During the meeting, the following topics were discussed:

The role of the Maldives Bureau of Statistics in providing and utilizing climate-related data, building on discussions from a previous workshop held in December.Identifying opportunities and addressing challenges for collaboration and data sharing among different agencies.

Key participants included Aishath Hassan, Chief Statistician, Aishath Shahuda, Deputy Chief Statistician, Aishath Shazna, Statistician from the Maldives Bureau of Statistics.

Anna Zita Metz, Program Officer from the World Bank Task Team attended the meeting with Dr. Ibrahim Waheed, Project Manager, and Mr. Ahmed Haleem, Communications Specialist from DMADD PMU along with Ms. Fathimath Zameela, Senior Software Engineer from NCIT

The meeting was part of the implementation support mission for the DMADD project and took place from February 27 to March 8, 2022.