Event TabsSummaryDates: Thursday, April 5, 2018 to Friday, April 6, 2018Location: Norwegian Refugee Council, Oslo Norway NO Type: MeetingRelated Information: Good Practices for Climate Services User Engagement (Agenda item 3) GFCS manageable interest options GFCS-relevant Forthcoming Events in 2018 Final Report Documentation Plan Agenda item Document Title N/A INF 1 INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS N/A INF 2 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS N/A INF 3 PAC-7 REPORT N/A INF 4 RESPONSE TO THE MID-TERM-REVIEW N/A INF 5 ToR PAC N/A INF 6 ToR GFCS OFFICE 1 OPENING OF THE SESSION 2 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 2.1 Agenda 2.1.1 Possible new governance mechanisms 2.2 Programme 3 REVIEW OF THE STATUS AND NEEDS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PACTO TASK FORCES AND WORKING GROUPS ESTABLISHED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE IBCS Taskforce on Governance, Management and Finances of the GFCS Taskforce on strategy to Enhance Implementation of the GFCS Working Group on Climate Services Standards Working Group on Communication Strategy Working Group on Brainstorming on the User Interface Platform Working Group on the Linkage of the GFCS with major Policy Agendas 4 ENHANCING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PAC Recommendations to the Taskforce on Governance, Management and Finances on the role of the PAC Focus activities for 2018 5 UPDATES ON ACTIVITIES BEING IMPLEMENTED ONTHE GROUND BY PAC MEMBERS 5 Updates on PAC activities 6 ROTATION OF CHAIRS 7 ANY OTHER BUSINESS 8 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING Presentations Taskforce of the GFCS_Governance Chapter Taskforce on Strategy to Enhance Implementation of the GFCS Overview of the WMO Commission for Climatology CCl Enhancing the effectiveness of the PAC Update on activities for 2018 synergy between CREWS and GFCS Possible new governance mechanisms