(iii) To provide conference planning and management services for all WMO meetings; and

(iv) To manage and develop the WMO Conference Centre with a view to optimizing the services provided and the use of the facilities as well as enhancing WMO's image.


(i) Conference planning and support as well as interpretation services in up to the six official languages of the Organization were successfully provided for WMO's constituent- and subsidiary-body sessions, as well as for IPCC, WCRP, GCOS and various other meetings held during the period;

(ii) The provision of accurate interpretation services in the required languages facilitated the work of the delegates and their participation in the meetings; and

(lii) Management of the WMO Conference Centre was initiated improving WMO's visibility.


(i) Decision-making by Members and their delegates to constituent-body and other meetings will be facilitated, and mutual understanding among meteorologists will be promoted through accurate interpretation during sessions; (RB)

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(ii) Executive Management and the WMO Departments will be provided with the best possible conference planning and management services through further streamlining and rationalization of resources wherever modern conferencing technology may be used; (RB) and

(iii) Executive management will be provided with the best possible WMO Conference Centre management and development services. (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction on the part of participants in WMO sessions, seminars, conferences, training events, etc;

(ii) Reduction of meeting costs; and

(iii) Increased revenue for the WMO Conference Centre.


(i) Modification of language requirements by Congress; and

(ii) Availability of freelance interpreters.


Slowdown in the development of Conference Centre and facilities in the WMO building (e.g. networking, videoconferencing) will result in progressive limitations on conference services available to Members.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

4211 Conference services: Conference services, including prov1s1on of conference officers, for the scheduled meetings of constituent bodies and other WMO meetings for which these services are required, as well as at the request of the Secretary-General's Office, the Executive Management and other WMO Departments; (RB)

4212 Provision of information: Provision of information to the Secretary-General's Office, the Executive Management and other WMO Departments as needed for the efficient planning and implementation of the Conferences Programme; (RB)

4213 Liaison with other bodies: Liaison with other organizations and national and international authorities in the planning and coordination of material arrangements for meetings; (RB) and

4214 Renting of conference rooms: Support services related to renting of conference rooms in the Headquarters building. (RB/XB)


The purpose of the contribution from the WMO Conference Centre income estimated at SFR 500 000 will be to provide administrative support necessary for the management and development of the Conference Centre and facilities associated with it. The administrative resource funded from this extrabudgetary contribution will be used to support the Conferences Team (funded from the regular budget), with respect to the management and development of the Conference Centre.

4.2.2- PRINTING, ELECTRONIC OUTPUT, SALES AND DISTRIBUTION

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

From electronic files produced in the Secretariat, to provide printing and assembly services and electronic products that meet requirements of the scientific, technical and other programmes; to ensure the timely distribution of WMO publications, technical documents, and information and administrative material in printed and electronic forms; and to generate revenues from their sale, as applicable.


(i) To provide Members and Secretariat Departments with printing and assembly services, and with high quality printed and electronic products, in a timely manner and at best cost, using the latest technology (particularly for CD-ROM duplication and on-line colour reproduction) and a balanced mix of outsourcing and in-house production;

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(ii) To develop and put in place an integrated information storage and dissemination system, including distribution over the Web and via other electronic media; and

(iii) To increase revenue from the sale of publications.


(i) Upgrading of high-volume on-line black and white printers in the print shop at significantly reduced cost;

(ii) Setting up of the Printing and Electronic Publications Section following split of the LPC Department;

(iii) Introduction of in-house facility for CD-ROM preparation and duplication;

(iv) Setting up of electronic archive in pdf format with Secretariat-wide access; and

(v) Upgrading of desktop publishing facility.


(i) WMO publications, technical documents, information and administrative material available in a timely manner and at best cost, in printed and electronic forms; (RB)

(ii) State-of-the-art equipment for on-line short-to-medium run production in colour and for CD-ROM duplication; (RB)

(iii) E-commerce Web site expanded for on-line sales of publications; (RB) and

(iv) Increased income from sales of publications. (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction of Members, Departments and other customers for printed and electronic products and lower production costs;

(ii) Equipment in operation and functioning in a .satisfactory manner; and

(iii) Increased sales revenue.


(i) Security and capacity of information distribution system outside the Secretariat; and

(ii) Significantly changed requirements.


Due to the reduced level of regular budget resources, final reports for technical commissions will be distributed in electronic form, and printed output for mandatory publications will be reduced by .20 per cent, development in e-commerce will be postponed, and no on-line archival and retrieval system for electronic publications or photographs will be available. Consequently, this will result in lower income from sales of publication, in increasing financial pressure on the Publications Fund, placing further limits on mandatory publications, and in restricted and inconvenient access to publications in electronic form.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

4221 Sales and distribution of publications: Operation and development of sales and distribution of publications, including through e-commerce, directly and through third parties; maintenance of the Catalogue of Publications; (RB)

4222 Printing services: Operation and development of printing, assembly and binding services; (RB) and

4223 Electronic distribution services: Operation and development of electronic distribution via various media (CD-ROM, Internet, etc.). (RB)

Programme

Established posts

Total

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

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5 - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


Option A

13 820 600

29 632 100

43 452 700

Resources (SFR}

Regular budget

Option B

13 820 600

29 632100

43 452 700


1 700 000

4 444 600

6144 600

(i) To provide support services related to financial, human and information resources management, as well as common services, aimed at optimal implementation of the programme activities of the Organization; and

(ii) To apply best practices in human resources, administrative and budgetary management with a view to ensuring transparency as well as economic, effective and efficient use of resources.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR PART 5- RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


5.0.0 Management and administration of the REM Department;

5.0.1 Finance and budget;

5.0.2 Information and communication technology support;

5.0.3 Human resources management; and

5.0.4 Common Services.


Option A:

Reduction in human resources for the Resource Management Department will entail serious consequences in financial management, human resources management and provision of common services: potentially inadequate financial and budgetary control; significant reduction in administrative backstopping of technical cooperation projects; inability to report timely to donors on the status of extrabudgetary funds; inadequate administration of hardware and software; unacceptable level of technical support and maintenance of software; limited implementation of strategic human resources management; reduced resources for staff development and training which would impact the speed at which the Secretariat can deliver programmes for enhancement and acquisition of skills to meet future challenges of the Organization; unexpected health/hygiene problems due to a lack of preventive measures for building systems; nonavailability of external technical expertise related to ventilation, heating and structural engineering. Some of these functions will have to be decentralized to departments within the Secretariat, in order to partly overcome these shortcomings.

Option 8:

The increasing demand for services using Internet technologies such as Internet access, document access and transfer, e-mail, etc. call for an IT assistant to support the normal operations and enable new developments of the WMO Web site. Additionally, a supplementary technical support assistant to provide technical support to users will enhance productivity in the Secretariat. These could be implemented if financial resources are made available under Option 8 for scientific and technical programme activities.

5.0.0- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE REM DEPARTMENT


(i} To achieve greater accountability through provision of advice within the Secretariat and of leadership and guidance for the divisions of the REM Department; and

(ii) To introduce strategic and results-based approach in financial, human and information resources management.

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(i) EC-LIII adopted the programme and budget for the 2002-2003 biennium presented in a results-based budgeting format, and requested the Secretary-General to prepare the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period in the results-based budgeting format, indicating related budgeting methodologies. The Secretary-General provided leadership to introduce fully the new concept within the Secretariat; and

(ii) Measures were implemented to rationalize the use of temporary assistance within the Secretariat and to minimize employment of additional long-serving temporary staff.


(i) Streamlined results-based management practices will be introduced within the Secretariat through internal operating rules consistent with results-oriented financial, human and information management; (RB) and

(ii) Better programmatic performance and greater accountability will be achieved through an integrated resultsbased management (budgeting, monitoring and evaluation) system which will be operational within the Secretariat. (RB)


(i) The extent to which the Secretariat operates on the basis of internal operating rules and procedures consistent with results-based management; and

(ii) The extent to which the Secretariat operates on the basis of an integrated results-based management system, including results-based performance measurement and a reporting system that determines accountability of programme managers.


