Armenia officially joins Southeast European Multi-Hazard Early  Warning System

ArmInfo.  As part of its participation in high-level events in Geneva, Armenia officially joined the Southeast European Multi-Hazard Early Warning System  (SEE-MHEWS-A), which unites the national hydrometeorological services  of 20 countries.

According to the press service of the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring  Center, during the international congress, Levon Azizyan, Director of  the Armhydrometeorological Center, and Valentina Grigoryan, Advisor  to the Director, participated in an event dedicated to the Early  Warnings For All (W4all) initiative, the extraordinary session of the  World Meteorological Congress, and the extraordinary session of the  Executive Council. The congress focused on the implementation of the  Early Warnings For All initiative, as well as the potential for  integrating new technologies in hydrometeorology, including  artificial intelligence.

In addition, strategic development directions for the global  greenhouse gas monitoring system (G3W) and the integrated forecasting  system (WIPPS) were discussed.

According to the Armenian Hydrometeorological Center, three memoranda  of international cooperation were also signed during the congress.  Specifically, with the Hydrometeorological Agency under the Committee  for Environmental Protection of Tajikistan, Tajikhydromet, on the  exchange of experience, the development of early warning systems, and  hydrological modeling; with the Finnish Meteorological Institute  (FMI) on the development of climate services, air quality monitoring,  and forecasting systems; and with the Austrian Federal Institute of  Geology, Geophysics, Climatology, and Meteorology (GeoSphere) on the  implementation of modern observation and forecasting technologies and  professional capacity development.

"This cooperation opens new opportunities for Armenia in the areas of  modernizing hydrometeorological services, managing climate risks, and  attracting international financial assistance," the statement reads.

Armenian officials also participated in a regional discussion in the  South Caucasus, "Early Warnings for All," which explored new  opportunities for data sharing, hydrological risk forecasting, and  climate finance.