PMC 7 - 2024 | Pacific Meteorological Desk & Partnership

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About PMC-7:

The Government of Vanuatu, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will be hosting the Seventh Pacific Meteorological Council Meeting (PMC-7) from the 17-19 September 2024, at the Warwick Le Lagon-Vanuatu Resort in Port Vila, Vanuatu

The objectives of the PMC-7 are to:

a. Facilitate/foster coordination, networking, sharing of information, and discussions among PMC's members, development partners, CROP agencies, UN agencies, collaborating organisations, and institutions on current status and advancement of weather, climate, water, ocean, and related development services in support of national development and a resilient Pacific;

b. Review the PMC and the Pacific Met Desk Partnership coordination role, scope of operations, and required resourcing including the PMC Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedures;

c. Discuss the WRP progress and any updates;

d. Review the progress in the implementation of the PIMS through the PMC Panel work, identifying achievements, challenges, and gaps;

e. Present the reviews of the regional strategies related to the PMC (Pacific Island Met Strategy, Pacific Climate Change and services Research Roadmap, and the Pacific Roadmap for Strengthened Climate Services);

f. Provide an opportunity for national Hydrology services, National Disaster Management Offices, and national stakeholders to participate in the PMC meeting; and

g. Ensure the meeting is socially inclusive.

Registration:

You can register as a funded participant or self-funded participant.

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PMC-7 Meeting Agenda:

