ESCAP/WMOTyphoonCommitteeFifty-FirstSession26Feb–1Mar2019Guangzhou,China

FORPARTICIPANTSONLYWRD/TC.51/10.225February2019

ENGLISHONLY

ADVISORYWORKINGGROUPANNUALREPORT2018

(SubmittedbyAWGChair)

ACTIONREQUIRED:TheCommitteeisinvited:

a) TotakenoteofthemajorAWGactivitiesin2018b) TotakenoteoftheactionstakenbyAWGin2018c) TotakenoteoftherecommendationsmadebyAWG

APPENDICES:AppendixA-DRAFTTEXTFORINCLUSIONINTHESESSIONREPORTAppendixB-ADVISORYWORKINGGROUPANNUALREPORT2018APPENDIXA:DRAFTTEXTFORINCLUSIONINTHESESSIONREPORT

ReportofAWG

1. TheCommitteewasinformedoftheactivitiesoftheAWGaspresentedintheAWGReport2018.

2. TheCommitteewasbriefedonthemajorissuesdiscussedattheAWGmeetingsinHaNoi,

VietNamon3March2018,inUlsan,RepublicofKoreaon1June2018,andinChiangMai,Thailandon4and9November2018.

3. TheCommitteewasinformedoftheproposedbudgetfor2019,includingitemsinsupport

ofnon-recurringitemsforspecialfundingconsideration.

4. TheCommitteewasinformedontheprogressoftheSSOP-IIProject.

5. TheCommitteewasinformedonthestatusoftheWGHChairpersonshipissue.RecommendationsofAWG

1. RecognizeandthankVietNamfortheirexceptionaleffortinhostingthehighlysuccessful

TyphoonCommittee50thAnnualSessioninHaNoi,VietNam.

2. RecognizeandthankThailandfortheirexceptionaleffortinhostingthe13thIntegratedWorkshopinChiangMai.Thailand.

3. WelcomeMr.HisakiEITO,DirectorofRSMCTokyo,asthenewco-ViceChairoftheAWG.

4. Re-appointMr.RaymondTanabe,USA,andr.T.C.LEE,HongKong,ChinaasChairandco–ViceChairoftheAWGforasecondterm.

5. Takenoteoftheprogressandrecommendationsmadeintheplanningandimplementation

ofTCactivities,includingthepreparationofthebudgetfor2019.

6. Reviewandprovidecommentsonthe2019workplanfortheSSOP-IIprojectconclusion.

7. AnyothertextwhichwillbeincludedintheSessionReport.

APPENDIXB:ADVISORYWORKINGGROUPANNUALREPORT20181. Introduction

Inaccordancewith itsTermsofReference,AWGaims toassist theChairpersonof theTyphoonCommittee(TC)andtheTCSecretarytocoordinatetheimplementationofTCdecisions.AWGalsoservesasa“ThinkTank/SteeringGroup”toadviseandofferoptionsorproposals,asrequired,toTCChairperson,TCSecretaryandTCMembers.2. AWGMembershipThecurrentcompositionofAWGis:

Mr.RaymondTANABE,ChairofAWGDr.HisakiEITO,Co-ViceChairofAWGDr.T.C.LEE,Co-ViceChairofAWGDr.LEIXiaotu,ChairofWGMMr.YoshioTOKUNAGA,ChairofWGHMr.SeokHyunKIM,ChairofWGDRRDr.T.C.LEE,ChairofTRCGandESCAP,WMOandTCSrepresentativesasex-officiomembers

3. AWGMeetings/Activities3.1 AWGMeetinginHaNoi,VietNamon3March2018.

TheAWGheldashortmeetingfollowingtheconclusionofthesuccessfulTECOandTC50.ThepurposeofthemeetingwastoreflectoftheSessionanddocumentbestpracticesforfuturemeetings. TheAWGalso conducted a quick reviewof recommendations as approvedby theTyphoonCommittee.