Support from Congress, the Executive Council and Member States for the introduction of results-based management in the Secretariat.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

5011 Management and administration of the REM Department: provision of advice to senior management on issues related to budgeting, financial, human and information management; provision of leadership within the REM Department to achieve the objectives, in particular the introduction of results-based management to achieve cost-effectiveness, better performance and greater accountability. (RB)

5.0.1- FINANCE AND BUDGET


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 662 600 662 600



(i) To provide administrative and budgetary support services aimed at optimal implementation of programme activities of the Organization; and

(ii) To provide timely and more transparent financial statements and reports to Congress, the Executive Council, the External Auditor and management of the Secretariat.


(i) Based on the decision of the Executive Council (EC-LII), the new programming and budgeting methodology, results-based budgeting (RBB), was introduced; the Secretariat staff was briefed on RBB, and the programme and budget proposals for 2002-2003 have been prepared in a results-based budgeting format;

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(ii) Introduction of the RBB accompanied by the necessary training/coaching of staff;

(iii) Steps have been taken to modernize administrative and budget management systems to fit with RBB and enhance their efficiency and effectiveness; and

(iv) Actions have been taken to improve the Oracle financial system, in particular, with regard to reporting on budget implementation and in multiple currencies.


(i) Provision of transparent programmatic and financial performance information on regular budget-funded activities and extrabudgetary programmes to Congress, the Executive Council and management of the Secretariat; (RB) and

(ii) Provision of financial and related administrative services (payment, payroll and travel arrangements) for Secretariat staff and experts participating in WMO activities. (RB)


(i) Satisfaction of Member States with the programme and budget proposals and performance reports in terms of transparency and timeliness of their submissions;

(ii) Number of complaints received from suppliers, other contractors and travellers.


(i) Possible dysfunction of the Oracle financial system; and

(ii) Availability of funds subject to payment on time and in full of assessed contributions by Member States.


Reduction in human resources for finance and budget will entail serious consequences which include potentially inadequate financial and budgetary control; significant reduction in administrative backstopping of technical cooperation projects and fellowship activities; inability to report timely to donors on the status of extrabudgetary funds; delays in settlement of WMO's obligations and in performance of tasks related to travel arrangements; increased risk of fraud. These shortcomings have to be partly overcome by rolling out certain financial functions to departments through integrated management information systems, as well as through extrabudgetary funding of activities related to UNDP, Funds-in-Trust and other extrabudgetary activities. Functions related to: (i) recording and reporting of contributions to WMO's regular budget; (ii) recording of receipts for publications; (iii) preparing invoices for claims WMO has on other parties (for contributions, for conference services, etc.); and (iv) preparation of payment instructions to banks, UNDP offices, would need to be redistributed to the remaining staff.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

5111 Finance: financial statements and reports; perform accounting, banking and payroll functions; participate through the machinery of the United Nations System's Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) in the coordination of budgetary and financial matters of interest to the United Nations common system, such as regular sessions of High Level Committee on Management (HLCM); consultative meetings; improved financial management in terms of timeliness of data processing and recording through enhanced use of information technology; (RB)

5112 Extrabudgetarv projects: management of extrabudgetary project activities; (XB)

5113 Programme and budget: Programme and budget proposals for the 2006-2007 biennium and for the fifteenth financial period based on results-based budgeting, which facilitates strategic decision-making by Congress and the Executive Council; (RB)

5114 Programme and budget performance: programme and budget performance report for 2004-2005 and programme performance report for 2006; budgetary control; designing of results-based management information system; (RB) and

5115 Travel: travel arrangement for staff, consultants, fellowship holders and participants in meetings in a costeffective way. (RB)

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lt is proposed that, as is the case for the thirteenth financial period, resources amounting to SFR 1 387 700, funded from reimbursement of programme support costs from projects financed by UNDP and Funds-in-Trust, should be provided to cover partially the costs of staff under Programme 5.0.1 - Finance and budget. This staff will carry out work in support of the extrabudgetary activities.

5.0.2 -INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 1 894100 1 894 100



(i) To maintain the office automation system in efficient and reliable status at all times, including security measures in order to ensure that centralized systems and information are safeguarded;

(ii) To establish sound and realistic strategies for the proper and efficient management of the information systems, and to develop and implement new information systems in order to comply with the future demands of the Organization;

(iii) To establish, improve and update guidelines for the proper use of IT equipment and services; and to maintain a high standard of training and technical support to users in all areas of the information technology;

(iv) To enhance the features and services of the Internet and implementation of WMO Extranet service for Members; and

(v) To provide technical support and guidance to Management in relation to IT.


(i) The process of applications development is being carried out by an internal team in an integrated manner that effectively reduces consultants and outsourcing costs;

(ii) Establishment of an Information Systems Strategy to facilitate the management and development of the Secretariat's IT;

(iii) The implementation of Intranet service has improved communications between staff;

(iv) The use of an Electronic Document management system has started to streamline administrative procedures;

(v) Internal Video broadcasting system using the local area network enabled the staff to follow discussions of major meetings held at the Secretariat;

(vi) Improvement of the IT training and helpdesk support to the staff has contributed to enhanced knowledge and use of the office automation systems tools; and

(vii) The WMO Web site has achieved unprecedented development and progress during the 2000-2002 period, to the point that it has transformed positively the way the Secretariat operates and enhanced the communications between the Secretariat, WMO Members and external partners. (RB)


Option A:

(i) Timely availability of information systems tools and support throughout the Secretariat; streamlined access to WMO electronic documents for the Executive Council, Congress and other major meetings of technical commissions and regional associations by Members; (RB) and

(ii) Increased Secretariat productivity with the use of modern technological tools. (RB)

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Option 8:

(i) Access to the WMO Web site, downloading of documents, and use of the Extranet by Members, with no connectivity delays from the Secretariat's side; (RB) and

(ii) Secretariat's productivity will be enhanced when staff has quick response to sort out technical problems related to computer hardware and software. (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction of WMO Members; degree of satisfaction of the Secretariat staff; degree of satisfaction accessing electronic documents through the WMO Web site; (RB) and

(ii) Paper cost reduction; monthly Web traffic statistics of Web visitors. (RB)


Good relationships with suppliers will streamline the delivery of information systems.


Option A:

The Secretariat's productivity may be affected due to lack of technical support to computer users. The administration of hardware and software may get out of control. Frequent user complaints will be expected. Inadequate level of technical support and maintenance of software will be experienced. Users will have often to be in waiting lists to get assistance.

Option 8:

The increasing demand for services using Internet technologies such as Internet access, document access and transfer, e-mail, etc. call for an IT assistant to support the normal operations and enable new developments of the WMO Web site. Additionally, a supplementary technical support assistant to provide technical support to users will enhance productivity in the Secretariat. These could be implemented if financial resources are made available under Option B for scientific and technical programme activities.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

5211 Office automation system - development and extension: development of an integrated project management system; e-mail system update and migration; (RB)

5212 Office automation system- operation and support: PC operating system migration; technical support on EDMS; Novell software maintenance; Documentum 81 maintenance; Oracle silver 81 GroupWise maintenance; Windows support; MS Office support; switches maintenance; servers maintenance; firewall maintenance; replacement of active equipment (switches); replacement of servers; replacement of 20 public printers; replacement of 30 desktops; (RB) and

5213 Internet: Web phone study; Web portal study; a-learning study. (RB)

5214 Option B- Web multicasting service and enhancement of the WMO Internet connectivity: two G-level assistants will enhance technical support to users and boast WMO Web site development and security. (This project would be budgeted in Part 3- Scientific and Technical Programmes under Option B.) (RB)


lt is proposed that, as is the case for the thirteenth financial period, resources amounting to SFR 896 300, funded from reimbursement of programme support costs from projects financed by UNDP and Funds-in-Trust, should be provided to cover partially the costs of staff under Programme 5.0.2- Information and Communication Technology Support. This staff will carry out work in support of the extrabudgetary activities.

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5.0.3- HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 299 500 299 500



1 700 000

(i) Implementation of a Human Resources Management Strategy which will include: enhanced capacity to develop HR policy, effective recruitment actions, through continuing use of the screening criteria and the development of a skills inventory and core competencies which should be reflected in vacancy notices and job descriptions;

(ii) Implementation and continuing delivery of a Staff Development, Training and Learning Strategy through establishment of yearly training priorities and plans;

(iii) Development of an accountability framework for managers; and

(iv) Improved performance management with corresponding rewards and sanctions policies.


