Sixteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

25 - 28 April 2023,

Hotel Wyndham Herradura
Costa Rica

Annotated Agenda

1 Welcome and Opening
1.1 Welcome by the Chair
1.2 Welcome by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
2 Organization of the Session
2.1 Adoption of Agenda
2.2 Designation of the Rapporteur(s)
2.3 Conduct of the session, timetable, and documentation
3 Report on Intersessional Activities
3.1 Chair's Report
3.2 CARIBE-EWS Secretariat Report
3.3 Report of the Caribbean Information Center (CTIC)
3.4.1 World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD)
3.4.2 EarthScope
3.4.3 Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN)
3.4 Report from UN and non-UN Organizations
3.5 Status of Other ICGs
3.6 National Progress Reports
3.7 Tsunami Service Provider Report (PTWC)
3.8 Report of CARIBE WAVE 2023
4 Working Group Progress Reports
4.1 Working Group 1: Monitoring and Detection Systems
4.2 Working Group 2: Hazard Assessment
4.3.1 Leveraging Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) in Tsunami Early Warning
4.3 Working Group 3: Tsunami Related Services
4.4 Working Group 4: Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience
5 Special invited lectures: Community-based tsunami and other coastal hazards warning system
5.1 Costa Rica presentation on Tsunami Ready communities
6 Policy Matters
6.1 Exercise CARIBE WAVE 2024
6.2 Central America Tsunami Advisory Center (CATAC)
6.3 Report of the Task Team on Tsunami Ready Programme
6.4 Report of the Task Team on Tsunami Procedures for Volcanic Crises
6.5 Report of the Task Team on Tsunami Evacuation Mapping
6.6 Report of the Task Team on UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
6.7 Report of Task Team Future Goals and Performance Indicators
7 Programme and Budget for 2024-2025
8 Next Sessions
8.1 Confirmation of date and place of ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XVII
8.2 Target date for ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XVIII
9 Elections
10 Any Other Business
11 Adoption of Decisions and Recommendations
12 Close of the Session