SEWA Info Sessions with African WMO RCCs

Background

ECMWF is contributing to the Africa–EU Space Partnership Programme by taking a leading role in Strengthening Early Warning in Africa (SEWA) alongside EUMETSAT and the African Union Commission (AUC), and funded by the European Commission's DG for International Partnerships (DG INTPA).

SEWA started in January 2025, and will develop space-based services and applications to strengthen early warning systems for hazardous weather and climate-related events in sub-Saharan Africa. With this Action, ECMWF also contributes to the UN EW4All Initiative. Throughout the implementation, African Regional Climate Centers designated by WMO are foreseen to play a central role in SEWA in their area of responsibility.

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Event description

After the first general Info Session on SEWA in March 2025, ECMWF is delighted to invite you to this series of Info Sessions on the responsibilities and capabilities of African WMO Regional Climate Centers (RCCs), aimed at all interested parties and in particular the European National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) as well as African meteorological communities and partners.

The preliminary agenda of each of the online events is:

1. Welcome and Introduction by ECMWF
2. Presentation by the respective RCC

Format

This online event will consist of presentations from involved stakeholders as well as an extensive Q&A session to answer all your questions.

Attendance information

The webinar will be conducted in English.

Registration closes on the day before the event EOB.

Events

16 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:30 CEST

Centre d’Application et de Prévision Climatologique de l’Afrique centrale (CAPC-AC): https://capc-ac.net 

Registration link

20 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:30 CEST

23 October 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 CEST

5 November, 15:00 - 16:30 CET

6 November, 14:00-15:30 CET

17 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30 CET