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The purpose of the SCIPEA project was to strengthen climate partnerships on three levels. Enhancing links and data exchanges between global, regional and national climate organisations was a core part of the project, with the aim of strengthening resources and tools for seasonal forecasts. In addition, the project facilitated the codevelopment of tailored services with climate information providers and users. The long-term capacity development aims of the project involved working with national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHSs), universities and training centres in the region to strengthen training resources and the capacity for climate service development.

There were a number of partners involved in this project including the Met Office (one of the World Meteorological Organization’s designated Global Producing Centres (GPCs) for long range forecasts), the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), the IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), and the national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHSs) of Ethiopia (National Meteorological Agency – NMA), Kenya (Kenya Meteorological Department – KMD), Tanzania (Tanzania.