1. GathercommentsfromTECOandTC502. ReviewrecommendationsandactionsfromTC50.3. Otheritemsasproposedanddiscussed.

3.2 AWGMeetinginUlsan,RepublicofKoreaon1June2018

At the kind invitation and support from NDMI, AWG took the opportunity to hold ameetingon1June2018followingtheannualWGDRRworkshopinUlsan,RepublicofKorea.Themeeting provided a review of AWG related activities/decisions, residual TC50 activities,proceduresfornewmemberstojointheTyphoonCommittee,andupcomingmeetings.TheAWGmeetingwasverycomprehensive.

1. ReviewofAWGActionsandRecommendationsfrom50thAnnualSession2. ArrangementsofshowcasingTC50andTECOmaterial(e.g.PPT,poster,videos,

photobook,winnersofphotocontest,etc.)inTCwebsite3. ReviewproposalfromWGHforChairpersonsystem4. 50thAnniversaryPhotoContestforMembers5. ProceduresfornewMemberstojoinTyphoonCommittee6. UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS7. 13thIWSinChiangMai,Thailand8. 51stSessioninGuangzhou,China9. Progressonthehostingofthe52ndSession

3.3 AWGMeetingsinChiangMai,Thailandon4and9November2018.

AWG held meetings preceding and following the 13th IWS. The AWG meeting on 4

November2019focusedonfinallogisticsandpreparationsforthe13thIWS.

1. FinalArrangementsfor13thIWS2. Day2morningsession–crosscuttingthemesbetweenWGs

TheAWGmeetingon9November2019wasmuchmorecomprehensiveanddiscussed

manykeyissuestobepresentedatthenextAnnualSessionforapproval.

1. ProceduresfornewMemberstojoinTyphoonCommittee2. ReviewproposalfromWGHforChairpersonsystem3. 50thAnniversaryPhotoContestforMembersselection4. TCSecretaryNewterm2019-20225. 2ndTermofAWGChair/Vice-Chair6. UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS7. 2ndTermofAWGChair/Vice-Chair8. UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS9. 51stSessioninGuangzhou,China

4. AOPsandTCTFBudget

AOPsfor2018werereviewedandbasedontheAOPssubmittedbyTCSandthevariousworkinggroupsfor2019,aTCTFbudgetproposalfor2019wassubmittedfortheCommittee’sapprovalunderAgendaItem15.5atthe51stSession.

AnnextoAWGAnnualReport2018

AWGMeetingSummaryNotesDaewooHanoiHotel,HaNoi,VietNam3March2018Participants:AWG:Mr.RaymondTANABE,Mr.TzeCheungLEETCS:Mr.JixinYU,MrBarrieLEI,Mr.ClarenceFONG,Mr.JinpingLIU,Ms.DeniseLAUWMO:Mr.TaoyongPENGESCAP:Mr.SanjaySRIVASTAVARSMCTokyo:Mr.ChiashiMUROI,Mr.NaohisaKOIDE,Ms.JitsukoHASEGAWAWGM:Dr.XiaoTuLEIWGH:Mr.YoshioTOKUNAGAWGDRR:Mr.ChihunLEETRCG:Mr.TzeCheungLEEKMA:Ms.EunJeongCHAandMr.Dong-unKangMr.ZiyuLIUMr.MasahiroABEMr.TakafumiSHINYAAgenda:

1. GathercommentsfromTECOandTC502. ReviewrecommendationsandactionsfromTC50.3. Otheritems.

MeetingNotesTECO/TC50Comments.

• Goodtoengagewithandencourageparticipationoffemaleandyoungerscientists.• AcknowledgeoutstandingworkofTCLEE,ClarenceFONG,andLOCtoorganizeTECO• LOCarrangedwithalltheroomsforparallelsessions,goodvarietyofspeakers,

gatheringover42technicalpresentations.TCSassignedfundingfairly.• Wouldbebettertohavemoretimefordiscussions.• SpecialTCRRwillpublishallarticlesinasingleissue.• FornextTRCGForum,includemoretimefordiscussionandleavemoretimefor

speakerstoanswerquestions.• CommentfromMr.TOKUNAGAitwouldgoodtohavespaceforpostersandother

materialatfuturesessionsorIWS.• Wecancapturevideosandmateriallikeposters,TCRR,andpostonaspecialwebsiteas

apartoftheTC50website.• TCSwillprovidearequesttomemberforsoftcopiesofthematerials.• BecauseTECOwasaspecialworkshop,thenextTRCGForumwillbethe4thTRCGForum

andassociatedwiththeIWSin2021.• NDMIplanstohaveWGDRRmeetingMay29toJune1.AWGmeetingwilltakeplaceon

June1.

