High-Level Regional Forum linked to the Open Consultative Platform in the Regional Association IV (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica
INTRODUCTION
In 2019 WMO Congress endorsed Resolution 79: Open Consultative Platform "PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE" through which Members agreed that the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) should continue to play a central role in facilitating the dialogue between the public, private and academic sectors. Also, regional associations are requested to stimulate informal consultation with stakeholders from all sectors, across the value chain, to analyze and build an understanding of sub-regional and regional circumstances in public-private engagement, including legal frameworks that govern PPE and provide regional inputs through the Open Consultative Platform (OCP). The High-Level Regional Forum will bring together the Permanent Representatives of RA IV and high-level regional representatives of the private and academic sectors to discuss region IV-specific issues, opportunities, and initiatives for leveraging cooperation and collaboration between sectors that enhance socioeconomic benefits of weather and climate service as well as contributing to the executive action plan of Early Warnings for All: the UN Global Early Warning Initiative for the Implementation of Climate Adaptation.
Event Name
High-Level Regional Forum of the Open Consultative Platform in the Regional Association IV (North America, Central America, and the Caribbean)
Date and Time
8 February 2023 in the afternoon
Venue
Kingston, Jamaica Hybrid event: Interpretation in English and Spanish provided.
SPEAKERS AND SLIDES
- Mr Miguel Campusano Lasose - Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic with WMO
- Mr Evan Thompson - President of WMO RA IV and Permanent Representative of Jamaica with WMO
- Dr Wenjian Zhang - Assistant Secretary-General of WMO
- Mr Tatsuya Kimura - Director of the Public-Private Engagement Office, WMO Secretariat
- Ms Courtney Draggon - Director of International Affairs of NOAA/NWS
- Ms Berta Olmedo - Deputy Director of NMHS Panama, IMHP
- Ms Jeffrey W Simmons and Mr Robert Carron - Acting Director of the Bahamas Department of Meteorology/ Permanent Representative of Bahamas with WMO and Founder of the Bahamas Aviation, Climate and Severe Weather Network, LTD., respectively
- Ms Jay Wilson - HMEI Councillor
- Mr Carlos Villamil - Director of Sales LATAM, OTT Hydromet
RECORDINGS
KEY MESSAGES