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["RTC/Component Information"]
["WMO Member Hosting RTC:"]
["Name of RTC/Component:"]
["Address:"]
["Tel:"]
["Fax:"]
["Email:"]
["Website:"]
["Deliveries:","Please check the information on your RTC/Component at http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/etrp/rtcs.php "]
["RTC/Component Representative/Director/Manager/Coordinator"]
["Name:"]
["Title/Position:"]
["Address:"]
["Tel:"]
["Fax:"]
["Email:"]
{"$rows_empty":177}
["ALGERIA"," - ","Institut Hydrométéorologique de Formation et de Recherches (IHFR)"]
["ANGOLA"," - ","Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica (INAMET)"]
["ARGENTINA"," - ","Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)"]
["ARGENTINA"," - ","Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN)"]
["ARGENTINA"," - ","Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Hídricas, UNL (FICH)"]
["BARBADOS"," - ","Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)"]
["BRAZIL"," - ","Centro Virtual de Ensino e Treinamento em Meteorologia (CVEM)"]
["CHINA"," - ","Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology (NUIST)"]
["CHINA"," - ","China Meteorological Administration Training Centre (CMATC)"]
["COSTA RICA"," - ","Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)"]
["EGYPT"," - ","The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA)"]
["INDIA"," - ","India Meteorological Department Training Centre (IMD-New Delhi)"]
["INDIA"," - ","Meteorological Training Institute (IMD-Pune)"]
["INDIA"," - ","National Water Academy (NWA-Pune)"]
["INDIA"," - ","Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIRT-Roorkee)"]
["INDONESIA"," - ","Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG)"]
["INDONESIA"," - ","Research Centre for Water Resources (RCWR)"]
["IRAN"," - ","Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization (IRIMO)"]
["IRAQ"," - ","Iraqi Meteorological Organization (IMO)"]
["ISRAEL"," - ","Postgraduate Training Centre for Applied Meteorology (PTCAM)"]
["ITALY"," - ","National Research Council Institute of Biometeorology (CNR-IBIMET)"]
["KENYA"," - ","Universty of Nairobi (UON)"]
["KENYA"," - ","Institute for Meteorological Training and Research (IMTR)"]
["MADAGASCAR"," - ","Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique à Antananarivo (ESPA)"]
["MADAGASCAR"," - ","Ecole Nationale d’Enseignement de l’Aéronautique et de la Météorologie (ENEAM)"]
["NIGER"," - ","Centre Régional Agrhymet (AGRHYMET)"]
["NIGER"," - ","Ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'Aviation Civile (EAMAC)"]
["NIGERIA"," - ","Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA)"]
["NIGERIA"," - ","Meteorological Research and Training Institute (MRTI)"]
["PERU"," - ","Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (SENAMHI)"]
["PERU"," - ","Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM)"]
["PHILIPPINES"," - ","Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)"]
["PHILIPPINES"," - ","University of the Philippines (UP)"]
["QATAR"," - ","Qatar Aeronautical College (QAC)"]
["REPUBLIC OF KOREA"," - ","Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)"]
["RUSSIAN FEDERATION"," - ","Advanced Training Institute of Roshydromet (ATI)"]
["RUSSIAN FEDERATION"," - ","Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU)"]
["RUSSIAN FEDERATION"," - ","Moscow Hydrometeorological Technical School (MGMTEH)"]
["SOUTH AFRICA"," - ","South Africa Weather Service (SAWS)"]
["SPAIN"," - ","Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET)"]
["TURKEY"," - ","Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS)"]
["UZBEKISTAN"," - ","Tashkent Hydrometeorological Profecional College (THMPC)"]
["VENEZUELA"," - ","Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV)"]

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["Degree-Level Programmes or other long-term courses (greater than 1-month)"]
["Instructions: List data for long-term programmes only. Do not list individual courses unless they do not contribute to a degree programme. For Column K, a separate list can be provided. "]
["Title of the delivered Programme/Course of Study \n","Census date or Year-ending date","Expected WMO Qualification","Diploma, Degree, or Certificate (and WMO Priority Area, if applicable)","Number of Local Students Attending",null,"Number of Foreign Students Attending",null,"Number of New Foreign Students","Number of Continuing Foreign Students","Countries of Origin and Institutions of Foreign Students (*)","Number of Foreign Students Completed and Receiving a Diploma, Degree, or Certificate","Comments"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Female","Male","Female","Male"]
{"$rows_empty":25}
["(*) For Column K, a separate list can be provided. "]