RecommendationsfromTC50FinalReport.• Itemj.AskMembersiftheyhaveanydocumentationregardingmembershipintoTC.

Maybetheyhavesampledocumentationforreference• Itemhandi.Remainingissuesincludehowmanyco-chairpersonsandrepresentationat

AWGorothermeetings.• ReiterateditemshandIonlyapprovedthechangetotheTORtoincludetheoptionof

eachWGtoutilizetheco-chairpersonssystemandtherearenoapprovedchangestothecurrentsystem.WG’smustsubmitaproposaltotheCommitteeforapprovalbytheMembers.

• WGDRRstatedanyproposaltoutilizetheco-chairpersonssystemshouldincludethepurposeorreasonforchanging,anexplanationofhowtheco-chairpersonswouldbeorganized,adescriptionoftheresponsibilityforeachrole,andhowthenewstructurewouldmaintaincollaborationbetweenthevariousWGs.

• IfaWGswitchestoco-chairandwishedtorevertbacktothechairandvice-chairsystem,theWGwillhavetosubmitaproposalwiththesameinformationoutlinedabove.ThiswillpreventWG’sfromconstantlyswitchingbackandforth.

• IftheWGHstillwishestoadopttheco-chairpersonssystem,theywillprovideadraftproposaltotheAWGforreview/consultationbeforethenextAWGmeetinginUlsan.ROKonJune1.TheproposalmayberevisedfurtherduringtheWGHannualmeetingandthe13thIWS.Iftheproposalisstillmovingforwardafinalversionwillbepresentedduringthe51stSessionforMemberapproval.

OtherItems.

• WMOmentionedanauditwasrecentlycompletedoftheWMOfinancialsystem.TheauditresultsmayrecommendchanginghowtheTCTFfundisadministeredandmanaged.WMOTCPwillprovidefurtherdetailsasreceived.Fornowthisisjustinformationsharing.WMOwillinformofauditingresults.

• Discussionofbasicdocumentsandwhetherornewweneedtoprinthardcopies.Ideaistoencourageelectronicdocumentation.

• RightnowinformationandbasicdocumentsoftheCommitteearespreadoutoverseveralwebpages.SuggestiontoreformattheexistingstructuresoallbasicdocumentscanbeconsolidatedintoasinglepdffilewhichMemberscandownload.OverallTCshouldcontinuetolookforwaystoreducefootprint.

AWGMeeting01June2018Ulsan,RepublicofKorea

Participants:(LtoR)Ms.JiYounSUNG,Ms.DamiHEO,Mr.JunYU,Ms.LisaKOU,Mr.ClarenceFONG,Mr.JinpingLIU,Mr.JixinYU,Mr.RaymondTANABE,MrKojiSUZUKI,Ms.YohkoIGARASHI,Dr.HisakiEITO,Mr.YosukeTOMIZAWA,Mr.TairoISHIKAWA,Mr.YoshioTOKUNAGA,Dr.EunJeongCHA,Ms.DeniseLAU.Agenda:

1. ReviewofAWGActionsandRecommendationsfrom50thAnnualSession2. ArrangementsofshowcasingTC50andTECOmaterial(e.g.PPT,poster,videos,photo

book,winnersofphotocontest,etc.)inTCwebsite3. ReviewproposalfromWGHforChairpersonsystem4. 50thAnniversaryPhotoContestforMembers5. ProceduresfornewMemberstojoinTyphoonCommittee6. UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS7. 13thIWSinChiangMai,Thailand8. 51stSessioninGuangzhou,China9. Progressonthehostingofthe52ndSession

MeetingNotesReviewofAWGActionsandRecommendationsfrom50thAnnualSession

• TheAWGreviewedtheactionsandrecommendationfromthe50thAnnualSessionandhadnofurthercomments.

