The Department of the National Meteorology of Cameroon in collaboration with WMO, ClimSA and ACMAD is organizing the consultation workshop for the establishment and operationalization of user platforms for climate services in the sectors agriculture and disaster risk management.
The Intra ACP programme ‘Climate Services and related Application (ClimSA) is part of the 11th European Development Fund contributing to the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). Its overall objective is to promote sustainable development by combating climate change through strengthening the climate services value chain.
In line with the ClimSA programme, priority will be given to setting up and operating platforms and user interfaces at national level in the project’s pilot countries.
In this context, the WMO is working with the ACMAD centre to implement the ClimSA programme in Cameroon, which has been selected as the pilot country for the Central Africa region. This pilot project will benefit Cameroon’s National Meteorological Directorate and its partners. The aim of this collaboration is to carry out a review of existing climate services initiatives and determine the country’s needs for improving these services, organise training on the climate services value chain, assess the socio-economic benefits of climate services in the key sectors of agriculture and disaster management, organise national and local climate forums to speed up the operationalisation of the national framework for climate services, in particular the user interfaces, and organise regional workshops to share experiences and support the user interfaces at regional level in Central Africa.
Objectives :
The main objective of the workshop is to establish or strengthen user interfaces for climate services for the agriculture and disaster risk management sectors.
Expected outcomes :
The consultation workshop will provide:
❖ The needs for climatological services for the DRR and the agriculture sector are listed;
❖ The catalogues of products and services to meet these needs are available;
❖ Shortcomings and possible improvements to products are documented;
❖ Challenges and proposed solutions for capacity development are available to modernize climate services in both sectors;
❖ Terms of Reference, products and services, Rules of Procedure for DRR-Agriculture interfaces are validated.
