Capacity Enhancement
The Working Group for Capacity Enhancement supports the staff of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to acquire new skills above the basic meteorological and hydrological competencies.
Capacity enhancement is considered as a multi-dimensional attribute that cuts across the other three-thematic areas identified (Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), Impact Based Forecasting (IBF), Observational Networks (ON)) under SAHF for targeted improvement at individual and institutional levels to provide demand driven user sector services by NMHSs in respect of public safety and socio-economic benefits. Therefore, this working paper is aimed to develop a long-term capacity enhancement framework for operational hydro-met service delivery that brings synergy in efforts of collaborating partner institutions and benefits a wider group of stakeholders across South Asia.
To begin with, the focus will be on enhancing core capacities of NMHSs within each component of the operational service delivery aligned to the generation of actionable information for sector relevant climate and disaster risk management applications. Subsequently, this working paper also cover the capacity enhancement needs of all sector stakeholders connected through a value-added weather and climate information that can be implemented through long term regional collaboration.
The CE working group has the following objectives:
- To assess the existing capacities of NMHSs, map the capacity enhancement needs and prioritize them into immediate term efforts, to be addressed during the current phase of SAHF till December 2022 and other needs to be addressed beyond the current phase of SAHF.
- To map regional and relevant global resources and strengths that will be leveraged in addressing the capacity requirements of NMHSs of the SAHF member countries
- To build a dynamic regional strategy for enhancing the operational service delivery capacity of the NMHSs to build demand driven user sector services of the SAHF member countries
WORKING GROUP CO - CHAIRS
| Name | Designation | Organization | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Sardar Sarfaraz | Director, Institute of Meteorology & Geophysics | Pakistan Meterological Department | Pakistan |
Ms. Monju Subba | Sr. Met/Hyd Officer, Meteorological Services Division (MSD) | National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology | Bhutan |
WORKING GROUP MEMBERS
| Country | Name | Designation | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Mr. Fawad Auobi | Head of Forecast | Afghanistan Meteorology Department |
Mr. Ahmad Sekandar | Member of Forecast | Afghanistan Meteorology Department | |
Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Shameem Hassan Bhuiyan | Meteorologist/Head, Agrometeorology & International Meteorology Division | Bangladesh Meterological Department |
Mr. S. M. Quamrul Hassan | Meteorologist | Storm Warning Centre, BMD | |
Bhutan | Ms. Monju Subba | Sr. Met/Hyd Officer, Meteorological Services Division (MSD) | National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology |
India | Dr. Somenath Dutta | Scientist E, CRS Pune, Meteorological Training Institute | India Meteorological Department |
Maldives | Ms Shaheema Ibrahim | Met. Technician | Maldives Meteorological Services |
Mr. Abdul Muhsin Ramiz | Director, Meteorology | Maldives Meteorological Services | |
Myanmar | Ms. Han Swe | Assistant Director | Department of Meteorology and Hydrology |
Ms. Htway Htway Linn | Staff Officer | Department of Meteorology and Hydrology | |
Nepal | Mr. Bikram Shrestha Zoowa | Senior Divisional Hydrologist and Chief, Water Resources Research and Consulting Section | Department of Hydrology and Meteorology |
Pakistan | Mr. Sardar Sarfaraz | Director, Institute of Meteorology & Geophysics | Pakistan Meterological Department |
Sri Lanka | Mrs. D.G. Fernando | Deputy Director(Training &Regional Offices) | Department of Meteorology |