ArrangementsofshowcasingTC50andTECOmaterial(e.g.PPT,poster,videos,photobook,winnersofphotocontest,etc.)inTCwebsite

• TCShadinformedtheAWGMembersthatthematerialsandpresentationsfromtheTC50andTECOwerealreadypostedontheTCwebsiteforeasyconsultationbytheMembersandpublic.

ReviewproposalfromWGHforChairpersonsystem• Mr.TOKUNAGA,WGHChair,presentedthenewco-chairpersonsystemtoAWG

Members• TheAWGMembersdiscussedtheco-chairpersonsystempresentedanddeliberatedthe

followingconsiderations:Ø Thesystempresentedwasstillnotveryclearontheroleandexplanationonthe

co-chairpersonsystem.Ø WGDRRsuggestedtohavemoredetailedinformationontheoperationofthe

WGHsystem.Ø AWGMembersemphasizedtheneedtoprovideadraftproposalwhichshould

includethepurposeorreasonforchanging,anexplanationofhowtheco-chairpersonswouldbeorganized,adescriptionoftheresponsibilityforeachrole,andhowthenewstructurewouldmaintaincollaborationbetweenthevariousWGs.

Ø AWGsuggestedthatthepresentedproposalmustbesharedanddiscussedamongWGHMembersbyemailandduringthe7thWGHMeetinginearlyOctober2018beforecomingupwithadetailedproposal.

Ø IfstillthereisnoconsensusinsideWGH,AWGrecommendstheWGHcomeupwithanoptionofwhichsystemtouse.

50thAnniversaryPhotoContestforMembers• TCShadpresentedthePhotoContestrulesfromVietNamasanexample.• AWGdiscussedandagreestoopentheContesttootherMembersbesidetheTCRegion

andagreedthefollowingrulestobeapply:Ø EachTCMembercanorganizetheirownPhotoContestSystem,Ø Limitedamaximumof6photospermemberandanycategory.Ø EachmembersubmitsphotosbeginningofIWSinNovember.Ø AWGdecidestop10andmembersvoteon1stdayofTC51.Ø Prizeswillbepresentedwithplaques(1stand2ndwinners)andconsolation

prize.

ProceduresfornewMemberstojoinTyphoonCommittee• TCSinformedthatbasedonolddocuments,theproceduresfornewMembershipwas

followed:Ø PotentialMembersendrequestforMembershiptoESCAPØ ESCAPinformstheMemberEmbassyforcommentsØ ESCAPpresentsproposalforMembershiptoTCCommitteeØ TCapprovestheNewMemberduringanAnnualSession

• AWGagreesthattheprocedureshouldnottaketoolongasIndonesiaasrequestedtheirintentiontojointheTCasMember.

• SinceUSAwasthelastMembertojointheTC,AWGrequestedTCStoinquiryESCAPabouttheproceduresanddocumentsonthejoiningofmembership

UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS

• SinceWMOwasnotabletoattendthismeeting,AWGChairinformedthathadsendrequesttoWMOfortheinformationabouttheupdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpactofTCS.

13thIWSinChiangMai,Thailandandproposedtheme• TCSinformedAWGthatthefinaldatesforIWSinChiangMaiare05-08Novemberand

09NovemberfortheAWGMeeting• Asthethemeisnotyetset,itwassuggestedtoathemerelatedto“technologies”.• AWGagreestocomeupwithathemeanddiscussfurtherbyemailbetweenAWG

Members• JapanmentionedthatshouldbehaveacrosscuttingprojectsbetweentheWGs.AWG

agreestoidentitytheAOPsonthenewStrategicPlanandbasedonthattohavecrosscuttingbetweentheWGs.

• Sincethisyear,WGMwillhavethe1stWGMMeetinginearlyJuly,WGsmightnotneed2fulldaysduringIWStomeet.

• AWGagreesthatforIWS,1stdayandhalfof2nddayshouldbeavailableforCrossCuttingprojectsbetweentheWGs,thenthe2nddayafternoonand3rddayforWGsmeeting.

