Many European institutions, including national hydrometeorological services, universities, private companies, and donor organizations, are involved in projects aiming to assist with the development of weather and climate services in developing and emerging countries and thereby support the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals. This effort has recently been strengthened through funding mechanisms such as the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) or the Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, involving various European institutions. The session will foster the exchange of information on recent, ongoing, or planned co-development initiatives in developing and emerging countries, providing a platform to exchange knowledge, lessons learned and good practice on effective co-development and scientific and practical achievements in the field of meteorology and climatology.

The session invites contributions from those working on initiatives aiming to enable countries from the developing world to improve their weather and climate service capability, such as
• the enhancement and coordination of technical and organizational infrastructure,
• the development of new weather and climate services products,
• the implementation and optimization of procedures and methods, capacity building for technical and general management,
• the enhancement of education and training, the strengthening of service mindedness,
• the development of scientific capability in meteorological and climatological topics, and the related knowledge gain,
• the facilitation and fostering of international collaboration, and
• the coordination of relevant donors and funding opportunities.

Particularly welcome are presentations on lessons learnt on in development projects, including examples of good practice and success stories, alongside reports on difficulties and challenges encountered, as well as meta-initiatives aiming at facilitating communication and collaboration. Pure methodological discussions, however, are left to other topical sessions in the OSA program stream.