Regional Coordination Office
Moegamat Ishaam Abader is the Director of the Regional Coordination Office, which supports the WMO regional and sub-regional offices that serve as a bridge between WMO and its Member States. These offices support WMO Regional Associations by integrating regional perspectives into WMO's strategic plans, aiding in developing regional operating plans, and providing expert support particularly to developing nations.
Coordinating regional activities entails communicating regional priorities to the WMO Secretariat, assisting Regional Associations and their working bodies, monitoring the implementation of regional plans, and disseminating information on meteorology, hydrology, and related disciplines to Members.
The regional and sub-regional offices:
- Regional Office for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (Agnes Kijazi, Director)
- Representative Office for North, West and Central Africa in Abuja, Nigeria
- Representative Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya
- Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific in Singapore, (Ben Churchill, Director)
- Representative Office of the South-West Pacific in Apia, Samoa
- Representative Office Regional Representative for The Arab Region, Inter-Regional Office for Arab Region. Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
- Regional Office for the Americas in Asuncion, Paraguay, (Julián Báez, Director)
- Representative Office for North and Central America and the Caribbean in Costa Rica
- Regional Office for Europe in Geneva, Switzerland, (Kornélia Radics, Director)