WMO Regional Training Centres Alternatively Educating and training

WMO Regional Training Centres

Alternatively

Educating and training a scientifically literate workforce

IFMS and WMO IFMS Foster and encourage communication and exchange of knowledge, ideas and resources between the Met Soc. People WMO Setting standards, coordination, organising data exchange, representation, technology transfer, capacity development

Another way of stating this The members of your societies make up the workforce of our Members

Areas of common interest Education opportunities Access to education and training resources Competency and Capability frameworks Qualifications Well informed public Initial and ongoing training opportunities

The questions I deal with What are the Members needs How many people What options do we have to deliver How do we know we are doing a good job How do we resource it Where to now

High priority areas 2012 – 2015 and beyond Providing Climate Services Contributing to Disaster Risk Reduction Improving meteorological services to international aviation Improving environmental observation and data exchange Contributing to Capacity Development While responding to emerging issues; WMO Polar Agenda Seamless Earth System Prediction

NMHS staffing (limited sample) Numbers of Members with staffing of Less than 10 1 Between 10 and 19 4 Between 20 and 49 3 Between 50 and 99 9 Between 100 and 199 4 Between 200 and 499 9 Between 500 and 999 6 Between 1, 000 and 1, 999 7 Between 2, 000 and 4, 999 3 Between 5, 000 and 9, 999 2 Between 10, 000 and 19, 999 0 Between 20, 000 and 49, 999 1 More than 49, 999 1 Total number of Members 50

NMHS staffing (limited sample) Professional Technical Other No in Weather Services 10, 086 2, 122 430 No in Climate Services 2, 302 630 242 No. in Hydrological Services 1, 129 382 156 15, 054 5, 180 2, 786 No. in Communications and Computing 4, 617 985 209 No. in Administration and Management 15, 298 568 1, 566 No. in Training 805 153 68 No. in Environmental monitoring 408 284 93 No. in other support functions 386 928 714 2, 041 640 336 52, 126 11, 872 6, 600 No. in Observations No. in Equipment Maintenance and Installation Total staff over all categories * 130, 000

EC Panel of Experts on ETR 11

Short history 38 WMO Regional Training Centers ETRP Established 1976 First RTC University of Buenos Aires 1958 First Symposium 1970 WMO Training Plan 1960 EC Panel of Experts on Education and Training 1965 Four Class System 1962 12

Location of RTCs 13

RTC facts and figures 38 Institutions 26 Countries 27 provide long term education and training 20 provide CPD 4 have provided online courses

RTC facts and figures 27 Specialise in Meteorology 10 Specialise in Hydrology 3 Specialise in Agricultural Met 3 Specialise in Aeronautical Met 11 Specialise in Met Tech

RTC facts and figures 27 NMHS training institutes 11 University components Languages – 5 Spanish – 5 French – 4 Russian – 2 Chinese – 20 English – 2 Portuguese

RTC facts and figures Reported Activity (subjective rating) None 10 Some 18 Moderately 4 Active 3 Very active 3

Where to Now Do nothing Minor tweaks to current system Retain current system with major overhaul Evolve to new paradigm taking best of current system and lessons from other (UN) organisations One option is the concept of the WMO Global Campus - moving the focus from institutions to “courses and learning resources”

Questions for you Your view on the potential role for Met. Societies In training Accreditation of CPD courses Certification of individuals Support to and for training institutions and trainers