Event TabsSummaryDates: Monday, October 17, 2016 to Wednesday, October 19, 2016Location: Darmstadt Germany DE The Fourth Session of the Management Committee of the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services (IBCS) will be held from 17 to 19 October 2016 at the European Organization for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), at its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. The agenda of the meeting and additional documentation will be available in the section on event documents. This session will focus on: Review of progress on the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) implementation; Consideration of the Operational and Resource Plan for the GFCS; Consideration of the Monitoring and Evaluation process and criteria, including the process for conducting a mid-term review; Consideration of the White Paper on the contribution of the GFCS to the 2030 Agenda. Related Information: Information Note for Participants Documentation Plan Agenda Item Document Title n/a INF. 1 INFORMATION NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS n/a INF. 2 PARTICIPANTS LIST n/a INF. 3 DOCUMENTATION PLAN n/a INF. 4 EXPERT TEAM ON SPECIFIC DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GFCS 1 n/a OPENING OF THE SESSION 2 n/a ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION 2.1 Doc. 2.1 Provisional Agenda 2.1.1 Doc. 2.1.1 Annotated Provisional Agenda 2.2 Doc. 2.2 Provisional Programme (Organizational matters) 3 n/a REPORTS 3.1 Doc. 3.1 Report of the Chair of IBCS 3.2 Doc. 3.2 Report of the Chair of PAC 4 Doc. 4 PROGRESS ON GFCS IMPLEMENTATION 5 n/a ACTIVITIES OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 5.1 Doc. 5.1 Operational and Resource Plan of the GFCS: Operational and Resource Plan of the GFCS 2016 – 2018 Operational and Resource Plan 2016 – 2018 Operational and Resource Plan - Annexes 5.2 Doc. 5.2 Monitoring and Evaluation Process and Criteria for the GFCS 5.2.1 Doc. 5.2.1 Framework for the mid-term review of the GFCS 5.3 Doc. 5.3 Energy Exemplar 5.4 Doc. 5.4 White Paper on the contribution of the GFCS to Agenda 2030 6 n/a STRATEGIC ISSUES 6.1 Doc. 6.1 Discussion Paper on Strategic Approach for GFCS implementation 6.2 Doc. 6.2 Resource mobilization 6.3 n/a Partnerships 6.4 n/a Advocacy of the GFCS GFCS Helpdesk 7 n/a ANY OTHER BUSINESS 8 n/a DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION 9 n/a CLOSURE OF THE SESSION Event Documents Quality Management in Service Provision Competencies for Climate Services List of Participants PresentationsFAO, Selvaraju Ramasamy Report of the Chair of the Partner Advisory Committee (PAC) EUMETSAT, Joachim Saalmuller EUMETSAT’s Support to Climate Services INMET INMET Climate Services ORP TT, Meredith Muth ORP Status Update M&E TT, Chris Hewitt Monitoring and Evaluation Process and Criteria for the GFCS WMO, Maxx Dilley Energy Exemplar
