1. Roundtable 4C COORDINATION WITH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES P. Drobinski & P. Lionello International coll. & funding

2. I. COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS International visibility of the HyMeX program Integration in broad scientific networks Highlight of the main HyMeX scientific objectives  Link with WCRP/GEWEX (energy and water cycle: WG2, WG1) Endorsment CEOP/RHP  Link with WWRP/THORPEX (extremes: WG3, WG4, WG5) programs of WMO Endorsment T-NAWDEX  Collaboration with MedCLVAR 3rd HyMeX workshop sponsorship HyMeX representative in the MedCLIVAR steering committee Co-organized meeting (e.g. within the Plinius conference in Barcelona International coll. & funding Extend and intensify collaboration with other Mediterranean programs (MOON, MEDEX, …)  Coordinated lobbying action

3. II.US COLLABORATION AND NSF FUNDING FOR US HyMeX Existing proposal: multi-insititutional pre-proposal to the PIRE program at NSF (collaboration with HyMEX/MERMeX) led by E. Anagnostou, entitled "A US-Mediterranean partnership to advance climate change research through the study of the HYDROlogical cycle, extremes and effects on ecosystem processes in the MEDiterranean Basin-HYDROMED" (4 US institutions + institutions from France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt within the framework of HyMEX and MERMeX initiatives): submitted in February 2009. Other interest Precipitation: K. Friedrich (CU Boulder) and J. Wurman (CSWR) - NSF/CSWR DOWs (Doppler on Wheels); J. Van Baelen and US investigator (CSU) - NSF/NCAR wind profiler system and radiosondes (ISS) on a ship; J. Gourley (NOAA/NSSL) - NSSL DOWs; W. Chau-Lee (NCAR)- research interest in a heavy precipitation study over the Med employing ELDORA (NSF/NRL); R. Rotunno (NCAR, research interest); R. Houze (UW), S. Yuter (NCSU) (potential research interest) Other: A. Mariotti (Univ. of Maryland - climate aspects); V. Kourafalou (Univ. of Miami - air-sea interactions and exchange of waters between the Mediterranean and Black Seas); E. Gruntfest (CSU Colorado Springs - societial impacts) International coll. & funding

4. III.FUNDING AT NATIONAL LEVELS Identification of possible funding agencies in all countries forming the HyMeX « consortium » e.g. in France, the consortium of the main French agencies (CIO) has evaluated the French direct contribution to HyMeX to ~9 M€ (without salaries) between 2009 and 2015 with a peak of ~8M€ between 2011 and 2013. Multi-lateral funding: Coordination of national fund raises (ANR, NERC,DFG, …) IV.PROJETS MÉDITERRANÉENS DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE INTER- UNIVERSITAIRE (MERSI) FROM THE AUF (AGENCE UNIVERSITAIRE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE) 10 funded projects: 50% funding, 36 months max., 3 partners min. (2 from the south), 50 k€ max.  deadline: August, 31, 2009 for pre-project. 2-3 HyMeX projects max. GPS proposal (O. Bock) Cooperation development with North African countries within HyMeX (visits, grants, workshop, …) in relation with MedCLIVAR networking Algerian Radar upgrade project International coll. & funding

5. V.FIRST CALL FOR STANDARD PROJECTS OF THE ENPI CBC MEDITERRANEAN SEA BASIN PROGRAMME 4 Programme Priorities and 10 related Measures (  priority #2: “Promotion of environmental sustainability at the basin level” representing 30% of total budget i.e. 9.8 M€): up to 90% funding, 48 months max., 3 partners min. (1 from EU Mediterranean Countries and 1 from Mediterranean Partner Countries, from 0.5 to 2 M€ per project and at least 50% of the total eligible costs of a project shall be dedicated to activities implemented in Mediterranean Partner Countries  deadline: September, 16, 2009. 2-3 HyMeX projects max. ii) prevention of natural risks (floods and fires) iii) water cycle management  Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt ix) adaptation to the effects of climate change. International coll. & funding

6. VI.FP7 FUNDING (PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF 2010 FP7 CALL DRAFT) Early warning systems to predict climate change related meteorological hazards (droughts) in Africa (  WG2) Building a culture of risk prevention in Europe / Social science research, natural hazards and decision making process (  WG5) Exploring new GNSS (global navigation satellite systems) applications in EO (  WG2, WG3) Identification and Networking of EO activities in the Balkan area (  WG2, WG3, WG4) Impact of ocean acidification in the Mediterranean in a changing climate (  MerMeX,WG4) VII.SPACE AGENCIES FUNDING GPM mission SMOS, … VIII. UNIVERSITY NETWORKS International coll. & funding Coordination needed with the ISSC for bottom-up (information on calls) and top-down (coordination, help in consortium set-up,...) information Lobbying action to make FP7 call more “Mediterranean”