Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

08 - 11 April 2019,

Puntaleona Hotel
Costa Rica



Agenda



1 Welcome and Opening
1.1 Dr Silvia Chacon-Barrantes, ICG/CARIBE-EWS chair
1.3 Welcome by the host representative
2 Organization of the session
2.1 Adoption of agenda
2.2 Designation of the rapporteur(s)
2.3 Conduct of the session, timetable and documentation
3 Report on intersessional activities
3.1 Chair's report
3.2 CARIBE-EWS Secretariat report
3.3 Report of the Caribbean Tsunami Information Center(CTIC)
3.4 Reports from UN and non-UN organisations (World tsunami awareness day-WTAD)
3.5 Status of other ICGs
3.6 National progress reports
3.7 Tsunami services providers report (PTWC)
3.8 Report of CARIBE Wave 2019
4 Working group progress reports
4.1 Working group 1: Monitoring and detection systems
4.2 Working group 2: Hazard assessment
4.3 Working group 3: Tsunami related services
4.4 Working group 4: Preparedness, readiness and resilience
5 Special invited lectures: Community based tsunami and other coastal hazards warning system
5.1 Costa Rica presentation on community preparedness
5.2 DIPECHO Central America tsunami preparedness experiences
6 Policy matters
6.1 Exercise CARIBE Wave 2020
6.2 Report of the task team on tsunami ready programme
6.3 Report of the task team on tsunami procedures for volcanic crises
6.4 Report of the task team on tsunami evacuation mapping
6.5 Report of the group of experts on work and implementation plan to enhance the warning system by including other coastal hazards
6.6. UN decade of Ocean Science for sustainable development
6.7. Implementation Plan and Key Performance Indicators
6.8 Report of the Fourth meeting of the Regional Working Group for Central America of the ICG PTWS
7 Programme and budget for 2019-2020
8 Next sessions
8.1 Confirmation of date and place of ICG/CARIBE EWS-XV
8.2 Target date for ICG/CARIBE EWS-XVI
9 Any other business
10 Adoption of decisions and recommendations
11 Close of the session