PMC-6 Agenda & Meeting Papers

Pacific Meteorological Desk & Partnership

Day 1 - 14 August 2023
Agenda Item	Working Papers
Agenda Item 1. Opening Ceremony (Will be confirmed by Government of Fiji)
1.1: Opening Prayer	NA
1.2: Address	NA
1.3: Keynote Address	NA
1.4: Keynote Address	NA
1.5: Official Opening	NA
Group Photo
Agenda Item 2. Organization of the Sixth Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-6)
2.1: Election of Chair and Vice Chair for PMC-6	WP2.1 2.1 Att1 2.1 Att2
2.2: Adoption of Agenda and Program Work	WP2.2 & 2.3
2.3: Establishment of a Drafting Committee and the PMC and the Ministerial Outcome Statement.	WP2.2 &2.3
Agenda Item 3. Setting the Scene for PMC-6: Objectives and Expected Outcomes	WP3.0 3.0 Att 1
Agenda Item 4. Report on Actions Taken on Matters Arising from the 5^thMeeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-5) and Ministerial Meeting Outcomes	WP4.0 4.0 Att1
Agenda Item 5. 19^th World Meteorological Congress Outcomes and the Hydrology Assembly including the Human and economic costs of weather, water, climate and ocean related events and socio-economic benefits of investments in Hydro-met.	WP5.0 Presentation Item 5
Agenda Item 6. 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent	WP6.0
Agenda Item 7. National Meteorological Services role and involvement with the IPCC and UNFCC processes	WP7.0
Agenda Item 8. Weather Ready Pacific, its Governance Structure and aligning with global initiatives.
8.1 Progress and Update on the Weather Ready Pacific	WP8.1
8.2 Presentation of the Governance Structure of Weather Ready Pacific and Way Forward and Discussion	WP8.2 8.2 Att1 Presentation
Room 1 Side Event 1: Reducing the Risks of Disasters in Fiji through Effective Impact-based Prediction and Warning and Application of Fiji Flash Flood Guidance System (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA and Fiji) Room 2 Side Event 2: Introduce Korea’s innovative Climate Information Early Warning System based on satellite and AI technologies Korea Meteorology Administration Partners (Korea Meteorological Institute – KMI)
8.3 Early Warning for All (EW4A) Initiative	WP8.3
8.3.1 Open Letter from WMO RA V TCC and RSMT SWFP-SP	WP8.3.1
8.4 Systematic Observation Financing Facility	WP8.4
Agenda Item 9. Aviation Weather Services
9.1 Progress on the Pacific Island Aviation Weather Services (PIAWS) Panel and ToR	WP9.1
9.2 Monitoring performance of OPMET	WP9.2
9.3 Quality management system (QMS) and beyond	WP9.3
9.4 Volcanic Observatory Notice for Aviation (VONA) and Space weather	WP9.4
Agenda Item 10. Climate Services
10.1 Progress on the Pacific Island Climate Services (PICS) Panel and ToR	WP10.1
10.2 Pacific Regional Climate Centre	WP10.2
10.3 Update of the Pacific Roadmap for Strengthened Climate Services	WP10.3
Agenda Item 11. Coordination of Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and Services
11.1 Outcomes of the Joint Meeting between NMHSs and NDMO	WP11.1
11.2 Ministerial Disaster Risk Reduction Meeting Outcomes	WP11.2
11.3 Empowering Children with Risk Knowledge	WP11.3
11.4 Update on the Pacific Tsunamis Warning Systems	WP11.4
Agenda Item 12. Hydrology and Flood Early Warning System and Services
12.1 Progress and update on the Pacific Hydrology Services (PHS) Panel	WP12.1
12.2 Hydro-Hub and Hydro-SOS	WP12.2
12.3 Regional Hydrology Databases	WP12.3

