World Meteorological OrganizationWORLD METEOROLOGICAL CONGRESSEighteenth SessionGeneva, 3 to 14 June 2019

Cg-18/INF. 8.2Submitted by:

Secretary-General17.V.2019

CORE COMPETENCIES AND EXPERTISE

1. Reference: Cg-18 Draft Resolution 8.2/1 - Education and Training Programme and Delivery Mechanisms

WMO Regional Training Centres (RTCs)

The WMO Regional Training Centres network is hosted by 28 Members in 6 Regions and has 43 components, including universities, institutions, training centres, and schools. These centres have been regularly reviewed by WMO and their status have been reconfirmed by the Executive Council. A status report with more information on RTCs is provided in Annex I of this INF document.

Map: WMO Regional Training Centres (RTCs) Network, as of 1 May 2019

WMO Fellowship Programme

WMO strives to mobilize resources and collaborate with more partners in hosting fellows and cost-sharing for fellowships. Various agreements including MoUs are signed with partner institutions who are the main destination of WMO fellows, especially those who provide full scholarships. Cooperation with those partners allows the fellowship application, award and administration process to proceed in an organized and orderly way. A status report with more information on the Fellowships Programme and Partners is provided in Annex II of this INF document.

Meeting of Directors of WMO Regional Training Centres (RTCs)

The meeting of WMO RTCs was held in Barbados on 2 November 2017, back-to-back with the 13th WMO Symposium on Education and Training, with participation of 68% of the WMO RTCs. Out of 28 RTCs, 19 were present and represented by 36 experts. The meeting reflected on a number of issues and came up with the 13 recommendations. The summary of the outcomes is available at http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/documents/ETR-SYMET-XIII_en.pdf.

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EC Panel of Experts on Education and Training

Following the Executive Council mandate, the twenty-seventh session of the EC Panel of Experts on Education and Training was held from 14 to 18 March 2016 in the facility of IBIMET/CNR, Florence, Italy, and the twenty-eighth session was held from 17 to 19 April 2018 in the facility of the Kenya Meteorological Department, in Nairobi, Kenya. Key elements of the agenda were based on outcomes of the WMO Executive Council, Regional Associations, Technical Commissions, joint meetings of Presidents of WMO Technical Commissions and Regional Associations, Thirteenth WMO Symposium on Education and Training, meeting of Directors of WMO RTCs, 2018 Willemstad Declaration of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of Director of the Ibero-American Meteorological and Hydrological Services, and the interdepartmental coordinating mechanism of the WMO Secretariat's Education and Training Committee (ETCOM). The reports of the EC Panel are available at WMO Website: 27th Session Report, 28th Session Report.

13th WMO Symposium on Education and Training (SYMET-XIII)

The thirteenth WMO Symposium on Education and Training (SYMET-XIII) was held in Barbados from 30 October to 1 November 2017. The theme was “Education and Training for Human Resource Development in Meteorological and Hydrological Services” and 86 experts from 37 Members attended the SYMET-XIII (see statistics on Members attending below). The sub-themes of the SYMET-XIII were; Theme I: Service-specific Education and Training Needs, Theme II: Increasing Education and Training Capacity, and Theme III: Partnership and Resource Mobilization. The symposium statement is available at: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/documents/ETR-SYMET-XIII_en.pdf.

SYMET-XIII Attendence

Education and Training Related Publications

A number of education and training related publications have been produced and published during the intersessional period of the WMO Congress: A Compendium of Topics to Support Management Development in NMHSs (ETR-24) Impact Evaluation of the WMO Fellowships Programme (ETR-23) Seasonal Climate Forecast – Course Package Theory and Operational Principles, Project

Report (ETR-22) Status of Human Resources in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (ETR-21) An International Agenda for Education and Training in Meteorology and Hydrology

(WMO-No. 1219) Guide to Competency (WMO-No. 1205) Guide to the Management and Operation of WMO Regional Training Centres and Other

Training Institutions (WMO-No. 1169)

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A Career in Meteorology (WMO-No. 1126)

Review of the Basic Instructional Packages for BIP-M and BIP-MT

The seventieth session of the Executive Council (EC-70), through its Resolution 32, requested the Secretary-General to review the Basic Instructional Package for Meteorologists (BIP-M) and Basic Instructional Package for Meteorological Technicians (BIP-MT) working with the EC Panel of Experts on Education and Training. In implementing the EC-70 outcomes, two back-to-back meetings were held in Geneva, at the WMO Headquarters. The BIPs Review meeting was held from 27 to 28 November 2018, and the WMO Global Campus Initiative meeting was held from 29 to 30 November 2018, where 38 experts from all regions participated. Expert teams are currently reviewing Member needs regarding the BIP-M and BIP-MT and the current versions for potential revisions.

