Extra-Ordinary General Assembly of ALADIN Partners : Brussels, 23-24 February 2006

The relationships between governing bodies defined in the new MoU were precised, with a proposed way of circulating information, request and decision between GA, PAC, PM and Directors on one hand (in black on the picture), in consistency with HIRLAM (in red) and with ECMWF (in blue).
ALADIN Strategy : choice for a common ALADIN Position to answer the EUMETNET-MO initiative (with possible extension to HIRLAM) and a common ALADIN-HIRLAM proposal for EURRA.
From yearly working plan to 10 years strategy : A 3 steps programme aggregation with the creation of a task-force in order to work on long-tern strategy :
- F. Bouttier (Fr)
- R. Brozkova (Cz)
- E. Legrand (Fr)
- A. Mokssit (Mo)
- C. Soci (Ro)
- P. Termonia (Be)
- M. Zagar (Si)
The GA also approved the objectives and priorities for 2006/2007.
The legal texts for royalties and licences were adopted.
Taking into account the outcome of the Brussels General Assembly, some organisational arrangements (CSSI and Support Team) has been proposed. The governance map and the PAC's terms of reference were also adopted. For a quick view, see also the new ALADIN's work graphical representation
Membership : Moldavia will sign a cooperation agreement with Romania, Fyrom could do the same with Bulgaria and Croatia; Turkey will become an acceding Member.
The 2006 "flat-rate" is 6000 € and Meteo-France will organise money transfers (excepted within LACE group).