The PMC meeting started in 1993 as the Regional Meteorological Services Directors (RMSD) and first met in Port Vila, Vanuatu to discuss how the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) can best be supported in order to effectively contribute to strengthening the resilience and security of the Pacific Communities to climate change.
The Pacific Island Education, Training, and Research Panel (PIETR Panel) was established by the Third Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-3) to serve in the capacity of an advisory committee to the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) on education, training, research and human capacity development in relation to meteorology, climatology, hydrology, and oceanography, and delivery of weather, climate, water, marine and ocean services in the Pacific region.
The Pacific Island Communications, Infrastructure (PICI) Panel is proposed to be established to serve in the capacity of an advisory committee to the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) on matters concerning the infrastructure supporting communications and dissemination of national and regional hydro-meteorological and tsunami (seismic and sea level) observations, forecasts, and warnings in the Pacific region.
