WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative, Second Meeting of the Advisory Group

Geneva, Switzerland, 1-3 December 2015

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Background

The objective of the WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative (WMO-FFI), established by WMO in 2003, is to “Improve the capacity of meteorological and hydrological services to jointly deliver timely and more accurate products and services required in flood forecasting and warning and in collaborating with disaster managers, active in flood emergency preparedness and response”. In 2001, the World Meteorological Congress (Cg) passed Resolution 21 (Cg-XV) on the implementation of the Flood Forecasting Initiative. Subsequently, In 2011, the World Meteorological Congress passed Resolution 15 (Cg-16) establishing the WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative - Advisory Group (FFI-AG) with the objective to provide guidance and advice on the hydrological forecasting elements of a number of flood-related initiatives and programmes in progress under WMO programmes, and to provide broad-based support to improve collaboration between the meteorological and hydrological communities for improved flood forecasting related practices. The full text of Resolution 21 (Cg-XV) and Resolution 15 (Cg-16), including the Terms of Reference for the FFI-AG are provided as background documents.

Expected Outcomes of the Meeting

The expected outputs from the meeting during its second constituent session are:

1. Agreement on the scope of work and approach to be taken by the FFI-AG, within its ToR;
2. Improve understanding of the current initiatives and activities undertaken in the framework of the WMO Flood Forecasting Initiative;
3. Agreement on specific actions to be undertaken and a Workplan associated with these actions;
4. Agreement on how the work of the FFI-AG should be undertaken including its outreach to Members, relevant Commissions, Technical Support Partners, and Development Partners (donors);

Conclusions and recommendations (including target audience), based on the presentations and discussions.

Documents

Meeting documents

• Provisional agenda
• List of participants
• Revision of the Strategy and Action Plan (SAP) for FFI
• Review Criteria for the FFI Strategy and Action Plan
• Activity 1.b: Results and discussion on the revision of the Strategy and Action Plan (SAP) & the Activity Plan
• Activity 2.a: Discussion on flood - related activities relevant to the WMO FFI taking the revised SAP in consideration

Background documents

• Resolution 21 (Cg-XV)
• Resolution 15 (Cg-16)
• Expert Meeting: Improving the efficiency of Flood Forcasting Services - Final report November 2013
• First meeting of the FFI-AG, October 2013
• Report of the Fourtheenth session of the Commission for Hydrology - Flood and Drought Management (agenda item 9)

Presentations

December 1st 2015

• 1 Introduction, by Harry Lins
• 2 SAP and the Activity Plan Review, by Yuri Simonov
• 3 Presentation on CHAMP, by Vincent Fortin
• 4 Presentation on SWFDP, by Ata Hussain

December 2nd 2015

• 5 Presentation on CIFDP, by Don Resio
• 6 Presentation on FFGS by Paul Pilon
• 7 Presentation on WMO Project on Twinning SARFFG & SWFDP-SA, by Eugene Poolman
• 8 Presentation on FFGS implementation in Chiapas, Mexico, by Yendi Alvarez
• 9 Presentation on EWS implementation in Uruguay, by Jimena Alonso
• 10 Presentation on PROHIMET, by Angel Luis Aldana
• 11 Presentation on EWS implementation in Kenya, by Johnson Maina
• 12 Presentation on APFM, by Giacomo Teruggi
• 13 Presentation on flood related activities relevant to WMO FFI, by Yuri Simonov

December 3nd 2015

• 14 Presentation on the inventory of activities related to FFI, by Giacomo Teruggi
• 15 Review of SAP and new Work Plan for FFI-AG, by Harry Lins and Paul Pilon  (to be finalized)

Updated presentations

• 2 SAP and the Activity Plan Review, by Yuri Simonov
• 13 Presentation on flood related activities relevant to WMO FFI: current state, proposed actions according to the SAP, by Yuri Simonov