• AWGrequestedTCStocommunicatewithThailandrelatedtotheroomsavailabilitywiththisnewsetup.

51stSessioninGuangzhou,China• AWGwasinformedbyChinathat,tentatively,theTC51willbeheldontheweekof

February25,2019.

Progressonthehostingofthe52ndSession• TCSinformedAWGthatthere’snoresponsefromDPRKinhostingtheTC52,therefore,

letterwassenttoHongKong,ChinawhichreaffirmedtheirintentioninhostingtheTC52in2020.

OtherBusiness

• TCSinformedAWGrelatedtotheTermoftheTCSecretary,Mr.YuJixinwillbeuntil2019.ThereforeonTC51,anewTermfortheTCSecretaryshouldbepresentedtotheCommitteeforapproval.

AWGMeetingChiangMai,Thailand04November2018

Participants:(LtoR)Ms.DeniseLAU,Ms.LisaKOU,Dr.XiaotuLEI,Ms.YejiSHIN,Mr.JixinYU,Dr.Tze-CheungLEE,Mr,BarrieLEI,Ms.Patchara,Mr.ClarenceLEE,MrRaymondTANABE,Dr.ChihunLEE,Dr.HisakiEITO,Mr.YoshioTOKUNAGA,Ms.YohkoIGARASHI,Mr.TairoISHIKAWA,Mr.TaoyongPENG,Mr.ChrisBRENCHLEY,Dr.HirotadaMATSUKI,Mr.JinpingLIU,Ms.Pailin,Mr.KenKleeschulte,Mr.WangChunWOO.

Agenda:

1. FinalArrangementsfor13thIWS2. Day2morningsession–crosscuttingthemesbetweenWGs

13thIntegratedWorkshopOrganization

• TheAWGdiscussedtheorganizationoftheIWStogetherwiththeLOCofThailandandtheTentativeProgramme for theWorkshopdays.All thearrangementswerepreparedbyLOCofThailandandreadyfortheWorkshop.

Day2morningsession–crosscuttingbetweenWG’s

• AccordingtothelastAWGMeetinginUlsan,RepublicofKorea,theAWGagreedtoidentifyproposalsforcross-cuttingprojectsbetweenthe3WGs.TheWGChairsdiscussedsomeideastobepresentedduringtheIWS.

AWGMeetingChiangMai,Thailand09November2018

Participants:(LtoR)Ms.LisaKOU,Mr.JinpingLIU,Dr.XiaotuLEI,Mr.TaoyongPENG,Mr.BarrieLEI,Dr.Tze-CheungLEE,Mr.ClarenceLEE,Mr.RaymondTANABE,Mr.YoshioTOKUNAGA,Mr.JixinYU,Mr.YosukeTOMIZAWA,Ms.DeniseLAU,Mr.TairoISHIKAWA,Ms.YohkoIGARASHI,Dr.HisakiEITO,Dr.ChihunLEE,Dr.TetsuyaIKEDA,JunYU.Agenda:

1. ProceduresfornewMemberstojoinTyphoonCommittee2. ReviewproposalfromWGHforChairpersonsystem3. 50thAnniversaryPhotoContestforMembersselection4. TCSecretaryNewterm2019-20225. 2ndTermofAWGChair/Vice-Chair6. UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS7. 2ndTermofAWGChair/Vice-Chair8. UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS9. 51stSessioninGuangzhou,China10. 2019Budget11. CrossCuttingprojectsbetweenWGs12. Otherbusiness

ProceduresfornewMemberstojoinTyphoonCommittee• TCSinformedAWGthat,uptonow,thereisnoapplicationyetreceivedbyESCAPfrom

Indonesia.• AWGVice-Chair,Dr.LEE,suggestedthatthefutureMembershouldbeaWMOandESCAP

MemberandhavefullagreementofcurrentTCMembersor2/3duringvotingforjoining,thisproceduremustbedocumented.

• SinceIndonesianotyetsubmittedtheproposals,AWGshoulddocumenttheproceduresfirstandapproveatTC51andIndonesiacouldjoinattheTC52.

