RA VI Management Group - 12th Meeting- Highlights
Switzerland
The twelfth meeting of the RA VI Management Group was held on 22 October 2025 at WMO Headquarters, Geneva, back to back to the Extraordinary session of the World Meteorological Congress (Cg-Ext(2025)). As a quorum was not reached, the meeting was conducted in a consultative manner.
Participants reviewed regional activities for Q3 2025 and discussed preparations for the next RA VI Session. Phase II of RA VI-19 is planned for 28 September–2 October 2026, provisionally to be hosted by Romania, with further details to follow.
Updates were provided on the working groups, highlighting challenges in expert engagement. Possible approaches to strengthen capacity development were discussed, including advancing the WMO Youth Action Plan and greater involvement of Regional Training Centers.
The Management Group welcomed the interest of Mr. Irakli Megrelidze (Georgia) to assume the role of RA VI Hydrological Adviser from January 2026, subject to consideration and endorsement by MG members.
Progress on the European State of the Climate 2025 report was noted, alongside an update on a new regional exchange platform under development to support EW4All implementation through needs identification and twinning partnerships. The next MG meeting is tentatively scheduled for mid-January 2026.