Co-chair Introduction ICG-WIGOS-7 Co-chair Introduction

Outline Progress and achievements WIGOS Pre-operational Phase Priority Areas Vision for WIGOS in 2040 WIGOS(-related) Projects National WIGOS observing system assessments Plans for the WIGOS Operational Phase (2020 and beyond) Relationship with the WMO governance reform Objectives of ICG-WIGOS-7

WIGOS Pre-operational Phase Increased emphasis on regional and national activities Five main priority areas: National WIGOS Implementation, Case studies - coordination and governance mechanisms; Data & Partnerships; National WIGOS observing systems assessments Done or in progress: Saudi Arabia, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leon, Papua New Guinea Next: Canada, Tanzania, Kenya, …

WIGOS Pre-operational Phase Increased emphasis on regional and national activities Five main priority areas: WIGOS Regulatory Material, supplemented with necessary guidance material; Metadata Standard WIGOS Information Resource, OSCAR development, especially OSCAR/Surface WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS) Regional Structure; Regional WIGOS Centers, reports from PRAs

WIGOS supporting/strategic activities Vision for WIGOS in 2040 – progress WIGOS contributing systems GOS, GGW, GAW, WHOS WIGOS Partners/Collaborators GCOS, GFCS, GEOSS Donor-funded projects Increasingly used to resource WIGOS Implementation efforts, e.g. in West Africa, East Africa, SE Asia, Pacific Outreach and education

WIGOS Ready by Cg18 By Cg18 (June 2019): WIGOS Ready Progressively: integrating partners and new partner systems; supported by Regional WIGOS centres After Cg18 (June 2019): WIGOS Open Implications for future: Support to Members? Programmatic structure?

Objectives of ICG-WIGOS-7 What will it take to be WIGOS Ready by Cg18? Steps required by PO, Members, PRAs and PTCs Work programme for ICG-WIGOS, Task Teams and Editorial Board Outreach, education, activities, projects Implications of WIGOS Ready to WIGOS Open? Outstanding challenges and tasks What will 'WIGOS Operational' look like? Programmatic structure post-Cg18 Implications for partner systems

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I. National WIGOS Implementation, coordination and governance mechanisms Guidance on data partnerships Step by step guide to national WIGOS implementation National WIGOS observing system assessments Mostly for project funds Done or in progress: Saudi Arabia, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leon, Papua New Guinea Next: Canada, Tanzania, Kenya, … Template for National WIGOS Implementation Plan? (Examples from China and Australia to be discussed)

II. WIGOS Regulatory Material New Manual on WIGOS Integration of Manual on the GOS RBON material New WIGOS Metadata Standard New Guide to WIGOS OSCAR WDQMS National Data Partnership development Regional WIGOS Centers Guide to National WIGOS Implementation

III. WIGOS Information Resource, including the Observing Systems Capabilities analysis and Review tool (OSCAR), especially OSCAR/Surface Overview of OSCAR Development OSCAR/Surface; new observing types, M2M interface, training activities OSCAR/Space; resourcing and management OSCAR/Requirements; usage, integration of requirements from GAW, CCOS, … OSCAR/Analysis; emerging architecture, requirements EC-70 deliverables?

IV. WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System Overview of WDQMS development Output from Integration Workshop Report from TT-WDQMS Plan for operation of NWP-based monitoring in Pilot Mode 2018-2019 Role of ICG-WIGOS in establishing regional and global structures and responsibilities EC-70 deliverables?

V. Regional Structure; Regional WIGOS Centers RA-I; RWC in pilot mode for East Africa to be kicked off in February 2017; status of West Africa? RA-II; RWC scoping workshops to take place in Japan, March 2017 (confirmed), China 3rdQ 2017 (TBC); see also under RA-VI (Eurasian countries) RA-III; WIGOS-SAS role, timeline? RA-IV; no firm plans; ICG-WIGOS action? RA-V; opportunities for SE Asia (Indonesia and Singapore) and Pacific (Fiji and Australia); to be discussed at RA-V-MG during EC-70 RA-VI; Formal resolution on EUMETNET RWC effort to be adopted by FA-VI-17 in Feb 2017; Decision on RWC in pilot mode in Split (marine observations) and in Minsk (Eurasian countries in RA-II and RA-VI)