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["Short Courses and Workshops (Classroom-Based, 4-weeks or less)"]
["Instructions: List non-distance learning courses and workshops run for groups of students, one month or less in length. Do not list courses associated with a degree-programme, or research. "]
["Title of the delivered Course or Workshop","Links to WMO Competency Frameworks","Link to WMO Priorities (*)","Target Audience","Duration/Contact Hours","Start Date","End Date","Number of Local Students Attending",null,"Number of Foreign Students Attending",null,"Number and Country of Origin of Foreign Students","Financial Support Offered to Students","Notes on Cooperation, Co-Sponsorship, Related Projects, etc. "]
[{"$nulls":7},"Female","Male","Female","Male"]
{"$rows_empty":10}
["(*) Priority Areas for the 2016-2019 include:\n1)- Disaster Risk Reduction: Improve the accuracy and effectiveness of high quality impact-based forecasts and multi-hazard early warnings of extreme weather, climate, water and environmental events from the tropics to the poles.\n2)- Global Framework for Climate Services: Improve provision and use of climate services like seasonal to sub-seasonal predictions, especially for priority areas of food security, water management, health and disaster risk reduction.\n3)- WMO Integrated Global Observing System: strengthen the global observing and information systems for robust, standardized, integrated, accurate and quality assured relevant observations of the Earth System.\n4)- Aviation meteorological services: Improve the ability of national meteorological services to provide sustainable high quality services to support safety, efficiency and regularity of the air transport worldwide, with due account to environmental factors.\n5)- Polar and High Mountain regions: Improve operational meteorological and hydrological monitoring, prediction and services in polar, and high mountain regions, where the scale of environmental change has significant implications on weather and climate patterns worldwide.\n6)- Capacity Development: Enhance the capacity of NMHSs to deliver on their mission by developing and improving competent human resource, technical and institutional capacities and infrastructure, particularly in developing, least developed and small island developing states."]

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["Distance Learning and Blended Learning Courses and Activities"]
["Instructions: Describe any long or short term distance learning courses or other activities, such as webinars, short events, or development efforts"]
["DL Course or Activity","Links to WMO Competency Frameworks","Target Audience","DL Formats Used (e.g., Live/Synchronous, Asynchronous, Blended)","Duration/Contact Hours","Number of Local Students Attending",null,"Total Number of Foreign Students Attending",null,"Number and Country of Origin of Foreign Students","Notes on Format, Success, Future Plans, etc."]
[{"$nulls":5},"Female","Male","Female","Male"]

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["OTHER RTC ACTIVITIES "]
["Instructions: List activities such as planning, partnerships, events hosted, projects, impacts evaluation, research, collaboration on curriculum and resource development, support to other institutions, etc.)"]
["Name of the Activity","Type of Activity (choose from list)","Description and Purpose","Partners","Duration (if appropriate)","Outcomes"]
[{"$nulls":7},"New curriculum or course development"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Hosted events"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Contributions to training at other institutions"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Contributions to expert teams and task teams"]
[{"$nulls":7},"WMO/CGMS Virtual Lab contributions"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Regional education planning projects"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Regional capacity development projects"]
[{"$nulls":7},"MOUs and other agreements made"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Grant proposals submitted and funded"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Facilities enhancements"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Distance learning capability enhancements"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Training resources development"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Curriculum reviews"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Competency assessments"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Regional needs assessments"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Education and training impacts evaluation (long-term)"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Other partnerships"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Research projects"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Institutional planning"]
[{"$nulls":7},"Other activities"]

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["Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Initiatives"]
["Instructions: Answer the following to the best of your abilities. Please contact us if you wish to explain in more detail. "]
["Questions we would like you to respond to:"]
["1)- What internal and external challenges affect the performance of the RTC? What problems do you face as a national training center?"]
["2)- How could your RTC and WMO ETR collaborate better? How could your RTC benefit from WMO activities?"]
["3)- What opportunities exist for your RTC for financial or human resources enhancements from national or international sources?"]
["4)- What linkages exist between the RTC and the regional association, particular in regards to gaining input into regional learning needs?"]
["5)- How could your RTC become involved in national/regional socio-economic, multilateral development, and environmental activities?"]
["6)-"]