The 15^th Regular General Assembly of ALADIN Partners took place in Prague, Czech Republic on 14-15 December 2010. During this General Assembly, the new ALADIN Memorandum of Understanding (MoU4) was signed by the representatives of the 16 ALADIN Partners.
On December 14, during the official ALADIN GA dinner, we had two special events : the celebration of the 20^th anniversary of the kick-off of the ALADIN project and the tribute to Jean-François Geleyn, retiring from ALADIN after 20 years (see the dedicated page to these 2 events for more details, photos and videos).

• Draft Minutes of the 15^th assembly
• Participants of the 15^th assembly

Agenda with on-line presentations

1. Welcome and opening of the meeting by the Director of CHMI

2. Adoption of the Agenda and of the Minutes of the 14^th GA (GA Chair)

3. Report about PAC sessions (Radim Tolasz)

The PAC 6^th Session took place in Bucharest, 3-4/6/2010 and the PAC 7^th Session in Budapest, 30/11/2010.

4. ‘Classical matters’ for the past year

• a. Operational report (Claude Fischer)

• b. Maintenance report (Claude Fischer)

• c. Manpower figures (Patricia Pottier).

5. Budget matters

• a.Report about the ongoing execution of the 2010 budget (ALADIN PM)

• b. Adoption of the 2011 budget (CSSI Chair)

• c.Royalties-linked issues (ALADIN PM)

6. ALADIN MoU4 (GA Chair)

• a. Decision about the final content of the document (only changes of minor scope and unanimously approved could happen at that stage)

• b. Transition from MoU3 to MoU4: practical steps.

7. Important issues for the planning

• a. Strategic issues: BRAC-HR report and follow up, 2011 planned workshop

• b. Update about ‘Convergence’

• c. SURFEX related issues

Celebration of the 20^th anniversary of the kick-off of the ALADIN project

Special presentation: New operational configuration of ALADIN at CHMI (Radmila Brožková)

8. Programme Managers’ reports from 2010

• a. ALADIN work in the intersession (ALADIN PM)

• b. HIRLAM aspects of the joint actions under HARMONIE (HIRLAM PM)

• c. Relevant outcomes of the recent RC LACE Council (RC LACE PM)

• d. Transversal issues (SRNWP EUMETNET Programmes, etc.) (CSSI Chair)

9. ALADIN planning (CSSI Chair)

• a. Common ALADIN-HIRLAM plan for 2011

10. Appointment of next CSSI Chairperson (GA Chair).

Claude Fischer (Météo-France) is appointed as CSSI chairperson.

11. Appointments of the PAC Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson (GA Chair)

• Adérito Serrão (Portuguese Meteorological Institute) is appointed as PAC chairperson.
• Michael Staudinger (Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Austria) is appointed as vice-chairperson.

12. Provisional appointment of regular PAC members and substitutes (to become official after the definitive signing of the MoU4) (GA Chair)

• regular Météo-France PAC members : Philippe Bougeault and Alain Joly (substitute Gwenaëlle Hello)
• regular LACE PAC members : Radmila Brozkova (Czech Hydrometeorological Institute) and Vladimir Pastircak (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute), substitute Miklos Voros (Hungarian Meteorological Service)
• regular flat-rate members : Maria Monteiro (Portuguese Meteorological Institute) and Abdalah Mokssit (Direction de la Météorologie Nationale, Morocco), substitute Fatih Buyukkasabbasi (Turkish State Meteorological Service)

13. A.O.B.

14. Date of the next General Assembly (and confirmation of the places for the next two General Assemblies)

The 16^th GA will be hosted by Météo-France in Toulouse, on November 15-16, 2011.

The 17^th GA will be hosted by Austria.

15. Address to the Delegates of the 16 Partners by Mrs. Rut Bízková, Czech Deputy Minister of the Environment

16. Signing of the MoU4 at 11h45 on 15/12/2010 : video of the address by the Czech Deputy Minister of the Environment and of the MoU4 signing

17.Confirmation of the appointments and formal closing of the GA (GA Chair)

Post-GA event: CHMI-organized press conference.