1. Doc 4.1(4) – Severe Weather Demonstration Projects in RA-II
Xu Tang
D/WDS

2. SWFDP in RA-II
There are 3 projects in the RA-II in various phases of Implementation
SWFDP- South East Asia: in demonstration phase
SWFDP-Central Asia: In demonstration phase
SWFDP- Bay of Bengal: Ready to move to demonstration phase
There are 4 phases to the implementation of SWFDP
Phase I – Planning, Phase II- development of Implementation plan, Phase II- demonstration phase and Phase IV- operational phase.
Operational Phase requires an identification of a Regional entities to on responsibility in phase 4. WMO would move back and play an advisory role
Regular reporting is also encourage during the demonstration phase

3. SWFDP in RA-II (Cont…)
The doc invites the participating countries to contribute their regular reports
It also requests the RA-II MG to identify regional entities to take on the responsibility after the projects move to the Operational phase

4. Thank you
Merci