Day 2 - 15 August 2023
Agenda Item	Working Papers
Agenda Item 13. Country Presentations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshal Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States of America)	American Samoa Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Kiribati Marshal Islands Nauru Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Is Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Australia New Zealand United Kingdom United States of America
Agenda Item 14.Marine Weather Services and Ocean Services
14.1 Progress and Update on the Pacific Island Marine and Ocean Services (PIMOS) Panel and ToR	WP14.1
14.2 Regional Coordination: UN Decade, PI-GOOS, PIOAC	WP14.2
14.3: Coastal Mutli-hazard Early warning Systems and SOLAS Compliance	WP14.3
Agenda Item 15. Communications and Infrastructure
15.1 Progress and update on the Pacific Island Communication and Infrastructure (PICI) Panel and ToR	WP15.1
15.2 Guiding Principles for observations and other opportunities.	WP15.2
15.3 Proposed Regional Instrument Calibration Centre in Fiji.	WP 15.3
Room 1 Side Event 3: Climate and Extremes Dashboard early warning system tool (NIWA) Room 2 Side Event 4: Harnessing Climate Information Services OSCAR and Agro-Meteorology (Vanuatu and Asia Pacific Climate Centre - APCC)
Agenda Item 16. Training, Education and Research
16.1 Progress and update on the Pacific Island Training, Education and Research (PIETR) Panel and ToR	WP16.1
16.2 Coordination of Climate Change Science in the Pacific	WP16.2
16.3 CIMH Training Programme	WP16.3
16.4 Establishing the Pacific Regional Training Centre (P-RTC)	WP16.4
Agenda Item 17. Implementation of the Pacific Island Meteorological Strategy through Projects Presentation will be done through a Café style setup to allow participants to move around and interact with the projects
17.1 Update on the Implementation of the PIMS and Progress	WP17.1
17.2 United Kingdom Met Office (UKMO) Pacific Fund	WP17.2
17.3 Republic of Korea-Pacific Island Climate Prediction Services (ROK-PI CliPS) 2 Project	WP17.3
17.4 Pacific Climate Services and Related Application (ClimSA) Project	WP17.4
17.5 Climate Risk Early Warning System phase 2 (CREWS2.0) Project and related opportunities	WP17.5
17.6 Climate and Oceans Support Programme for the Pacific Phase 2.0 (COSPPac2.0) Project	WP17.6
17.7 Climate Information Services for Resilient Development in Vanuatu Project (VanKIRAP)	WP17.7
17.8 Enhancing climate information and knowledge services for resilience in 5 island countries of the Pacific Ocean (UNEP CIS-Pac5)	WP17.8 UNEP CIS-Pac5 Programme Brief
17.9 Climat du Pacifique, Savoirs Locaux Et Strategies D’Adaptation (CLIPSSA)	WP17.9
Agenda Item 18. New Opportunities, Finance Facilities, Existing and Pipeline Projects
18.1 Opportunities under the Green Climate Fund	WP18.1
18.2 Weather and Climate Services (WISER) Asia Pacific Programme	WP18.2
18.3 Climate and Oceans Support Programme for the Pacific Phase 3 (COSPPac 3.0)	WP18.3
18.4 Integrating Flood and Drought management and Early Warning for Climate Change Resilience in the Pacific Islands (Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu)	WP18.4
Agenda Item 19. Traditional Knowledge and Community Based Early Warning Services	WP19
CLOSED SESSION for PMC Members (Directors and Heads of Meteorological Services)

Day 3 - 16 August 2023
Agenda Item	Working Papers
Agenda Item 20. Supporting and Empowering Gender Equality, Disability Social Inclusion
20.1 Pacific Disability Forum-Engagement with Meteorology Community	WP20.1
20.2 Gender Responsive and Disability Inclusive EWS in the Pacific	WP20.2
Agenda Item 21. Coordination of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC)	WP21
Agenda Item 22. Media Supporting Meteorological Services	WP22
Agenda Item 23. Development Partners and Donor engagement Meeting (Review the Pacific Partners Coordination Mechanism)	WP23 23 Att1 Concept Note Powerpoint
Agenda Item 24. Third Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology Arrangement (Review of the Ministerial Outcome)	WP24 24 Att1
Agenda Item 25. Review of Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) Terms of Reference	WP25 25 Att1
Room 1: 12:00 – 1:00: Side Event 5: Partnership with the Private Sector (Varysian) 1:00 – 2:00: Side Event 6: Early Warning for All: Gender- Responsive and Disability Inclusive Early Warning Early Action, Pacific Island Disability Forum (PIDF) and UNDRR Room 2: 12:00 – 1:00: Side Event 7: Opportunities under the GCF and One Pacific Programme (Closed Event for Met and NDMO) 1:00 – 2:00: Side Event 8: Innovative Technologies: 1. NetVault LEO Solutions for Starlink (20min), 2. Mobile Radars from Meteopress (20min)
Agenda Item 26. Review and Adopt the Report of PMC-6
Agenda Item 27. Venue of the Seventh Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-7)	WP27 Rules of procedure of the Pacific Meteorological Council meeting
Agenda Item 28. Closure of PMC-6