(i) In 2000, a project team was established to contribute to the elaboration of the Human Resources Development Strategy following a Review of the Secretariat carried out by external consultants;

(ii) A strategic approach to human resources management is being introduced including, in particular, staff development and training, development of a skills inventory and core competencies, improved recruitment processes, performance management;

(iii) A number of policies are under development including hiring of consultants, mobility, succession planning, internal communication, managerial responsibility and accountability, promotion and career planning;

(iv) A Staff Development, Training and Learning Strategy has been developed during 2001 and approved by the Secretary-General. Necessary resources for its implementation starting in January 2002 have been made available;

(v) Screening criteria for assessment of candidates for vacancies have been developed and applied since May 2001 ; and

(vi) A Booklet for New Staff Arrivals has been developed. This booklet provides information to new staff about integration into Switzerland and within the Secretariat.


(i) Timely provision of transparent human resources management performance information to Congress, the Executive Council and Management of the Secretariat; (RB) and

(ii) Provision of timely human resources and related services to staff (policy, recruitment, staff development and training, performance management, administration of entitlements). (RB)


(i) Degree of satisfaction of Members and Management with the Human Resources management proposals and performance reports in terms of transparency and timeliness of its submissions; and

(ii) Degree of staff satisfaction in the provision of human resources services.


(i) The allocation of sufficient resources to carry out an enhanced human resources function; and

(ii) Resources allocated specifically and distinctly for the implementation of the staff development and training plan according to established priorities.

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Staffing levels and operational resources provided are not sufficient to guarantee full implementation of the project activities listed below. The most affected area is strategic human resources management which will not be fully implemented. This will have a negative impact on the effectiveness of the Secretariat for providing required services, thus invalidating the investment already made to identify areas that need attention. Reduced resources for staff development and training, which has been identified as a core activity and of the highest priority, would also impact the speed at which the Secretariat can deliver programmes for enhancement and acquisition of skills to meet future challenges of the Organization. This would, in turn, have a direct impact on staff morale. Furthermore, a reduced budget precludes the possibility of enhancing and updating the required databases, which provide management information regarding the human resources of the Secretariat, an essential tool of managerial decision-making.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

5311 Strategic human resources management: continued adjustment and implementation of best practice procedures developed during the 2002-2003 biennium; development of policy issues towards the implementation of human resources strategy; participation in the work of the coordinating bodies of the United Nations system; (RB)

5312 Administration of staff: administration of Secretariat staff, including salaries, entitlements and job classification; (RB)

5313 Recruitment: recruitment of Secretariat staff and consultants; and assistance to newly recruited staff members; (RB)

5314 Staff development and training: implementation of the Training and Learning Plan and development of continuous learning activities, including a performance management system; (RB) and

5315 Recruitment and administration of Junior Professional Officers: several Members expressed their interest in affording junior nationals with opportunities to learn about WMO issues. Extrabudgetary resources for the funding of the Junior Professional Officer posts are estimated at SFR 1.7 million for the fourteenth financial period. (XB)


(i) lt is proposed that, as is the case for the thirteenth financial period, resources amounting to SFR 99 400, funded from reimbursement of programme support costs from projects financed by UNDP and Funds-in-Trust, should be provided to cover partially the costs of staff under Programme 5.0.3 - Human Resources Management. This staff will carry out work in support of the extrabudgetary activities; and

(i) Extrabudgetary resources for the funding of Junior Professional Officers are estimated at SFR 1.7 million for the fourteenth financial period, as stated above.

5.0.4- COMMON SERVICES


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 10 964 400 10 964 400



(i) To maintain a high standard of quality in providing the services related to facility management, procurement, supplies, mail and communications, security and catering, maintenance and management of the building and of the technical installations;

(ii) To improve and standardize services further through the simplification of the processes, in coordination with all the departments;

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(iii) To enhance and adapt the security and safety measures in coordination with the United Nations security and medical services, the local authorities and other international agencies; and

(iv) To provide support services aimed at optimal implementation of programme activities of the Organization.


(i) Reduction of staff costs, streamlining of processes and reporting lines, clarification of duties/responsibilities within the division and regarding other units of the Secretariat, empowerment of the workforce to cope with an increased workload;

(ii) Enhanced transparency and cost effectiveness of the procurements and contracts management;

(iii) The completion of the financial and technical aspects of the installation in the new Secretariat building, the establishment of management and maintenance mechanisms;

(iv) The development of in-house capacity to meet new requirements, the integration of the building team into the ongoing duties of the Common Services Division, as regards both the technical and procurement aspects;

(v) Significant progress has been made to coordinate efficient use of the conference technical installations rented to external entities, improving the planning and coordination with the users without overlapping with other duties;

(vi) Development of in-house capacity to control external contractors, and to liase with external bodies, local authorities and tenants; and

(vii) Enhancement of facility management with the existing resources, in particular, energy-efficiency and physical environment of the building.


(i) Timely delivery of goods and services, further streamlining/monitoring the procurement process, simplification of the reporting process; (RB) and

(ii) Ensure adequate preventive maintenance of the Secretariat building, to avoid devaluation of WMO property. (RB)


(i) The degree of satisfaction with WMO services to Members (relevant and timely data and quality and timely services); and

(ii) The statistics on the number of unscheduled repairs or emergency actions.


For the implementation of the projects, availability of the required resources both human and financial.


The budget reduction aimed at complying with the EC-LIV guideline will make a significant negative impact on delivery of common services within the Secretariat and to WMO Members. Unexpected health/hygiene problems for building systems may appear since preventive measures to improve the hygiene of the ventilation circuit will not be taken. Organizational changes will not be followed by office space re-arrangement. Technical matters that need external expertise related to ventilation, heating, structural engineering will not be taken care of. Enhanced security and safety measures, such as improvements of signs and traffic arrangements, will not be implemented. Reduction in human resources will entail reduction of services presently and traditionally provided to Members and the Secretariat staff. These shortcomings will have to be partly overcome by decentralizing certain functions to departments. Some of the incoming mail would not be registered and scanned on the day of the receipt. Archiving will be delayed. There would be a need to replace current staff by those who are familiar with the EDMS database.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

5411 Staff training in common services: implementation of a staff development and training programme in collaboration with the Human Resources Management Division in order to enhance the control of expenses by establishing a monitoring process for contracts and for the needs of the Secretariat departments; (RB)

5412 Procurement: reconciliation of presently dispersed information on different databases and files, and monitoring of external services in order to improve the WMO procurement service further to its expansion due to the construction of the new building and to adapt it to the regular needs of the Organization; (RB) and

5413 Maintenance of the Headquarters building: Repair of the Headquarters building. High costs of the building maintenance, including utilities, will be partly recovered from the excess of rental income, as explained in detail in Part 7- Acquisition of capital assets - Headquarters building. (RB)

EXTRABUDGET ARY ACTIVITIES

lt is proposed that an amount of SFR 2 061 200 be funded from the rental income and reimbursement of programme support cost income from projects financed from UNDP and Funds-in-Trust, in order to cover partially the costs of staff under Programme 5.0.4 - Common Services. This staff will be responsible for ensuring proper maintenance of the building, as well as for registry and archives related to extrabudgetary activities, as was the case for the thirteenth financial period.

Programme

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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6- OTHER BUDGETARY PROVISIONS


·Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

1 921 400 1 921 400


(i) WMO shares the costs of various bodies and services of the United Nations system according to set criteria, as a specialized agency of the United Nations. These bodies and services include the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU), the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (UNJSPB) and the Joint Medical Service (JMS);

(ii) WMO also participates in the machinery of the United Nations System's Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) -formerly the Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) -for coordination of questions related to programmes, administration and management. CEB includes the High-Level Committee on Programme (HLCP) and the High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM). This system-wide forum brings together the Executive Heads of all organizations to further coordination and cooperation on the whole range of substantive and management issues facing the United Nations system. WMO staff members benefit from the JMS established within the United Nations Office at Geneva. WMO gives careful consideration to the implementation of the reports of the JIU of the United Nations that WMO has received, and provides information for preparation of JIU reports;

(iii) Expenditures to be incurred under Part 6- Other Budgetary Provisions cover costs of:

• Extending hospitality on a modest to distinguished visitors to the Secretariat and to participants in meetings (mainly Congress and Executive Council) held in Geneva;

• Insurance against loss of, or damage to, the property of the Organization; and

• Audit by the External Auditors, including costs of representation travel to the Executive Council, Congress sessions and the joint meetings of the United Nations.


