IOC UNESCO Information Meeting on NEAMTWS: Reducing Tsunami Risk through Early Warning System, Preparedness and Awareness

13 – 14 Sep 2017, Tunis, Tunisia

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO information meeting aims to inform about the developments of NEAMTWS, the planned Tsunami Wave Exercise - NEAMWave17 (October 2017) and the World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 November 2017) The IOC NEAMTWS meeting is planned back-to-back with the Probabilistic TSUnami Hazard MAPS for the NEAM Region (TSUMAPS-NEAM) - final project meeting (11-12 September 2017) to maximize the dissemination of information related to the awareness, preparedness, and mitigation of tsunami risk. TSUMAPS-NEAM is a project funded by the European Commission under the auspices of the Directorate General of the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) TSUMAP NEAM Final Project Meeting Venue The meetings will be held at the ALECSO heaquarters: ALECSO Street of Mohamed Ali Akid, Centre Urbain Nord, BP 1120, Cité Khadra 1003, Republic of Tunisia Phone : (+216) 70 013 900 Email: alecso@alecso.org.tn; elbadri@alecso.org.tn Hotel Information

Location

Tunis
Tunisia

Organisers and Staff

Staff
Dr Thorkild Aarup
Ms Elena Iasyreva
Mr. Denis Chang Seng
1.0

Welcome and Opening Remarks

2.0

NEAMTWS Overview

2.1

Overview of Tunesia Efforts and Perspectives on Tsunami Risk Management

2.2

The Governance, the Status of the Architecturre of NEAMTWS

2.3

NEAMTWS, Current State and Future Perspectives

2.4

Tsunami Service Providers/ National Warning Centers

3.0

End User Perspectives

3.1

Receptions of Alerts, Decision Making Process and Emergency Response

3.2

Risk Communication

3.3

Ongoing Initiatives for Awareness Raising

4.0

Dissemination, Regional and Global Perspectives

4.1

NEAMWave 17

4.2

World Tsunami Awareness Day

4.3

Multi-Hazard / Risk Assessment

5.0

Wrapping-Up

5.1

Local Authorities

5.2

Local Organisers

5.3

TSUMAPS-NEAM Coordination

5.4

Round Table: The Road Ahead

Report Documents

Code Title
Information Meeting on North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System (NEAMTWS) and NEAMWave17 Tsunami Exercise

Event Documents

Code Title
1.0 IOC and Tsunami Program
2.1 Conception et mise en place d’un système d’alerte précoce pour la gestion des risques d’évènements extrêmes sur le littoral tunisien
2.2 Summary of results from the TSUMAPS-NEAM project
2.3 ICG/ NEAM Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: Status, Achievements and Challenges
2.4 CENALT
2.6 KOERI-RETMC: Overview of TSP/NTWC Operations
2.7 Hellenic National Tsunami Warning Center (HL-NTWC): 5 years of operation (2012-2017)
3.1 Evaluation of Seismic Hazard in Tunisia
4.1 A Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas Region
4.2 NEAMWave17 CENALT Scenario
4.3 NEAMWave17 KOERI Scenario
4.4 NEAMWave2017 IPMA Scenario
5.2 Approche Générique de Modélisation du risque du Tsunami: Mise en place d'un atlas du risque tsunami dans les principales villes côtières du Maroc
5.3 Rotational High Frequency Tide Pole
5.4 Civil Protection and Science in Italy: roles and responsibilities in the decision-making process
5.5 Présentation du concept de base de l'exercice WESTSUNAMI 2015
6.1 Education and Awareness: Effectiveness and Sustainability of NEAMTWS
6.2 2017 World Tsunami Awareness Day

Background Documents

Code Title
IOC/UNESCO Information Meeting on North eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and connected seas Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (NEAMTWS) and NEAMWave 17 Tsunami Exercise: Provisional Agenda
IOC/UNESCO Information Meeting on NEAMTWS: List Participants

Other Documents

Code Title
Accomodation Information Document

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 3
Confirmed 13
Not Confirmed 0
Not-participating 0
Total 16
Groups: GOOS, GOOS Regional Alliances, IOC, IOC Capacity Development, ITIC, JCOMM, OOS, Tsunami
Created at 09:34 on 10 May 2017 by Mr. Denis Chang Seng
Last Updated at 13:57 on 17 December 2018 by Astrid de Lichtervelde
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