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The PAC advises the Executive Council on any matters concerning the strategy and policy of the Organization submitted to it by the Executive Council. The terms of reference of the PAC:
- Maintaining awareness of global trends and external drivers that affect Members and the long-term vision-setting of the Organization
- Improving and aligning the Organization-wide strategic, operational and budget planning process, including monitoring of implementation of the Strategic Plan
- Keeping under review WMO policies and practices for the exchange of meteorological, hydrological and climatological and related data and products
- Optimizing WMO governance and programme structures, processes and practices to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources through a more strategic focus and within a quality management framework
- Addressing and keeping under review the evolution of the role and operation of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
- Streamlining WMO scientific and technical programmes to ensure their relevance to the Strategic and Operating Plans and effectiveness
- Guiding the engagement of the Organization in partnerships with other UN and international organizations, the academia and the private sector
- Mainstreaming and advancing gender equality across the Organization, especially in governance and decision-making