(i) Coordinated programming with other relevant United Nations system organizations; (RB) and

(ii) Coordinated administrative and budgetary practice with other United Nations system organizations. (RB)


Increase in contribution to jointly financed activities of the United Nations system; and increase in insurance premium.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROPOSAL FOR PART 6- OTHER BUDGETARY PROVISIONS

The proposals for 2004-2007 are presented as follows;

6100 Joint costs;

6200 Hospitality; and

6300 Insurance, staff compensation fund and audit costs.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

6100 Joint costs: WMO shares the costs of various joint bodies and services within the United Nations system. In order to comply with EC-LIV guidance, a minimum level provision is proposed; (RB)

6200 Hospitality: Provision is made for the cost of extending hospitality on a modest scale to participants in meetings (mainly Congress and Executive Council) held in Geneva, as well as to distinguished visitors to the Secretariat. Due to budgeting constraints, hospitality expenses for those meetings foreseen under Part 3 - Scientific and Technical Programmes, should be met from their budget; (RB) and

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6300 Insurance. staff compensation fund. and audit costs: Provisions are made for the insurance against loss of, or damage to, the property of the Organization. Considering that the insurance premium represents a percentage of the salaries paid, the total of which is progressively increasing, and noting also that medical expenses in all countries show a significant progression, it will be necessary to maintain the regular budget subventions of these charges proportionately. Due to budgetary constraints, provisions for contingencies and unforeseen expenditures will be discontinued for the fourteenth financial period. (RB)

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7- ACQUISITION OF CAPITAL ASSETS- HEADQUARTERS BUILDING


Resources (SFR)

Regular budget

Option A Option B

Programme 2 772 400 2 772 400

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


3 451 600

The Swiss authorities granted the loan for the construction of the new Headquarters building at an interest rate of zero per cent in 1996. The initial obligation of the Organization as regards amortization of the loan consisted of the repayment of the loan principal of SFR 1 516 000 per year over 50 years beginning in 1999 in accordance with the agreement between WMO and the Foundation des lmmeubles pour les Organisations lnternationales (FIPOI). Following the renting of office space (40 per cent of office space on the 51

h floor) in addition to the 2"d and 3rd floors already rented out, the repayment of the loan was revised to an amount of SFR 1 556 000 per year, with effect from 1 July 2000, by common agre.ement between WMO and the FIPOI.

ACTIVITIES FORESEEN FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD 2004-2007

(i) An amount of SFR 6 224 000 will be required for the repayment of the loan to FIPOI;

(ii) Rental income is estimated at SFR 5 253 300. lt is proposed that, as approved by Thirteenth Congress, the increased cost of financing, operation and maintenance of the building be offset to the extent possible by the rental of excess space so that it does not become an economic burden for the Organization. The excess of rental income is expected to amount to SFR 1 801 700, which will be used to reduce the higher maintenance costs under Part 5; and

(iii) A maximum net amount of SFR 2 811 400 was authorized by Thirteenth Congress for the annual cost of the new Headquarters building during the thirteenth financial period (2000-2003). Taking into account the budget constraints and revenues from the rental of excess space available and in order to comply with the EC-LIV guidance regarding the maximum expenditure for the fourteenth financial period (2004-2007), it is proposed for the fourteenth financial period to reduce the provision to SFR 2 772 400 under Part 7, as follows:

Loan repayment SFR 6 224 000

Less: Estimated net rental income SFR 3 451 600

Part 7- Proposed net budget provision SFR 2 772 400.

PROGRAMME AND BUDGET

ANNEXES A, B, C and D

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ANNEXA

EXPLANATION OF THE BUDGET OPTIONS

1. In accordance with the guidance by EC-LIV, the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period contain two budget options to be funded from assessed contributions. An Option A has been prepared on the basis of SFR 253 800 000. Option B amounting to SFR 258 800 000 includes additional resources of SFR 5 000 000. The budget proposals have undergone several rounds of internal review by Executive Management and the SecretaryGeneral, and resources have been shifted, under both budget options, into the following four key programme areas: (a) contribution to the protection of life and property- especially disaster prevention and mitigation; (b) climate change and its impacts; (c) development of NMHSs and provision of services for socio-economic benefits; and (d) hydrology and water resources.

Option A

2. lt should be recalled that Thirteenth Congress, when it met in May 1999, approved maximum expenditures for the financial period 2000-2003 which are SFR 1.8 million below "zero real growth". This was preceded by a period of zero real growth budgets for 16 years (1980-1995). The budget for the twelfth financial period also represented a reduction below zero real growth.

3. In accordance with the methodology used for determining the level of the zero real growth budget proposals for the thirteenth financial period, the maximum expenditure for the thirteenth financial period (SFR 252 300 000) is recosted at SFR 273 211 700 requiring an additional amount of SFR 20 911 700. This represents the same purchasing power on the assumption that the volume and scope of activities would remain the same. Since the content of the proposed programme activities for the fourteenth financial period changes as compared to that for the thirteenth financial period (e.g. the number of staff, meetings, mission travel and consultancy services is not the same), the recasting method should also take into account the changes in the volume and scope of activities. More accurate recasting for the fourteenth financial period that takes into account the proposed programme changes is shown in paragraphs 5 and 6 below.

4. With the exception of WIPO, which has a real growth budget for the 2002-2003 biennium with an increase by 19.9 per cent over zero nominal growth, a number of United Nations system organizations have real growth budgets for that biennium as compared to the 2000-2001 biennium. FAO has a zero real growth budget which increased by 0.26 per cent over zero nominal growth. IAEA has a zero real growth budget for 2002, which increased by 6.1 per cent over zero nominal growth. ILO's budget decreased in US dollar in nominal terms, but increased in Swiss francs, because of exchange rates. lt should be borne in mind that WMO has a budget of modest size, and that its budgetary margin for absorption of inflationary and statutory cost increases is therefore extremely limited.

Table A: SUMMARY OF BUDGET CHANGES IN REAL TERMS (OPTION A)

Maximum expenditure approved by Thirteenth Congress for 2000-2003

Changes in real terms

Staff

Programme

Cost increases (inflation)

Staff Programme

Proposed maximum expenditure for 2004-2007

SFR'OOO

(2 055.3)

(16 240.6)

14821.7 4 974.2

SFR'OOO

252 300.0

(18 295.9)

19 795.9

253 800.0

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5. Under Option A, programme and staff resources decrease in real terms by 19.5 per cent (SFR 16 240 600) and 1.2 per cent (SFR 2 055 300), respectively. Estimated cost increases include inflationary increase in programme costs and statutory increases in staff costs which are estimated at SFR 4 974 200 and SFR 14 821 700, respectively. The budget level of Option A (SFR 253 800 000) represents negative growth by 7.3 per cent in real terms. The Option A budget will not be sufficient to keep the same volume and scope of activities as compared to the thirteenth financial period, and a great number of activities would have to be reduced/discontinued in order to remain within the budget level of Option A. Furthermore, maintaining the budgetary resources at the level of Option A for the fourteenth financial period requires freezing of certain posts for part or all of that period. This reduction in the number of budgeted posts is due to the statutory and inflationary increase in staff costs and the adjustment of the lapse factor from approximately 15 per cent to 3 percent. The adjustment of the lapse factor has been introduced in accordance with the guidance by EC-LIII (general summary paragraph 13.2.9 of the Abridged Final Report with Resolutions of the Fifty-third Session of the Executive Council (WMO-No. 929)).

