Event TabsSummaryDates: Thursday, October 19, 2017 to Friday, October 20, 2017Location: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) headquarters, Reading United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GB Related Information: Information 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 TERMS OF REFRENCE OF THE PARTNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL BOARD ON CLIMATE SERVICES 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 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 n/a PROGRESS ON GFCS IMPLEMENTATION 4.1 Doc 4.1 Status of implementation of the Priority Needs for the Operationalization of the GFCS for the period 2016 - 2018 4.2 n/a Reporting on activities at national level and by partners 5 n/a MID-TERM REVIEW OF THE GFCS 5.1 Doc 5.1 Outcomes of the GFCS Mid-Term Review Annex 1 Mid-term review Report Annex 2 Framework for Mid-term review 5.2 n/a Recommendations on the Mid-Term Review for the consideration of IBCS and WMO 5.3 n/a Terms of Reference of Task Teams to facilitate response to the recommendations of the Mid-Term Review 6 n/a IMPROVING COMMUNICATION OF THE GFCS 7 Doc. 7 RESOURCE MOBILIZATION 8 n/a ELECTIONS 9 n/a DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEE AND THE IBCS 10 n/a ANY OTHER BUSINESS 11 n/a CLOSURE OF THE SESSION Presentations