SEMINA ELEKEZI KWA VIONGOZI WA TUGHE WA MAMLAKA YA HALI YA HEWA NCHINI: TAREHE 17-19 FEBRUARI 2016

Mgeni rasmi katika kufunga semina elekezi ya viongozi wa TUGHE, TMA, Mkurugenzi wa Huduma Saidizi Bw. Laurent shauri akikabidhi vyeti na kufunga rasmi semina hiyo, kulia kwake ni Mwenyekiti wa TUGHE Bi. Aurelia Mwakalukwa na kushoto ni makamu mwenyekiti Bw. Benjamin Bikulamchi

Baadhi ya viongozi wa TUGHE, TMA wakisiliza moja ya mada zilizotolewa na mwanasheria Emmanuel Ntenga wakati wa semina ya siku tatu iliyofanyika katika ukumbi wa mikutano uliopo makao makuu ya Ofisi za Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa mwezi Februari 2016

ZIARA YA WAZIRI WA UJENZI,UCHUKUZI NA MAWASILIANO KATIKA KITUO CHA HALI YA HEWA SHINYANGA

Waziri wa Ujenzi, Uchukuzi na Mawasiliano Mhe. Prof. Makame Mbarawa akipata maelezo ya upimaji wa taarifa (takwimu) za hali ya hewa katika Kituo cha Hali ya Hewa kilichopo katika uwanja wa ndege wa Shinyanga.Anayetoa maelezo ni Meneja wa Kituo hicho Bw. Khamis Omary. Mhe. Waziri amekuwa akiendelea na ziara ya kukagua ufanisi wa kazi katika taasis zilizopo chini ya Wizara yake.

Tanzania Meteorological Agency and Met Office work in partnership to enhance Tanzania weather and climate services

Stephen Brice from British High Commission introducing the high table and the invitee during a launching ceremony on 4th February 2016

Her Excellency, British High Commissioner, Madam Dianna Melrose addressing the audience during a launching ceremony on 4th February 2016

Tanzania Meteorological Agency Director General and Permanent Representative of Tanzania with WMO, Dr. Agnes Kijazi adressing the audience during a launching ceremony on 4th February 2016

Chief Executive Officer and permanent Representative of UK with WMO, Mr. Rob Varley addressing the audience during a launching ceremony on 4th February 2016.

 

 Head of DIFD, Mr. Vel Gnanendran addressing the audience during a launching ceremony on 4th February 2016

 

UK-MET, DFID and TMA signing session during a launching ceremony on 4th February 2016.

Stephen Brice from Britis Media session at the launching.

Three new UK government funded projects have been launched at the British High Commission, Dar es Salaam. These projects demonstrate the strengthening partnership between the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) and the Met Office, the United Kingdom’s National Weather Service.

The projects, supported by UK aid from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO), are:

FCO Prosperity Fund Energy and Extractives Project

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Africa Prosperity Fund project explores development of services for renewable energy and oil and gas industries in East Africa. Working with a range of renewable energy and oil and gas companies active in East Africa, it aims to better understand how weather and climate affects their operations. Accurate weather and climate services are necessary to enable the energy industry to make investment decisions, manage risk and effectively run their operations. The changing climate is also likely to increase pressures on energy production, an issue already evident for hydropower production in Tanzania due to low rainfall, and could affect the design of oil and gas infrastructure in the region. 

DFID TMA Capacity Development Phase 2 Project

The DFID funded capacity development project enables TMA to support citizens of Tanzania in making climate-smart decisions based on relevant, reliable and accessible weather and climate information. The project has three main components, user engagement, data rescue and service delivery. The user engagement will engage with sectors most vulnerable to severe weather, such as agriculture and health. The data rescue activity will continue work underway to rescue and digitise TMA’s paper archives. The service delivery activity will develop products based on the two other activities and ensure they reach users to allow them to make climate-smart decisions.

DFID Weather Information SERvices in Africa (WISER)

The pan-African DFID WISER programme aims to improve the creation and use of weather and climate information across Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, WISER is supporting the TMA and the Met Office working together on a Multi Hazard Early Warning Service. The development and delivery of the pilot Multi Hazard Early Warning Service for the coastal regions in Tanzania aims to reduce the impacts of extreme weather, and enhance the role, capacity and reputation of the TMA.

The combination of TMA’s local expertise and access to historical data, and the Met Office’s world-class weather and climate science and operational service delivery across several industries, will ensure Tanzanian public and industries benefit from high quality weather and climate information for decision making.

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About the Tanzania Meteorological Agency

The Tanzania Meteorological Agency is the designated national weather service in Tanzania. It provides quality meteorological services to stakeholders' expectations thereby contributing to the protection of life and property, environment and the national poverty eradication goal. http://www.meteo.go.tz/

About the Met Office

The Met Office is the United Kingdom’s National Weather Service, providing 24x7 world-renowned scientific excellence in weather, climate and environmental forecasts and severe weather warnings for the protection of life and property. www.metoffice.gov.uk

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