Hydromet services – public-sector domain or private-sector business?
An increasing number of private companies are entering the weather, climate, and hydrological (hydromet) services market – including household names such as Google and IBM.
This trend poses an important question: what is the future role of the public sector in providing hydromet services and how will it accommodate the growing role of the private sector?
Anna-Maria Bogdanova
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank
Anna-Maria Bogdanova
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank
Anna-Maria Bogdanova, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, provides operational support to the Hydromet Thematic Program and leads several hydromet projects and activities. She monitors the GFDRR and evaluates Hydromet portfolio to identify best practices, and contributes to the team’s work with international organizations, donors and partnering institutions. She is involved in managing donor relations as part of GFDRR Secretariat. Prior to this position, Anna-Maria worked in the Russia Country Unit where she had been managing the country investment portfolio and knowledge program as a part of the country management team. A Russian national, Anna-Maria holds a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in International Economics from the Moscow State Linguistic University.
Makoto Suwa
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank
Makoto Suwa
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank
Makoto Suwa is a Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the World Bank. He leads and supports a wide range of World Bank activities and projects that aim to strengthen weather, climate, and hydrological services in Africa. Prior to joining the World Bank, Makoto worked for the World Meteorological Organization, at both its headquarters in Geneva and its Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi. He also taught at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology and Lycée de Kigali in Rwanda, and briefly worked for JICA’s Office for Climate Change in Tokyo. Makoto holds a Ph.D. in climate science from Princeton University and a master of environmental management degree from Duke University.
Guillermo A. Siercke
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank
Guillermo A. Siercke
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank
Guillermo A. Siercke is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and team member of the Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries. Guillermo is currently a focal point for the Japan-WB DRM Program’s activities in Africa and East Asia and Pacific regions and leads technical assistance activities on emergency preparedness and response, adaptive social protection, and hydromet services. Prior to joining GFDRR, Guillermo worked with the World Bank’s South Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean teams on investment lending operations and technical assistance in disaster risk financing and modernization of hydromet services. He is a core member of the Hydromet, Climate Services, and Resilience Community of Practice. Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked as an Operations Specialist at the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness at the Inter-American Development Bank. A Honduran national, Guillermo holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from Georgetown University.
