1. © World Meteorological Organization World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water Agenda Item 7 - EXPECTED RESULT 1 AGENDA ITEM 7: EMERGING ISSUES AND SPECIFIC CHALLENGES QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR AERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES RA IV-16 12-19 April 2013 Willemstad, Curaçao www.wmo.int WMO

2. © World Meteorological Organization Quality Management Systems Still very patchy in the region Progress towards credible implementation in majority of Members Extra Efforts to address issues of governance, funding (cost recovery?) needed for some Members (WMO-ICAO cooperation needed?)

3. © World Meteorological Organization Competency standards Paragraph 7.6 / 7.7 Deadline for implementation of AMP Competence Standards of 1 December 2013 (see the new edition of the WMO Technical Regulations No. 49, Vol. 1.) AMP competence assessment Guidance developed in the region US COMET programme which has provided access to a range of modules. These are available on the COMET Website at https://www.meted.ucar.edu/https://www.meted.ucar.edu/

4. © World Meteorological Organization Regional SIGMET Trial Paragraph 7.8 / 7.10 Consideration of regional SIGMET advisories > Overcoming deficiencies in SIGMET issuance > Harmonizing SIGMETS across FIR boundaries

5. © World Meteorological Organization Information Exchange Paragraph 7.11 Alphanumeric codes to XML/GML Migration of aeronautical meteorological information (such as METAR/SPECI, TAF and SIGMET) to an XML/GML digital form; New, tailored meteorological services for air traffic management, considering high- density air space and aerodromes

6. © World Meteorological Organization Volcanic Ash Paragraph 7.13 / 7.15 ICAO International Airways Volcano Watch Operations group – need for best practices, harmonization, training; Improve observational programmes to objectively determine the location, vertical extent and ash loading of volcanic ash clouds.

7. © World Meteorological Organization Thank you