2. INF Regarding Cg-18 Draft Resolution 8.2/2 - Status Report on the WMO Global Campus Feasibility Study

Background:

The WMO Global Campus is an initiative that seeks to assist WMO Regional Training Centres and other WMO training partners to work together collaboratively and to share information, knowledge, and resources. The WMO Global Campus Initiative is intended to increase learning opportunities for WMO Members to meet the growing range and depth of education and training needs for developing their service capabilities and ensuring the competence of personnel. The WMO Global Campus Initiative will complement the current work of WMO Regional Training Centres and other institutions that provide education and training to WMO Members.

EC-66 and Cg-17 decided that a feasibility study on the WMO Global Campus concept should be conducted. Furthermore, Decision 48 of EC-70 endorsed the WMO Global Campus initiative for developing a coordinated and collaborative network of institutions that work together to meet the growing education and training needs of WMO Members, building upon the existing network of WMO Regional Training Centres (RTCs) and other WMO training partners.

This status report is being presented Cg-18 to consider in its decision for ongoing implementation.

April 2019 Status

(a) The Global Campus concept was formalized and priorities established in 2014 and 2015. Since that time the concept has grown and new activities have been initiated.

(b) A WMO Global Campus Working Group and Task Teams have been meeting regularly in the past three years for planning and completing activities. The Working Group has been composed of members of the Executive Council Panel of Experts on Education and Training. The Task Teams have included broader membership. Coordination has been done by the WMO ETR Office.

(c) The WMOLearn portal was created on the WMO Public Website in 2017 to host links to WMO Global Campus information and tools. This portal resides at http://learn.wmo.int.

(d) The WMO Global Campus Roadmap provides details on the benefits of the initiative, details of the feasibility study and recommendations for future implementation. The Roadmap, was created in 2017 and has been revised in 2019 for Cg-18. It resides on the WMOLearn portal.

(e) In September 2017, the WMO Global Campus Events Calendar, hosted by WMO RTC Barbados, CIMH, was made operational at http://learningevents.wmo.int/. The calendar is

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being promoted for use by all training providers to ensure that a substantial, searchable calendar of upcoming training events is available to all WMO Members. Institutions can register to become contributors following a validation process. A subscription service is being added which will allow users to receive email notifications when events of personal interest are posted.

(f) The WMO Global Campus E-Library of learning resources has been created within the existing WMO E-Library to host links to online learning resources being shared by Members, in addition to training resources published by the WMO Secretariat. Institutions can register to become contributors following a validation process.

This resources library is intended to help WMO training partners by making available learning resources for use in training initiatives. Resources in all areas of interest to WMO Members are being collected, with initial emphasis on Climate Services and Aeronautical Meteorology.

(g) Quality assurance processes have been put in place to ensure that Events and Resources are up-to-date and originate from trusted sources. Only trusted contributors are able to make submissions, and each is checked for validity.

(h) Other mechanisms for promoting collaboration and sharing and best practices in education and training innovations are under investigation.

(i) A university coordination task team has established contact with universities globally to encourage their participation in WMO Global Campus activities and to share resources. Over 38 institutions have so far expressed their interest in participation as a way to expand their offerings and reach new audiences, as well as to aid institutional collaborations.

(j) Regional collaborations are being promoted and supported, beginning with the Ibero-American Regional Training Centres (see the associated Meteoworld article), which began coordinating on training project development projects in late 2018. NUIST, Nanjing will hold a Symposium on Challenges in Contemporary Meteorological Education in China in 2019. A coordination meeting of educational institutions CIS countries has produced a declaration of support for the WMO Global Campus. In 2019, a meeting is being organized to bring RA-I RTCs together to seek opportunities for coordination and collaborative projects.

