Central Africa workshop on strengthening coordination and advisory communication mechanisms for the production and dissemination of early warnings

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(UTC: 10 February 2026, 08:00 - 12 February 2026, 16:00)
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N'Djaména انجمينا, Chad

Objectives

The main objective of the workshop is to define collaboration mechanisms between regional centers, NMHSs, and DRM entities in ECCAS countries within the framework of the Multi-Hazard Early Warning and facilitate communication between the respective authorities to support warning services. This will cover the following specific objectives:

  1. Update on the support from regional institutions to assist countries in improving 
    weather, climate, hydrological and warning services, as well as on national 
    communication and response mechanisms.
  2. Sharing knowledge through case studies on observation data, forecasting, 
    warnings, preparation and response, and advisory communication mechanisms 
    from other African regions and institutions (e.g., AUC, ACMAD, ECOWAS, IGAD).
  3. Define roles, responsibilities, and cooperation processes between national early 
    warning institutions and regional centers (type of information, media, and 
    technical and capacity-building support).
  4. Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) for collaboration between the 
    ECCAS situation room and countries to contribute to the EW4All and AMHEWAS 
    frameworks.

Expected Outcomes

  • Common agreement on the institutional roles, type of products and communication mechanisms across regional centers and the national entities related to Early warning from ECCAS countries. 
  • Recommendations to feed into:
    - Draft SOPs and interface protocols between ECCAS situation room and 
    national institutions (NMHSs, Civil Protection, DRM).
    - Process for multi-hazard regional advisories and national warning.
    - Continuous support from the Regional Center and AMHEWAS platform to 
    support countries in improving warning services.

Participants 

  • National entities: 11 NMSs and NHSs and Civil Protection from ECCAS Member 
    States
  • CREWS Implementing Partners of regional components: WMO, UNDRR
  • Continental Centers: ACMAD
  • Regional centers: CAPC-AC, AGRHYMET, RSMC Dakar, RSMC-Yaoundé, CICOS, 
    LCBC, LTA
  • Collaborating RECs: ECCAS, AUC, SADC (incl SHOC and CSC), IGAD, ECOWAS

Concept Note