- Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Capacity Development
- Governance
- Forecasting
- Observations
- Data Management
- Service Delivery
- Early Warnings
Project background
The CREWS South Asia project is a 4-year project with US$ 5.25 million in funding from the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative. The project will strengthen collaboration between the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of the South Asia region to improve the hydrometeorological and early warning services. The project will leverage the South Asia Hydromet Forum (SAHF) which is a regional initiative that provides capacity building and training activities to support NMHSs to generate and transform climate data into reliable information for timely action in saving lives and assets while strengthening the resilience of the communities in the region. SAHF was jointly established by WMO and World Bank in 2018.
The WMO grant of US$ 5.07 million will be used to continue support to the various Working Groups of SAHF in the development of strategic documents and workplans, support to training activities, and the establishment of coordination mechanisms, technical platforms, and pilot initiatives to strengthen regional hydrometeorological services.
Objective(s)
To strengthen regional collaboration for improved hydrometeorological and early warning services in South Asia.
Outputs
Output 1.1 - South Asia Hydromet Forum (SAHF) strategic dialogues and high-level engagement deepened
Output 1.2 - Cooperation among forecasters of the SAHF region enhanced through the pooling of expertise
Output 1.3 - Hydrometeorological and early warning services enhanced through regional collaboration in SAHF countries
Output 2.1 - Co-development of the observation network and data exchange expanded
Output 2.2 - Capacities on weather forecasting improved
Output 2.3 - New forecasting techniques prototyped and EWS piloted for enhancing future Early Warning Systems in the region
Output 2.4 - Last-mile connectivity to reach end users supported and mainstreamed
Output 3.1 - Early warning programmes driven by people-centered and gender responsive principles
Output 3.2 - Private sector engaged to foster innovation and sustainability in the delivery of hydrometeorological and early warning services
Expected outcomes
Outcome 1 - Regional collaboration mechanisms for hydrometeorological services strengthened
Outcome 2 - Improved quality and efficiency of forecasting and early warning services
Outcome 3 - People-centered and gender-responsive principles and private sector engagement mainstreamed in early warning programmes
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- Region II: Asia
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