PMC-6 Agenda & Meeting Papers

Agenda Item 1. Opening Ceremony (Will be confirmed by Government of Fiji)

Agenda Item 2. Organization of the Sixth Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-6)

Agenda Item 3. Setting the Scene for PMC-6: Objectives and Expected Outcomes

Agenda Item 4. Report on Actions Taken on Matters Arising from the 5th Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-5) and Ministerial Meeting Outcomes

Agenda Item 5. 19th World Meteorological Congress Outcomes and the Hydrology Assembly including the Human and economic costs of weather, water, climate and ocean related events and socio-economic benefits of investments in Hydro-met.

Agenda Item 6. 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent

Agenda Item 7. National Meteorological Services role and involvement with the IPCC and UNFCC processes

Agenda Item 8. Weather Ready Pacific, its Governance Structure and aligning with global initiatives.

Room 1

Side Event 1: Reducing the Risks of Disasters in Fiji through Effective Impact-based Prediction and Warning and Application of Fiji Flash Flood Guidance System (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA and Fiji)

Room 2

Side Event 2: Introduce Korea’s innovative Climate Information Early Warning System based on satellite and AI technologies Korea Meteorology Administration Partners (Korea Meteorological Institute – KMI)

Agenda Item 9. Aviation Weather Services

Agenda Item 10. Climate Services

Agenda Item 11. Coordination of Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and Services

Agenda Item 12. Hydrology and Flood Early Warning System and Services

Agenda Item 13. Country Presentations

(American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshal Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States of America)

Agenda Item 14.Marine Weather Services and Ocean Services

Agenda Item 15. Communications and Infrastructure

Room 1

Side Event 3: Climate and Extremes Dashboard early warning system tool (NIWA)

Room 2

Side Event 4: Harnessing Climate Information Services OSCAR and Agro-Meteorology (Vanuatu and Asia Pacific Climate Centre - APCC)

Agenda Item 16. Training, Education and Research

Agenda Item 17. Implementation of the Pacific Island Meteorological Strategy through Projects Presentation will be done through a Café style setup to allow participants to move around and interact with the projects

Agenda Item 18. New Opportunities, Finance Facilities, Existing and Pipeline Projects

Agenda Item 19. Traditional Knowledge and Community Based Early Warning Services

CLOSED SESSION for PMC Members (Directors and Heads of Meteorological Services)

Agenda Item 20. Supporting and Empowering Gender Equality, Disability Social Inclusion

Agenda Item 21. Coordination of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC)

Agenda Item 22. Media Supporting Meteorological Services

Agenda Item 23. Development Partners and Donor engagement Meeting (Review the Pacific Partners Coordination Mechanism)

Agenda Item 24. Third Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology Arrangement (Review of the Ministerial Outcome)

Agenda Item 25. Review of Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) Terms of Reference

Room 1:

12:00 – 1:00: Side Event 5: Partnership with the Private Sector (Varysian)

1:00 – 2:00: Side Event 6: Early Warning for All: Gender- Responsive and Disability Inclusive Early Warning Early Action, Pacific Island Disability Forum (PIDF) and UNDRR

Room 2:

12:00 – 1:00: Side Event 7: Opportunities under the GCF and One Pacific Programme (Closed Event for Met and NDMO)

1:00 – 2:00: Side Event 8: Innovative Technologies: 1. NetVault LEO Solutions for Starlink (20min), 2. Mobile Radars from Meteopress (20min)

Agenda Item 26. Review and Adopt the Report of PMC-6

Agenda Item 27. Venue of the Seventh Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-7)

Agenda Item 28. Closure of PMC-6

Agenda Item 4. Report on Actions Taken on Matters Arising from the 5^thMeeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-5) and Ministerial Meeting Outcomes

Agenda Item 5. 19^th World Meteorological Congress Outcomes and the Hydrology Assembly including the Human and economic costs of weather, water, climate and ocean related events and socio-economic benefits of investments in Hydro-met.