3. INF Regarding Cg-18 Draft Resolution 8.2/3 - Strengthening the Capacity of Members in Service Delivery

Training Initiative on Marine Weather Forecasting Service Provision

(a) Identified training needs

i. Resolution 11 (EC-70) - Marine and coastal services support for WMO Members, requesting Members to develop competency assessment programmes for marine weather forecasting personnel and ensuring competence by 2023,

ii. Decision 33 (JCOMM-5) endorsing a Capacity Development Vision based on recognized gaps and impacts of capacity-building efforts undertaken by JCOMM and associated bodies.

iii. Required competencies for marine and coastal services, related to regulations and guides including Weather Reporting, Vol. D, Information for Shipping (WMO-No. 9), the Manual of Marine Meteorological Services (WMO-No.558) and associated Guide (WMO-No. 479), Guide to Wave Analysis and Forecasting (WMO-No. 702, revision pending EC-71 approval), and recent marine-related amendments to the Manual on

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the Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System (WMO-No. 485, draft Resolution 6.3(2) Cg-18).

iv. The recommendations from the assessments of the Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project (CIFDP) (draft Resolution 5.1/4 Cg-18) highlighting requirements for capacity development for coastal multi-hazard early warning systems.

v. Requests for training and capacity development evident in the result from the WMO Survey of National Marine and Coastal Services 2018 (draft Resolution 5.4/4).

(b) Training goals

i. Help marine meteorological institutions to deliver effective marine and coastal services,

ii. Support Members in implementation of competency requirements for marine weather forecasters.

(c) Phase 1: Service Delivery Analysis

i. For online delivery, to be initiated in 2019.

ii. NMHS marine services staff members will complete a guided Service Delivery Analysis (including a gap analysis) for their NMHS. This will include gathering information, such as their local and regional context (customers, hazards, regulations, etc.), and identifying gaps in the national service as related to the recommended practices of WMO 9 (Vol D), 558, 471, 702 and 485.

iii. The course is primarily self-directed and intended for Marine Services teams, managers, and/or individual forecasters. The analysis will be submitted to Course Coordinators for review.

iv. Learning activities will include reviewing interviews with stakeholders and partners, case studies, examples of best practices, and regulations. In addition, the course will require participants to conduct local research and interviews for completing the analysis.

(d) Phase 2: Regional workshops on impact-based marine meteorological service delivery

i. Completion of Phase 1 will be a prerequisite.

ii. The course design is driven by the regional Service Delivery Analyses results.

iii. The course will include case study and/or simulation activities, presentations by a METAREA Coordinator, heads of marine meteorological services, JCOMM representatives, and other experts. Additional components will be defined based on needs.

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Annex I: Status of the WMO Regional Training Centres (RTCs)

The RTCs report back to WMO regularly on their activities, long-term, short-term and distance learning courses offered and number of local and international participants served, including their gender data. The reporting rate has increased during this intersessional period and reached to 90.5%, as shown in the below figure.

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25.0%

50.0%

75.0%

100.0%

75.0%

85.0%90.5%

Annual Report Submission Rates for RTCs

2016 2017 2018

(%)

On average, the RTCs serve more than 17 500 local and international participants each year, and exceeded 20 000 in 2018 with addition of new RTCs and increased reporting rates.

Long-term Short-term Distance Learning Total0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

8,125

4,871 4,594

17,590

Average No. of Participants Served by RTCs Annually (Local + International)

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Long-term Short-term Distance Learning Total0

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150

200

250

300

350

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227

97

457

Average No. of Courses Offered by RTCs Annually

Long-term Short-term Distance Learning Total0

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No. of Trainees Served by RTCs between 2016 and 2018(Local + International)

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Every year, more than 450 courses are offered by RTCs in different durations and formats, where approximately 2 900 international participants (approximately 1 100 female and 1 800 male) from other Members in the WMO Regions benefit.

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Long-term Short-term Distance Learning Total0

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400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

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333 323439

1,095

525

848

419

1792

No. of International Participants Served by RTCs Annually(by Gender)

Female Male

It is noted that 50% of the courses offered have a duration of less than one month as shown in the following figure.

29%

50%

21%

No. of International Participants Served by RTCs Annually(by Course Type)

Long-term Short-term Distance Learning

The reports also show that 62% of the international participants are male and 38% are female. Distance learning courses are the only type of course where female participation rates are higher than male participation rates.

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Long-term Short-term Distance Learning Average0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

39%28%

51%38%

61% 72% 49% 62%

No. of International Participants Served by RTCs Annually (by Gender)

Female Male

Therefore it is considered that more distance learning courses offered by the RTCs may also help in closing the gap between female and male participants benefitting from the courses offered. More detailed data have been provided for the intersessional period in the appended table of this information document.

