Stefan is one of the leaders of WP4, which is focused on the training and capacity building part of CONFER. They work with people in the region, providing training in interpreting and applying climate services in a way that benefits and supports resilience against inter-annual variability. One of the people working to design these training events is Stefan.
What does co-production mean? Just by looking at the word, one can probably tell that it has something to do with producing something as well as cooperating. But how does it work? What is being produced? By whom? And for whom? These are important questions to answer in any project, and this article will answer them for CONFER and discuss the notion of co-production. Why is it important, and how is it done in practice?
During the GHACOF59 a couple of weeks ago, the seasonal forecast for October, November, and December (OND) was presented. This season is the rainfall season in the East African region, and the forecast predicted the season to be drier than normal.
CONFER has two “Sister projects”: DOWN2EARTH and FOCUS-Africa. All three are funded under the same sub-topic of the Horizon 2020 programme, and we want to explore our “sister projects” a bit further. Today we introduce our sister project FOCUS-Africa, led by Roberta Boscolo at WMO. We have asked her for some insight into what the project does, its connection to CONFER, and how the two projects work together.
Abduwali is the NORCAP expert at ICPAC. He works with capacity building and training on work package 4, and is also involved in communication on CONFER (Work package 5).
This week, the 59th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum is taking place. The forum takes place three times… Read More »GHACOF59: Climate Services for Resilience
Stefan is a researcher at NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre), based in Bergen. He is the leader of work package 2 in CONFER, which focuses on climate modelling.
CONFER has two “Sister projects”: DOWN2EARTH and FOCUS-Africa. All three are funded under the same sub-topic of the Horizon 2020 programme, and we want to explore our “sister projects” a bit further. First up is DOWN2EARTH, led by Dr Michael Singer at the University of Cardiff. We have asked him for some insight into what the project does, its connection to CONFER, and how the two projects work together.
Peter is a researcher at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. He participates in Work Package 4 in CONFER, working on training and capacity building.