Regional scope: Member States and partner organisations in the region are invited to nominate representatives to the session and the preceding technical science meeting by 7 April 2025. The deadline f...

Interested Member States are invited to nominate participants for the workshop before 25 April 2025, using the attached nomination/registration form. Atelier de formation sur les observations oc...

To facilitate the compilation of data, Member States are invited to nominate a national focal point for GOSR-III using the nomination form attached to this letter by 18 April 2025. The deadline f...

Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States, through their national tsunami contacts, focal points and warning centres, are invited to inform the secretariat of their delegation to the intergovernmen...

Regional scope: IOC Member States of IOCAFRICA and partner organizations are invited to register to the session and the preceding scientific conference on Advancing the Blue Economy in Africa by 5 Apr...

As part of preparations for the next edition of the StOR, Member States are invited to nominate experts to the StOR Advisory Board. Nominations of experts should be sent before 31 March 2025 ...

The survey can be found at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNSZF8M. IOC Focal Points are encouraged to consult widely within relevant Ministries, agencies and institutions when completing th...

IOC Member States and partner organizations are invited to send the complete list of their delegation at their earliest convenience. Delegates/representatives are invited to register individually onli...

For the information of all IOC Member States, the reference publication is available online at https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000388765.locale=en. National Tsunami Warning Focal Po...

A revised version of the Circular Letter 3028 was issued on 11 April 2025 with new dates. IOCINDIO is now officially established as a sub-commission of the IOC. Interested IOC Member States and partn...

Regional scope: ICG/PTWS focal points/contacts and national tsunami warning centres are invited to respond to the online survey by 4 March 2025. A supporting online webinar is scheduled on 13 February...

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS Member States to send nominations endorsed by the Tsunami National Contact by 28 February 2025 accompanied by a CV for each nominated expert.

Regional scope:  Caribbean SIDS to nominate an individual who will serve as the National Ocean Decade Liaison from a government body, national research institution, or any other organization capa...

IOC Member States are invited to update or nominate their GOOS National Focal Point and answer the survey on NFPs by 28 February 2025. 

The unofficial version of Zero Draft of 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference Political Declaration with suggested edits for the information of Member States of UNESCO-IOC is sent to help IOC Member St...

National GLOSS focal points & members are invited to complete and send registration forms by 3 February 2025. Nominations for chairship should be sent to the secretariat by 12 February.

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS national contacts/focal points and tsunami warning centres are invited to apply to the training by 28 January 2025. Limited funding support is available for participants of ...

Members of the TOWS-WG and observers are invited to communicate your availability to attend TOWS-WG-XVIII by 10 January 2025 to the IOC Secretariat

IOC Member States, through their Tsunami National contacts and Focal points, are invited to register their participation to the session on the meeting website before 7 February 2025. A Workshop e...

Regional scope: Each ICG Member State through its Tsunami Warning Focal Point / Contacts and National Tsunami Warning Centre is invited to select one scenario by completing the following survey (https...

IODE NODC contact points, IODE ADU contact points, IODE AIU contact points, IODE national coordinators for data management, IODE national coordinators for marine information management who plan to att...

Member States are invited to provide new and updated information on the status of MSP in their countries by completing the online 2024 survey by 31 January 2025. (extended deadline)

Applications should be submitted using the online form (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SS7PWXY) up to and including 13 December 2024.

Member States are invited to share this call with their networks to promote applications for the Chair of the GOOS Observations Coordination Group (OCG). the deadline for receiving applications a...

Expressions of Interest should be addressed to the IOC Executive Secretary before 5 January 2025. A review of the proposals is planned in February 2025. Selected host country(ies) to be announced at t...

National representatives to UNESCO-IOC and FAO are invited to: (i) designate delegation to the session; (ii) provide comments on the provisional agenda if any; and (iii) send candidatures for Chairshi...

