1. Constituent Body Reform

2. 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, June 2018

3. WMO Strategic Operating Plan
Objectives of CBR
WMO EC-70
Geneva, June 2018

4. 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, June 2018

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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;

17. TC expert distribution by Member
United States of America 323
United Kingdom
China
Germany
Australia
Japan
France
Canada
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
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

18. 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 …

19. 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

20. 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

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

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

23. 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 !!