Omar Baddour

• Coordinate WMO international efforts, including a network of international experts, and the development of capacities for delivering high-quality datasets for monitoring climate variability and climate change.
• Lead the scientific coordination of the WMO Flagship Climate Reports on the state of the climate and global and regional scales.
• Produce briefings, statements, and easy digests for use by international communities and parties at international conferences (such as the UNFCCC Conference of Parties), including the latest findings on the state of the climate, as well as the underpinning datasets and analysis.

• Lead international efforts and projects for developing and publishing standards and recommended practices in the field of climate data management, data rescue, and digitization of historical climate records. (WMO-No. 1238, WMO-No. 1131)
• Produce a list of service requirements for high-quality observations and data sets in support of the Global, Regional, and National Climate System Monitoring.
• Lead the design and implementation of Climate Watch Systems in the regions through workshops, guidelines, and the provision of advice to National Meteorological Services and the WMO Regional Climate Centres.
• Lead the design and setup of the High-Quality Global Data Management Framework for Climate (HQ-GDMFC), approved by the WMO Congress in 2015.
• Development of Resource Requirements for Climate Data Rescue Projects.
• Conduct numerous training and capacity-building workshops for developing and least developed countries on Climate Data Management Systems and Data Rescue.

Collaborate with 194 WMO Member States on the content and publication of the WMO annual statements on the status of the global climate. Implement Climate Data Management Systems in more than 100 countries, including software and hardware components of systems, such as CLIMSOFT, CLIDATA, CLIWARE, and CLISYS.

Developed high-performing teams of more than 100 Staff members around modern observation networks, weather forecasting from a day to a week, development of operational weather and climate services for Aviation, Agriculture and water agencies

Development of a working arrangements and agreements with more than 15 authorities and private sectors on the use of meteorological data , forecasts and warning services.

Development on the African-wide Operational Climate Prediction Programme covering 53 Countries and Regional Centers

Coordinate and lead collaboration with African countries to develop national and regional capacities for producing seasonal climate forecasts. Successfully implemented and well-recognized internationally.

Collaborate with dozens of international and continental agencies, funding agencies like World Bank and UNDP to set up the first of its kind Seasonal Climate Outlook Forums in West Africa and Eastern Africa. The approach and methodology were expanded to cover the entire African continent and elsewhere in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

• Development of Cloud Physics Research project using more than 110 flight mission on instrumented Aircraft in collaboration with Moroccan Air Force. The results of this project were published internationally a
• Provide Meteorology Courses at the Royal Air Maroc School of pilots
• Establish of Data Base on clouds over the Atlas Mountains
• Coordinate Moroccan Cloud Seeding Programme (ALGHAIT)