Among a series of information on the development of the Decade, the letter calls for applications for the IOC Mario Ruivo Memorial Lecture 2025 by 2 February 2025 and the Ocean Decade Gender Expe...

For information

Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 10 January 2025. A couple of meetings are considered in conjunction with WESTPAC-XV. Comments on the proposed arrangements are welcome u...

National contributions are expected via the SDG 14.3.1 portal by January 13, 2025. English-language online workshops presenting the SDG 14.3.1 methodology are scheduled for November 13 and 14, 2024, d...

ICG/IOTWMS TNCs, TFPs, National Tsunami Warning Centres and elected Officers are invited to communicate the names and positions of representatives to this hybrid session to the Secretariat no later th...

Tsunami National Contacts (TNC), Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) and NTWCs are invited to report to the Secretariat by 31 December 2024 in case stopping the transmission of tsunami products from T...

IOC Member States and Officers are invited to send nominations to the Secretariat no later than 25 October 2024, accompanied by a CV.

The IOC is calling for applications for one of the vacant seats on the GEBCO appointed by the IOC. IOC Member States wishing to appoint an expert to the GEBCO are invited to complete the application f...

IOC Member States to send nomination by 13 September 2024.

IOC Member States to provide any changes/designations of their national contacts and any information on the establishment of NODCs and ADUs by 1st October 2024.

IOC Member States and the Chairpersons of the IOC programmes and regional subsidiary bodies are invted to nominate suitable experts no later than 31 July 2024.

[New deadline] On the occasion of the publication of the Declaration, Member States are invited to express their views on the implementation of its objectives by means of a questionnaire available onl...

PTWS Member States should choose to participate in all applicable modes of exercise outlined below: (i) One Live Communication Test from the PTWS TSPs to PTWS Member States on 5 of November 2024 at 0...

Interested members of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) and the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other C...

25 October: deadline for the online registration of delegates; 22 November: nomination of experts to the ICG working groups; and submission of national reports and presentations

Regional scope:  Registered NWPTA focal points of the following countries: China, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap), France (French Polynesia), Indonesia, Palau, Pap...

To nominate participants for the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel Training Workshop by 17 May 2024

Regional scope:  The registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapo...

Regional scope:  ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and relevant auth...

Regional scope. Online information meeting on the project on 25 April 2024. Project description attached to the circular letter. 

Regional scope:  Interested candidates from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam are invited to send their nominat...

Regional scope: TNC, TWFP and NTWC of CARIBE-EWS are invited to register for the session on the meeting webpage by 12 April 2024 and send their national reports by 26 April 2024. 

IOC Member States and  Major IOC Subsidiary Bodies (Scientific, Technical and Regional) are invited to complete the online survey by 15 April 2024. 

Registration to attend in person will be open until 8 April 2024 at https://forms.office.com/e/y0FKhxwznF.

Deadlines: full list of delegation + individual online registration by 24 May; draft resolutions: 20 June (10.00 a.m.)

Applications should be sent directly to the course organizers at nfg_project_manager@ccom.unh.edu no later than 15th April 2024.

Regional scope: ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts & Warning Focal Points to nominate experts to the following ICG/PTWS Working Groups and Task Teams preferably no later than 9 February 2024.

For information: The letters conveys the permanent "PTWC Procedures and PTWS Products User’s Guide (Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha`apai Volcanic Tsunami Hazard Response)"

IOC National Coordinating Bodies for Liaison with IOC are invited to nominate, no later than 8 March 2024,  scientific and technical experts to serve on the GOOS Steering Committee alongside...

Provides an update on key information on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in relation to: (i) registration for the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference (Barcelona, April 2024) by 10 ...

Interested Member States and Chairpersons of relevant IOC Subsidiary Bodies are invited to designate one representative on the Working Group by sending nominations by email no later 20 January 2024. &...

Regional scope: Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand an...

Regional scope: Each ICG Member State through its Tsunami Warning Focal Point / Contacts and National Tsunami Warning Centre is invited to select one scenario by completing the following survey (https...

