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1 Republic of Mozambique National Institute of Meteorology Anacleto Duvane Deputy National Director Deputy National Director Email: anacleto.duvane@gmail.com & Francisco Nostado Head of Financial and Administrative Department Email: fnostado@gmail.com Workshop on the Assessment of Social and Economic Benefits of Meteorological and Hydrological Services Seychelles 4-8 May 2015 Workshop on the Assessment of Social and Economic Benefits of Meteorological and Hydrological Services Seychelles 4-8 May 2015

2 Mozambique Background Location (10°27‘S - 26°25‘S ) Borders: To the East - Borders: To the East - the Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean Swaziland and South Africa; to the southwest – Swaziland and South Africa; Zimbabwe; to the west – Zimbabwe; -Zâmbia and Malawi; to the northwest -Zâmbia and Malawi; and Tanzania; and to the north - Tanzania; Area: 801,590 km 2 ; Extension: 2700 km Population: 25,727,911

3 Mozambique Background -Total: USD 15.32 billion; Composition (%): - Agriculture: 28.7 - Services: 24.9 - Industry: 46.4 Annual GDP :

4 Main Climate and weather related hazards Floods (every year) Floods (every year) Tropical Cyclones (every 3 to 4 years) Tropical Cyclones (every 3 to 4 years) Drought (every 3 to 4 years) Drought (every 3 to 4 years) Epidemics Epidemics Windstorms Windstorms Sea level rise Sea level rise Erosion Erosion Mozambique Background (Cont.)

5 nINAM is a public Institute under the Minister of Transport and Communication, with headquarter in Maputo and delegations in 9 provinces. nAt the Headquarter INAM has 7 departments, with a total of 154 staff, that some of them work in 3 shifts nAt the Provincial and district level INAM is represented by Delegations and Meteorological Stations. nThe main activity at the Provincial and district level is to guarantee the meteorological observations and transmissions for various purposes. National Institute of Meteorology-INAM

6 nStaff A total of 392 all over the country; 154 at the headquarter;and 238 at the Delegations. nAnnual budget The budget proposed for this year is around 7 million USD. Around 1 million on this budget is foreseen to be revenues of service provision. National Institute of Meteorology-INAM

7 Products & Services provided by INAM The National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) is mandated to provide meteorological information for safeguard of life and properties. This information is also important for planning purposes. INAM provides daily, 3 forecasts: 2 valid for 24 hours (issued one in the morning and other in the afternoon); 1 valid for 4 days (issued in the morning). Apart of these routine forecasts, through specific requests, forecasts covering different purposes and periods are prepared; In the beginning of the rainy season, INAM prepares a seasonal forecast. This information is useful for Water authorities, Disaster Management Authorities, Health Authorities and Agriculture.

8 Products & Services provided by INAM Apart of the information on the previous slides, INAM also provides specific service for the aviation. The main user of our services is the aviation sector since in all the airports we have dedicated team to provide meteorological information to this sector.

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