Systematic Observation Financing Facility (SOFF) - Malawi2026 - 2030 SOFF

About this project

The project aims to contribute to increasing access to tailored early warnings vulnerable communities in Malawi. The project will improve Meteorological Infrastructure, Human and ICT capacity to ensure that Malawi is fully complaint with the GBON surface land stations and one upper air station in Malawi to meet GBON compliant observation standards. Based on WIGOS network design principles, these stations aim to provide a well distributed network across Malawi, addressing the 200km GBON horizontal resolution requirement due to the countrys elongated shape. Department of climate change and Meteorological services DCCMS faces challenges with upper air stations, requiring significate capacity building in project management ICT, data management, calibration and data analysis. Enhancements in ICT infrastructure, serving maintenance and dat managemnet are also necessary.

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 13Climate Action

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Malawi

Sectors

Multi-hazard response preparedness

Funded by

MPTF-SOFF Trust Fund

Implemented by

UNDP

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01005336.

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