Regional scope: Member States of the  Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) through their Tsunami National Contacts are invi...

IOC Member States to send nominations by 20 January 2024.

IOC Member States are invited to update the List of experts on Marine Scientific Research for use in Special Arbitration under Annex VIII of UNCLOS drawn up and maintained by UNESCO/IOC by sendin...

TOWS-WG members are invited to confirm their availability to the TOWS and task teams meetings (19-20 Feb.) by 20 December 2023. 

For information. 

IOC Member States are invited to report on their in-kind contributions to the IOC by 20 January 2024 at the latest. 

Regional scope:  Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thail...

Member States to provide nominations for an ad hoc intersessional working group on Ocean Observations in Areas under National Jurisdiction following IOC Decision A-32/4.8.2, deadline 30 November ...

IOC Member States are invited to send annual national data compilation towards SDG 14.3.1 Indicator via online portal https://oa.iode.org/ by 10 January 2024. An online information workshop is organis...

Member States are invited to confirm/update national coordinators by 1 December 2023.

[deadline extended to 10 December 2023]IOC Member States and IOC technical programmes and bodies are invited to comment on the relevant document IOC/A-32/4.7.Doc(1) by 1 December 2023 and to respond t...

Regional scope:  Registered NWPTA focal points of the following countries: China, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap), France (French Polynesia), Indonesia, Palau, Pap...

For information

Regional scope:  ICG/CARIBE-EWS Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFPs) to nominate candidates by 17 November 2023. Asunto:     Convocat...

Register on line by 13 October 2023

Member States are invited to a presentation of the revised concept note for the IOC State of the Ocean Report, which will take place online on 31 October 2023.

Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam ...

Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS-18 was initially scheduled in Egypt in November 2023. This revised version of the letter invites Member States to send registrations of their delegates by 15 Janu...

(Regional scope) Further to IOC Circular Letter 2922, calling for expressions of interest to host the Pacific Islands–Global Ocean Observing System Regional Alliance (PI-GOOS) Secretariat/Office...

Regional scope:  GLOSS National Focal Points for Latin America and Caribbean Member States are invited to send nominations by 29 September 2023. 

For information

Nominations should be submitted online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024_DAB not later than 30 October 2023  at 23.59 hrs CEST. 

IOC Member States wishing to become members of the IOCINDIO Sub-Commission are invited to send a letter of adhesion preferably before 31 December 2023 in order to officially establish the Sub-Commissi...

(i) provide national reports on current and planned buoy programmes to the Secretariat, and (ii) check the list of national focal points for buoy programmes and notify required changes to the Secretar...

Regional scope:  ICG/PTWS and ICG/CARIBE EWS Tsunami National Contacts.  For information

Regional scope: IOCARIBE Member States are invited to nominate members to the Ocean Decade Task Force online by 15 August 2023 and send comments on the future DCO for Tropical Americas and the Caribbe...

Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam

IOC Member States are invited to inform progress towards that call, in particular inclusion of ocean science in school curricula through the dedicated online survey.

Regional scope:  Tsunami National Contacts and Focal Points of the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas Before Exe...

Regional scope: Secondment from 18 September to 17 November 2023 proposed to Member States  Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (WG...

Regional scope: Applications from Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of ICG/PTWS and ICG/CARIBE-EWS should be sent together with a CV to ITIC Director and Associate Director by...

Regional scope: Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System coordination are invited to register their representatives online no later than 15 July 2023. 

Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to register experts by 11 August 2023.

Regional scope: IOTWMS members to provide by mail the details of their National Contact to the UNESCO-IOC ICG/IOTWMS Secretariat

IOCARIBE Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 20 April. Nominations for election of IOCARIBE Officers should reach the Secretariat on 9 May 2023 at 18:00 hrs at the latest.

Regional scope: Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thaila...

Regional scope:  Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama are invited to inform of their part...