Option B

Table B: SUMMARY OF BUDGET CHANGES IN REAL TERMS (Option B)

Maximum expenditure approved by Thirteenth Congress for 2000-2003

Changes in real terms

Staff

Programme

Cost increases (inflation)

Staff

Programme

Proposed maximum expenditure for 2004-2007

SFR'OOO

(1 072.9}

(12 543.4)

14 868.3

5 248.0

SFR'OOO

252 300.0

(13 616.3)

20 116.3

258.800.0

6. Option B includes additional resources of SFR 5 million, as compared to Option A. The proposed level of resources under Option B reaches SFR 258.8 million, which represents 5.4 per cent negative growth in real terms as compared to the maximum expenditure approved by Thirteenth Congress. Programme and staff resources decrease in real terms by 15.0 per cent (SFR 12 543.4) and 0.6 per cent (SFR 1 072 900}, respectively. Estimated cost increases amounting to SFR 20 116 300 include an inflationary increase in programme costs and statutory increases in staff costs which are estimated at SFR 5 248 000 and SFR 14 868 300 respectively. While the staff cost resources are maintained at almost the same level under Option B, the number of budgeted posts decreases. This decrease is mainly due to the adjustment of the lapse factor from approximately 15 per cent to 3 per cent.

7. Description of project activities funded under Options A and B and their programmatic impact are provided in this budget document under each relevant Major Programme and Programme.

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ANNEX B

BUDGETING METHODOLOGY USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PROGRAMME AND BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR THE FOURTEENTH FINANCIAL PERIOD

WMO planning framework

1. Programme planning and budgeting for a four-year period are an integral part of the WMO planning framework, which operates on three different timescales:

(a) Long-term- Beginning with the 6LTP, the WMO Long-term Plan covers a period of eight years (2004-2011) and is to be revised every four years. lt sets out the vision, desired outcomes, strategies and associated strategic goals which the Organization and its Members seek to attain. For the first four years, they are formulated in more detailed terms while the second four years provide a longer-term outlook but give guidance, focus and direction, as well as describe prospects for the future;

(b) Medium-term - The WMO programme and budget covers a period of four years corresponding to the financial period of the Organization and coincident with the first four years of each Long-term Plan. lt presents the Secretariat's activities in support of the implementation of the Long-term Plan during that period and includes a detailed programme budget;

(c) Short-term - The WMO biennial programme and budget covers a period of two years and shows financial allocations. lt presents a detailed budget plan for the biennium appropriations within the four-year financial period.

2. At its fifty-third session, the Executive Council agreed that the preparation of the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period should be simultaneous and coordinated with the development of the 6L TP for 2004-2011, in such a way that the programme and budget proposals reflected the goals and objectives of the 6L TP, in order to ensure the consistency in priority setting between the 6L TP and the programme and budget for the fourteenth financial period. The Council further requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the WMO vision, desired outcomes, strategies and associated goals, as well as the programme structure of the 6L TP, served as a basis for the preparation of the programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period (general summary, paragraphs 13.2.2 and 13.2.3 of the Abridged Final Report with Resolutions of the Fifty-third Session of the Executive Council (WMO-No. 929)).

Results-based budgeting (RBB)

3. RBB is based on a "logical framework". The logical framework is a conceptual tool for designing programmes, which involves the description of: (a) objectives to be reached within the budgetary period; (b) expected results necessary in order to reach the objectives; (c) outputs (services and products) to be delivered by the Secretariat to achieve the expected results; (d) inputs (resources) to be used for the output delivery; and (e) performance indicators to be used to measure the actual performance against the expected results. Within the logical framework, programmes and resources requirements are clearly presented so that programme and budget proposals are easy to understand and also provide Members with a comprehensive picture of proposed programmes.

4. RBB is a programme budget process in which:

(a) Programme formulation and justification of resources involve a set of predefined objectives, expected results, outputs, inputs and performance indicators, which constitute a "logical framework";

(b) Expected results justify resource requirements which are derived from, and linked to, outputs to be delivered with a view to achieving such results;

(c) Actual performance in achieving results is measured by predefined performance indicators.

5. This definition captures three main features of RBB, namely: (a) the use of a "logical framework" for informed budgetary decision-making; (b) justification of resources in terms of results; and (c) infusion of performance measurement into the budgetary decision-making process.

6. As compared to traditional programme budgeting, RBB is more transparent. Under RBB, programme activities and resource requirements are balanced against benefits that those activities would achieve, considering possible options. This will facilitate decision-making on strategic direction and assessment of value for money.

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Performance measurement

7. Under RBB, the seamless planning, programming, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation cycle revolves around the concept of results. Through this focus on results, the achievement of results and continuous improvement based on performance information become central to the decision-making process.

8. Performance will be measured at the strategic level, as well as at other levels, such as Major Programme and programme, and programmatic performance and financial performance will be holistically measured by means of predefined expected results and performance indicators. The infusion of coherent and holistic performance measurement at all levels of programme implementation will foster organizational learning and will help Congress, the Executive Council, regional associations, technical commissions and the Secretariat to ensure that lessons learnt are fed back into the planning process.

9. EC-LIV also recognized the importance of performance measurement and reporting in the RBB process and agreed that the nine KPis should be used by the Executive Council and Congress to measure the Secretariat's performance in programme and budget implementation for the fourteenth financial period. lt was suggested that the monitoring of the implementation of the programme and budget for 2004-2007 could be performed by the working group to be established by EC-L V for the monitoring of the 6L TP. The targets to be used for performance measurement and reporting should be set by the Executive Council, based on proposals by the Secretary-General, the technical commissions and regional associations.

RBB format of the programme and budget proposals

10. The Secretary-General's programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period are presented in an RBB format agreed to by the Executive Council at its fifty-third and fifty-fourth sessions, namely:

(a) The programme and budget proposals provide descriptions of expected results and performance indicators, formulated on the basis of the framework and programme elements contained in the draft 6L TP, including:

(i) Overall objectives for 2004-2011 for each Major Programme; (ii) Main long-term objectives for 2004-2011 for each Programme; and (iii) Implementation activities for 2004-2007 for each Programme;

(b) The programme and budget proposals contain information required for strategic decision-making, namely objectives, expected results, performance indicators, project activities with description of outputs to be delivered and resource requirements at the level of parts and Major Programmes, supplemented as requested by additional information on resource allocation by objects of expenditure and staffing;

(c) At the level of parts and Major Programmes, both attributable staff and programme cost requirements are shown and, at the level of Programmes, attributable programme cost requirements are indicated; and

(d) Requirements for regular budget and extrabudgetary resources are indicated.

11. The RBB format establishes a link with the long-term planning process to ensure that long-term planning and programme budgeting become a single seamless process. The programme and budget proposals are structured according to the programme structure defined for the 6L TP, in accordance with the guidance of the Executive Council contained in Annex XI of the Abridged Final Report with Resolutions of the Fifty-third Session of the Executive Council (WMO-No. 929) "Proposed table of contents for the Secretary-General's programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007". The RBB format focuses on information required for the programme and budget review by the Executive Council and Congress, as well as for their strategic decision-making. Upon request, technical details will be made available to the Executive Council and Congress for their information.

12. For the sake of transparency, a number of improvements are proposed in the budget structure. In Part 1 - Policymaking organs, Programme 1.0.5 - Secretariat support to the policy-making organs is added, budgetary provisions for which are currently included under Part 2 - Executive management. Part 2 is divided into three programme areas, namely, Programme 2.0.1 - Executive direction containing the functions of the immediate office of the Secretary-General, Programme 2.0.2 - General management, which covers performance of daily functions of the executive management, and Programme 2.0.3 - External relations. While conference and languages services and publications, as well as office automation and information technology, are currently included under Part 4, those functions related to office automation and information technology support move from Part 4 to Part 5 - Resource management. Part 5, previously called Administration, therefore includes management of financial, human, and information resources, through an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, a human resources development strategy and an information system strategy.

13. The hierarchy in the programme structure reflects four levels: (a) Budget parts that correspond to the appropriation lines (e.g., Part 3 - Scientific and Technical Programmes); (b) Major Programmes (e.g., 3.1 - World Weather Watch

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Programme); (c) Programmes (e.g., 3.1.1 -Global Observing System); and (d) Projects (e.g., 3113 GOS networks in disaster prevention and early warning).

14. The Executive Summary provides a brief explanation of the budgeting methodology used for the preparation of the Secretary-General's programme and budget proposals for the fourteenth financial period and an overview of the programme proposals.

15. The programme narrative for each Major Programme contains the description of its purpose and scope, overall objectives, proposed structure and the programmatic impact of budget options for the fourteenth financial period (a detailed explanation of the budget options is provided in Annex A

16. The programme narrative for most of the Programmes contains the description of its purpose and scope, main longterm objectives for 2004-2011, main achievements for 2000-2002, expected results for the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007, key performance indicators, significant external factors, programmatic impact of the budget options for the fourteenth financial period 2004-2007, and project activities.

