Regional Andean Programme to Enhance Weather, Water and Climate Services and Development (PRASDES)

Research summary

The PRASDES Project develops sustainable services in the four participating National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in the following five areas:
1. Weather, climate and hydrology data management systems
2. Climate and Water services production systems
3. Hydrological services production systems
4. Information and Communication systems
5. Financial sustainability of services

Description

• Training workshops by FMI experts
• FMI Smartmet production software for the four countries
• Technical assistance for weather and climate components of the project

Research info

Research title
Regional Andean Programme to Enhance Weather, Water and Climate Services and Development (PRASDES)

Research timeline
1.5.2013 - 1.12.2016

Keywords
capacity building early warning system hydrology Meteorology

Region
Latin America

Countries
Bolivia, Plurinational State Of, Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, Peru

Institution
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Helsinki, Finland

Funding instrument
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (ICI, HEI-ICI, N-S-S), European Union Funding

Head of research
Edith Rodriguez

Partners
The International El Nino Research Centre (CIIFEN), Finnish Environment Centre (SYKE)

Contact information
Antti Hyvärinen
+358405152004
antti.hyvarinen@fmi.fi

Record last updated
10.8.2016