• Mr. Jun YU from China, mentioned that based onWMO procedures Members can beelectedduringtheSession,i.e,1stIndonesiashouldsubmitteddocumentsatTC51sessionandattendasobserversandonthesameSessionbeapprovedasTCMember.

• AWGChair,Mr.TANABE,mentionedtousecurrentstatusforapprovalofMembership.• AWGrequestedTCStofollowuptheprocedureswithIndonesiainsubmitaproposaluntil

January15,2019andmeantimetocreateaproceduresformembershipforapprovalfortheSession.DraftprocedureswillbecirculatedamongAWGmembersforcomments,ifany,andbefinalizedbeforetheTC51session.

ReviewproposalfromWGHforChairpersonsystem

• Mr.TOKUNAGA,WGHChair,explainedthatWGHco-chairsystemwillnotbeappliedafter

consultationwithWGHMembersduring7thWGHMeetingheldinJapan.TheWGHcouldnotreachconcensusanddecidedtostayinthecurrentsystem.However,WGHwillelectonemorevice-chairpersonfortheWGH.

• ThefollowingMembershipofWGHwillconsist:aChairpersonfromJapan,3ChairpersonsfromRepublicofKorea,ChinaandUSA,respectively.

50thAnniversaryPhotoContestforMembersselection

• AWGwas informed the submission of China; Hong Kong, China; Japan and Viet Nam

photosfortheTC50PhotoCompetition.Therewasatotalof24photos.• AccordingtotheRulesofthePhotoContest,thejudgepanelcomposedbyAWGMembers

only,selectedthetop10photostobevoteduponduringthe51stSessioninGuangzhou,ChinainFebruary2019.

• ThevotingrightsduringTC51willbethePRorHeadofDelegationforeachMemberand2WGrepresentatives(WGHandWGDRR)

• RelatedtoonephotosubmittedbyVietNam,theAWGrequestedtoTCStoclarifywithViet Nam the photo rights, since a woman’s face is shown on the picture. For onesubmissionfromChina,theAWGrequestedTCStoclarifyalsothecopyrights.

• Basedonthis,AWGselectedthefollowing11photos(onephotoforbackup):

TCSecretaryNewterm2019-2022

• AWGwasinformedbyTCSthatthere’snonominationreceivedfromMembersfortheTC

Secretary.However,MalaysiahadsentasupportletterforMr.YuJixintocontinueasaTCSecretaryrole.Also,TCShadreceivedfromMacao,ChinaanominationletterforwithMr.Yu’s to continue as TC Secretary. Therefore, Mr. Yu Jixin will be reappointed as TCSecretaryforthenewterm2019-2022/early2023.

2ndTermofAWGChair/Vice-Chair

• AWGdiscussedthe2ndTermofChairmanshipofAWG.AWGagreedtoreappointMr.Ray

TanabeasChairofAWG,Mr.TCLeeandD.HisakiEitoinreplacementofMr.ChiashiMuroiasVicechairofAWG,respectively.

UpdateofaccountingissueofWMOanditsimpacttoTCS• WMOpresented the external auditor report for TCTF andmentioned that since 2010

WMOusestheaccoutingsystemofIPSAS.TheresultsofauditingmentionedthatbalanceiswellmaintenedandmeetrulesandproceduresofTCTFandWMOfinancialregulations.

• The auditing procedures hadmade the following recommendations to the CommitteerelatedtoTCTF:Ø Cycle1January-31DecemberØ AllowannualworkplanforrequestofTCTFforadditional3monthsofthefollowing

yearØ VoluntarycontributionfromMembersshallbepaidinCHFinsteadUSD

• AWGdiscussedtheserecommendationsasitmightimpactinsomeMemberscontributiontotheTCTF,especiallyforthepaymentinCHFinsteadUSD.

• WMOmentionedthattheAuditorsreportwereimportantandmustbefollowed.HoweverthereportisconfidentialandcouldnotbedisclosedtotheMembers.ThecontributionsreceivedbyWMOfromMembersisconvertedautomaticallyfromUSDtoCHFbutnowmustbefromCHFtoCHF.

• AWGrequestedWMOtocirculatetheauditforreviewmyMembers,atleastforTCStounderstandtheproceduresandrecommendations.

