The UNESCAP project on Strengthening Tsunami Warning in the North West Indian Ocean (NWIO) through regional collaboration is supporting NWIO countries on the improvement of warning services at National Tsunami Warning Centre (NTWC) level and the organisation of the national warning chains via National/Local Disaster Management Organisations (N/LDMO) to assure timely warnings and rapid response with due emphasis on self-protection for near source events. The project provides technical assistance to adapt the national warning chains and SOPs, through national consultative activities and regional SOP training workshops.

Recognizing the importance of broadcasting media to disseminate warnings to the communities at risk, the project will also support and facilitate specific arrangements and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for broadcasters to assure a functioning channel for warning dissemination to the communities at risk.

To strengthen the involvement of media broadcasters in the tsunami early warning processes in the Makran region, a workshop will be organised between 07^th and 09^th September 2021 to clarify on the role of broadcasting media in the tsunami early warning chain and to discuss the requirements for the respective SOPs to assure timely and effective warnings.

The workshop aims to strengthen the engagement of the media in the tsunami early warning processes in the Makran region through the following objectives:

• Strengthening relationships between broadcasting Media, NTWCs, and DMOs
• Clarifications on the role of media in the tsunami warning chain
• Understanding the national tsunami warning chains and the NTWC and DMO procedures
• Discussions on the requirements for Media SOPs

The workshop is being organised by the Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Center (IOTIC), Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS), and Project Team for the UNESCAP TTF-29 project in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWCs) from India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and UAE.