17. For Part 3, the descriptions of purpose and scope and of overall objectives correspond to that contained in the latest version of the draft 6L TP available at the time of the budget preparation. A brief explanation of proposed extrabudgetary activities is also provided where relevant.

18. The description of the main achievements will be updated to cover the actual performance up to 2003 and submitted to Fourteenth Congress with a view to providing performance information that will be useful for its review of the programme and budget proposals.

Recasting and computation of budgetary growth in real terms

19. Recasting allows comparability in real terms between two budget periods. For the preparation of the SecretaryGeneral's programme and budget proposals, the maximum expenditure approved by Thirteenth Congress is a base for recasting. The recasting methodology used for the preparation of the budget estimates takes account of actual inflation according to the official canton of Geneva price index from the time the amount of the maximum expenditures for the thirteenth financial period was established by Thirteenth Congress (May 1999 rate) through July 2001, and projects forward from August 2001 to 31 December 2007 using the CCAQ average assumed inflation rate of 1.9 per cent per annum. Also, an adjustment of the base is made for statutory increases in staff costs due to increases in salaries and allowances in the United Nations system which have exceeded the Geneva price index on an aggregate basis from May 1999 through July 2001. The projection of the statutory increases in staff costs is made on the basis of the above CCAQ average inflation rate. The amounts will be subject to adjustment at the time of Fourteenth Congress for actual increases in salary cost and allowances and actual inflation statistics through April 2003 and revised CCAQ projections which should be available at that time to project inflation provisions through the end of the fourteenth financial period. This is consistent with the methodology adopted by Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses.

lapse factor (vacancy rate)

20. "Lapse factor'' is defined as savings resulting from the delays in establishing new posts or in filling existing posts, and from filling posts at a lower grade/steps than foreseen in the budget. This is an adjustment in the staff cost budget made to take into account staff turnover and delays which occur in recruitment.

21. A lapse factor (vacancy rate) of 15 per cent was applied to the Secretariat's budget for the thirteenth financial period. This high rate does not reflect the real staff cost requirements, and has necessitated freezing of several posts, and often lengthy delays in filling critical positions. In addition, frozen posts essential for the successful implementation of Secretariat activities have been filled when necessary by temporary staff, a practice which creates a different resource management problem, i.e., long-serving temporary staff. Savings resulting from the actual staff turnover are estimated at a much lower level.

22. At its fifty-third session, the Executive Council noted that the assumption of a high vacancy rate which did not reflect the actual staff turnover had adverse effects on the programme cost budget and might hamper full implementation of planned activities. In accordance with the guidance of the Executive Council, a lapse factor of three per cent has been assumed in the computation of staff cost requirements, which is consistent with the practice of other organizations of the United Nations system.

PART1 PART2

M.P.3.0· M.P.3.3·

Policy- Overall M.P.3.1-M.P.3.2· Atmospheric

Executive coordination of World Weether making World Climate Res•arch &

management the scientific & Watch Programme Environment organs

technical Programme programmes

Programme

Personnel costs

Established posts 1 019.6 12 938.6 5 936.4 17 450.1 18 511.3 10 700.7 Tf!>mporary staff 62.0 133.3 163.7 185.5 Consultant and seconded experts 88.0 415.4 579.8 1 163.3 519.2 278.3 Total, Personnel costs 1 107.6 13 416.0 6 649.5 18 777.1 19 216.0 10 979.0

Programme costs {exceet for te~o~ staff consultants and seconded exeerts}

Meetings

Congress and EC 5112.2 Technical Commissions and Reg1onaf Associations 895.9 435.9 376.9 Working groups, panels and other meetinos 235.3 596.5 3 156.9 1 674.4 1 860.3 SubMtota! 5 347.5 0.0 596.5 4 052.6 2 110.3 2 237.2

Other programme costs

Travel 819.0 383.9 820.1 582.6 405.4 Fellowships

Training courses 204.7 686.9 929.1 91.8 Publications and reports 218.3 232.2 328.4 207.3 Public information 559.6 50.0 32.0 13.6 Contribution to XB 2150.2 Sub-total 0.0 819.0 1 366.5 1 789.2 4 022.3 718.1

General Services

IT & other equipment 30.0 64.2 68.6 105.5 Library 241.8 Communications 44.9 55.0 45.0 127.1 Hospitality

SubMtotal 0.0 0.0 74.9 119.2 113.6 474.4

Other 68.8 0.0 255.4 5.0 51.1

Total, Programme costs 5 416.3 819.0 2 037.9 6 216.6 6 251.2 3 480.8

Grand total 6 523.9 14 235.0 8 687.4 24 993.7 25467.2 14 459.8

N.B. M.P. = Major Programme

ANNEXC ANALYSIS OF ESTIMATES BY OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE

1. OPTIONA (Swiss francs)

PART3

M.P.3.5· M.P.3.4·

Hydrology & M.P.3.6· M.P.3.7·

Applications of Education & Technical Water

Meteorology Resources

Training Cooperation Programme Programme Programme

Programme

12 965.2 8 689.2 7 757.6 4 630.4 6.2 95.9 37.2 46.4

180.8 360.5 220.0 90.3 13 152.2 9 145.6 8 014.8 4 767.1

884.5 435.9

1 492.9 1167.3 510.8 122.8 2 377.4 1 603.2 510.6 122.6

580.2 591.1 179.7 569.6 3150.1

97.6 371.2 2 893.8 198.0 154.9 25.5 16.0

10.0 21.0 10.0

885.8 1 138.2 6 249.1 595.6

43.0 35.2 164.0 63.0

114.0 42.3 111.6

157.0 77.5 164.0 174.6

99.0 38.0 29.9

3 519.2 2 856.9 6 923.9 922.9

16 671.4 12 002.5 14 938.7 5 690.0

M.P.3.8-Sub--total Port

Regional Programme

3

10102.1 96 743.0 532.0 1 200.2 224.8 3617.0

10 858.9 101 560.2

1 609.8 4 638.9

1 788.4 12 370.3 3 396.2 17 009.2

1 363.6 5 476.2 3150.1

362.2 5 637.3 12.4 1 393.0

696.2 2 150.2

1 738.2 18 503.0

16.0 589.5 241.8

1 005.1 1 545.0

1 021.1 2 376.3

478.4

6 157.5 38 366.9

17 016.4 139 927.1

PART< PARTS PARTS PART7 TOTAL

Unguistic, Other

Acqui$itlon of Publication and Resource capital sssets-

budgetary SFR Per cent Conference management

provisions Headquarters

Services building

41 322.4 29 632.1 181 655.7 71.6 2 036.3 435.1 3 733.6 1.5

272.2 4 392.6 1.7 43 358.7 30 339.4 0.0 0.0 189 781.9 74.8

5 112.2 2.0

4 638.9 1.8

12 605.6 5.0 o.o 0.0 o.o 0.0 22 356.7 8.8 aJ

8.3 305.8 6 609.3 2.6 3150.1 1.2 5 637.3 2.2

1412.1 30.0 2 835.1 1.1 696.2 0.3

2 150.2 0.8 1 420.4 335.8 0.0 0.0 21 078.2 8.3

188.4 2 672.8 3 450.7 1.4 241.8 0.1

3 626.6 5 171.6 2.0 100.0 100.0 0.0

188.4 6 299.4 100.0 0.0 8 964.1 3.5

6 478.1 1 821.4 2 772.4 11 619.1 4.6

1 608.8 13 113.3 1 921.4 2 772.4 64 018.1 25.2

44 967.5 43 452.7 1 921.4 2 772.4 253 800.0 100.0

PART1 PART2

M.P. 3,0 ~ Overall M.P.3.1·

M.P. 3.2· Policy-

Executive coordination World

World making of the Weuther

management Climate scientific & Watch organs

Programme technlcfll Programme

programmes

Personnel casts

Established posts 1 019.6 12 938.6 6 000.5 17 639.6 18 696.0 Temporary staff 62.0 133.3 185.7 185.5 Consultant and seconded exoerts 88.0 415.4 659.8 1 383.3 539.6 Total, Personnel costs 1107.6 13416.0 6 793.6 19 208.6 19 421.1

