Intersessional Meeting of Working Group 3 on Tsunami Ready Implementation

24 August 2023



Agenda



1. Opening
1.1 UNESCO-IOC Secretariat welcome
1.2 Chair ICG/IOTWMS welcome
1.3 Chair WG3 welcome and adopt agenda
1.4 Meeting logistics
1.5 WG3 Terms of Reference
1.6 Actions from ICG/IOTWMS XIII
2. Tsunami Ready in Indian Ocean
2.1 - Goals for implementing UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP across Indian Ocean)
2.2 Regional needs and perspectives
2.3 Development of brief guidelines on how to nationally initiate UNESCO-IOC TRRP
2.4 Member State Tsunami Ready Focal Points (TRFPs)
3. IOWave23 Exercise
3.1 Recommendations IOWave20 Exercise Report
3.2 Update on IOWave23
3.3 Need for development of exercise desktop tools
3.4 IOWave23 information and promotion
4. National Tsunami Warning Chains and SOP Workshops
4.1 Outcomes
4.2 Lessons learnt for future workshops
5. IOTWMS Capacity Assessment
5.1 Addressing recommendations from 2018 Capacity Assessment
5.2 2024 Capacity Assessment planning
6. Capacity Building in Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme
6.1 Planned training
7. Input to other areas of work across the ICG on tsunami hazard and risk assessment and warning, including for tsunamis generated by non-seismic and complex sources
7.1 Status of PTHA for NWIO and access for Member States
7.2 Update on global efforts on tsunamis generated by non-seismic and complex sources
7.3 TSP Australia products tsunamis generated by non-seismic and complex sources
7.4 Developing community awareness tools for tsunamis generated by non-seismic and complex sources
7.5 Tsunami hazard and risk assessment requirements and planning for updates
8. Reporting
8.1 Updating Member States and ICG/IOTWMS Steering Group on TRRP developments and implementation
9. Next Meeting