Objectives and Expected Outcomes of the WMO Forum Glen Anderson, Senior Manager, IRG/Engility April 8, 2013
Objectives Bring together weather, climate and water services producers and users with practitioners in economics and meteorology to: Discuss the current state of knowledge on valuing socioeconomic benefits of services Advance development of a guidance document on socioeconomic benefit methodologies
Expected Outcomes Reach agreement on an expanded outline of the guidance document Take a decision on the publication process and format for the guidance document, e.g., joint book, online document Select writing team and make writing and editing assignments Discuss and agree on schedule for preparing the guidance document