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Mon 25 Nov	Day 1 – Review of GPC outputs

09:00 – 09:15	Welcoming remarks INMET, WMO Secretariat
09:15 – 09:30	Aims and work programme for the workshop – Caio Coelho
Session 1: Status of GPCs, RCCs and RCOFs – products, roles and responsibilities Chair: Caio Coelho
09:30 – 09:45	Status of the GPCs, GPC mandatory products – Richard Graham
09:45 – 10:00	Status of RCC designation, RCC mandatory and highly recommended products, and RCOF activities – Stefan Roesner
10:00 – 10:15	Lead Centre for Long-range Forecast Multi-Model Ensemble (LC-LRFMME) - Suhee Park
10:15– 10:30	Lead Centre for Standard Verification System of Long Range Forecasts (LC-SVSLRF) – Bertrand Denis
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 11:15	Questions/discussion on session 1
Session 2: Questionnaire results Chair: Richard Graham Rapporteur: Adrian Trotman
11:15 – 11:30	Results on RCC questions for GPCs – Andre Kamga
11:30 – 11:45	Results on GPC questions for RCCs – J.P. Ceron
11:45 – 12:00	Questions/discussion
Session 3a: GPC systems and products – focussing on activities/products that are additional to mandatory Chair: Stefan Roesner Rapporteur: Wassila Thiaw
12:00 – 12:15	Beijing – Peiqun Zhang
12:15 – 12:30	CPTEC – Caio Coelho
12:30 – 12:45	Exeter – Richard Graham New version
12:45 – 13:00	Questions/discussion
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:15	Melbourne – Janita Pahalad (on behalf of David Jones)
14:15 – 14:30	Montreal – Bertrand Denis
14:30 – 14:45	Pretoria – Asmerom Beraki
14:45 – 15:00	Seoul – Suhee Park
15:00 – 15:15	Tokyo – Yuhei Takaya
15:15 – 15:30	Questions/discussion
15:30 – 16:00	Break
16:00 – 16:15	Toulouse – Jean Pierre Ceron
16:15 – 16:30	Washington – Arun Kumar
16:30 – 16:45	Questions/discussion
Session 3b: Research and product development Chair: Richard Graham Rapporteur Simon Mason
16:45 – 17:00	The developing Global Seasonal Climate Update (GSCU) – R. Kolli
17:00 – 17:15	Seasonal and subseasonal research activities – Arun Kumar (WGSIP)
17:15 – 18:00	General discussion to identify and share: examples of effective products for RCCs/RCOFs/NMHSs current gaps in GPC and LC output/activities

Tue 26 Nov	Day2 – Tools for interpreting GPC products - Elaboration of RCC needs

Report on sessions 2 and 3
09:00 – 09:20	Rapporteur’s summary of session 2 and 3 and associated discussion
09:20 – 09:30	Questions/further discussion
Session 4: Methods and tools for interpreting GPC output Chair: Jean-Pierre Ceron Rapporteur: Arun Kumar
09:30 – 09:40	The GFCS training curriculum – R. Kolli (WMO)
09:40 – 09:50	Operational regionalized National Multimodel Ensemble Forecast for RCCs - Wassila Thiaw
09:50 – 10:00	The Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) – Simon Mason
10:00 – 10:10	The IRI Data Library – Simon Mason
10:10 – 10:30	Questions/discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Break
Session 5a: Use of GPC products by RCCs – including method of use in preparing regional outlooks Chair: Caio Coelho and Richard Graham Rapporteurs: Stefan Roesner
11:00 – 11:10	RCC Africa / Node for LRF RCC-Network West Africa (ACMAD) – Andre Kamga
11:10 – 11:20	RCC IGAD (ICPAC) – Joseph Mutemi
11:20 – 11:30	RCC Pune (IMD) – D.S.Pai
11:30 – 11:40	RCC-Network Southern South America – Lauro Fortes
11:40 – 11:50	RCC Western South America (CIIFEN) - Juan Jose Nieto RCC Overview
11:50 – 12:00	RCC Caribbean (CIMH) – Adrian Trotman New version
12:00 – 12:10	Questions/discussion
12:10 – 12:20	*RCC Beijing (BCC) – Peiqun Zhang
12:20 – 12:30	*RCC Tokyo (TCC) – Ryuji Yamada
12:30 – 12:40	*RCC-Network Europe – Jean-Pierre Ceron
12:40 – 12:50	Questions/discussion
12:50 – 14:00	Lunch
Session 5b: Use of GPC products by RCOFs – including method of use in preparing regional outlooks
14:00 – 14:10	PRESAO/PRESAC/PRESANORD – Andre Kamga
14:10 – 14:20	GHACOF – Joseph Mutemi
14:20 – 14:30	Questions/discussion
14:30 – 14:40	FOCRAII – Peiqun Zhang
14:40 – 14:50	EASCOF – Ryuji Yamada
14:50 – 15:00	SASCOF – D.S. Pai
15:00 – 15:10	Questions/discussion
15:10 – 15:20	SSACOF - Caio Coelho
15:10 – 15:30	WCSACOF - Juan Jose Nieto
15:30 – 16:00	Break
16:00 – 16:10	CARICOF – Adrian Trotman New version
16:10 – 16:20	PICOF - Janita Pahalad
16:20 – 16:40	SEECOF – Branko Bijelic
16:40 – 16:50	Questions/discussion
16:50 – 18:00	Further discussion for sessions 1 and 2, identifying and sharing: commonality in forecast procedures between RCCs and RCOFs of different regions examples of effective, robust use of GPC and LC products consensus on gaps in current GPC and LC output

Wed 27 Nov	Day3 – Break out groups - plenary session on RCC and GPC needs – action plan

Report on sessions 4, 5a and 5b
09:00 – 09:20	Rapporteur’s summary of sessions 4 and 5a&b and associated discussion
09:20 – 09:30	Questions/further discussion
Session 5c: Use of RCC and GPC products by NMHSs Chair: Andre Kamga Rapporteur: Janita Pahalad
09:30 – 09:35	Tanzania
09:35 – 09:40	Bangladesh
09:40 – 09:45	Paraguay
09:45 – 09:50	Costa Rica
09:50 – 09:55	Fiji
09:55 – 10:00	Turkey
10:00 – 10:15	Discussion
10:15 – 10:30	Preparation for break out groups
10:30 – 11:00	Break
Session 6: Break out groups
11:00 – 13:00	1: Needs of RCCs from GPCs and Lead Centres 2: Needs of GPCs and Lead Centres from RCCs (including feedback mechanisms) 3: Standard procedures for use of GPC and Lead Centre products and support needs
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
Session 7: Plenary
14:00 – 14:20	Group 1: report back on RCC needs and recommended ways of meeting needs
14:20 – 14:40	Group 2: report back on GPC/LC needs and recommended ways of meeting needs
14:40 – 15:00	Group 3: Recommendations on procedures and support needed to implement standard procedures for forecast preparation
15:00 – 15:30	Discussion
15:30 – 16:00	Break
16:00 – 16:30	Discussion continued
16:30 - 17:30	Draft report on recommendations and implementation action plan
17:30	Close

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