• SincethisisaCommitteefund,managedbyWMO,AWGrequestedWMOtoclarifywhatwouldhappeniftheCommitteedoesnotagreewiththerecommendationsproposedbyWMOauditors.

• AWGrequestedTCStonotifyMembers,afterreadingtheWMOreports,anddiscussedthismatterduringTC51withtheCommittee.

51stSessioninGuangzhou,China

• Mr.YuJun,fromChinaconfirmedthedatesforthenextTCSessioninGuangzhou,China

arefrom26Februaryto01March2018attheDongfangHotelinGuangzhou.AnonlineregistrationwebsitewillbesetuptofacilitatetheregistrationforthefortheSession.

• Beside the photo competition exhibition, China will have other activities like specialboothsforTC51andencourageTCMemberstoshowcasespecialprojects,suchasGMAS,EXOTICCA,etc.

• AWGrequestedTCStoissueaCircularLetterinvitingMemberstopresenttheirprojectsinaboothatTC51,ifany.

• ChinainformedAWGthattheWMOSGmightattendtheTC51.Therefore,encouragethePR’sMemberstoattendtheSession.

• AWGdiscussedtoorganizeaKeynoteSessioninTC51withWMOSGandPRstogether.ThethemecouldberelatedtotheWMO/TC–Thenext50thYears.Besidethis,WMOwillhavesidemeetingswithPRs

• AWGrequestedTCStocomeupwiththeTC51ProgrammeincludingtheKeynoteSessionwithWMOSGandTCPR’sforfinalconsolidationandinformedMembersthatWMOSGwilljoinandencourageMembersPRstoattendtheSession.

2019Budget

• TheAWGrevisedthe2019BudgetandrequestedWGsChairstorevisedtheirbudgetsince

there’sanincreaseofthebudgetthisyear.• TCSjustifiedtheincreaseinbudgetwaspartiallyduetothenextIWSinGuam,USA,where

theexpensesarehigher.

CrossCuttingprojectsbetweenWGs

• AWGdiscussedaboutthecrosscuttingprojectsbetweenWGs.• WGDRRmentionedthatcross-cuttingprojectcouldbetheBonsaiForumin2019.AWG

requesttheWGMandWGHtosendpersonsforthementionedForum.• WGHChair,Mr.Tokunaga,mentionedthatthere’sWGHProjectonconjunctiontoWGM.• ForWGM,theGMASprojectmustbediscussedfurther,butforcross-cuttingcouldbeuse

EXOTICCA2project.Otherbusiness

• Dr.TCLeeinformedabouttheHKOisdoingatyphoonreconnaissanceandwouldliketo

establish a coordination flyer reconnaissancewith otherMembers in certain areas ofSouthChinaSea.TheideawaswellreceivedinAWG.

• HKO will coordinate with TCS about the possible cooperation mechanism of flyingreconnaissancewithinTCregion.AWGrequestedHKOwillmakeapresentationandTCStoincludethisasitemfordiscussiononTC51.

• Dr.LeiXiaotuproposedaestablishmentoftyphooncenterforoperationalforecasttolinktheoperationandresearchresultsformoreaccurateforecastforTCevent.ThesetupwiththecenterwillbenefitofcrosscuttingprojectsofTC.Thereweregapforecastandtheevent for some unusual typhoon cases. Therefore, the necessity in create this Centre.However,Dr.TCLeementionedtheneedintoandhowtosynergiesinthisresearchwithintyphoonMembers,toavoidoverlappingwithintheexistingcenterandmodels.

• Ms. Yohko Igarashi, RSMC Tokyo, JMAmentioned about the overlapping on the sometropicalcylconenames thatwereretiredorused inotherRegion.AWGagreedon thisissue but mentioned that this issue needs to be discussed on WMO TCM meeting inHonolulu,Hawaii.

• WMOinformedthatin2019willbeheldthe2ndMultiHazardEarlyWarningConferencefrom13-14MayinGeneva.ThisisajointeventbetweenUNISDRandWMO,andrequestedWGDRRtojoin.WMOalsowishesTCMemberstohaveTCgrouptojointheconference.