The National Met Services of the ALADIN, HIRLAM and LACE consortia took the opportunity of many of their Directors gathering in Darmstadt for the EUMETSAT Council to organise the general assembly and councils :

• the LACE Council on December 7, 2016 afternoon
• the HIRLAM Council meeting on December 7, 2016 afternoon
• the 21^st ALADIN General Assembly meeting on December 8, 2016 morning
• the 2^nd joint ALADIN General Assembly and HIRLAM Council meeting on December 8, 2016 afternoon.

The ALADIN-HIRLAM agreement was signed by the chairpersons of the ALADIN General Assembly and the HIRLAM Council.

 21^st ALADIN General Assembly (minutes)

1. Opening and welcome

2. Adoption of the draft agenda

3. Approval of the minutes of the 20^th GA

4. Reports from previous meetings

• 13^th PAC meeting
• 4^th joint HAC/PAC meeting
• Strategy Meeting

5. ALADIN-HIRLAM declaration: follow-up

6. Activity reports:

• Common activities
• Core programs: dynamics, DA
• LACE (OPLACE, LAEF, …)
• Tour d’ALADIN

7. ALADIN-HIRLAM agreement

8. Budget issues and manpower

• Manpower figures
• Execution of the ongoing budget
• Adoption of the 2017 budget
• Royalty-linked issues

9. Governance issues

• New membership (if any)
• Election of new GA chair and vice-chair
• Report on the CA appointment
• PAC composition

10. Date and place of the next General Assembly

11. A.O.B

 2^nd joint ALADIN General Assembly and HIRLAM Council meeting (draft minutes)

1. Opening and welcome

2. Adoption of the draft agenda

3. Approval of the minutes of the 1^st Joint GA/Council

4. Report from the 4^th joint HAC/PAC meeting

5. Governance issues

• Follow-up of the joint declaration
• Aladin-Hirlam cooperation agreement

6. Reports

• Progress and plans at ECMWF
• Progress and plans at Météo-France
• Link with other European programs (EUMETNET, ESCAPE)

7. Date and place of the 3^rd joint ALADIN GA / HIRLAM Council

8. A.O.B

9. Closing