9th International Weather and Climate Forum - 22 March 2012 Hydro-meteorological information: A tool for social and economic development?

Weather forecasts and hydrological information are a part of daily life in industrial countries but are largely absent from developing countries.
Recent studies underline that hydro-meteorological information can yield economic and social benefits, as well as gains in terms of security and quality of life. This is true for industrialized countries, as well as for developing and emerging countries.

Investing in this sector seems thus to be a good way of accelerating the economic development and growth, and of alleviating poverty.

This symposium will unite the experts and operational managers to discuss the financial and technical needs to produce quality information (observations and forecast), and the assessment of the social and economic benefits of these services, in various economic sectors such as:
Heath,
Risk management,
Insurance,
Industry,
Energy,
Agriculture…

Also, the symposium will discuss the solutions and options to develop sustainable hydro-meteorological services. 

Contact information	GEN SECRETARY (email: Gen.SECRETARY@unep.org ; fimcolloque@gmail.com)
Event type	Seminar
File link	http://www.inscription-smf.fr/colloque.html
File link copy	FIM2012_prez colloque_v23janv.pdf (PDF, 1337 Kb)
Source	World Meteorological Organization
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS
Relation	http://www.wmo.int/
Geographical coverage	Switzerland,
Address	World Meteorological Organization HQ. Room A (ground floor) 7bis, Avenue de la Paix Geneva - Switzerland
Organizer	French Meteorological Society
Target audience	International
Period	22/03/2012
Status	Confirmed
Working language(s)	ENGLISH