The roles and responsibilities of the Steering Committee are:
• Guide and oversee the SOFF strategic direction and operations
• Adopt SOFF governance and operations documents, including the SOFF Operational Manual
• Adopt SOFF work and financial programme
• Approve SOFF funding requests and the work plan and budget of the SOFF Secretariat
• Endorse SOFF strategic and supporting operational documents, including the SOFF Operational Guidance Handbook and the resource mobilization and outreach strategy
• Review financial and programmatic reports from the Trustee and the SOFF Secretariat and indicate necessary actions as needed
• Commission SOFF evaluations
• Endorse Advisory Board composition and review Advisory Board recommendations and take actions as needed to maximize synergies across the whole meteorological value chain and to ensure last-mile impact
• Exercise such other functions as it may deem appropriate to fulfill the purposes of SOFF