1. OPAG-PWS
Report of the Chair

2. OPAG-Public Weather Services
Three Expert Teams and one Task Team
ET Services and Products Innovation and Improvement
ET Meeting User Needs on Reducing the Impact of Hydrological Hazards
ET Communications, Outreach and Public Education
Task Team on Impact-Based Multi-Hazard Prediction and Communication
Strong links to WMO Forum of Social and Economic Benefits of Meteorological Services

3. TT-IMPACT TT was created at CBS-Ext (2014) in Paraguay
Met in Feb 2015 – developed a plan to facilitate the implementation of projects to advance this concept
New skill-sets will be required
Training will need to encompass users and other stakeholders

4. ET-DPM / TT-IMPACT Joint meeting in June 2016; agreed to merge
Developed visual branding for ET-IMPACT
Stressed the need to engage social sciences
Acknowledged that the PWS Competency Framework may need to be reviewed
Highlighted the need to build partnerships.

5. ET-DPM / TT-IMPACT

6. ET-SPII Discussed Big Data – especially crowd-sourced data.
Propose a Task Team to study Big Data (TT-BD)
Examined emerging science and technologies – especially GIS-compatible formats and mobile apps
Worked to improve and augment the WWIS service
Reviewed the need for public-private partnerships in the context of Public Weather Services

7. ET-SPII Mr John Guiney stepping down as Chair
Mr Will Lang taking over the position

8. Social and Economic Benefits Studies
Book launched at Cg-17
Three workshops held to promote concepts
Representatives of 47 Members participated

9. Competency Frameworks
Approved at Cg-17
To be included as “Recommended Practices” in the 2017 update of Vol 1 of the Tech Regs
Guidelines and related training materials need to be developed

10. Structural Changes in OPAG-PWS
Change of name to “OPAG on Public Weather Service Delivery” to reflect increased focus on SD
Reducing the number of Expert Teams from 3 to 2
Increased focus on Task Teams with specific, time-bound objectives
Competency Assessment, Communication, Service Delivery and Quality Management all key enablers of the work of the OPAG – and thus coordinated by the ICT

12. Thank you 谢谢