1. WMO Regional Training Centres

2. Alternatively

3. Educating and training a scientifically literate workforce

4. IFMS and WMO People IFMS
Foster and encourage communication and exchange of knowledge, ideas and resources between the Met Soc.
WMO
Setting standards, coordination, organising data exchange, representation, technology transfer, capacity development
People

5. Another way of stating this
The members of your societies make up the workforce of our Members

6. Areas of common interest
Education opportunities
Qualifications
Access to education and training resources
Well informed public
Competency and Capability frameworks
Initial and ongoing training opportunities

7. The questions I deal with
What are the Members needs How many people What options do we have to deliver How do we know we are doing a good job How do we resource it Where to now

8. High priority areas 2012 – 2015 and beyond
Providing Climate Services
Contributing to Disaster Risk Reduction
Improving meteorological services to international aviation
Improving environmental observation and data exchange
Contributing to Capacity Development
While responding to emerging issues;
WMO Polar Agenda
Seamless Earth System Prediction

9. NMHS staffing (limited sample)
Numbers of Members with staffing of
Less than 10 1
Between 10 and 19 4
Between 20 and 49 3
Between 50 and 99 9
Between 100 and 199
Between 200 and 499
Between 500 and 999 6
Between 1,000 and 1,999 7
Between 2,000 and 4,999
Between 5,000 and 9,999 2
Between 10,000 and 19,999
Between 20,000 and 49,999
More than 49,999
Total number of Members 50
These are some informal statistics on the size of NMHSs

10. NMHS staffing (limited sample)
Professional
Technical
Other
No in Weather Services
10,086
2,122
430
No in Climate Services
2,302
630
242
No. in Hydrological Services
1,129
382
156
No. in Observations
15,054
5,180
2,786
No. in Communications and Computing
4,617
985
209
No. in Administration and Management
15,298
568
1,566
No. in Training
805
153 68
No. in Environmental monitoring
408
284 93
No. in other support functions
386
928
714
No. in Equipment Maintenance and Installation
2,041
640
336
52,126
11,872
6,600
Total staff over all categories *
130,000
How well do we know the size of the market? These are the figures to date and include the largest China, Russia. The detailed breakdown give us just under 90,000 people. The numbers do not add up as some countries have not yet provided their breakdown. Total numbers based on the informal reports in excess of 130,000

11. EC Panel of Experts on ETR

12. Short history 38 WMO Regional Training Centers Four Class System 1962
ETRP Established1976
First Symposium 1970
EC Panel of Experts on Education and Training 1965
Four Class System 1962
WMO Training Plan 1960
First RTC University of Buenos Aires 1958

13. Location of RTCs

14. RTC facts and figures
38 Institutions 26 Countries 27 provide long term education and training 20 provide CPD 4 have provided online courses

15. RTC facts and figures
27 Specialise in Meteorology 10 Specialise in Hydrology 3 Specialise in Agricultural Met 3 Specialise in Aeronautical Met 11 Specialise in Met Tech

16. RTC facts and figures 27 NMHS training institutes
11 University components
Languages
5 Spanish
5 French
4 Russian
2 Chinese
20 English
2 Portuguese

17. RTC facts and figures
Reported Activity (subjective rating) None 10 Some 18 Moderately 4 Active 3 Very active 3

18. Where to Now
Do nothing Minor tweaks to current system Retain current system with major overhaul Evolve to new paradigm taking best of current system and lessons from other (UN) organisations One option is the concept of the WMO Global Campus - moving the focus from institutions to “courses and learning resources”

19. Questions for you
Your view on the potential role for Met. Societies In training Accreditation of CPD courses Certification of individuals Support to and for training institutions and trainers

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