[DOWNLOAD] PMC - 7 Agenda

Day 1 - 17 September 2024
TIme	Agenda Item		Working Papers & Presentations	Lead
8:00am- 8:45		Registration		Secretariat
8:45am – 9:30am	Agenda Item 1	Opening Ceremony
		Cultural Welcome		Futuna Culture
	1.1	Opening Prayer		Pastor Thomson Aki, Vice Chairman, Vanuatu Christian Church
	1.2	Welcome Address		Misaeli Funaki. PMC Chair
	1.3	Keynote Address		Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General, SPREP
	1.4	Keynote Remarks		Cyrille Honore, WMO
	1.5	Official Opening		Hon. John Dahmasing Salong, Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology and Geo-Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management
09:30am – 10:00am	Group Photo and Morning Tea
10:00am – 10:20am	Agenda Item 2	Organisation of the Seventh Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC - 7)
	2.1	Election of Chair and Vice Chair for PMC-7	WP 2.1 WP 2.1 Att.1 WP 2.1 Att.2	Chair
	2.2	Adoption of Agenda and Program of Work	WP 2.2 & 2.3 WP 2.2 & 2.3 Att.1	Chair
	2.3	Establishment of Drafting Committee	WP 2.2 & 2.3 WP 2.2 & 2.3 Att.1	Chair
10:20am – 10:30am	Agenda Item 3	Setting the Scene for PMC-7: Objectives and Expected Outcomes, PIMS Overview	WP 3.0 Att 1	PacMetDesk, SPREP
10:30am – 10:50am	Agenda Item 4	Report on Actions Taken on Matters Arising from the 6th Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-6) and Ministerial Meeting Outcomes	WP 4.0 Att 4.1 Att 4.2	PMC Chair, PacMetDesk, SPREP
10:50am – 11:10am	Agenda Item 5	Updates on WMO Executive Council Decisions and RA_V Activities	WP 5.0 Presentation	WMO
11:10am – 11:30am	Agenda Item 6	Regional Priorities		PIFS/SPREP
	6.1	53rd Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFS)	WP 6.1 Presentation	Tonga
	6.2	Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP)	WP 6.2 Presentation	SPREP
11:30am – 11:50am	Agenda Item 7	Role of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services in International and Regional Engagement	WP 7.0 Presentation	SPREP/PCCR
	Agenda Item 8	Weather Ready Pacific, Governance Structure and other global initiatives
11:50am – 12:10pm	8.1	Progress and Update on the Weather Ready Pacific	WP 8.1 Presentation	SPREP
12:10pm – 12.30pm	8.2	8.2 Progress and Update on Early Warning for All (EW4All)	WP 8.2 Presentation	WMO
12:30pm – 1:30pm		LUNCH: Side Event 1: Transformative Early Warning Solutions for a Resilient Pasifiki: Tonga Mobile Application for Community Early Warning and Response System (MACRES) (Tonga Met/WMO) Side Event 2: Strengthening Pacific Climate Resilience through VanKIRAPs Evolving Strategies (VMGD/APCC) \ ppt
1:30pm - 1:50pm	8.3	Anticipatory Action Activities	WP 8.3 Presentation	IFRC/UNDRR
1:50pm – 2:10pm	8.4	Update Systematic Observation Financing Facility (SOFF)	WP 8.4 Presentation	SOFF Secretariat
	8.5	Alignment of Weather Ready Pacific with Global Initiatives	WP 8.5 Presentation	SPREP/WMO/CREWS/ SOFF
2:10pm – 2:35pm	Agenda Item 9	Pacific Island Aviation Weather Services		PIAWS Panel
	9.1	Progress and Updates of PIAWS Panel Activities	WP 9.1 Presentation	VMGD
	9.2	ICAO Monitoring of Pacific OPMET Data	WP 9.2 Presentation	CAA NZ
	9.3	Space Weather - Overview and Potential Impacts	WP 9.3 Presentation	CAA NZ
	9.4	Certification for Organization providing Aviation Weather Services	WP 9.4 Presentation	PASO
2:35pm – 3:15pm	Agenda Item 10	Pacific Island Climate Services		PICS Panel
	10.1	PICS Progress and Updates	WP10.1 Presentation	BOM/SPREP
	10.2	Update Pacific Roadmap of Strengthening Climate Services 2024 - 2033	WP 10.2 WP 10.2 Att 1 Presentation	SPREP/BOM
	10.3	10.3 Regional Climate Project CIS 5	WP10.3 WP 10.3 Att 1 Presentation	UNEP
	10.4	Pacific Regional Climate Centre Network Update	WP 10.4 Presentation	SPREP
	10.5	Vanuatu-GCF Climate Information Services for Resilient Development Planning Project (VanKIRAP)	WP10.5 Presentation	VMGD
3:40pm – 3 :55pm		AFTERNOON TEA
3:55pm- 4:30pm	Agenda Item 11	Coordination of Multi-Hazard early Warning System, Services and Activities		DRR/DMO/NMHS/WMO UNESCO/SPC/SPREP
	11.1	11.1 Progress and Way forward on Coordinating MHEWS	WP 11.1 Presentation	SPREP/SPC
	11.2	Enabling Children and Youth, Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness through MHEWS and DRR Education	WP 11.2 Presentation	WMO/RA-V President
	11.3	Embracing Business Continuity for effective MHEWS	WP 11.3 Presentation	WMO/RA-V President
END OF DAY 1 Welcome Reception hosted by the Government of Vanuatu Venue: Warwick Le Lagon-Vanuatu Resort by the Swimming Pool/Lagoon-side
