Weather, Climate, Water, Environment

Science in Action

Empowering Environmental Decision Making

Bridging the gap between Research and Operations for Sustainable Development

The GECL approach to product and service production utilises the co-production method, the value chain of which includes user engagement, design, scientific and user evaluation, the use of appropriate dissemination and feedback techniques, and innovative methods and tools such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to produce information to aid decision-making at different scales.

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Why Goshen

The three stakeholder communities, as far as environmental information is concerned, are the research, operational, and user communities. The disconnect between the research and operational communities, particularly in Africa, does not enable the needs of the user community to be addressed effectively and efficiently. Improving the functional relationship between the research and operational communities will enable a lot of developmental challenges to be addressed at the national and sub-national scales. It will facilitate the mainstreaming of research results into operations, motivate scientists in the operational community to read and use the publications from the research community, ensure the sustainability of projects beyond the project life span, enable the needs of the user community to be addressed more effectively and efficiently, among others.

Facilitate research, operations and user community interaction in service provision and beyond projects – strives to sustain key project activities beyond project life span.
Undertake both scientific and developmental research and strive to use science to address developmental challenges.
Offer Quality research
Use both South-South and North-South partnerships
Have experience in both operations and research
Contribute to the implementation of flagship programmes, frameworks (e.g. GFCS, Global Weather and Climate Enterprise (GWCE), African Meteorological Societies, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)) and strategies (Integrated African Strategy on Meteorology, IASM and African Union Agenda 2063).
Use Narratives and Storylines as in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports.

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Our Approach

A co-production paradigm that involves relevant stakeholders from the design stage through dissemination to feedback on products and services.

Co-production Paradigm Implementation

The approach aims to operationalize the co-production paradigm at all levels but with a focus on national and sub-national levels. This ensures collaboration among the user, operational and research communities right from the outset. As much as possible, adherence to the ideals of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) will be ensured.

Strengthening Capacity

Prioritizes enhancing the operational community’s (e.g., NMHS and related institutions) capabilities in scientific computing, mathematical modeling, proposal and project development, regional environmental information provision, and sustainable resilience development in Africa.

Collaborative Partnerships

Emphasizes complementing the work of operational public institutions in Africa through South-South and North-South partnerships involving universities, research centers, operational centers, and the user community, particularly decision-makers at the community level.

Our Services

We are dedicated to providing user-driven, specialised products and services tailored to meet the needs of the operational community. Our offerings are designed to enhance capacity, facilitate the transition from research to operations, and promote collaborative development and research initiatives.

Capacity Development and Strengthening

Capacity development and strengthening, focusing on operational communities (education, training, scientific computing, atmospheric modelling, project development, and management, etc.);

Provision of Environmental Information

Provision of environmental information for development and resilience building (weather, water, climate, climate change, remote sensing, Land use and land cover change, marine, among others). This includes using artificial intelligence and machine learning to apply to geophysical systems.

Facilitating the Transition from Research to Operations

Facilitating the transition from research to operations to mainstream research and project results into operations (industry); getting the users to use current and future products and services (co-production)

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Testimonials

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I have worked actively with Ben Lamptey for more than 8 years and he has transformed the impact and relevance of our work on African weather and climate services. He is a driving force for sustainable outcomes in research projects, with insight into the institutional and operational constraints which can impede progress in African organisations. Working with Ben has enabled us to foresee the bottlenecks which may prevent research results being turned into impactful solutions. Ben is an inspiring and engaging colleague who has a strong vision for progress and a strong ethical compass. He has nurtured the careers of numerous colleagues. Working with Ben has been transformative for our research and innovation.

Douglas ParkerUniversity of Leeds

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