WMO sixty years of education and training in climate, weather and water

1. WMO sixty years of education and training in climate, weather and water Jeff Wilson Director of the WMO Education and Training Office

2. Presentation goal Compare and contrast WMO’s experiences with those of IOC Suggest some responses to the conference questions

3. Conference Goals and Objectives Exchange views on sustainable (ETR) in marine related areas Identify new ETR policies for capacity development Stimulate opportunities for cooperation in ETR

4. Conference questions What is training in marine science about? Who needs to be trained for what? Role(s) of international organisations? Is ITC the panaeca? How much funding is enough? What are the obstacles?

5. What is capacity development? appropriate policy and legal frameworks; institutional development; human resources development and strengthening of managerial systems.

6. Policy Capacity Development Increasedinstitutionalcapabilities Increased leadershipand management capabilities Increased science andtechnology capabilities

7. Global analogy Users Funding Learning People Institution Science\ Technology Regulation

8. Global analogy Users How good is the analogy? Funding Learning People Institution Technology Regulation

9. Users

10. Institutions Teaching universities Research universities Technical colleges Government training institutes Private companies.

11. Courses Initial education Initial training Ongoing education Ongoing training Management Legislation Multi-disciplinary

12. Students have different Academic backgrounds Cultures Future roles Ability to access to education and training due to finance, technology, availability and circumstances

13. Technology Is the medium, not the message The question is, “what does the person need to learn” not what should I teach or what should I use Issues of difficulty of access, and development of resources Issues of security and cost

14. Funding typically project based, Always limited, Amount Region Time Often connected to unobtainable measurables

15. Regulation Does it exist What is it for How uniform is its application How is it governed What are the implications for not meeting it

16. Global analogy How good is the analogy? Users Funding Learning People Institution Technology Regulation

17. How good? Identifies the main drivers Allows you to focus on the Education and training Shows the interdependence of the drivers Hides the variation that exists from region to region

18. The analogy and WMO

19. Users Marine Aviation Climate Hydrology Research ….

20. WMO Education and Training Institutions Regional Training Centres (RTCs) National Met Hydro Service (NMHS) training centres Universities linked to NMHSs or research institutes Universities

21. Courses Hydrology Observation and communication Observations, Communications, Equipment maintenance Application of technology and systems Satellite, Radar, NWP, Climate models Observation and communication Observations, Communications, Equipment maintenance Meteorology Prediction of Weather elements on different time scales Nowcasting, Synoptic, Climate Application of technology and systems Satellite, Radar, NWP, Climate models Observation and communication Observations, Communications, Equipment maintenance Service Aviation, Public Weather, Severe Weather, Disaster, Climate, Hydrology, Marine, Oceanography, Agro-meteorology, Meteorology Prediction of Weather elements on different time scales Nowcasting, Synoptic, Climate Application of technology and systems Satellite, Radar, NWP, Climate models Observation and communication Observations, Communications, Equipment maintenance Oceanography

22. Courses Hydrology Service Aviation, Public Weather, Severe Weather, Disaster, Climate, Hydrology, Marine, Oceanography, Agro-meteorology, Meteorology Prediction of Weather elements on different time scales Nowcasting, Synoptic, Climate Application of technology and systems Satellite, Radar, NWP, Climate models Observation and communication Observations, Communications, Equipment maintenance Oceanography

23. Students Primarily from NMHSs Long term from Least Developed Countries for basic undergraduate or MSc courses Short or very short term Mainly developing and least developed countries

24. “Regulation” Publication recommending guidelines for levels of education and training of personnel in meteorology and hydrology Only in aviation is there currently any external monitoring of qualifications, and soon competency, of personnel

25. Funds Total WMO Secretariat budget for ETR (excluding staff) is ~ euro 1.2M / year In kind training activities perhaps euro .4M / year NMHS funding on national training ????

26. Technology Promising use of online learning, well entrenched in the US and Canada for continuing education and training Blended learning growing in Europe Satellite community very active in this area

27. How does WMO score?

28. Strengths International coordination Good science Good reputation Relatively small can move quickly (at times) Technologically savvy

29. Weaknesses Rely on good will Not a development agency Difficult to enforce guidelines Too many priorities for the available resources

30. Challenges for WMO ETR Short term • Qualifications, competencies, accreditation Medium Term • Implementing above Longer term • Sustaining above

31. Conference questions

32. What is ETR in marine science about? Right people at the right time doing the right thing. As trainers you have little input to the first part and some input to the second and third parts

33. Who is to be trained, and for what? Marine specialists Specific users Wider community

34. Role of international agencies Advocacy Setting frameworks for qualifications, competencies, accreditation Regulation

35. Use of ICT Yes but sort out the educational strategy first. Identify the problem before you come up with the solution

36. Funding How long is a piece of string? There is unlikely to be one training programme and thus not one budget The question is how to make the best use of the resources in your diverse community and identify the key areas for investment

37. Obstacles Lack of compelling reason to do the difficult things Collaboration is difficult No technical problems, only financial

38. Summary In the WMO community the key challenges will be • Setting and meeting the qualifications, competencies and certification requirements • Trying to meet some of the requirements from LDCs for basic education and training in our field jwilson@wmo.int