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Development
Operational
Capability and
Service Delivery
Information
Systems and
Services
Linkages with
scientific
organizations
1.Human Resource
Development
Availment of
training/seminars/workshops and
foreign scholarships opportunities
to strengthen human resource
capability
Human Resource Development
Linkages Established:
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Libya
• Myanmar
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• People's Democratic Republic
of Yemen
• Sri Lank
• USA
• Vietnam
1.OperationalCapability and
Service Delivery
Improvement of typhoon and flood
warnings, public weather forecasts and
advisories, meteorological,
astronomical, climatological and other
specialized information and services
primarily for the protection of life and
property and in support of economic
productivity and sustainable
development through collaborative
researches and cooperation.
a) Hazards Mapping and Assessment for
Effective Community Based DRM
(READY Project)
Objectives :
• Equip key stakeholder groups with the
resources (financial, technical, and/or
advisory services), knowledge and training
that enable them to perform effectively for
disaster risk reduction.
• Strengthen coordination processes and
procedures, within organizations and
sectors (public, private and community) for
effective risk reduction.
• Initiate the mainstreaming of risk reduction
Cooperating Country/Agency : UNDP
into local development planning.
a) Upgrading of Flood Forecasting and
Warning System (FFWS) in the
Pampanga and Agno River Basins
Objective : To upgrade the flood
forecasting and warning system in the
Pampanga and Agno river basins and
major reservoirs/dams in Luzon
Objectives :
• To acquire modern meteorological
instruments and calibrating equipment in
order to upgrade the WMO/RIC of the South
West Pacific
• To train meteorological and operational
hydrological personnel of WMO members in
the region
• To establish local instrument centers in the
Cooperating
Philippines Country/Agency : WMO/VCP
• To undertake research on instrument
development
a) Assessments of Impacts,
Vulnerabilities and Adaptation
Strategies of Coastal Communities to
Address Climate Change-Induced
Sea Level Rise in Manila Bay,
Objectives :
Philippines
• To identify and assess the coasts and
benefits of alternative strategies/options to
climate change-induced sea level rise of
communities and househols along the
Manila Bay.
Cooperating Country/Agency :
International Research
Development Center
Linkages Established:
• TC - Typhoon Committee
• IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
• UNEP - United Nations Environmental
Programme
• ESCAP - Economic Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific
• ICTP - International Center for Theoretical
Physics
• RTC - Regional Training Centre
• UNDP - United Nations Development
Programme
• UNESCO - United Nations Educational,
Scientific Organization
1.Information Systems and
Services
maintain local and international
networks pertaining to exchange
of scientific/observational data and
processed information
activities relative to observation,
collection, assessment and
processing of meteorological and
allied data
a) Repair of the GTS Message Message
Switching System in NMC Manila
Objectives :
• To repair the GTS Message Switching
System (MSS) in NMC Manila