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16 ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR HYDROLOGY17. OTHER MATTERS (agenda item 18)There were no other matters raised.18. DATE AND PLACE OF THE FOURTEENTH SESSION (agenda item 19)The Commission agreed that its fourteenth session should be held preferably in 2012.19. CLOSURE OF THE SESSION (agenda item 20)19.1 At the close of the session the president thanked all participants for their activecontribution to the deliberations.19.2 The thirteenth session of the Commission for Hydrology closed at 3.20 p.m. onWednesday, 12 November 2008.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SESSIONResolution 1 (CHy-XIII)WMO QUALITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK – HYDROLOGYTHE COMMISSION FOR HYDROLOGY,Recalling:(1) Resolution 27 (Cg-XIV) – Quality management, to set up a Quality ManagementFramework,(2) Resolution 32 (Cg-XV) – WMO Quality Management Framework,Considering:(1) The recommendations of the CHy Advisory Working Group at its third session, held inGeneva in February 2008,(2) The recommendations of the Inter-Commission Task Team on Quality ManagementFramework (ICTT QMF), held in Geneva, from 15 to 17 January 2007,(3) That the Secretary-General signed a working arrangement with the International Organizationfor Standardization (ISO) on 16 September 2008 to improve the cooperation between ISOand WMO,(4) The experience gained during the last eight years in the implementation of the reviewprocedure for the technical reports requested by the Commission as laid down at its eleventhsession,Noting that:(1) The adoption of quality management principles, approaches and practices facilitates theefficient and effective management and operation of a service and the implementation ofquality management systems is likely to assist NHSs in adopting good managementpractices and enhance confidence in the quality of their data, products and services,(2) There are uncertainties associated with the hydrological processes and the impossibility tocompletely eliminate these uncertainties involved in the data and products,(3) It is useful to make the users aware of these uncertainties,(4) An enhanced peer review process for publications of the Commission would be requiredbefore they are admitted for their use as recommended hydrologic practices under QMF–Hydrology,Noting further that the Commission will be requested to contribute to the preparation of Volume IVof the Technical Regulations on the administrative aspects of quality management systems, whichwould be coordinated by the Inter-commission Task Team on Quality Management Framework,Taking into account Resolution 26 (Cg-XV) – Publications Programme for the fifteenth financialperiod,Decides:(1) To adopt a Quality Management Framework – Hydrology providing an overall strategy,advice, guidance and tools for National Hydrological Services to attain efficiency, qualityand effectiveness in their functioning as given in Annex 1 to this resolution;(2) To adopt the peer review process for the technical guidance documents brought out by theCommission as included in Annex 2 to this resolution;(3) To work closely with ISO within the framework of the WMO–ISO working arrangement;(4) To collaborate with the ICTT QMF in furthering this approach of peer reviews as anexample of effective implementation of the WMO-wide QMF;
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