First Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-1)

21 - 23 May 2025,

Radisson Resort Ras Al Khaimah Marjan Island
Ras Al Khaimah
United Arab Emirates



Agenda



1 Opening, Inaugural, self-introductions
1.1 Welcoming Remarks
2 Organization of the Session
2.1 Designation of the Chair and Rapporteur for the Session
2.2 Adoption of the Agenda
2.3 Introduction to Timetable, Documentation
3 IOC Strategic Matters and Reports
3.1 Statement of the Chairperson (IOCINDIO regional committee Report)
3.2 IOC Executive Secretary’s Report
3.3 IOC Strategic Priorities
3.3.1 IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management
3.3.2 IOC and Future of Ocean
3.3.3 IOC Recent Development regarding UN processes (e.g. UN Ocean Conference 2025)
4 Reports from IOC sub-commissions
4.1 IOCAFRICA (IOC Sub-commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States)
4.2 IOCARIBE (IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions)
4.3 IOC/WESTPAC (IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific)
5 Reports from Category II Centers and Regional Training Centers
5.1 INIOAS-RCOWA, Iran
5.2 INCOIS-ITCOocean, India
5.3 OTGA report for the region
5.3.1 BMKG, Indonesia
5.3.2 INOS, Malaysia
5.3.3 KMFRI, Kenya
5.3.4 UEM, Mozambique
6 Status of Ocean Decade actions in the region and way forward
6.1 Report from the Decade Coordination Unit
6.2 Engagement of Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECSN)
6.3 Reports from relevant regional and thematic Decade Collaborative Centers (DCCs)
6.3.1 DCC-IOR
6.3.2 DCC-OceanPredict
6.3.3 DCC-Coastal Resilience
6.4 Cities with Oceans (Coastal Cities) initiative
6.5 Status of National Decade Committees from the region
7 IOC Programmatic frameworks
7.1 GOOS and IOGOOS
7.2 IODE (NODCs, OBIS)
7.3 Capacity Development (CD strategy, OTGA)
7.4 ICG/IOTWMS
7.5 Ocean Literacy
8 UN regional frameworks
8.1 FAO
8.2 UNDP
8.3 UNDRR
8.4 UNEP
8.5 UNESCAP
9 Non-UN regional frameworks
9.1 ADB
9.2 BOBP
9.3 Indian Ocean Commission
9.4 IORA
9.5 PERSGA
9.6 POGO
9.7 RIMES
9.8 ROPME
9.9 SAHF
9.10 SCOR
9.11 World Bank
10 Preparation of Workplan and Budget (2026-2027)
11 Officers’ Elections
12 Date and Place of the Next Session
13 AOB
14 Adoption of Decisions
15 Closure