She doesn't think that this is the case for the FATHUM project because they have close collaboration with the Climate Center and are feeding findings into practice much quicker.

She also spoke of the importance of long term capacity building between science and practice - for example embedding someone from a forecasting team in the research team and then they go back to their forecasting agency.   In addition, she highlighted how important it is to collaborate with research institutions in Africa to help with the evidence development, for example as they are doing in FATHUM with Makerere University.

In his answer Brian Kanaahe from Uganda Red Cross explains that the major partnerships of his organisation can be classified at two levels: local and national partnerships. At the local level, the goal is to create meaningful partnerships with a close link to the local context and with high engagement by local actors and local agencies. This is where they try to define what local action means in practice.

At the national level, cooperation with government structures, academia, national hydrometeorological services is crucial to ensure that Early Action is reflected in local policies, such as the climate change law and various bills.