Annex VII: GTN-H Management/Coordination

Two-tiered approach to management/coordination

• Overall coordination group

  • Include partners (ownership)

  • Involve members from operational agencies and relevant programmes

  • Tie to AOPC

• Implementing task teams

  • Small, highly-dedicated teams
  • Address specific issues
  • Work mainly through electronic communication

• Active coordinator to move issues forward

Responsibilities

• No restrictions to access data and information within GTN-H

  • Web access - Design of a joint Web page

  • Correspondence/Secretarial function

  • Responsibilities of GTN-H partners

  • Managing tasks

• Clients and users

  • Communication Strategy - outreach
  • Data and Product dissemination strategy
  • Collaboration with global programmes and projects, such as GEWEX and IGBP

• Sponsors

  • Build interest within present Sponsors
  • Extend to new Sponso

• Providers

  • National Agencies
  • WHYCOS
  • Non-governmental organizations and research programme

· Discharge

· Precipitation

· BGC fluxes

· Surface water storage

· Snow