The NMS of Tunisia hosted the 18^th regular General Assembly in Tunis, on 14-15 November 2013.

 Draft Minutes of the 18^th assembly

 Participants of the 18^th assembly

 Agenda with on-line presentations

1. Opening and welcome

2. Adoption of the draft agenda

3. Approval of the minutes of the 17^th GA

4. Report from the 10^th PAC meeting and the 1^st joint HAC/PAC meeting

5. Reports

• Tour d’ALADIN
• Strategic goals and priorities
• LACE report
• HIRLAM report
• Action on interfacing
• Newsletter
• Verification activities

Invited presentation from the host : the National Meteorological Institute of Tunisia (NIM)
and the ALADIN activities at NIM

6. Scientific and technical issues

• Cycles and system evolution
• SURFEX
• Migration to new HPC at MF

7. Rolling work plan: reporting and priorities

8. Link with other European programs

• Data policy in Europe
• Potential further merge between ALADIN and HIRLAM
• SRNWP-V outcomes
• SRNWP-EPS
• OPERA
• Link with ECMWF

9. Budget issues and manpower (+issues in the NMSs)

• Money for maintaining the lake database
• Man power figures
• Report of the execution of the ongoing budget
• Adoption of the 2014 budget
• Royalty-linked issues

10. Governance issues

• Request from Bosnia Herzegovina
• licenses (for academic use)
• ACNA, PAC composition, CSSI composition

11. Election of new GA chair and vice chair

12. Date and place of the next General Assembly

13. A.O.B

14. Closing