Objective

The RA-I WIS Implementation Plan states:
The goal is for most of the RA-I Members to be WIS enabled by the end of 2015.

Meetings

Meetings of the RA-I Task Team on WIS Implementation

• Meeting of ad hoc RA-I Task Team on WIS Implementation, 21-26 September 2014.

WIS related training and implementation activities

• WIS implementation planning workshop, RTH Nairobi - 02-06 Nov 2015, Kenya
• RTH and WIS implementation planning workshop, GISC Casablanca - 26-30 Oct 2015, Morocco
• Link to Regional Office Africa list of meetings

WIS Surveys every six months

National WIS Focal Points in RA-I are asked to routinely update their status by completing the WIS Survey.

• Baseline
• Survey Form

Focal Points

First name	FAMILY NAME	Country Name
Domingos	NASCIMENTO	Angola
Francisco	OSVALDO	Angola
LUTUMBA	TIMA	Angola
Bissa	SOUGUE	Senegal
Modoukpe Ines	OYEDE	Bénin
Etienne	FEUKENG	Cameroun
Gral Quiji	MABIALA MBABIA DEMABOU	Congo
Balemale Magba	DIEUDONNE	République démocratique du Congo
Walid	GOMAA	Egypt
Kinfe Hailemariam	BEYENE	Ethiopia
Ndzie Meviane	ALAIN	Gabon
Tombong	KOMMA	Gambia
Laddah	GBEREGBE	Guinea
Mamadou Moustapha	DIALLO	Guinea
Mathias	HABA	Guinea
Feliciana	MENDONCA	Guinea Bissau
Peter. K.	MUTAI	Kenya
Aliou	TEKETE	Mali
Sidi	BOBBA	Mauritania
Haine	CHEIKHNA MOHAMDY	Mauritania
Umayr	HATTEEA	Mauritius
Hassan	HADDOUCH	Morocco
Rute	NHAMUCHO	Mozambique
SaÏdou	DIEME	Senegal
Bubele	VAKALISA	South Africa
Edward Andrew	ASHIEK	South Sudan
Elsir Mohammed Ali	ATIF	Sudan
Emanuel	TUMAINI	United Republic of Tanzania
Dennis	KAPASO	Zimbabwe
Freedom	MUKANGA	Zimbabwe

WIS Discovery Metadata

The number of countries that have added or changed metadata records before the stated date.

Date	Northern	Western	Central	Eastern	Southern	Total

Six-monthly reports from sub-regional focal points to the President of RA-I.

Date	Northern	Western	Central	Eastern	Southern

Reference Material

• RA-I WIS Implementation Plan
• Links to Manuals, Guides and other guidance material
• WIS Centres
• national WIS Focal Points