29th Session of the IOC Assembly

21 - 29 June 2017,

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO†7 Place de Fontenoy
75007 Paris
France

Annotated Agenda

1. OPENING
2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
2.2 DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR
2.3 ESTABLISHMENT OF INTRASESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
2.4 INTRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTATION, TIMETABLE AND MEMORIAL LECTURES
3. IOC MATTERS AND REPORTS
3.1 STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE OF IOC
3.2 REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE LAST SESSSION
3.2.1 Report on Programme and Budget Implementation
3.2.2 IOC External Audit Recommendation Follow-Up
3.2.3 Recommendations on Governance, Working Methods and Procedures of the Commission
3.3 DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2018–2021 (39 C/5) AND SECOND PHASE OF THE IOC MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY
3.4 REPORTS BY THE CHAIRS OF THE IOC SUB-COMMISSIONS AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES
3.4.1 IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC: 11TH SESSION OF WESTPAC, APRIL 2017, QINGDAO, CHINA
3.4.2 IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS: 14TH SESSION OF IOCARIBE, 26-28 APRIL 2017
3.4.3 IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR AFRICA AND THE ADJACENT ISLAND STATES: 4TH SESSION OF IOCAFRICA, 6–8 MARCH 2017, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
3.4.4 IOC REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN: 6TH SESSION OF IOCINDIO, 24-25 May 2017, KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT
3.4.5 REPORT OF THE IOC MEETING OF THE REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES
3.4.6 Proposal to Establish the International Training Centre on Operational Oceanography hosted by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of Ministry of Earth Sciences, as a UNESCO Category 2 Centre
3.5 REPORT OF THE IOC (2016–2017) TO THE THIRTY-NINTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO
4. IOC AND THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN
4.1 IOC ROADMAP
4.2 PROPOSAL OF AN INTERNATIONAL (UN) DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
5. OCEAN RESEARCH
5.1 GLOBAL OCEAN SCIENCE REPORT: PERSPECTIVES AND DEVELOPMENT
5.2 HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: 13TH SESSION OF IPHAB, 3-5 May 2017, UNESCO, PARIS
5.3 REPORT OF AND UPDATE ON THE WMO-IOC-ICSU WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP) AND ITS REVIEW BY ITS SPONSORS
6. OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND DATA MANAGEMENT
6.1 OBSERVING SYSTEMS
6.1.1 Global Ocean Observing System
6.1.2 WMO-ICSU-IOC-UNEP Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
6.1.3 Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)
6.2 DATA MANAGEMENT
6.2.1 International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange: 24th Session of IODE, 24–28 March 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6.2.2 Strategic Plan for Ocean Data and Information Management
7. EARLY WARNING AND SERVICES
7.1 REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS
7.1.1 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 27th Session of ICG/PTWS, 28-31 March 2017, Tahiti, France
7.1.2 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 11th Session of ICG/IOTWMS, 18-20 April 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
7.1.3 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 10th Session of the ICG/CARIBE-EWS, 10-12 May 2017, Punta Arenas, Costa Rica
7.1.4 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas: 12th Session of ICG/NEAMTWS, 26–28 September 2016, Bucharest, Romania
7.2 GLOBAL COORDINATION OF WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS
8. ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION FOR POLICY
8.1 REPORT OF THE IHO-IOC GEBCO GUIDING COMMITTEE
8.2 CONTRIBUTION TO THE SECOND CYCLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT (WOA-II)
9. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE
9.1 OUTCOME OF THE UN SDG 14 CONFERENCE: CONTRIBUTION TO THE AGENDA 2030, UN CONFERENCE ON SDG 14 IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE SDG INDICATORS REVIEW PROCESS
9.2 IOC RELEVANT ISSUES RELATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION (BBNJ PrepCom)
9.3 INTEGRATED COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (ICAM) STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
10. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
10.1 CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
11. ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
11.1 REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
11.2 ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS
11.2.1 Election of the Chairperson of the Commission
11.2.2 Election of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission
11.2.3 Election of the Members of the Executive Council
11.3 INFORMATION ON FUTURE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SELECTION PROCESS
11.4 30TH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND 51ST AND 52ND SESSIONS