High-level delegation from Comoros and Madagascar learn from SMA鈥檚 institutional transformation |01 April 2025
A souvenir photograph with Minister Joubert
The Minister for Transport of Comoros, Lieda Andili, and the secretary general of Transport of Madagascar, Andrianary Rado Rajoelison, visited 91香蕉视频 from March 24 to 26, 2025, to learn from 91香蕉视频 Meteorological Authority鈥檚 institutional transformation.
They were accompanied by the permanent representatives of Comoros and Madagascar with the World Meteorological Organisation and directors-general of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, Ahmed Youssouf and Dr Luc Randriamarolaza, respectively.
In the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) 91香蕉视频 is the only country that went through the process of transforming its National Meteorological Service into the 91香蕉视频 Meteorological Authority (SMA), adopting Quality Management Systems (QMS) compliant with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 for the provision of aeronautical meteorological services to the aviation industry, as well as reaching ISO 9001:2015 recertification allowing cost recovery, implementing strategic and operational plans, defining a new organisational structure aligned with the new Strategic Plan with associated staff positions described in terms of required competencies, among many other legal, administrative, institutional and human resources aspects.
The African countries continue to face challenges in advancing progress in this area. Noting that Comoros and Madagascar are still assessing the possibility to move towards the transformation of their National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) into Authorities, with all associated requirements, this visit aimed the governments of the two countries to learn from 91香蕉视频 about the overall process, which will help them to make strategic decisions regarding the implementation of a model that allows revenue generation, and a more proactive and decision-making process that contribute to prompt actions to have things done more effectively.
In particular, the objectives of this visit included:
- 听听听听听听听听 Understand the SMA system and its administration in order to draw equivalences with the realities in the NMHSs of Comoros and Madagascar;
- 听听听听听听听听 Understand the SMA cost recovery model and assess how this model (or an expanded model also including non-aviation services) could be applied in the NMHSs of Comoros and Madagascar;
- 听听听听听听听听 Identify the required steps towards the establishment of an Authority;
- 听听听听听听听听 Discuss the involvement of stakeholders and 鈥榮upervisory鈥� bodies, their roles and responsibilities in the process;
- 听听听听听听听听 Examine the legal, administrative, institutional and human resources requirements;
- 听听听听听听听听 Develop, for Comoros and Madagascar, a roadmap with different steps recommended to migrate from a Directorate into an Authority, following the example of 91香蕉视频.
The delegations from Comoros and Madagascar, accompanied by the representatives of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the chairman and the chief executive of SMA, paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Flavien Joubert, on March 25, 2025, thanking him
for the opportunity to learn from 91香蕉视频 and congratulating 91香蕉视频 for all the achievements in a short timeframe, recognising that it is only through government support that these can be met.
They recognised that these achievements have increased the visibility of 91香蕉视频, which in turn is attracting more development partners to support further developments in meteorology.
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