Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

...

Duty
(a) Provide strategic leadership in the further development of the concept for the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch, the development of partnerships required for its implementation and the work toward preparing for uptake of its output by the UNFCCC Parties, academia, the private sector and other stakeholders;
(b) Lead and coordinate the effort to mobilize additional resources from both public and private sectors to help accelerate the development and the implementation of the GGGW;
(c) Lead the Secretariat support for the Joint Study Group on Greenhouse Gas Monitoring (SG-GHG), its task teams and subsequent bodies, as well as the Secretariat support for external Symposia, Workshops, expert team meetings and similar events;
(d) Co-ordinate and oversee the preparation of GGGW-related formal documents and informal reports to the WMO constituent bodies, including the World Meteorological Congress, the Executive Council, Technical Commissions, Research Board and Regional Associations, and their relevant Standing Committees and other working structures;
(e) Manage collaboration with the Infrastructure Commission, particularly in relation to measurement standards, international data exchange and coordination of modelling;
(f) Manage collaboration and coordination with the Global Atmosphere Watch Programme of WMO and linkages to the Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS);
(g) Manage collaboration and relationships with key external stakeholders in greenhouse gas monitoring, e.g. fellow UN agencies such as UNFCCC, UNEP, FAO, WFP, IOC/UNESCO and other coordination mechanisms such as the Coordination Group on Meteorological Satellites (CGMS), the Committee on Earth Observations Satellites (CEOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS); Links with IPCC to be discussed and established in Phase-1.
(h) Provide guidance, advice and assistance to Members and their NMHSs on developing and/or strengthening their GGGW-related capacities, both in terms of the institutional capacities of the NMHSs and in the broader national context, both concerning the technical and scientific aspects of the monitoring activities and concerning policy issues related to the use of the GGGW output;
(i) Oversee the programmatic/administrative tasks necessary for the functioning of the evolving GGGW team, including the preparation of funding requests, budgets, reporting on budget/programme performance, staff management, recruitment, and preparation of inputs for results-based budgeting;
(j) Manage, guide, develop and train staff under his/her supervision;
(k) Foster teamwork and communication among staff in his or her team and across organizational boundaries;
(l) Represent WMO at relevant international, regional or national meetings;
(m) Carry out other relevant duties as required.

...