Day 2: 18 September
8:30am - 8:55am	Agenda Item 12	Hydrology and Flood Warning Services		Hydrology Panel
	12.1	Progress and Updates	WP 12.1 Presentation
	12.2	Regional Hydrological Strategy Review	WP 12.2 Presentation
8:55am – 9:20am	Agenda Item 13	Pacific Island Training, Education and Research		PIETR Panel
	13.1	Progress and Updates	WP 13.1 Presentation	Panel Member
	13.2	Pacific Climate Change - Coordination of Pacific Climate Change Science	WP 13.2 Presentation	PCCC
	13.3	Planning and Establishment of the Pacific Regional Training Centre (PRTC)	WP 13.3 Presentation	Fiji/JICA
	13.4	Launch of the SPREP eLearning Platform	WP 13.4 Presentation	SPREP
9:20am – 9:45am	Agenda Item 14	Pacific Island Communication and Infrastructure		PICI Panel
	14.1	Progress and Updates	WP 14.1 Presentation	FMS
	14.2	Guiding Principles for Observations, Communications and ICT Infrastructures	WP 14.2 Presentation	FMS
	14.3	Regional Instrumentation and Calibration Center	WP 14.3 Presentation	FMS/JICA
	Agenda Item 15	Pacific Island Marine Weather and Ocean Services
9:45am – 10:10am	15.1	Progress and Updates	WP 15.1 Presentation	PIMOS Panel
	15.2	Update on the development of Guidance on SOLAS	WP 15.2 Presentation
10:10 – 10.25	MORNING TEA
10:25 am – 12.30	Agenda Item 16	Country and Territory Presentations	Presentation Agenda Item 16	Countries and Territories
		16.1 American Samoa	WP 16.1
		16.2 Cook Islands	WP 16.2
		16.3 Federated States of Micronesia	WP 16.3
		16.4 Fiji	WP 16.4
		16.5 Kiribati	WP 16.5
		16.6 Marshall Islands	WP 16.6
		16.7 Nauru	WP 16.7
		16.8 Niue	WP 16.8
		16.9 Palau	WP 16.9
		16.10 PNG	WP 16.10
		16.11 Samoa	WP 16.11
		16.12 Solomon Islands	WP 16.12
		16.13Tokelau	WP 16.13
12:30-1:30		LUNCH: Side Event 1: Transformative Early Warning Solutions for a Resilient Pasifiki: Piloting Radar Technology for a Weather Ready Pacific – Tonga Weather Radar (Tonga Met/Meteo-Press/MetService) Side Event 2: ClimateWatch App (Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department, EarthWatch and SPREP)
1:30 – 3:00pm		16.14 Tonga	WP 16.14
		16.15 Tuvalu	WP 16.15
		16.16 Vanuatu	WP 16.16
		16.17 Australia	WP 16.17
		16.18 New Zealand	WP 16.18
		16.19 United Kingdom	WP 16.19
		16.20 United States of America	WP 16.20
3:00pm – 3:30	Agenda Item 17	Review of PMC and PMDP
	17.1	Update and Progress of Review	WP 17.1 Presentation	Andrew Tupper, Consultant
3:30-3:45	AFTERNOON TEA
3:45 – 4:30		CLOSED SESSION		PMC MEMBERS AND SECRETARIAT ONLY
	17.2	Strategic Direction of the Pacific Meteorological Desk Partnership	WP 17.2
END OF DAY 2
Day 3: 19 September
8:30am-9:00am	Agenda Item 18	Supporting and Empowering Youth Gender Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion	WP 18 Presentation	PDF/ WMO/UNEPCIS5/UNDRR
9:00am – 9:30am	Agenda Item 19	Progress and Updates on Traditional Knowledge
	19.1	Traditional Knowledge progress and development in weather, climate, oceans, and multi-hazards.	WP 19.1 Presentation	SPREP
	19.2	Sustainable Cultural Tourism and Weather and Climate Traditional Knowledge	WP 19.2 Presentation	SPTO
9:30am – 9:50am	Agenda Item 20	Media Supporting Meteorological and Hydrological Services	WP 20 Presentation	SPREP
9:50am -10:10am	Agenda Item 21	Update and Progress of the Pacific Partners Coordination Mechanism	WP 21 Presentation	WMO- Pacific dashboard
10:10am – 10:30am	MORNING TEA
10:30am-11:30am	Agenda Item 22	Pipeline Initiatives
	22.1	One Pacific (GCF)	WP 22.1 WP 22.1 Att.1 Presentation	SPREP
	22.2	CREWS Programme, M&E Framework, Alignment with WRP and New Project	WP 22.2 Presentation	CREWS Secretariat
11:30am-12:00pm	Agenda Item 23	Emerging NMHS Priorities	WP 23 Presentation	PMDP/Ofa
12:00pm – 12:30pm	Agenda Item 24	Other Matters
	24.1	RA-V Tropical Cyclone Committee Statement	WP 24.1 Presentation	MetService
	24.2	Japan’s Cooperation in the Pacific Islands Countries	WP 24.2 Presentation	JICA/JMA
12:30pm-2:00pm	Extended Lunch Side Event 1: Private Sector Session with Varysian
2:00pm - 4:00pm	Agenda Item 25	Review and Adopt the Report of PMC-7	WP 25	All
4:00pm - 4:15pm	Agenda Item 26	Venue of the Eighth Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-8) and the Fourth Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology (PMMM-4)	WP 26
4:30pm	Agenda Item 27	Closure of PMC-7
6:00pm – 9:00pm	CLOSING RECEPTION Closing Reception Hosted by the Government of Vanuatu VENUE: Iririki Island