A new Director has been appointed at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (LEGMC).
Mr. Andris Viksna, Head of the Forecasting and Climate Department, is appointed as representative for the EUMETNET Assembly of Members.
The 17th EUMETNET Assembly meeting took place in Reading, at ECMWF on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th November.
28 members were present as were Observers from the NMSs of Romania and Turkey, ECMWF and WMO.
Not able to attend were the NMSs of HMS The Fyrom, IHMS, LEGMC and EUMETSAT.
The 10th Joint STAC&PFAC meeting and the 13th STAC and PFAC meetings took place in Lisbon, by kind invitation of IPMA.
SECRETARIAT
The Secretariat manages the funds of all activities undertaken by EUMETNET. It also acts as a figurehead for the community with regards to external stakeholders such as the EU. It coordinates Programme Management, Financial Management and Reporting and organizes Governing Bodies procedures.
The office is based in Brussels, hosted by the Royal Meteorological Service of Belgium (RMIB).
Eric Petermann
Executive Director
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Christophe Jacob
European Affairs Manager
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Alexandra Albus-Moore
Coordinator of Governing Bodies
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Philippe Tristant
Radio Frequency Manager
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Christèle Dubois
Assistant and Accounting Officer
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Manuel Palomares
Coordinator of Programmes and Projects
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EIG EUMETNET is a grouping of 31 European National Meteorological Services that provides a framework to organise co-operative programmes between its Members in the various fields of basic meteorological activities. These activities include observing systems, data processing, basic forecasting products, research and development and training. EUMETNET’s mission statement is:
“To help its Members to develop and share their individual and joint capabilities through cooperation programmes that enable enhanced networking, interoperability, optimisation and integration within Europe; and also to enable collective representation with European bodies in order that these capabilities can be exploited effectively.xx”