Hotel Fiesta Inn, Merida, Yucatan
Calle 5 B, # 290 A x la 20 y la 60,
Col. Revolución C.P 97115;
+52 (999) 964 35 00
Merida,
Mexico
| 1. | OPENING |
| 2. | ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION |
| 2.1 | ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA |
| 2.2 | DESIGNATION OF RAPPORTEUR FOR THE SESSION |
| 2.3 | ESTABLISHMENT OF INTRASESSIONAL COMMITEES AND WORKING GROUPS |
| 2.4 | INTRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTATION AND TIMETABLE |
| 3. | STATUTORY REPORTS |
| 3.1 | STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON |
| 3.2 | IOCARIBE SECRETARY´S REPORT |
| 3.3 | DECISION IOC-XXVII-3.3.3 IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS (IOCARIBE) |
| 4. | STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT |
| 4.1 | IOC DRAFT MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY 2014-2021 |
| 4.2 | IOC NEW CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY |
| 4.3 | CONTRIBUTION TO UNITED NATIONS INITIATIVES (UN-OCEANS, SIDS CONFERENCE) |
| 4.4 | IOCARIBE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY GUIDELINES & RECOMMENDATIONS |
| 5. | REGIONAL PROJECTS |
| 5.1 | OCEAN SCIENCES AND RESEARCH |
| 5.1.1 | Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) |
| 5.1.2 | Working Group on Harmful Algae in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (HAB-ANCA) |
| 5.1.3 | Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) |
| 5.1.3.1 | ICAM-LA Project |
| 5.1.3.2 | Nutrient and Sediment Reduction in the Wider Caribbean Region |
| 5.1.4 | UN Regular Process on Global Reporting and Assessment on the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects World Ocean Assessment |
| 5.1.5 | IOC Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) |
| 5.2 | OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND SERVICES |
| 5.2.1 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
| 5.2.2 | Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)/Ocean Data and Information Network for the Caribbean and South America (ODINCARSA) |
| 5.2.2.1 | Caribbean Marine Atlas |
| 5.2.3 | International Bathymetric Chart for the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico (IBCCA) |
| 5.2.4 | Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS):IOCARIBE-GOOS |
| 5.2.5 | Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) |
| 5.3 | CLIMATE CHANGE |
| 5.3.1 | Ocean Acidification |
| 6. | FUND RAISING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PTOJECTS AND PROGRAMMES |
| 6.1 | FINANCIAL STRATEGY FOR PROJECT AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION |
| 7. | INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| 7.1 | STATUS OF COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS |
| 8. | ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT |
| 8.1 | REPORT BY THE SECRETARY ON PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2015-2017 |
| 8.2 | ELECTIONS OF THE BOARD OF OFFICERS |
| 8.2.1 | Election of the Chairperson of the Sub-Commission |
| 8.2.2 | Election of Vice-Chairpersons of the Sub-Commission |
| 8.3 | DATES AND PLACE OF THE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMISSION |
| 8.4 | IOCARIBE 35TH ANNIVERSARY - ORGANIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARINE SCIENCE CONFERENCE |
| 9. | ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT SUMMARY REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS |
| 10. | CLOSURE |