RTC Courses Offered(2016) Local Participants International Participants

TOTALType No. TOTAL Female Male TOTAL Female MaleLong-term Courses

111 6,831 3,409 3,422 820 292 528 7,651

Short-term Courses

161 1,888 683 1,205 1,310 355 955 3,198

DL Courses 44 886 522 364 499 235 264 1,385

TOTAL 316 9,605 4,614 4,991 2,629 882 1,747 12,234

RTC Courses Offered(2017) Local Participants International Participants

TOTALType No. TOTAL Female Male TOTAL Female MaleLong-term Courses

155 7,496 3,962 3,534 1,062 429 633 8,558

Short-term Courses

268 4,221 2,064 2,157 1,329 355 974 5,550

DL Courses 127 4,948 2,255 2,693 661 399 262 5,609

TOTAL 550 16,665 8,281 8,384 3,052 1,183 1,869 19,717

RTC Courses Offered(2018) Local Participants International Participants

TOTALType No. TOTAL Female Male TOTAL Female MaleLong-term Courses 149 7,232 3,502 3,730 935 341 594 8,167

Short-term Courses 271 4,764 2,302 2,462 1,100 301 799 5,864

DL Courses 124 5,343 2,524 2,819 1,444 702 742 6,787

TOTAL 544 17,339 8,328 9,011 3,479 1,344 2,135 20,818

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Annex II: Status of the WMO Fellowship Programme

WMO strives to mobilize resources and collaborate with more partners in hosting fellows and cost-sharing for fellowships. Various agreements including MoUs are signed with partner institutions who are the main destination of WMO fellows, especially those who provide full scholarships. Cooperation with those partners allows the fellowship application, award and administration process to proceed in an organized and orderly way. The list of fellowship partners who have agreements with WMO are listed below.

Host Member

MoU or agreement Year of signing

Major Number/year Conditions

1.1 China Ministry of Education, China

2018 Meteorology and Hydrology

15 full scholarship BSc, MSc and PhD.

Tuition waive, free accommodation, stipend, medical insurance.

1.2 China Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST)

2016 Meteorology 10 full scholarship MSc and PhD.

Tuition waive, free accommodation, stipend.

1.3 China Hohai University 2016 Hydrology 20 full scholarship MSc

Tuition waive, free accommodation, stipend.

2 France Ecole Nationale de la Météorologie (ENM)

2014 Meteorology Varies, mainly for francophone Members

Tuition waive.

3 Germany Leibniz University Hanover

2019 Hydrology Up to 2 MSc Administration fee waive.

4 Japan Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI), Kyoto University

2017 Meteorology (research oriented)

3 full scholarship for up to 6 months

Tuition waive, free accommodation, stipend, air ticket.

5 Korea EWHA Womens University (EWU)

2016 Meteorology 3 MSc for Female fellow

Tuition waive.

6 Netherlands IHE-Delft, Institute for Water Education

2017 Hydrology Up to 3 MSc Tuition waive.

7 Russia Federation

Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU)

2016 Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment

5 BSc and MSc Tuition waive.

8.1 United Kingdom

University of Reading

2017 Meteorology Up to 5 MSc, 10% tuition reduction

10% tuition discount.

8.2 United Kingdom

European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF)

2014 Meteorology Attachment work up to 1 year

Tuition waive.

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8.3 United Kingdom

SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research)

2018 Meteorology Several research fellowship

Co-funding

9 United States of America

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Meteorology 24 attachment to African and South American/Tropical Desk for 4 months

USA VCP fund

10 Italy The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

2013 Meteorology and Hydrology

10 PhD full scholarship

Full scholarship exclude air ticket.

In the last financial period from 2016 to 2018 (cut-off dates from 1 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2018), the total awarded fellowships were 285, including all kinds of fellowships longer than one month to 5.5 years degree courses. In total, there were 193 WMO fellowships, 75 NOAA African and South American Desk assignments and Hurricane attachments, and 17 PR familiarization visits.

Fellowships requested versus awards overview

During the financial period from 2016 to 2018 (cut-off dates from 1 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2018), there were 719 requests out of which 285 awarded. The award rate is 40%, with a female award rate of 44%, 4% higher than the overall award rate.

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Fellowship hosts

The number of Fellowships by host Member varies. There are all together 26 Members who cooperate with WMO to host WMO fellows, some of them WMO RTCs. The WMO Secretariat also hosts PR familiarization visits, which fall under the management of the Fellowship programme.

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Degree Programmes

The main host Members for higher education institutions providing BSc, MSc and PhD degree studies are China, Germany, Kenya, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, the UK and Peru.

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Current Ongoing Fellowships

WMO ongoing fellows are hosted by 15 Members, including those started in 2014 for a 5-year BSc study. There are altogether, as of 12 April 2019, 108 fellows, among which 39 are females, accounting for 36% of the total fellows.

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