Session 1

• Opening/Welcome addresses. PR of Serbia with WMO Representative
• "Introduction forecasting: state-of-the-art" - E. Rodriguez Camino, AEMET

Training Session 2: Monitoring and verification

• "Information elaborated by RA VI RCC on Climate Monitoring." - P. Bissolli, RA VI RCC node on CM
• "Information elaborated by RA I RCC on Climate Monitoring." - E. Rodriguez Camino, AEMET on behalf of RA I RCC

• "Verification of operational seasonal forecasts at RA VI Regional Climate Center - South-East European Virtual Climate Change Center." - G. Pejanovic, RA VI RCC-SEEVCCC
• "Current practices on verification of seasonal forecasts in the South-East European Climate Outlook Forum region." - B. Bijelic, RA VI RCC-SEEVCCC
• "Guidance of the WMO Commission on Climatology on probabilistic seasonal forecasts." - E. Rodriguez Camino, AEMET
• "Verification of the current seasonal forecasting systems of the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts as Global Producing Center." - T. Stockdale, GPC ECMWF

• "Current practices on verification of seasonal forecasts in PRESANORD." - F. Driouech, PRESANORD

Training session 3: Available information sources for Long-range forecasting

• "Sources of predictability at seasonal time scale for the Mediterranean region" - R. Bojariu, National Meteorological Administration, Romania

• "Sources of predictability and sources of error in ECMWF long range forecasts." - T. Stockdale, GPC ECMWF
• "Activities of seasonal modelling at the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (EMCCC)." - E. Scoccimarro, INGV-CMCC

• "Operational sub-regional Long-Range Forecasting Unit at RA VI Regional Climate Center – South-East European Virtual Climate Change Center." - V. Djurdjevic, RA VI RCC-SEEVCCC

• "Information elaborated by RA VI Regional Climate Center Node on Long-range forecasting." - J. P. Ceron, RA VI RCC on LRF

Training session 4: Methods, algorithms and relevant projects

• "Integrated Earth Modeling System and its dynamical downscaling of seasonal forecasts." - V. Djurdjevic, RA VI RCC-SEEVCCC A
• "Current practice in the RA VI RCC-SEEVCCC operational issuing of the Climate Watch System bulletin for the advisory purposes on the regional level." - K. Stefanovic, RA VI RCC-SEEVCCC

• "Seasonal forecast post-processing development for the local end-user benefit." - Vukovic / M. Vujadinovic, RAVI RCC-SEEVCCC
• "Seasonal forecasts based on statistical algorithms." - M. Pasqui, CNR

• "Current status of EUPORIAS project." - J. P. Ceron, RA VI RCC on LRF
• "Current status of SPECS project." - J. P. Ceron, RA VI RCC on LRF

• "Information elaborated by RA VI Regional Climate Center Node on Long-range forecasting." - J. P. Ceron, RA VI RCC on LRF

Session 5: Closing session

• Wrap up and the way forward