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Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Wayne Elliott WMO

Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Wayne Elliott WMO. welliott@wmo.int. WMO. WMO Office for Resource Mobilization and Partnerships. Main Programme Activities Voluntary Contributions - Negotiating and Programming External Finance Arrangements WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme

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Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Wayne Elliott WMO

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  1. Resource Mobilization and PartnershipsWayne ElliottWMO welliott@wmo.int WMO

  2. WMO Office for Resource Mobilization and Partnerships • Main Programme Activities • Voluntary Contributions - Negotiating and Programming External Finance Arrangements • WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme • Leveraging partnerships and advocacy initiatives to support NMHS to access funding • Project Coordination Unit

  3. Voluntary Contributions • 2012: CHF 35.3 M • 2013: On-track to match 2012 • Strong indication of donor confidence/greaterinvestmentreflectsincreased: • costs of hydromet impacts / hazards • awareness of chronicunderfunding over manyyears • awareness of socio-economicbenefits.

  4. WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) • VCP Support during 2009 – 2012 • CHF 30M in 2012 • 288 individual projects in 78 Member countries; • 83 % of all the requests received supported; • Regions I & II benefited most (most requests) • Focus: expert services; short-term fellowships and training activities; surface observing; telecommunication systems; CDMS and climatological activities; hydrological activities. • http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/vcp/documents/IPM_2013_Report.pdf

  5. Working in Partnerships to strengthen and sustain NMHS • Who are the major stakeholders of NMHS? • National governments / owning departments • National institutions (academia, research institutes, agencies) • General Public in the respective country • Private sector (nationally and internationally) • Neighbouring countries’ institutions and public • UN (WMO, World Bank and MDB, UNDP…)

  6. SWFDP Finances and Development Activities • Implementing Warning System • Tools and Verification methodology • Training (approx 50% of costs) • Web development • Expert Consultancy • WMO Secretariat functions (Programme Office) test footer

  7. SWFDP Finances and Development Activities • Supports the ‘rolling programme’ of development approach... test footer

  8. Summary • Encouraging environment for climate, weather investment • Adopting a more strategic approach to the global forecast process is useful • Using SWFDP as the vehicle for this makes sense and has proved popular in discussions. test footer

  9. Thank you for your attention

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