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WMO COORDINATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs) IN AFRICA
(Entebbe, Uganda, 10 – 11 September 2007)
Monday 10 September 2007
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
Session 1: Opening
09:00 – 10:00 - Welcoming remarks by the Permanent Representative of Uganda with WMO
- Statement by the Representative of the High Representative, UN-OHRLLS
- Statement by the Representative of the Secretary-General of WMO
- Opening statement by the Guest of Honour
- Group photograph
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
Session 2: Benefits of weather, climate and water services to socio-economic development
10:30 – 10:45 Workshop Perspectives (K. Konaré, WMO)
10:45 – 11:15 Implementation of the Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2001 – 2010 (UN-OHRLLS)
11:15 – 11:45 African LDCs Strategy for the implementation of the Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2001-2010 (UNECA)
11:45 – 12:30 Weather, Climate and Water services for the development of the LDCs (Secretary General of WMO)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session 2 (Cont.): Benefits of weather, climate and water services to socio-economic development
14:00 – 14:30 Application of meteorological and hydrological information, products and services to socio-economic development - Regional perspectives(Prof. Ogallo, ICPAC)
14.30 – 17:30 Application of meteorological and hydrological information, products and services to socio-economic development: National perspectives
· Agriculture (Mali)
· Food Security (Malawi)
· Disaster Risk Reduction (Mozambique)
· Water Resources management (Uganda)
· Fisheries (Senegal)
· Livestock (Sudan)
· Tourism (Tanzania)
· Health (Gambia)
17:30 – 18:00 Discussions
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
Session 3: Partnership for mainstreaming Weather, Climate and Water Services into development strategies of LDCs
8:30 – 11:30 National reports on the implementation of the Programme of Action for the LDCs including issues related to weather, climate and water (National Focal Points of LDCs)
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