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August 2012:

The DiDaH project is recently extended until July 2014 (granted by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment in June 2012)

The extension involves:

• the completion of the digitization and quality control of the remaining 20% of the historical data
• the digitization and quality control of the post 1970 data
• the operation and further development of the Southeast Asian Climate Assessment & Dataset ()

The data digitized by the Didah project will be made available via the SACA&D webpages.

February 2010:

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) expressed its support for the Didah project in a letter of its Secretary General.

7-11 December 2009:

A workshop was held in Bogor Indonesia on exploring changes in temperature and precipitation extreme indices for Indonesia and surrounding countries. The workshop formed the kick-off for the Didah project, in which BMKG and KNMI will jointly digitize climate data for Indonesia over the next 2 years. Details can be found in the meeting report.

10 July 2009:

In Jakarta, the Didah project was agreed upon and signed by both BMKG and KNMI