Since 1996, WOCAT organizes International Annual Workshops and Steering Committee Meetings (known as WWSM). The goal of the WWSM are (a) to bring together the main collaborating and funding institutions and the core collaborators, (b) to assess the progress and exchange experiences, (c) to further develop the programme and (d) to plan for the future including budgetary consequences.

The annual workshops are usually attended by 30 to 50 participants from around 20
to 25 countries.

The latest WWSM was conducted in October 2009 and took place in Rabat and Ifrane in Morocco from the 12 - 19 October. 

The next WWSM is scheduled to the first half of 2011, and will be conducted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.