Director General

Dr Ousmane Ndiaye prior to his nomination as Director General of African Center of Meteorogical Application for Development (ACMAD), was leading Senegalese Meteorological Service at the Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology (ANACIM). His expertise lies on climate prediction and its application. He has worked many years with partners (NGOs, research, extension services, end-users) on how to deliver climate information services to users from end to end through : satisfying specific user demand, coproduction with users, validation process, choosing the right delivering channel, … He coordinated the creation of multi-pluri-disciplinary working group (GTP) at district level through which climate information is interpreted into action. Actionable climate information is delivered directly to farmers communities and fishermen for their better preparedness through rural radio, text and voice messaging as well as social media. He also coordinated an early warning heat wave system in Senegal, and west Africa, to alert on heat occurrence. He is also very active in public private partnership to design a sustainable way of funding climate information delivery. He contribute to build capacity in many universities and also active in social-media to enhance awareness of general public on the science of climate.

Dr. Ndiaye received his PhD and MS from the Columbia University in New York, he used to be national focal point of IPCC and contributing author of the 6th IPCC report (Working Group I). He is board member of the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN).