28th Session of the IOC Assembly

18 - 25 June 2015,

125 Avenue de Suffren
75015 Paris
France



Agenda



1. OPENING
2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
2.2 DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR
2.3 ESTABLISHMENT OF INTRASESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
2.4 INTRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTATION, TIMETABLE AND MEMORIAL LECTURES
3. STATE OF THE IOC, ITS REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES AND ITS PROGRAMME AND BUDGET
3.1 STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE OF IOC
3.2 REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET (2014–2015) IMPLEMENTATION
3.3 REPORTS BY THE CHAIRS OF THE IOC SUB-COMMISSIONS AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES
3.3.1 IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific: 10th Session of WESTPAC, 12–15 May 2015, Phuket, Thailand
3.3.2 IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 13th Session of IOCARIBE, 25–28 May 2015, Merida, Mexico
3.3.3 IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States: 3rd Session of IOCAFRICA
3.3.4 Report of the IOC Meeting of the Regional Subsidiary Bodies
3.4 INTRODUCTION TO DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2016–2017
3.5 REPORT OF THE IOC (2014–2015) TO THE THIRTY-EIGHTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO
4. THE FUTURE OF IOC
5. OCEAN RESEARCH
5.1 STATUS REPORT OF THE IOC GLOBAL OCEAN SCIENCE REPORT (GOSR)
5.2 WMO-IOC-ICSU WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP): REPORT AND REVIEW
5.3 SECOND INTERNATIONAL INDIAN OCEAN EXPEDITION
6. ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION FOR POLICY
6.1 UNITED NATIONS WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT
6.2 REVISED TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE GENERAL BATHYMETRIC CHART OF THE OCEANS (GEBCO) GUIDING COMMITTEE
7. OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND DATA MANAGEMENT
7.1 OBSERVING SYSTEMS
7.1.1 Global Ocean Observing System
7.1.2 WMO-ICSU-IOC-UNEP Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
7.1.3 Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)
7.2 DATA MANAGEMENT
7.2.1 International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange: 23rd Session of IODE, 17–20 March 2015, Bruges, Belgium
8. EARLY WARNING AND SERVICES
8.1 REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS
8.1.1 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 26th Session of ICG/PTWS, 22–24 April 2015, Hawaii, USA
8.1.2 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 10th Session of ICG/IOTWS, 24–26 March 2015, Muscat, Oman
8.1.3 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 10th Session of the ICG/CARIBE-EWS, 19–21 May 2015; Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands
8.1.4 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas: 11th Session of ICG-NEAMTWS, 12–14 November 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus
8.2 GLOBAL COORDINATION OF WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS
8.3 HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: 12TH SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (IPHAB), 28–30 APRIL 2015, UNESCO, PARIS
9. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
9.1 REPORT OF THE INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IOC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
10. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE
10.1 UN COORDINATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO OCEAN GOVERNANCE
10.2 INTEGRATED COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (ICAM)
10.3 INTERNATIONAL POLAR PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
11. ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
11.1 REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE ON THE IOC DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2016–2017 (DRAFT 38 C/5)
11.2 SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE IOC GOVERNING BODIES IN FOLLOW-UP TO THE UNITED NATIONS JOINT INSPECTION UNIT’S (JIU) RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE METHODS OF WORK OF UNESCO’S INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODIES
11.3 ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
11.3.1 Election of the Chairperson of the Commission
11.3.2 Election of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission
11.3.3 Election of the Members of the Executive Council
11.4 29TH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND 49TH AND 50TH SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
12. ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS
13. CLOSURE