Name: VUGUZIGA Floribert				Institution: Rwanda Meteorological Service

1.	What are the most important forcasting challenges for your NMS?
Most critical forecasting task is to correct forecast of occurrence of rain (or no rain) 

2.	How many forecasters work for your national meteorology service?
13 forecasters (level class II)

3.	What qualifications are needed to be a meteorologist/forecaster in your country?
A post high school diploma in weather forecasting or a degree in meteorology

4.	What is the current state of your observation network? In particular what is the approximate number of functioning:
a)	Surface synoptic stations  13
b)	Climatological stations with daily rainfall measurements  143
c)	Meteorological radars  no one
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5.	Are any upper air observations (radiosonde or pilot ballon) made routinely by your NMS? If so please describe very briefly the specific sites and kinds of observations being made.
No one
6.	What types of numerical model guidance and internet products do meteorologists in your country use to make forecasts?
Model output from global models (GFS, ECMWF, UKMO).

7.	Are there any particular improvements would you personally like to see made to your current observational network?
If our network would be intraconnected and interconnected with meteorological network within EAC countries.

8.	What kind of education is most needed by your staff?
Computing (Unix, programming Perl/C/Fortran) dynamic meteorology.

9.	Are there separate meteorological services for different purposes in your country? For example, does the Civil Aviation community depend on forecasts from a specialized forecast agency, or does the military have their own forecasting staff. (This information is very important for designing possible educational activities, for example).
Some service serves civil and military purposes and aviation.

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