Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

13 - 15 May 2014,

St Thomas, Virgin Islands
United States

Annotated Agenda

1 WELCOME AND OPENING
1.1 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION OF UNESCO
1.2 CHRISTA VON HILLEBRANDT, ICG/CARIBE-EWS CHAIR
1.3 WELCOME ADDRESS BY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
2 ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.1 ADOPTION OF AGENDA
2.2 DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR
2.3 CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION
3 REPORT ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
3.1 IOC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S REPORT
3.2 CHAIR’S REPORT
3.3 CARIBE EWS SECRETARIAT REPORT
3.4 REPORT OF THE CARIBEAN TSUNAMI INFORMATION CENTER (CTIC)
3.5 REPORTS FROM UN AND NON-UN ORGANISATIONS
3.5.1 UNDP
3.5.2 CDEMA
3.5.3 CEPREDENAC
3.5.4 UWI SEISMIC RESEARCH CENTER
3.5.5 PRSN
3.6 STATUS OF OTHER ICGs
3.7 NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS
3.8 INTERIM ADVISORY SERVICES REPORT (PTWC)
3.9 REPORT OF CARIBE WAVE 2014
4 WORKING GROUP PROGRESS REPORTS
4.1 WORKING GROUP 1: MONITORING AND DETECTION SYSTEMS, WARNING GUIDANCE
4.2 WORKING GROUP 2: HAZARD ASSESSMENT
4.3 WORKING GROUP 4: PREPAREDNESS, READINESS AND RESILIENCE
4.4 TASK TEAM ON WARNING COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION
5 SPECIAL INVITED LECTURES: COMMUNITY-BASED TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM
5.1 US VIRGIN ISLANDS TSUNAMI READY PROGRAM
5.2 BRITISH VRIGIN ISLANDS TSUNAMI READY PROGRAM
6 POLICY MATTERS
6.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF A CARIBBEAN TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
6.2 EXERCISE CARIBE WAVE 2015
6.3 PTWC NEW PRODUCTS FOR CARIBE EWS
6.4 UPDATES TO THE CARIBE-EWS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
7 PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2014–2015 (UPDATE)
8 NEXT SESSIONS
8.1 CONFIRMATION OF DATE AND PLACE OF ICG/CARIBE EWS-X
8.2 TARGET DATE FOR ICG/CARIBE EWS-EWS XI
9 OFFICERS ELECTION
10 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
11 ADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
12 CLOSE OF THE SESSION