The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Steering Committee (ICG/PTWS SC) Meeting
ICG/PTWS SC Meeting

Meeting

06 - 09 March 2023

Location

Paris
France


Organizer & Staff
Organizer
Participation

By invitation only.

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Steering Committee (ICG/PTWS SC) Meeting
Summary

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) was first established by the IOC in 1965 as a cooperation mechanism for countries in the Pacific whose coastal areas are threatened by tsunamis. Through the ICG, Member States have designed and developed the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System and work together to improve and sustain it.

The next ICG/PTWS Steering Committee meeting which will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, from 6 to 9 March 2023.

This meeting is crucial for the continuity of the the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System work in the region and for the preparation of the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXX), scheduled in September 2023.

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Final Report
Agenda Documents: 48
Background Documents: 3
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Report
Code Name Updated on Action
Report of the ICG/PTWS-Steering Committee meeting (March 2023) 06/09/2023
Agenda Documents
Agenda Code Name Updated on Action
Agenda Code Name Updated on Action
10 Presentation of provision of Tsunami Information of the TSPs to Maritime Community for Navigational Warning 07/03/23
10 Presentation on Provision of Tsunami Information of the TSPs to Maritime Community for Navigational Warning -PTWC 07/03/23
11 Report on TSPs User's Guide 07/03/23
12 12.0 Formal Full Operation of CATAC Report_ PTWS SC_ March 2023 08/03/23
13 Presentation on the Progress of Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme in the Pacific 08/03/23
14 Presentation on the role of PTWS in the Tsunami Ready Coalition 09/03/23
15 Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme - Research & Development Implementation Plan - Executive Summary 07/03/23
15 Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme - Research & Development Implementation Plan 28/02/23
15 15.0 Report of Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme Science Committee 07/03/23
16.1 7.1.3 PTWC Interim Procedures and PTWS Products User’s Guide, Version 1.3, 25 July 2022 07/03/23
16.1 16.1 - 4. New Efforts to Provide Information on Volcanic Tsunamis in Japan 07/03/23
16.1 16.1 - 1. Report of the Ad Hoc TT Tsunami Generated by Volcanoes 06/03/23
16.1 16.1 -2. Report on Interim Procedures for Tsunamis from the Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha`apai Volcano 06/03/23
16.1 16.1 - 3. Report on Ad Hoc TT Tsunami Generated by Volcanoes (part 2) 06/03/23
16.2 16.2 Report by IOC/UNESCO TOWS-WG Ad-hoc Team on Meteotsunami 07/03/23
17 Presentation on the Date and Venue of the PTWS-XXX Session 09/03/23
18 Draft Agenda for ICG/PTWS-XXX 19/06/23
19 Presentation on proposal for Scientific Symposium in Tonga, Sept 2023 07/03/23
2 ICG/PTWS-SC Prov/1.b Provisional timetable 25/05/23
2 ICG/PTWS-SC Prov/1.a Provisional Agenda 25/05/23
20 20.0 Tsunami_flag_JMA 01/03/23
20 Presentation on TsuCat updates 09/03/23
3 ICG/PTWS-SC/3 Review of Action Items from the ICG/PTWS XXIX session 25/05/23
4 4.0 Chairperson Report on IOC EC 55TH Session & TOWS-WG 07/03/23
5.1 5.1 PTWC_Report 07/03/23
5.2 Report of NWPTAC 07/03/23
5.3 Report of SCSTAC 07/03/23
5.4 5.4 Report of CATAC 07/03/23
6.1 6.1 WG1_Report_Arcas_PTWS SC_2023 07/03/23
6.2 Working Group 2 - Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination 07/03/23
6.2 6.2 Working Group 2: PTWS Task Team on TSPs 07/03/23
6.3 Presentation of Working Group 3 - Disaster Risk Management and Preparedness 07/03/23
6.3 Report of Working Group 3 - Disaster Risk Management and Preparedness 07/03/23
6.4 6.4 Informe-Grupo-de-Trabajo-Regional- América Central_2023-02-24 07/03/23
6.5 6.5 PTWS WG-SEP_Report 07/03/23
6.6 Report of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region 07/03/23
6.7 6.7 PTWS WG-PICT Report 07/03/23
7.1 IOC/2023/TS/172 PTWS Strategy 2022-2030 07/03/23
7.1 Presentation on Task Team on Future Goals and Performance Monitoring 07/03/23
7.1 2023 Update on Global Key Performance Indicators 07/03/23
7.2 IOC/2022/TS/175 Vol.1 Exercise PacWave 2022 - Volume 1: Exercise Manual 07/03/23
7.2 7.2.2 PacWAVE22 POST-EXERCISE EVALUATION_ANNEX II_V1 07/03/23
7.2 7.2 Report of Task Team PacWave22 Exercise 07/03/23
7.3 Presentation on Task Team on UN Ocean Decade 06/03/23
8 8_ITIC Report _PTWS-SC_mar23_final 07/03/23
9 ICG/PTWS-XXVX/3.5.2.1 PTWC Proposal to Expand the Earthquake Source Zone of the PTWS to Include the Southernmost Atlantic 07/03/23
9 Presentation on the expansion of the PTWS earthquake source zone 07/03/23
9 Presentation on expansion of PTWS earthquake zone - PTWC 07/03/23
Background Documents
Agenda Code Name Updated on Action
Agenda Code Name Updated on Action
Report of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Steering Committee (PTWS SC) meeting - September 2021 29/11/2021
Report on ICG/PTWS - 15 June 2022 23/02/2023
IOC/ICG/PTWS-XXIX/3 Twenty-ninth session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXIX), online, 1-2 and 7-8 December 2021 23/02/2023
There are 24 participants associated with The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Steering Committee (ICG/PTWS SC) Meeting .

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Chair and Vice-Chairs
Name Country
COETZEE David New Zealand
NISHIMAE Yuji Japan
STRAUCH Wilfried Nicaragua
SC Members
Name Country
ANUGRAH Suci Indonesia
ARCAS Diego United States of America
CHACON BARRANTES Silvia Costa Rica
FA'ANUNU 'Ofa Tonga
FROMONT Ashleigh New Zealand
FRY Bill New Zealand
GARAEBITI Esline Vanuatu
KONG Laura United States of America
LINTHON ALVAREZ Michael Ecuador
MARROQUIN Griselda El Salvador
MARTINEZ Margarita Chile
MATUS Jorge Chile
MCCREERY Charles United States of America
MCCURRACH Sarah-Jayne New Zealand
MELBOURNE Timothy United States of America
MOIHOI Mathew Papua New Guinea
RENGIFO BUITRAGO Mary Colombia
SCHINDELÉ François France
TAIRA Yutaro Japan
TALAVERA Emilio Nicaragua
VAIOMOUNGA Rennie Tonga
WANG Dakui China
XU Zhiguo China
ZUNIGA Carlos Chile
Observers
Name Country
ARREAGA Patricia Ecuador
ARREAGA VARGAS Patricia Ecuador
KARYONO Dr. Indonesia
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= Person has declined to participate or had their request to participate declined.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 30
Confirmed: 24
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 6
Rejected: 0
Group(s): IOC, Tsunami.
 Label(s): Tsunami Official meeting
Created at 12:34 on 16 Feb 2023 by Angelos Haidar
Last Updated at 16:40 on 06 Mar 2023 by Celine TIFFAY