H.E. Plenipotentiary Amb. Mr Eduardo Silva from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabo Verde, who chaired the meeting, as the Chair of the AMCOMET Bureau, appreciated the intervention of the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and other partners who are exploring ways of concretely collaborating with AMCOMET in supporting AMCOMET’s Flagship Programmes in close collaboration with African Member States.  He further reiterated the need to remind governments, in particular Ministers responsible for meteorology, the importance of investing in weather and climate services in the continent and stress the opportunity costs and risks if we fail to take them on board.