IOC Executive Council members are invited to communicate the name of their representative at the in-camera meeting of the EC on the consultatoin by 19 May 2023. 

Deadlines: individual online registration from 15 April; supplementary item proposals: 21 April; nominations of GOOS-SC regional representatives: 30 April; draft resolutions: 16 June (10.00 a.m.); nom...

Regional scope:  Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thail...

New deadline:  Following the recent IOC Decision A-32/4.8.2, an ad hoc intersessional working group on Ocean Observations in Areas under National Jurisdiction held its first meeting. This wo...

The survey will close on Friday 31 March 2023.

Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States and focal points are invited to send detail of their delegation by 31 March 2023 and send national reports by 15 April. The deadline for candidatures ...

For information

Invite IOC Member States' submission(s) of CD opportunities by 31 March 2023.

Applications should be sent directly to the course organizers at nfg_project_manager@ccom.unh.edu no later than 15th April 2023.

Members of TOWS-WG, of inter-ICG Task Teams and Chairs of IOC regional ICGs are invited to comment on the 2nd draft ODTP-R&D Plan in view of its presentation to TOWS-WG-16 meeting (2–3 ...

Member States to (i) Provide feedback on the updated GOOS NFP Terms of Reference and (ii) Review the current GOOS National Focal Points, and update or nominate your focal point as needed, prefera...

Member States and SOT focal points to inform the IOC and WMO Secretariats of representatives participating in SOT-12 (in-person or virtual) no later than 28 February 2023 and verify the list of natio...

IOC Member States via their DBCP national focal points are invited to nominate participants by 24 February 2023. 

For information

Confirmation of attendance and information on national programmes and plan should reach the Secretariat by 10 February 2023. The deadline for nominations for IOCAFRICA elections is 15 March 2023 COB.&...

IOCINDIO Member States and other IOC Member States as observers are invited to inform the secretariat of their delegation to the session not later than 31 January 2023. The deadline for submitting nat...

Member States to send detail of their delegation, comments on the draft Agenda and suggestions for additional items requiring intergovernmental attention and nominations for elections of IPH...

For information. The deadline for applications is 21 January 2023 (midnight Paris time) at the latest

Regional scope:  Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of recipient ICG/PTWS Member States are invited to designate delegates to the abovementioned meeting by 30 December 202...

Regional scope: Pacific islands States are invited to send expressions of interest if possible not later than by 28 February 2023. 

Tsunami national contacts are invited to send comments to the accompanying document by 25 January 2023.

Regional scope: Countries recipients of the NWPTAC (Norhtwest Pacific) advisories are invited to participate in the communications test and send feedback using the acknowledgement form provided the sa...

Invitation to complete both online questionnaires by 10 February 2023.

Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 6 February 2023. A few meetings are considered in conjonction with WESTPAC-XIV and a follow-up to the Ocean Decade regional kick-off of ...

Regional scope:  ICG/IOTWMS national focal points to send detail of delegations by 21 November 2022. Deadline for nominations to the Bureau is 30 November 2022. 

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS national tsunami focal points and contacts to chose their preferred scenario for the exercise by 10 March 2023. Online orientation seminars are proposed in English, French a...

IOC Member States to send nominations by 30 November 2022 and reports of  their in-kind contributions provided in calendar year 2022 by 20 January 2023.

TOWS Working Group members are invited to communicate by 20 December 2022 their availability to attend the TOWS Working Group meeting and the meetings of the TOWS Task Teams on 27 February–3 Mar...

For information.

This letter invites Member States to comment further the "Draft Action Plan in response to the IOS Evaluation of the IOC Strategic positioning" by 15 January 2023 and conveys the document prepare...

IOC Member States to send annual national data compilation towards SDG 14.3.1 Indicator via online portal https://oa.iode.org/ by 9 January 2023. 

For information. Registration by 15 November 2022. 

(Regional scope) The Tsunami National Contacts (TNCs) of Australia, Cooks Islands, Fiji, France (New Caledonia & French Polynesia), Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islan...

