# Presentation: 306766

## 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***

- 		_**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**
- 	_	_

## NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON  BOARD MSG

- INCOMPATIBLE GROUND SATELLITES RECEIVING FACILITIES

- DISRUPTION OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
- OF NMHSs IN AFRICA

## 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

## COMPOSITION  OF  PUMA TASK TEAM

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

## CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PUMA TASK TEAM

## PUMA TASK TEAM APPROACH

- >	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)
- >	TOTAL INVOLVEMENT OF THE AFRICAN SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPINGS, COUNTERPARTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.

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

-            **WORLD BANK** 
- 		              **UNDP**   	                **USAID**
- 					                **TURNER**
- 					                    **FOUNDATION**
- 			    **EUROPEAN UNION (EDF)**

## PUMA TASK TEAM

-      DRAFT
-     AGREEMENTS          
- 	WORKING                  	            WORKING SESSIONS
- 	SESSIONS WITH			      WITH EU
- 	ECONOMIC
-     GROUPINGS
**METEOROLOGICAL TRANSITION IN AFRICA (PUMA) PROJECT**

## PUMA  PROJECT 

- NOW UNDER
- IMPLEMENTATION

## 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

## 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**

## RECOMMENDATION

## THE  NEED  FOR  A  NEW  CHAIRPERSON

## FOR  THE  NEW  CHAIRMAN

## Thank you