Constituent Body Reform

Objectives of CBR Congress-17 decision 2015 WMO EC-70 “Congress requested the Executive Council to provide recommendations to the Eighteenth Congress on constituent body constructs, as appropriate, including possible new structures for TCs, RAs, EC, and also to provide recommendations on rules, procedures, processes, working mechanisms, and duties, of constituent bodies, WMO Officers (President, vice- presidents, PRAs and PTCs) and the relationship between them and the WMO Secretariat to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Organization and good governance.” REFORM IS NOT A MATTER OF WILL, IT IS A MUST EC/Member driven process, Secretariat as facilitator WMO EC-70 Geneva, 20-29 June 2018

WMO Strategic Operating Plan Objectives of CBR WMO EC-70 Geneva, 20-29 June 2018

Objectives of CB Reform Effectiveness and efficiency Seamless integrated approach (spatial, temporal): Earth System approach WMO acting as one Wider engagement of Members & national experts Agility to uptake new challenges and tasks Improved collaboration with partners WMO EC-70 Geneva, 20-29 June 2018

Alignment of WMO Structure Policy, coordination, integration, foresight Strategic Plan Global lead/regional expertise Technical Coordination Committee Policy Advisory Committee Long-Term Goal 5: Governance Long-Term Goal 1: Services Service Commission Long-Term Goal 2: Systems Infrastructure Commission Joint WMO-IOC Committee for Oceanography and Meteorology Long-Term Goal 3: Science Research Board Scientific Advisory Panel Long-Term Goal 4: Capacity Regional Associations E-70C Recommendations to Congress Established by EC-70

An enhanced role for Regional Associations Congress / EC Scientific and technical communities Political and economic regional groups Regional requirements, needs and priorities Technical solutions Standards, guidance TECHNICAL COMMISSIONS National/regional experts REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Expertise, assistance, efficiency, innovation Implementation Process

Capacity development as a top priority Increase engagement of all WMO Members to address national, regional and global development needs Increase speed, agility and added-value in supporting Members to provide information and services that respond to national and regional emerging challenges Enhance contribution and visibility to the global agenda

Enhanced collaboration with partners Joint bodies Working arrangements Programmes/Projects More interaction and collaboration with partners from all relevant areas Etc.

New Technical Commission structures Work driven by WMO strategy, progress followed by the Executive Council and the Congress President + (up to) three Vice-Presidents Standing Committees (also joint with partners) Conjoint sessions 2-year cycle of session of constituent bodies Expert groups/Study groups Regional Associations engaged in nomination process Common procedures – Procedural Handbook Better engagement of experts from academia and private sector

CBR-TF: Standing Committees Infrastructure Commission Earth observing systems and measurement networks Methods of observations, measurements and instrumentation Data, products and information exchange and life cycle management Data processing for applied Earth system modelling and prediction

CBR-TF: Standing Committees Service Commission Aeronautical meteorological services Marine and oceanographic meteorological services Agrometeorological and climatological services Hydrological services Public services and disaster risk reduction (noting Members’ sovereignty on warnings)

Benefits to Members The work of constituent bodies more closely driven by regional and national priorities Possibility to engage much larger amount of Members in WMO activities 2-year cycle strengthens the opportunity to contribute Increasing influence with international institutions, development and funding agencies Holistic Earth System observations and seamless multi-hazard approaches Greater efficiency, effectiveness and agility

What’s next? A scheduled transition – Transition Plan Communication at all levels Monitoring and oversight – CBR Task Force chaired by Prof. Adrian Change management, feedback by Members Current Presidents and Vice-Presidents of TCs are supporting the transition

What’s next? Kick-off of new TCs APPROVAL of CBR 2018 2019 2020 Finalization of proposals, work on details, mapping, communication, formation of Communities of Practice (CoP) Establishing of structures, work programmes, preparation of first session Kick-off of new TCs APPROVAL of CBR 2018 2019 2020

Role of the Secretariat Facilitation of the change as guided/decided by the EC and Congress Planning of details keeping in mind the spirit of the reform ≠ old structure; think big Concrete proposals on how to improve the planned structure Plan on how to get the best out of the new structures; a great opportunity

Expert Teams/Task Teams/Working Groups/etc; by commission Includes Working Groups and Management Groups (no Focal Points) It doesn’t include PUB5 Experts (president, vice-president,…) < 270 teams in total, many of them with (partly) overlapping mandates, terms of reference and membership; 3601 Experts in total, 2373 unique names; 75 pairs of teams have 4 or more experts in common; 125 pairs have 3 or more;

TC expert distribution by Member United States of America 323 United Kingdom 118 China 111 Germany 109 Australia 108 Japan 93 France 93 Canada 80 Republic of Korea 69 Russian Federation 57 Half the experts are provided by 10 Members More than one third (66) of the WMO Members have no experts participating in TC work Almost half the WMO Members (87) have one or fewer participating experts

Expert/Task Teams/Working Groups by work area 78 Teams for “Observations” alone 106 when including remote sensing, satellite activities, integrated observing systems, etc. When including capacity development, cross-cutting activities, potentially closer to 110 or more …

Final comments Realizing expectations and responsibility of the Organization to its Members Realizing the need for change Realizing the benefits of the reform Realizing the need to modernize our institution and the way we work today

An architectural analogy of the WMO Working Structure Option A: Many rooms, turrets and spires; Designed to impress - not to engage with - the outside world; Difficult internal communication; Costly to maintain and heat It may prove to be extremely difficult to get from A to either B or C by remodeling alone! An architectural analogy of the WMO Working Structure Option B: Modern design; Open plan layout; Facilitates internal and external communication; “Greener” solution Option C: Minimalist, budget-oriented solution; Flexible, modular and highly scalable; Affordable to maintain

For more information/Follow the process Public.wmo.int/en/governance-reform Thank you

RA V Specific Issues Regional co-operation essential Co-operation spirit very good Lack of data from e.g. Africa and Oceania

Whole WMO community is extremely grateful for Prof Whole WMO community is extremely grateful for Prof. Bertrand Calpini for excellent leadership of CIMO, Oscar database and forward looking approach vis-à-vis WMO Reform !!