Regional scope: Pacific Island Countries and Territories are invited to register online to the regional exercise and fill in the online evaluation form by 21 December 2022. 

 National GLOSS focal points to complet and send registration forms by 3 October 2022. 

Nominations should reach the Secretariat not later than 15 October 2022.

Regional scope: National Tsunami contacts of the NEAMTWS to register to the workshop by 16 September 2022. 

(Regional scope) Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System are invited to actively participate to the exercise which comprises regional and national exercices through September-October 2022 ...

Regional scope:  Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (People's Republic of), Indonesia, Malaysia, Philip...

Regional scope: tsunami contacts in the Pacific. 

The Circular letter disseminates the Ocean Decade Africa Roadmap and calls on nominations for the Ocean Decade Taskforce for Africa and adjacent island States. Nominations can be submitted t...

IOC Member States of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange programme (IODE) should confirm participation in the above events and forward the names of their delegation...

Member States are invited to use the template annexed hereafter (also in Word) or to reply via using the online form by 30 September 2022. Responses to the questionnaire should preferably be subm...

Regional scope:  Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Applications endorsed by supervisor and Tsunami National Contact to be sent by 30 July 2022 at the latest. 

For information

This Circular letter provides an initial description of the exercice 2022 and conveys the timeline of the exercise. 23 October 2022 is the deadline for completing the full PacWave22 evaluation survey ...

The CL informs about the nomination of Mr Jean-Paul Ngome Abiaga, UNESCO Staff at the Kingston field office as acting Head of the IOCARIBE Secretariat until the new post holder takes up his or he...

Member States are invited to confirm/update national coordinators by 1 July 2022. 

IOC Member States are invited to complete the online survey by 31 July 2022. The deadline was extended by one month on 24 June 2022. 

Responses to the survey should be submitted by 1st June 2022. 

The application deadline is 27 June 2022 (Midnight Paris Time)

The deadline for submissions is 27 May 2022

Regional scope

IOC Member States of IODE are invited to send candidatures by 1 July 2022.

Detail of delegation should be communicated to the secretariat preferably by 11 May 2022.

The deadline for sending nominations is extended until 15 May.  Nominations to be received before 27 April 2022.

This Circular letter disseminate the Hunga Ha`apai Volcanic Tsunami Hazard Response (PTWS Interim Procedures Implementation Plan) effective from 15 March 2022 to the Member States of the&nbs...

Recipient TWFPs of Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center Communication advisories are invited to acknowledge receipt of the NWPTA test message by using the form attached to the CL. 

For information

#New deadline for providing report on Ocean Decade national activities to 17 March 2022.# Provide information on online registration in the Ocean Decade Expert Roster, contribution to the Ocean Decade...

Regional scope: Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS) Member States are invited to provide one consolidated national response to the online survey by 15 February 2022. 

For information

Regional scope:  Registered Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (Peoples Republic of), Indonesia...

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States are invited to chose their prefered scenarion by 25 February 2022 and promote the widest possible online registration of participants to the exercise. Member S...

Regional scope for information.

Send nominations by 25 January 2022

The letter provide for information the list of 15 appointed expert members of the Decade Advisory Board as a follow-up the circular letter N° 2848. 

Electoral Group V (Africa and Arab States) IOC Member States are invited to send the name of their representative appointed to vote by 17 January 2022. 

For information

Regional scope: IOCINDIO Member States and partner organisations in the region are invited to send detail of their representatives by 5 December 2021. MS may provide information on the status of ...

The deadline for nominations is 11 January 2022. 

Regional scope: IOCARIBE Member States and regional partners are invited to register to the Conference online at  http://iocaribe.ioc-unesco.org/rkoc

For information: detail the process in 8 steps from December 2021 until June 2023. 

Regional scope: ICG/PTWS-XXIX Member States to send detail of their delegations before 22 November 2021 anf candidatures to the Bureau before 2 December 2021 p.m. 

