MoU2 - Management Group: call for application and Term of Reference for phase 2

Call for applications for the 8 positions of the Area Leaders of the Consortium
• Issue Call for Applications: 10 July 2025
• Deadline for Applications: 7 October 2025 (incl.)

Call for applications for Coordinator for Network Activities and the Documentation Officer for the 2nd phase of the Consortium
• Issue Call for Applications: 10 July 2025
• Deadline for Applications: 7 October 2025 (incl.)

More informations on the dedicated page.


Next Working Weeks for 2025

  • DA WW1 (satellite data assimilation, algorithms, machine learning - RD3, RD5, RD6, RD9)
    17-21 March, Oslo
  • DA WW evaluation of OOPS LAM 4dvar
    Spring, Netherlands
  • DA WW2 (in-situ observations & aircraft & crowd-sourced observations, ground-based remote sensing, nowcasting - RD1, RD2, RD7)
    12-16 May, Krakow
  • Surface Analysis and Modelling Workshop
    19-23 May, Spain
  • ALARO with SURFEX
    6-10 June, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Physics Parameterization (MUSC)
    6-10 October, Toulouse, France
  • CMake compilation WD
    7-9 October, Brussels, Belgium
  • Ensemble Forecasting and Predictability EPS WW
    20-24 October, Vienna, Austria
  • DA WW3: obs. preprocessing, Algorithms, Diagnostics - RD4, RD5, RD6, RD8 + DAsKIT support
    20-24 October, Alanya, Türkiye
  • CY51 Validation WW
    27-31 October, Toulouse, France
  • Davaï WW
    3-7 Novembre, Lisbone, Portugal
  • Physic parametrization and MQA infrastructure
    1-5 December, Helsinki, Finland

Next institutional Events in 2025

  • ACCORD Bureau regular monthly meeting (online)
  • STAC spring meeting Wednesday 21 May 2025 10:00-12:00 CEST.
  • LTM meeting Friday 23 June 2025 14:00-15:00 CEST.
  • STAC meeting Friday 27 June 2025 11:00-13:00 CEST.
  • ACCORD Assembly spring 2025 (online, half-day)
    Monday 7 July 14:00-17:00 CEST
  • EWGLAM, 22-25 September, Norrköping (SMHI), Sweden
  • Extraordinary ACCORD Assembly (online)
    Thursday 9 October 9:00-12:00 CEST, in relation to the phase 1/phase 2 transition
  • Autumn STAC, two half-days, in person (& hybrid), 4-5 November in Vienna
  • PAC meeting, if convened by the Assembly (virtual)
  • Bureau meeting to prepare the end-of-the-year Assembly
  • ACCORD Assembly end of 2025 in person in Brussels, on the kind invitation of IRM/KMI, two half-days, Monday 1 Dec afternoon - Tuesday 2 Dec morning

9th ACCORD Assembly
The 9th ACCORD Assembly was organised as an hybrid meeting (video-conference and in-person meeting in ECMWF premises, Reading, UK) on Monday the 9th of December 2024

Find more informations on the dedicated page


From the 1st of January 2021, 26 National Met Services [1] join more closely their scientific research efforts towards developing the tools of excellence for NWP on Limited Area Domains and enter into a large partnership : the consortium ACCORD (A Consortium for COnvection-scale modelling Research and Development).
The ACCORD governance and organisation is defined in the Memorandum of Understanding. The strategy of the consortium and the common key objectives of the Members for the next five years are summarised in the document 2021-2025 Strategy. Annual Rolling Work Plans are derived from this strategy.

ACCORD Members
ACCORD Organisational chart, December 2024
ACCORD Local Team Managers photo gallery, May 2025
ACCORD Management Group photo gallery, on May 2025
ACCORD PAC Group photo gallery, May 2025
ACCORD STAC Group photo gallery, May 2025