Second Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-2)

13 - 14 October 2026,

Bintang Bali Resort
Bali
80361
Indonesia

Annotated Agenda

1 Opening of the Session
2 Opening statements
2.1 Statement by the IOC Executive Secretary (or designated representative)
2.2 Statement by Chair of IOCINDIO
2.3 Statement by the Host Country
3 Administrative matters
3.1 Adoption of the provisional agenda
3.2 Designation of a Rapporteur
3.3 Establishment of sessional groups (eg Programme and budget)
3.4 Process for election of officers
4 Report of the IOCINDIO Chair
4.1 Overview of activities undertaken since the last session
4.2 Key governance, policy and strategic developments at the regional level
4.3 Discussion
5 Report of the IOC Executive Secretary and IOCINDIO Secretariat
5.1 Programme implementation update for the intersessional period
5.2 Financial and budgetary report
5.3 Status of implementation of decisions adopted at the previous session
5.4 Update on the Establishment of the IOCINDIO Secretariat at INCOIS, India
5.5 Discussion
6 Review of IOCINDIO programme activities by High Level Objectives (HLOs) of the IOC Results Framework
6.1 HLO 1 – Healthy Ocean and sustained ocean ecosystem services
6.1.1 SOPM
6.1.2 BBNJ
6.2 HLO 2 – Effective warning systems and preparedness for tsunamis and other ocean-related hazards
6.2.1 ICG/IOTWMS & Tsunami Programme
6.3 HLO 3 – Resilience to climate change and contribution to its mitigation
6.4 HLO 4 – Scientifically founded services for the sustainable ocean economy
6.4.1 DCC-Ocean Prediction
6.4.2 IOGOOS
6.4.3 IODE
6.5 HLO 5 – Foresight on emerging ocean science issues
6.6 Regional Implementation of the Ocean Decade
6.6.1 Decade Coordination Unit
6.6.2 DCC-IOR
6.7 Cross-Cutting
6.7.1 Capacity Development
6.7.2 Ocean Literacy
6.8 Discussion and guidance from Member States
7 Contributions from regional partners and observers
7.1 Brief statements or updates from invited partner organizations and observers
7.2 Identification of collaborative opportunities
8 Regional Workplan and Budget: finalization of priority activities for 2028–2029 biennium
8.1 Presentation of the consolidated list of regional priority activities (drawing on workshop, and Day 2 discussions)
8.2 Presentation of the regular programme (RP) budget allocation (draft)
8.3 Identification of activities requiring extra-budgetary (XB) resources
8.4 Discussion by HLO and agreement on activities to be included
8.5 Alignment with IOC Result Framework indicators and expected results
8.6 Agreement on respective roles: Member States, Secretariat and partners
9 Presentation and endorsement of the draft Regional Workplan and Budget document 2028–2029
9.1 Presentation of the consolidated draft document by the Secretariat
9.2 Endorsement by Member States as a recommendation to the IOC Assembly (2027)
10 Presentation of key conclusions to inform Phase 3 consultation process for ‘IOC and Future of the Ocean’
10.1 Presentation of the outcomes of the Day 1 workshop in relation to strategic priority issues to inform the Phase 3 consultation process leading to the development of the next IOC Medium Term Strategy
11 Adoption of RSC Decisions and Recommendations to the IOC Assembly
12 Election of IOCINDIO Officers
12.1 Depending on the nominations received, an election for the bearers of IOCINDIO officers maybe required
13 Date and Place of the next Session
14 Process for finalizing RSC Summary report
15 Closing of the session
15.1 Closing statement by the IOCINDIO Chair
15.2 Closing remarks by the IOC Secretary