BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

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METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME (MOP)

• USERS NEEDS AND
• REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE AND GOOD
  QUALITY DATA
• METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG)
• MSG (1) LAUNCHED ON 28 AUGUST 2002

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• M O P MSG
• 3 CHANNELS 12 CHANNELS
• INTERVAL OF IMAGE GENERATION INTERVAL OF
  IMAGE GENERATION
• 30 MINUTES
  15 MINUTES
• INFRARED CHANNEL RESOLUTION INFRARED
  CHANNEL RESOLUTION
• 5 km
  
  3 km
• VISIBLE CHANNEL RESOLUTION
  VISIBLE CHANNEL RESOLUTION
• 2.5 km
  1km
• INFORMATION GENERATED
  INFORMATION GENERATED
• X1
  
  X20

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON BOARD MSG

• INCOMPATIBLE GROUND SATELLITES RECEIVING
  FACILITIES

DISRUPTION OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF NMHSs IN
AFRICA
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PUMA TASK TEAM

• TO SUPERVISE THE STRATEGY TO PREPARE THE
  TRANSITION FROM MOP TO MSG IN AFRICA
• TO MOBILISE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO FUND THE
  GROUND RECEIVING EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE ENABLING
  THE ACQUISITION OF MSG DATA IN AFRICA
• AVOID PAST MISTAKES (ERRORS)

• ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF
  AFRICAN NMHSs

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COMPOSITION OF PUMA TASK TEAM

• TO REFLECT CONTINENTAL APPROACH ? SUBREGION AS
  THE BASIC UNIT
• gt 1 CHAIRMAN
• gt 5 DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES OF AFRICAN
• SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
• ECOWAS, CEMAC, IOC, IGAD AND SADC
• gt 6 DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES OF NMHSs
• 1 PER AFRICAN REGION 1 FOR MAGHREB
• gt 1 REPRESENTATIVE OF WMO
• gt 1 REPRESENTATIVE OF EUMETSAT
• gt 1 REPRESENTATIVE OF ACMAD

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CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PUMA TASK TEAM
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PUMA TASK TEAM APPROACH

• gt WISH TO SET UP A CONTINENT-WIDE PROJECT
• AIM TO DEVELOP COORDINATED COMPETENCIES IN
• AFRICA IN TERMS OF TRAINING, USE AND
• MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT
• (PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY)
• gt TOTAL INVOLVEMENT OF THE AFRICAN SUBREGIONAL
  ECONOMIC GROUPINGS, COUNTERPARTS OF THE
  DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.

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PUMA TASK TEAM SEARCH FOR A DONOR (AFTER
PREPARATION OF PROJECT PROFILES)

• WORLD BANK ?
• UNDP ? ? USAID
• ? TURNER
• FOUNDATION
• EUROPEAN UNION (EDF)

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PUMA TASK TEAM

• DRAFT
• AGREEMENTS ?
• WORKING ? ? WORKING
  SESSIONS
• SESSIONS WITH WITH EU
• ECONOMIC
• GROUPINGS
• METEOROLOGICAL TRANSITION IN AFRICA (PUMA)
  PROJECT

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PUMA PROJECT

• NOW UNDER
• IMPLEMENTATION

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AFRICAN MONITORING OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (AMESD)

• September 2001 - PREPARATION OF CONCEPT
  PAPER
• 7 December 2001
• PRESENTATION OF CONCEPT PAPER TO EUROPEAN
  UNION (EU)
• CIRCULATION OF CONCEPT PAPER TO AFRICAN
  SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
• SUPPORT (IN WRITING TO EU) OF SUBREGIONAL
  ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
• 16 - 17 May 2002 - STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE,
  BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (EU
  HEADQUARTERS)
• 29 September 2002 - DAKAR DECLARATION
• 13 November 2002 - EU SIGN GO AHEAD FOR
  FEASIBILITY STUDY OF AMESD
• January 2003 - LAUNCH OF INVITATION TO
  TENDER (ITT)
• April - end 2003 - FEASIBILITY STUDY AND
  PREPARATION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS
• January 2004 - PROJECT
  IMPLEMENTATION STARTS

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FUTURE ROLE OF THE PUMA TASK TEAM

• STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND
  ENHANCEMENT OF THE WWW IN AFRICA
• ? CONTINENTAL APPROACH ? AVOID PAST ERRORS AND
• PROVIDE SUSTAINABILITY
• ? IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS
• ? PREPARATION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS
• ? RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
• PUMA TASK TEAM TO FOLLOW-UP ON WMO
  IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS

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RECOMMENDATION
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THE NEED FOR A NEW CHAIRPERSON
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FOR THE NEW CHAIRMAN
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Thank you