An evaluation of the project found that, in 2014 alone, the average household saved $472, with even higher savings recorded for households living from fishing, agriculture and livestock23 This global-level innovation thus has the potential for replication elsewhere in Bangladesh and in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. For each monsoon season there are biannual forums for forecast generators and users of the forecasts. In advance of each monsoon forum, RIMES and WMO work with the NMHS to develop the seasonal forecast and related products, and to train users, such as line ministries, local governments and their partners. At the forums themselves, the users discuss the corresponding preparedness and mitigation measures.