Regional consultation meeting on climate services
in the North-Eurasian countries
(19-20 October 2015, Sochi, Russian Federation)
Programme (version of 13.10.2015)
Sunday, 18 October
18:00-21:00
Registration (in the hotel lobby)
Monday, 19 October
09:00-09:30
Registration (at the entrance to the conference room)
09:30-10:50 Session 1 OPENING OF THE MEETING
Chair: Alexander Frolov (Roshydromet, Russian Federation)
09:30-10:00 Greetings from
 Roshydromet Head (Alexander Frolov)
 WMO General Secretary representative (Filipe Lucio)
 Deputy Minister of Healthcare of Russian Federation (Sergey
Kraevoy)
 World Bank representative (Marina Smetanina)
10:00-10.30 Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) – goals, challenges,
structure, implementation plan. F.D.F.Lúcio (GFCS Office, WMO)
10:30-10:50 Russian segment of GFCS. V.M.Kattsov (Voeikov Main Geophysical
Observatory, Roshydromet Climate Centre, Russian Federation)
10:50-11:20 Photo-session, coffee-tea
11:20-12:40 Session 2 CAPABILITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF CLIMATE SERVICES
AT NATIONAL LEVEL
Chair: Levon Vardanyan (Armhydromet, Republic of Armenia)
11:20-11:35 Monthly and seasonal forecasts for climate services. D.B.Kiktev
(Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, North-Eurasian regional climate
center, Russian Federation).
11:35-11:50 Specialized climate services of economy sectors in the context of climate
change. Climate resources. V.V.Stadnik (Voeikov Main Geophysical
Observatory, Roshydromet Climate Centre, Russian Federation)
11:50-12:05 Climate services – assessment of water resources and of their use.
V.Yu.Georgievsky (State Hydrological Institute, Russian Federation).
12:05-12:20 Climate services for the agroindustrial complex. V.A.Dolgy-Trach (AllRussian Research Institute for Agricultural Meteorology, Russian Federation)
12:20-12:35 Russian and international experience in climate risks assessment and
management. E.M.Akenteva (Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory,
Roshydromet Climate Centre, Russian Federation)
12:35-12:50 Climate information for economy sectors and social sphere provided by the
North Caucasian Territorial Administration for Hydrometeorological and
Environmental Monitoring. N.A.Samoletova (North Caucasian Territorial
Administration of Roshydromet, Russian Federation)
12:50-14:00
Lunch
14:00-16:00 Session 2 (continuation) CAPABILITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF
CLIMATE SERVICES AT NATIONAL LEVEL
Chair: Khomidzhon Rasulzoda (Tajikhydromet, Republic of Tajikistan)
14:00-14:20 Climate services of agroindustrial complex in Belarus in conditions of nonstationary climate. V.I.Melnik (Belgidromet, Republic of Belarus).
14:20-14:40 Climate services of energy industry, agriculture and transportation industry in
Kazakhstan in conditions of climate change. P.J.Kozhahmetov,
A.Nurbazina (Kazgidromet, Republic of Kazakhstan)
14:40-15:00 Climate services for reducing negative consequences of dangerous
hydrometeorological events in Uzbekistan. K.I.Valiev (Uzgidromet, Republic
of Uzbekistan)
15:00-15:20 Short presentations of NMHSs. Good practices, needs and gaps of the
climate services provided by the NMHSs (up to 10 min each: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan).
15:20-15:40 Coffee-tea
15:40-16:00 Short presentations of NMHSs. Good practices, needs and gaps of the
climate services provided by the NMHSs (up to 10 min each: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan).
16:00-18:00 General discussion on capabilities for the provision of climate services
and products (on technical capabilities of the NMHSs in the regions to
provide climate services and on how corresponding technical needs of
NMHSs could be addressed with support of the Regional Climate
Centres and other mechanisms).
Moderators Vladimir Kattsov and Filipe Lucio
Tuesday, 20 October
09:00-11:00 Session 3 USER NEEDS FOR CLIMATE SERVICES
Chair: Maria Germenchuk (Belhydromet, Republic of Belarus)
09:00-09:15 Climate loadings on buildings and constructions. N.A.Popov (Kucherenko
Central Research Institute for Building Structures, Russian Federation)
09:15-09:30 Climate information for energy generation, transmission and usage.
P.P.Besrukih (Krzhizhanovsky Power Energy Institute, Russian Federation)
09:30-09:45 Mortality seasonal changes – impact of the anomalous heat and air pollution
on people mortality due to blood circulation system diseases in regions of the
Russian Federation with different climatic and geographic conditions.
S.A.Boytsov (National Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Ministry of
health care, Russian Federation)
09:45-10:00 Climate information for public health authorities. A.V.Meltser (Mechnikov
North-Western State Medical University, Russian Federation)
10:00-10:15 Representative of Russian Water Resources agency (TBC)
10:15-10:30 Representative of Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer
Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) (TBC)
10:30-11:00 Short presentations from sectors
11:00-11:20 Coffee-tea
11:20-12:10 Discussion on the Way Forward.
Moderators Filipe Lucio and Vladimir Kattsov
12:10-12:30 Session 4 CLOSING OF THE MEETING
Co-chairs: Alexander Frolov and Filipe Lucio
12:10-12:30 Summary of the Regional consultation meeting. Concluding remarks by
Filipe Lucio and Alexander Frolov
12:30-14:00
Lunch