Programme costs (exceet for tame orar~ staff consultmrts and seconded

Meetings Congress and EC 5112.2 Technical Corrmissions and ReQional Associations 895.9 435.9 Working groups, panels and

235.3 671.5 4141.9 1 783.2 other meetinas Sub-total 5 347.5 0.0 671.5 5 037.8 2 219.1

Other programme costs

Travel 819.0 383.9 878.1 582.6 Fellowships

Training courses 324.7 796.9 929.1 Publications and reports 218.3 252.2 333.6 Public information 559.6 50.0 32.0 Contribution to XB 2 375.2 Sub-total 0.0 819.0 1 486.5 1 977.2 4 252.5

General Services

IT & other equipment 30.0 64.2 74.2 Library

Comrnunica1ions 44.9 55.0 45.0 HospitaUty

Sub-total 0.0 0.0 74.9 119.2 119.2

Other 68.8 0.0 350.4 5.0

Total, Programme costs 5 416.3 819.0 2 232.9 7 484.6 6 595.8

Grand total 6 523.9 14 235.0 9 026.5 26 693.2 26 016.9

N.B. M.P. =Major Prograrrma

M.P.3.3-AtJnospherlc Research &

Environment Programme

10 805.0

278.3 11 083.3

376.9

1 980.3 2 357.2

405.4

91.8 207.3

13.6

718.1

105.5 241.8 127.1

474.4

51.1

3 600.8

14 684.1

ANNEXG ANALYSIS OF ES11MATES BY OBJECTS OF EXFENDITURE

2. OP110N B (SWiss francs)

PARTS

M.P.3.4· M.P.3.5· M.P. 3.6· M.P.3.7·

Hydrology& Applications of Education & Technical wm:er

Meteorology Training Cooperation Resources

Programme Programme Programme Programme

13 086.2 8 776.4 7 867.6 4 672.1 6.2 95.9 37.2 46.4

180.8 385.6 220.0 90.3 13 273.2 9 257.9 8124.8 4 808.8

884.5 435.9

1 612.9 1 227.5 510.8 122.8 2 497.4 1 663.4 510.8 122.8

660.2 603.7 179.7 620.0 3 400.1

147.6 462.8 2 893.8 198.0 156.4 25.5 16.0

10.0 21.0 10.0

1 015.8 1 243.9 6 499.1 646.0

43.0 35.2 164.0 152.6

114.0 42.3 111.6

157.0 77.5 164.0 264.2

99.0 38.0 200.0 29.9

3 769.2 3 022.8 7373.9 1 062.9

17042.4 12 280.7 15 498.7 5 871.7

PART4 PARTS

Ungulstic, M.P.3.8- Publication

Sub-total Resource Regional and

Part3 management Programme Conference Services

10 228.6 97 772.0 41 322.4 29 632.1 532.0 1 222.2 2 036.3 435.1

224.8 3 962.5 272.2 10 985.4 102 956.7 43 358.7 30 339.4

1 609.8 4 638.9

2211.7 14 262.6 3 821.5 18 901.5 o.o 0.0

1 363.6 5 677.2 8.3 305.8 3 400.1

562.2 6 208.9 12.4 1 419.7 1 412.1 30.0

696.2 2 375.2

1 938.2 19 777.3 1 420.4 335.8

16.0 684.7 188.4 2 672.8 241.8

1 005.1 1 545.0 3 626.6

1 021.1 2 471.5 188.4 6 299.4

46.7 820.1 6 478.1

6 827.5 41 970.4 1 608.8 13 113.3

17 812.9 144 927.1 44 967.5 43 452.7

PARTS PART7

Acquisition of Other

capitBI assets budgetary

Headquarters provisions

building

0.0 0.0

0.0 0.0

0.0 0.0

100.0 100.0 0.0

1 821.4 2 772.4

1 921.4 2 772.4

1 921.4 2 772.4

TOTAL

SFR

182 684.7 3 755.6

4 738.1 191178.4

5112.2

4 638.9

14 497.9 24 249.0

6 810.3 3 400.1 6 208.9 2 861.8

696.2 2 375.2

22 352.5

3 545.9 241.8

5171.6 100.0

9 059.3

11 960.8

67 621.6

258 800.0

Percent

70.6 1.5

1.8 73.9

2.0

1.8

5.6 9.4

2.6 1.3 2.4 1.1 0.3 0.9 8.6

1.4 0.1 2.0 0.0 3.5

4.6

26.1

i

100.0 1

..._, CO

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ANNEXO

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHED POSTS

1. OPTION A

P.4 to P.1 to Total P Parts SG DSG ASG 0.2 0.1 P.5 P.3 P.2 & above G-staff Total

0.50 0.50 0.50 1.00

1. Policy-making organs

1.00 1.00 0.50 1.00 3.00 1.00 1.00 8.50 5.00 13.50

2. Executive manaqement

Overall coordination of the 3.0 scientific and technical 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 3.50 2.00 5.50

programmes

3.1 World Weather Watch

0.33 1.00 6.75 4.00 12.08 8.79 20.87 Programme

3.2 World Climate Programme 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 4.00 10.00

3.3 Atmospheric Research and

1.34 4.71 2.00 8.05 4.25 12.30 Environment Programme

3.4 Applications of Meteorology

0.33 1.00 3.75 5.29 10.37 5.00 15.37 Programme

3.5 Hydrology and Water

1.00 3.00 3.00 7.00 3.00 10.00 Resources Programme

3.6 Education and Training

0.44 1.00 1.00 2.00 4.44 2.00 6.44 Programme

3.7 Technical Cooperation

0.10 1.00 2.00 1.00 4.10 1.00 5.10 Programme

3.8 Regional Programme 0.46 3.00 4.06 7.52 3.00 10.52

4. Linguistic, Publication and

2.00 20.00 2.75 24.75 40.00 64.75 Conference Services

5. Resource management 1.00 5.42 6.67 13.09 24.31 37.40

Total 1.00 1.00 1.00 6.00 13.00 32.63 51.52 3.75 109.90 102.85 212.75

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ANNEX D

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHED POSTS

2. OPTION B

P.4 to P.1 to Total P Parts SG DSG ASG 0.2 0.1 P.5 P.3 P.2 &above G-staff Total

0.50 0.50 0.50 1.00

1. Policy-makinq orqans

1.00 1.00 0.50 1.00 3.00 1.00 1.00 8.50 5.00 13.50

2. Executive manaqement

Overall coordination of the 3.0 scientificand technical 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 3.50 2.12 5.62

programmes

3.1 World Weather Watch

0.33 1.00 6.75 4.00 12.08 9.16 21.24 Programme

3.2 World Climate Programme 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 4.36 10.36

3.3 Atmospheric Research and

1.34 4.71 2.00 8.05 4.45 12.50 Environment Programme

3.4 Applications of Meteorology

0.33 1.00 3.75 5.29 10.37 5.24 15.61 Programme

3.5 Hydrology and Water

1.00 3.00 3.00 7.00 3.17 10.17 Resources Programme

3.6 Education and Training

0.44 1.00 1.00 2.00 4.44 2.21 6.65 Programme

3.7 Technical Cooperation

0.10 1.00 2.00 1.00 4.10 1.08 5.18 Programme

3.8 Regional Programme 0.46 3.00 4.06 7.52 3.25 10.77

4. Linguistic, Publication and

2.00 20.00 2.75 24.75 40.00 64.75 Conference Services

5. Resource management 1.00 5.42 6.67 13.09 24.31 37.40

Total 1.00 1.00 1.00 6.00 13.00 32.63 51.52 3.75 109.90 104.85 214.75

6LTP ABC/M ABSN ACC AeMP AgMP AMDAR AMP AMS AMSU ANN EEL AOC AOPC APFM AREP ASAP AWG AWS BIPM BSH CA eM CA gM CAS CASPAS

CASPCOM CBH CBS CCAQ CCI CDDM CDMS CEB CEOS Cg CGIAR CGMS CHy CID A CIMO cue CLICOM CLIPS CLIVAR CLS COP COSNA CPD CTBTO DARE DBCP EC EDMS EMEP