IOC Member States to send nominations by 30 November 2021. 

In addition to an implementation progress report of the Decade, the letter provides detail of the support needs and various deadlines for action of IOC Member States inthe next four months. In particu...

Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to designate delegates by 5 November and send national reports/presentations by 19 November. 

IOC Member States to send annual national data compilation towards SDG 14.3.1 Indicator by 10 January 2022. 

IOCAFRICA Member States to prepare a report on the national strategies and priorities for the Decade using the available template and submit it to Mr Mika Odido (m.odido@unesco.org) not...

Regional scope (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama): Nominations should be sent by email to Mr Bernardo Aliaga (b.aliaga@unesco.org), Technical Secretary of ...

For information: The letter contains a detailed information on the above-mentioned project.

Regional scope: Member States of the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region to nominate representatives by 23rd September 2021.

Chairpersons of ICG/CARIBE-EWS, ICG/IOTWS, ICG/NEAMTWS, ICG/PTWS to designate Task Team members for the period 2021–2023 by 30 September 2021 at the latest. 

For information

Regional scope: Countries recipients of the NWPTAC (Norhtwest Pacific) advisories are invited to participate in the communications test and send feedback using the acknowledgement form provided the sa...

For information

Call for nominations through online form open until 15 September 2021 at 23.59h CEST

(Regional scope) IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to send nominations by Wednesday 2 June 2021 at 17.00 UTC.  

For information

Experts from oceanographic and meteorological communities are invited to send their candidature by 16 May 2021.

Regional scope: Countries recipients of the SCSTAC advisories are invited to participate in the communications test and send feedback using the form provided immediately after the test.

IOC Member States are invited to send their views on the StOR to the Secretariat by 30 April 2021.

Main deadlines: 29 May: composition of your delegation by order of precedence 30 May: nomination of expert member of the GOOS Steering Committee 10 June: deadline for proposing Draft Resolutions 10 Ju...

IOCINDIO Member States and others are invited to send detail of their delegation by 30 April. Nominations for election of IOCINDIO Officers should reach the Secretariat by 13 May latest.  

IOC Member States are invited to answer the online survey on their progress in establishing National Decade Committees or their plans to do so in the future by 13 May 2021, .

IOCARIBE Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 15 April. Nominations for election of IOCARIBE Officers should reach the Secretariat on 3 May at the latest.

IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 1st April. Nominations for election of IOCAFRICA Officers should reach the Secretariat on 9 April at the latest.

IOC Member States to send nominations by 10 April 2021

Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts (TNCs) ff recipient ICG/PTWS Member States will designate representatives by 22 March 2021.

Consultation of IOC Member States until 31 March 2021.

Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States and focal points are invited to send detail of their delegation by 26 March 2021 and send national reports by 13 April.

For information

Member of TOWS-WG are invited to inform the Secretariat of the their availability by 20 February 2021.

IOC Member States and IODE entities are invited to notify the Secretariat of the composition of their delegations by 1st February 2021.

Regional scope: Countries recipients of the NWPTAC advisories are invited to participate in the communications test and send feedback using the acknowledgement form provided.

Regional scope: Countries recipients of the SCSTAC advisories are invited to participate in the communications test and send feedback using the form provided.

Member States are invited to send their response using the questionnaire also attached in Word format before 15 February 2021.

IOC Member States are informed of the launch of a consultation starting with an online meeting on 16 February 2021.

(Regional scope) : WESTPAC Member States are invited to communicate the composition of their delegation by 28 February 2021. Deadline for submitting candidatures to the election of the Officers: 11 A...

(Regional scope): ICG/NEAMTWS are invited to update their national focal points by 10 January 2021 and subscribe to the exercise by 24 January 2021.

(regional scope) ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to nominate experts by 8 January 2021.

Member States to send nominations by 5 January 2021.

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States to register their chosen scenario by 26 February 2021. Participating individuals to the exercise should register online from January 2021. Orientation webinars...

