WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme
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The WMO Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) provides support
to member countries - at their request - in the form of equipment,
services and training. This support is volunteered by WMO members.
Some major projects are supported through direct financing by a number
of members.
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The UK, through the Met Office, actively supports VCP and
works closely with other national met. services around the
world to:
- Improve protection of life and property from the effects
of natural disasters
- Rapidly restore the life-critical services provided by NMSs
whose countries have been affected by natural disasters, or
are emerging from conflict.
- Improve understanding of the effects of global climate change
by taking new climate observations
- Archiving existing records of countries which cannot support
these activities themselves.
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These outcomes will be achieved by:
- Building technological capacity of NMSs in developing
countries to enable them to provide direct services
- Development of human resources in NMSs
- Institutional development of NMSs
- Improving the telecommunications for NMSs
- Support for climate observations, especially in small
island developing states
- Rolling out climate database management systems into
developing countries
- Supporting climate data rescue initiatives in developing
countries
- Restoration of life-critical services by NMSs.
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