ERA ESCAP ENSO EPS

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ABBREVIATIONS

WMO Sixth Long-term Plan Activity-based Costing and Management Antarctic Basic Synoptic Network Administrative Committee on Coordination Aeronautical Meteorology Programme Agricultural Meteorology Programme Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay Applications of Meteorology Programme American Meteorological Society Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency West and Central Africa Hydrological Observing Systems (-HYCOS) Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate Associated Programme on Flood Management Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme Advisory Working Group Automatic Weather Station International Bureau of Weights and Measures Basic Systems in Hydrology Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology Commission for Agricultural Meteorology Commission for Atmospheric Sciences Integrated Programme on Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Environment in the Caspian Sea Region Coordination Committee on Hydrometeorology and Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources Commission for Basic Systems Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions Commission for Climatology Climate Data and Data Management Climate database management system United Nations System's Chief Executives Board for Coordination Committee on Earth Observation Satellites WMO Congress Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Coordination of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites Commission for Hydrology Canadian International Development Agency Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation Climate and Cryosphere Climate Computing Climate Information and Prediction Services Climate Variability and Predictability Conference and Language Services Department Conference of the Parties Composite Observing System of the North Atlantic Conference, Printing and Distribution Services Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty Organization Data Rescue Drifting Buoy Cooperation Panel Executive Council Electronic Document Management System Cooperative Programme for the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (ECE/WMO/UNEP) Emergency Response Activities Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific El Niiio!Southern Oscillation Ensemble Prediction System

ERP ETR ETRP EUCOS EUMETNET EUMETSAT FAH FAO FOP FINAC FIPOI FTP FWIS GAW GAWTEC GCOS GDPS GEF GESAMP GEWEX GIS GMDSS GOES GOOS GOS GRDC GSN GTN-H GTOS GTS GUAN GURME HLCM HLCP HMEI HOMS HRM HWR HWRP I ABM I AEA I BAN A ICAO ICSC ICSU ION OR I GAD IGBP IGO IGOS IGRAC I HOP ILO IMO IMO I MOP IOC lOS IPC IPCC IPM

Enterprise Resource Planning Education and Training

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Education and Training Programme European Composite Observing System European Meteorological Services Network European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Forecasting and Applications in Hydrology Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Forecast Demonstration Project Financial Advisory Committee Fondation des lmmeubles pour les Organisations lnternationales File Transfer Protocol Future WMO Information System Global Atmosphere Watch GAW Training and Education Centre Global Climate Observing System Global Data-processing System Global Environment Facility Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment Geographical Information System Global Marine and Distress Safety System Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Global Ocean Observing System Global Observing System Global Runoff Data Centre GCOS Surface Network Global Terrestrial Network- Hydrology Global Terrestrial Observing System (UNESCO) Global Telecommunication System GCOS Upper-air Network GAW Urban Research Meteorological Environment High-level Committee on Management High-level Committee on Programmes Association of Hydrometeorological Equipment Industry Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System HOMS Reference Manual Hydrology and Water Resources Hydrology and Water Resources Programme International Association of Broadcast Meteorology International Atomic Energy Agency Brazilian Institute for Environmental Affairs and Renewable Energy Resources International Civil Aviation Organization International Civil Service Commission International Council for Science International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Intergovernmental Authority on Development International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Intergovernmental Organization Integrated Global Observing Strategy International Groundwater Assessment Centre International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change International Labour Organization International Meteorological Organization International Maritime Organization Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO) Integrated Observing Systems (OPAG-IOS) International Pyrheliometer Comparison Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Informal Planning Meeting

IPM and IS IPWG ISDR ISO IT ITSC ITU IWW JCOMM JCOMMOPS JCRF JIU JMS JPO KPis LAM LRIT LRPT LPC MAP MOD MED EX MEDSEEME-PEP MED-HYCOS METEOR EX METLINK MMOP MTN NAOS NGO NHS NMC NMHS NMS NOAA NWP OAS OECD OIS OOPC OPAG PEP PDS POP PRO MET

PROM MA PTC PTCTF PUMA PWS PWSP QA R&D RAFC RB RBB RBCN RBSN REM RDP

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Integrated Project for a Monitoring and Information System (CASPAS) International Precipitation Workshop International Strategy for Disaster Reduction International Organization for Standardization Information Technology International TOVS Study Conference International Telecommunication Union International Winds Workshop Joint WMO/IOC Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology JCOMM Observing Systems Operations Support Centre Joint Climate Research Fund Joint Inspection Unit Joint Medical Service Junior Professional Officer Key Performance Indicators Local Area Model Low-rate Information Transmission Low-rate Picture Transmission Languages, Publications and Conferences Department Mesoscale Alpine Programme Meteorological Data Distribution Mediterranean Experiment Mediterranean, South-east European and Middle East Precipitation Enhancement Project Mediterranean Cycle Observing System Exhibition of Meteorological Instruments, Equipment and Services Meteorological Information Link Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme Main Telecommunication Network North Atlantic Ocean Station Non-governmental organization National Hydrological Service National Meteorological Centre National Meteorological and Hydrological Service National Meteorological or Hydrometeorological Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Numerical Weather Prediction Organization of American States Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Operational Information System Ocean Observation Panel for Climate Open Programme Area Group Printing and Electronic Publication Publications and Distribution Services Department Persistent Organic Pollutants CAeM Working Group on the Provision of Meteorological Information Required before and During Flight National Water Resources Management Project Panel on Tropical Cyclones Panel on Tropical Cyclones Trust Fund Preparation for the Use of Meteosat second generation in Africa Public Weather Services Public Weather Services Programme Quality Assurance Research and Development Regional Area Forecast Centre Regular Budget Results-based Budgeting Regional Basic Climatological Network Regional Basic Synoptic Network Resource Management Department Research and Development Projects

RIG RMDCN RMTC RP RPC RSMC SAC SADC SBSTA SCHOTI SDW SEACAMP SFCG SIDS SOOP SPARC SSA START STG TC TCO TCO TCP TCP/IP TCTF TECO

THORPEX TIROS TMRP TOPC TOVS TRACECA TREND UN UNCCD UNCED UNDP UN/ECE UNEP UNESCO UNFCCC UNFIP UNHCR UNJSPB UNSO USA ID uv VCP VCP(ES) VCP(F) vos VTL WAFC WAFS WC ASP WCDMP WC IRP WCP WCRP WG

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Regional Instrument Centre Regional Meteorological Data Communication Network Regional Meteorological Training Centre Regional Programme Regional Pyrheliometer Comparison Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre Science Activity Centre Southern African Development Community Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice Standing Conference of Heads of Training Institutions of NMSs Sustainable Development of Water Resources South-East Asian Centre for Atmospheric and Marine Prediction Space Frequency Coordination Group Small Island Developing States Ship-of-Opportunity Programme Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate System Support Activity Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training Scientific Technical Group (EUMETSAT) Tropical Cyclone Technical Cooperation Programme Terrestrial Carbon Observation Tropical Cyclone Programme Transmission Control Protocol/lnternet Protocol Tropical Cyclone Trust Fund Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation The Hemispheric Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment Television Infrared Observation Satellite Tropical Meteorology Research Programme Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia Working Group on Training, the Environment and New Developments United Nations United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification United Nations Conference on Environment and Development United Nations Development Programme United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations Fund for International Partnership United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office United States Agency for International Development Ultraviolet Voluntary Cooperation Programme Voluntary Cooperation Equipment and Services Voluntary Cooperation Fund Voluntary Observing Ship Virtual Training Library World Area Forecast Centre World Area Forecast System World Climate Applications and Services Programme World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme World Climate Programme World Climate Research Programme Working Group

WGH WGNE WIOMAP WIPO WHY COS WMO WM050 WMOAA WMOSP WOCE WRC WRI WSSD WWAP www WWWDM WWRP XB XBT

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Working Group on Hydrology Working Group on Numerical Experimentation Western Indian Ocean Marine Application Project World Intellectual Property Organization World Hydrological Cycle Observing System World Meteorological Organization World Meteorological Organization Fiftieth Anniversary WMO Antarctic Activities WMO Space Programme World Ocean Circulation Experiment World Radiocommunication Conference Water-related Issues World Summit on Sustainable Development World Water Assessment Programme World Weather Watch World Weather Watch Data Management World Weather Research Programme Extrabudgetary resources Expendable bathythermograph

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