Member States to send detail of their delegation, comments on the draft Agenda and suggestions for additional items requiring intergovernmental attention and nominations for elections of IPHAB Officer...

IOC MS to send contribution by 15 January 2021.

(Regional scope) This circular letter is meanly intended to focal points of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. It completes IOC Circular Letter 2812 and provides acces...

(Regional scope) Member States are invited to actively participate to the 2-step exercise and complete the online PacWave20 evaluation survey by 21 December 2020.

The CL informs of the launch of the 1st Call for Decade actions on 15 October 2020. IOC Member States and partner organizations are invited to submit proposal by 15 January 2021.

For information. Calls also Member States to share information on events organized in their country or region to celebrate WTAD.

Regional scope: Respectively to March 2021 and November 2021.

For information.

LAC Member States are invited to express interest by 2 July 2020.

For information

Regional scope: recipient national focal points of the NWPTAC tsunami advisories

Second review of the revised Implementation Plan open until 21 July 2020.

Online survey available until 1st February 2021.

Regional scope: Tsunami Warning Focal Points in the recipient countries of the SCSTAC advisories TWFPs are requested to complete and return the acknowledgement form preferably by 0700 UTC on 8 June 20...

For information

Deadline extended to 22 June. IOC Member States to review the IOC Action Plan for OL and communicate relevant national activities through an online survey template by 1st June 2020.

EC Member States are invited to send position on the proposed postponment of the session and on the proposed interim working methodologies by 3rd May 2020.

Regional scope limited to the ICG/NEAMTWS Member States. Deadline for submitting sealed ballot forms: 27 March 2020

New deadline for applications: 1st June 2020.

New deadline: 15 June 2020 IOC Member States to provide information using the survey form by 31 March 2020.

Member States to designate an IOC CD focal point by 29 February 2020.

IOC MS to send contribution by 10 February 2020.

Member States to designate one expert by 20 February 2020

Regional scope

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States to register online to the exercise by 6 March, orientation seminars, and to complete evaluation survey by 3 April.

Member States and partner organizations are invited to register online by 6 January 2020.

Regional scope

IOC Member States to nominate participants to both workhop by 15 December 2019.  

Member States to nominate experts to the GOOS-AFRICA Coordinating Committee by 20 December 2019 [extended to 15 January 2020].

Regional scope: IOTWMS Member States to nominate a National Contact for Exercise IOWave20 by 28 February 2020 to the ICG/IOTWMS Secretariat.

TOWS Working Group members are invited to communicate their availability to attend the meeting(s) by 30 January 2020

Regional scope: NWPTAC Communications Test with changed NWPTAC products on 5 November 2019

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS National Tsunami Contacts & Warning Focal Points to send detail of participants by 30 October 2019.

Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to register by 6 November 2019 and send nominations for ICG Officers by 2 December, 5 p.m.

IOC Member States to send nominations for three at-large representatives of the Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board by 21 October 2019.

Regional scope: tsunami contacts of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System

Invitation to IOC MS and major programmes to register information on national oceanographic data and information, services and products into ODISCat.

(regional scope) open to South China Sea Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System until 6 September 2019

MS to designate members of IFAG by 30 October 2019. Valid email is essential

MS invited to share information about events for the 4th WTAD with the secretariat

Regional scope: invitation to IOTWMS Member States.

Regional scope: Registered focal points of Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC)

ICG/PTWS and ICG/CARIBE-EWS Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) to oversee candidatures by 14 June 2019.

Regional scope: Member States of the ICG/IOTWMS to nominate candidates by 26 May 2019.

Deadline for sending contributions: 15 September 2019.

Regional scope: TNCs/TWFPs of Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam to propose candidates by 17 june 2019.

Regional scope: Detail of delegations to be sent by 1st May.

Regional scope. Registration of participants by 20 April; Candidatures for the Bureau elections by 7 May.

