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Agenda

 

Time	Meeting	Themes	Speakers/Champions	Attendance for speakers
9H00-9H30	Plenary	Welcome & Opening ceremony	Welcome address by the vice chancellor of the University of Lomé BMBF or Ambassador of Germany in Togo MESRI or Ambassador of France in Togo Opening speech by the Ministry of High Education and Research in Togo	In Situ & Remote
9H30-10H30	Plenary panel discussion	Moderator:  Andreas  FINK  (KIT)  Remote  Reporters:  Mouhamed  IDRISSOU  (WASCAL GSP Lomé)  &  Audrey Kantz CODJIA  (WASCAL CoC Ouaga.)  In Situ	Topics  ⮚ Early warning  system,  adaptation and  mitigation  measures;  ⮚ Post-evaluation  of measures in  terms of socio  economic value  Two keynote speakers Benjamin SULTAN (IRD, Researcher  Director, Coordinator of knowledge  network on climate  services)   Heou MHeou Maleki  BADJANA  (University of Lomé  Togo, Former  WASCAL, Red Cross Climate Centre)aleki  BADJANA  (University of Lomé  Togo, Former  WASCAL, Red Cross Climate Centre)	Remote     In Situ
10h30-11h00 COFFEE BREAK
11H00-13H00                                                 11H00-13H00	Parallel Session 1                                             Parallel session 2	Topics  ⮚ Increase knowledge of the hazard; ⮚ Better forecasting it;  ⮚ Communicate the forecast;  ⮚ Predictability of rainfall and temperature from weather forecasts to S2S time scales.  Moderator: Cheikh KANE  (Red Cross Climate Centre)  Reporter: Mouhamed IDRISSOU (WASCAL GSP Lomé)  Speakers:  Philippe PEYRILLE (Météo France) André KAMGA (ACMAD)  Abdou ALI (AGRHYMET)  Yvonne WALZ  (Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University)  Sadibou BA (West Africa Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre-RSMC) (ANACIM, Senegal)  Frederic VITART (ECMWF)  Douglas PARKER (University of Leeds)		Remote  In Situ  Remote   Remote   Remote  Remote  Remote  Remote  Remote
		Topics  ⮚ The "value chain" of early warning systems.  ⮚ Identify needs, what science can bring and migrate from science to policy advice.  Moderator: Arona DIEDHIOU (IRD)  Reporter: Audrey Kantz CODJIA (WASCAL CoC Ouaga.)  Speakers:  Mandjadiba Essoyodina ASSIH  (Togo Red Cross)  Nelson AKIBODE  (ANPC-Togo)  Paul KAMAN  (Côte d’Ivoire National Focal Point DRR)  Colonel-major Boubacar BAKO  (Niger National Focal Point DRR)  Luca PARODI  (FAO, Dakar)		In Situ   In Situ       In Situ     In Situ     Remote   Remote u
13H00-14H00 LUNCH BREAK
14H00-15H00	2 Parallel sessions continue and finalizing report			In Situ & Remote
15H00-15H30	Plenary Reporting of parallel sessions and conclusions	Reporters  Audrey K.  CODJIA  (WASCAL CoC Ouaga.)  Mouhamed IDRISSOU  (WASCAL GSP Lomé)  Closing remarks  Daouda KONE      (WASCAL Director of Capacity Buildings)