Event TabsSummaryDates: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 to Friday, December 2, 2016Location: Victoria Falls Zimbabwe ZW Type: WorkshopThe Southern Africa Regional Climate Services Workshop was held in Zimbabwe on 29 November - 2 December 2016. The workshop was jointly organized by the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, GFCS Office at WMO, Meteorological Services Department (MSD) of Zimbabwe and Deutscher Wetterdienst (Germany‘s National Meteorological Service). The workshop took place in the framework of the CATCOS (Capacity Building and Twinning for Climate Observing Systems) project, which is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and coordinated by MeteoSwiss. Considering the current capacities of the NMHSs in the region, the workshop aimed at identifying gaps between existing and required climate services with focus on Agriculture and Food Security and DRR. Recommendations were formulated on how to build upon the good progress made in recent years, in order to exploit the full potential of climate information for the selected priority areas. Overall, the workshop contributed to further consolidating southern African climate service capacities, thereby supporting the implementation of the GFCS in the region. For more information, click here Related Information: Announcement Workshop ProgrammeFinal Report: Final Report Presentations Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS): Status of Implementation, Filipe Lúcio, Director GFCS Office, WMO El Nino Impacts in Southern Africa: highlights from the 2015/16 Season, Vhusomuzi Sithole, GIS/Data Analyst, UNDP Zimbabwe Climate Services for Managing Climate Variability and Change: the Swiss Approach, Alex Rubli, Head of International Affairs Division, MeteoSwiss SASSCAL WeatherNet to support regional weather monitoring and climate‐related research in Southern Africa, Joerg Helmschrot, Director of Science, Technology and Capacity Development, SASSCAL Regional Secretariat Namibia Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Community Based Observation Practices and Synergies with Climate Services and Adaption, Joseph Matowanyika, Director of the Institute of Lifelong Learning and Development Studies, CUT Support for Improving Climate Services in SADC region, Dieudonne Nsadisa Faka, Climate Expert, SADC-CSC Weather and climate Information SERvices for Africa (WISER), Joseph D. Intsiful, Senior Climate Science, African Climate Policy Centre, UNECA The Implementation of Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Tanzania, Mecklina Merchandes, GFCS Desk Officer, TMA WIGOS in support of GFCS, Amos Makarau, Director MSD & President RA I, WMO GFCS Adaptation Programme for Africa and R4 experience -Malawi, Daniel Longhurst, Resilience Coordinator, WFP Malawi Users Perspectives: Agricultural Innovation Support Project (AISP) and Drought Mitigation Operation (DMO), Elke Stumpf, Head of Programme Agriculture and Food Security, GIZ Zimbabwe Tailored climate services as part of adaptation package for smallholder farmers in semi-arid regions of Zimbabwe, Leonard Unganai, Project Manager Scaling up Climate Change Adaptation, OXFAM Zimbabwe Experiences from the Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Extension System Project, Henry Muchedzi, Programme Coordinator, Practical Action Use of Climate Information for Targeting for Resilience Building Asset Creation Programmes, Joao Manja, Head of Vulnerability Analalysis, WFP Zimbabwe Climate Communications Strategy, Mable Bolele, Communications Expert, SADC-CSC Climate Services-Department of Botswana Meteorological Services, Lilian Ntshwarisang, Meteorologist, BMS Promoting climate services in Madagascar: Challenges and opportunities, Zoahrimalala Rabefitia, Director of Applied Meteorology, Agrometeorology, Climate Change, DGM Dissemination and Uptake of Weather and Climate Information in Zimbabwe, Rebecca Manzou, Deputy Director, MSD Africa Regional Hydromet Program, Makoto Suwa, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank ClimDev-Africa Initiative, Joseph D. Intsiful, Senior Climate Science, African Climate Policy Centre, UNECA The Green Climate Fund: WMO’s accreditation and the Process for submitting projects, Filipe Lúcio, Director GFCS Office, WMO
