World Meteorological Organization REGIONAL ASSOCIATION IV (NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN) Seventeenth Session San José, Costa Rica, 27 to 31 March 2017 RA IV-17/INF. 5.2 Submitted by: Secretary-General 7.III.2017 LIST OF REGIONAL EVENTS IN RA IV (April 2013-December 2016) Date Event Place Part I: WMO constituent body sessions and RA IV Regional Conferences / Regional Seminars 2013 12–19 April 2013 Sixteenth session of Regional Association IV (RA IV-16) Willemstad, Curaçao Part II: RA IV Subsidiary Body Meetings / Sessions 2017 23 January 2017 RA IV Management Meeting Seattle, United States of America 2016 21 June 2016 RA IV Management Group Meeting Geneva, Switzerland 25-26 May 2016 RA IV GFCS Task Team meeting on RA IV RCC Road Map Development San José, Costa Rica 23-26 2016 RA IV Hurricane Committee - 38th meeting San Juan, Puerto Rico 11 January 2016 RA IV Management Group Meeting New Orleans, United States of America 2015 24-28 August 2015 RA IV Aviation Task Team Meeting San José, Costa Rica 27 May-8 June 2015 RA IV Management Group Meeting Geneva, Switzerland
13-17 April 2015 RA IV Hurricane Committee - 37th meeting San José, Rica 23-26 February 2015 RA IV Working Group on Hydrology Meeting San Salvador, El Salvador 5-6 February 2015 RA IV GFCS Task Team Meeting on GFCS Implementation San José, Costa Rica 7 January 2015 RA IV Management Group Meeting Phoenix, United States of America 2014 17 June 2014 RA IV Management Meeting Geneva, Switzerland 7-11 April 2014 RA IV Hurricane Committee - 36th Meeting Cancun, Mexico 4 February 2014 RA IV Management Meeting Atlanta, United States of America 2013 15 May 2013 RA IV Management Group Meeting Geneva, Switzerland Part III: Other Meetings, Workshops and Training Courses 2016 13–15 December 2016 Workshop for the Prevention and Management of Extreme Hydrometeorological Phenomena and Measures to Adapt to Climate Change La Antigua, Guatemala 22–25 November 2016 XIII Meeting of the Conference of Directors of the NMHSs (CIMHET) La Antigua, Guatemala 7–11 November 2016 Workshop on the Development of Professional Training for Regional Training Centers of RAs III and IV Buenos Aires, Argentina
19-20 November 2015 Strengthening Hydrometeorological Operations and Services in Caribbean SIDS Phase II (SHOCS II) Project Board Meeting Bridgetown, Barbados 13 August-11 November 2015 Course on Applications of the Model of the European Centre for Tropical Meteorology La Antigua, Guatemala 28 September-6 October 2015 Central America Virtual Centre Project Meetings Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica 8-11 September 2015 National Consultation on Climate Services and National Climate Outlook Forum Paramaribo, Suriname 1-2 September 2015 Meeting on the Center for Climate Services for Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Mexico City, Mexico 24-28 August 2015 Workshop of the RA IV Aviation Task Team San Jose, Costa Rica 11-13 August 2015 Workshop on Metadata Bridgetown, Barbados 6-10 July 2015 Workshop on Information Quality and Hydrometeorological Forecast (PROHIMET) San Jose, Costa Rica 11-14 May 2015 National Consultation on Climate Services and National Climate Outlook Forum Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 9-10 2015 Workshop on Addressing Tropical Cyclone Forecasting Competencies within WMO RA IV San Jose, Costa Rica 9-20 March 2015 RA IV Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warning and Public Weather Services Miami, Florida, United States of America 4-6 March 2015 XII Meeting of the Conference of Directors of the Ibero-American NMHSs Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 23-26 February 2015 Workshop on Hydrological Networks and Data San Salvador, El Salvador
19-23 January 2015 Workshop on Storm Surges and Wave Forecasting Miami, Florida, United States of America 2014 1-5 December 2014 Workshop on Capture, Processing and Transmission of Synoptic and Climatic Observations and Radiosondes in BUFR Code Mexico City, Mexico 28-30 July 2014 GFCS Regional Services for Latin America Workshop San Jose, Costa Rica 2-6 June 2014 Workshop on the Prediction of Drought Indexes San Jose, Costa Rica 21-26 April 2014 Installation and training of the MCH database Dominican Republic 10-21 March 2014 RA IV Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warning and Public Weather Services Miami, Florida, United States of America 3-7 February 2014 Installation and training of the MCH database Guatemala City, Guatemala 2013 10-12 December 2013 Workshop on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Urban Areas San Jose, Costa Rica 27-29 November 2013 XI Meeting of the Conference of Directors of the NMHSs Quito, Ecuador 25-29 November 2013 Installation and training of the MCH database Belmopan, Belize 13-15 November 2013 Weather Climate Forum in Central America San Jose, Costa Rica 11-15 November 2013 Hydrometeorological operation networks to prevent disasters (PROHIMET) Aguascalientes, Mexico
11-15 November 2013 BUFR Workshop on RA III and RA IV Montevideo, Uruguay 4-8 November 2013 Regional Workshop on Drought and its Effects in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean La Antigua, Guatemala 7-11 October 2013 Applications of weather prediction models of the European Centre for Tropical Meteorology La Antigua, Guatemala 1-3 October 2013 Ibero-American Meteorological and Climate Change Offices (RIOCC) Santiago, Chile 29-31 May 2013 Regional Workshop on Climate Services at the national level for the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 6-17 May 2013 Radar Training by INSMET Tegucigalpa, Honduras __________