From October 21st to 23rd, 2024, Dar es Salaam became a hub for knowledge exchange as the FOCUS-Africa team organized its final stakeholder engagement and knowledge-sharing mission. This event brought together a diverse group of organizations dedicat...
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Roberta Boscolo, WMO In my previous editorial I speared the first few sentences in a sort of “goodbye” as I thought it was going to be my last communication through this channel…. Well, it turned out that I am given another chance to saying few mo...
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In Tanzania, the CS4 and CS6 team of FOCUS-Africa have been working respectively on food security and energy. This was the fourth joint partner mission to the country planned by the project partners. The general objective was to advance the final sta...
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The FOCUS-Africa CS2 team, had its last encounter of the project during a three-day mission in Malawi, divided between the two cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe. The CS2 team has been working on climate services to improve food security. ...
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The FOCUS-Africa project, alongside its sister projects CONFER and DOWN2EARTH, recently held a series of impactful meetings in Brussels. These sessions aimed to enhance knowledge sharing and capacity building in climate services across Africa. During...
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Roberta Boscolo, WMO As the FOCUS-Africa project enters its final year, this message marks my last communication through this channel. It’s with a blend of emotions that I pen this closing editorial. I feel a profound sense of achievement; o...
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This event is co-organized by the EU-funded projects FOCUS-Africa, DOWN2EARTH and CONFER. Thursday, 20 June 2024, Brussels, Belgium Norway House | Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels The first part of the meeting (before the first break) will be...
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Climate variability and change pose significant challenges to various sectors, necessitating the development of tailored climate services for effective decision-making. In this pursuit, the FOCUS Africa capacity development training program recently ...
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Sunny weather, beautiful landscapes and smiley faces welcomed us in the Warm Heart of Africa. The CS2 team, made up of DCCMS, BSC, WEMC, and LGI set out from Blantyre to the historical village of Zomba. Here, in this inspiring environment, we engaged...
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Arriving in Dar es Salaam under the strong tropical rain was a brand-new experience of Tanzania for the European part of the FOCUS-Africa team. We arrived just in time for the onset of the rainy season, which was at the core of our discussions on foo...
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