IOC Member States and partner organisations are invited to register to the session by 7 June. Deadline for proposing supplementary items: 26 April; deadline for submitting Draft Resolutions: 21 June; ...

IOC Member States to provide feedback by 1st April 2019.

For information. 13-15 May 2019: Global Planning Meeting (Copenhagen); Regional Consultative Workshops: Tokyo; Noumea (July/August 2019)...

Nominations to be received before 30 April 2019

Regional scope: Australia, Cooks Islands, Fiji, France (New Caledonia & French Polynesia), New Zealand, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United...

Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to send national report by 15 March and register delegates by 30 March 2019.

Regional scope: relevant Pacific Tsunami Warning Systems National Contacts and Warning Focal Points are invited to complete their national report by 15 March 2019.

Regional scope: Countries members of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Systems to send detail of their delegation by 22 February. Deadline for nominations to the Bureau is 3 April 2019.

Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama to nominate delegates by 30 January 2019. Possible financial support.

Regional scope: For information. User's guide attached.

Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to register experts by 1st February 2019.

Regional scope: IOCAFRICA Member States to communicate the composition of their delegation and national programmes/plans by 15 February 2019. Deadline for submitting candidatures to the election of th...

The deadline for nominating candidates for co-chairship of IODE is 8 February 2019.

Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to communicate the composition of their delegation by 20 February 2019. Deadline for submitting candidatures to the election of the Officers: 2 April COB.

Regional scope: to send comments if any by 21 January 2019.

(Regional scope) ICG/IOTWMS Member States to register detail of their delegations by 15 February. The deadline for submitting candidatures for the elections of the ICG Officers is 10 March 2019 COP.

Member States involved in the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange to send information about their attendance at the meeting preferably 15 December 2018.

TOWS Working Group members are invited to communicate their availability to attend the meeting(s) by 25 January 2019.

Deadline extended to 15 February 2019 (see also CL-2729)

Member States to send detail of their delegation by 1st March 2019 and nominations for elections as IPHAB Officers by 1st April 2019.

Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System to coordinate answers to the questionnaire by 10 December 2018.

Regional scope for information

Regional scope for information

Regional scope: Costa Rica, Chile, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago to dissiminate the survey to school principals and teachers for completion by 31 October 201...

Member States to designate an IOC CD focal point and complete online survey by 5th December 2018.

MS to designate members of IFAG by 30 October 2018. Valid nominative email essential.

Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts for Australia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Pakistan Timor Leste and Yemen to send participants by 5 October 2018.

Regional scope:Tsunami national contacts of States members of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to send participants by 5 October 2018.

Further to CL-2666, this CL informs MS of the national focal points for the above programmes that are recorded and request that any update be sent through the National Coordinating Body for liaison wi...

Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to nominate experts by 7 October 2018.

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States to inform of their chosen scenario by 28 February 2019.

Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to send details of delegations and register by 5 November 2018.

MS invited to share information about events for the 3rd WTAD and attend the side event organized by IOC during the next session of the Executive Board of UNESCO.

Member States to designate their national focal point for GOSR-II by 19 September 2018. Submission of the questionnaire by 18 November 2018.

Confirmation, update or nomination of designated IODE contact points to be sent by 1st September 2018.

Regional scope: Registered focal points of Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC)

Member States to provide comment on the GOOS 2030 Strategy, by 12 October 2018.

Not later than 15 November 2018.

Regional scope: open to South China Sea Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System until 31 August 2018.

Nominations to be sent the IOC Secretariat by 5 September. Nomination form available in Word format.

IOC Member States, partners and funding Organizations to consider their engagement in the Decade and express interests to support activities by 1 September 2018.

Candidatures endorsed by the TNC or TWFP to be sent by 1st June 2018.

Les Etats membres de l'IOCAFRICA sont invités à désigner des experts avant le 16 avril 2018. IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to nominate experts by 16 April 2018.

Member States representatives and participants to register on line and send complete list of delegation in order of precedence to the Secretariat by 3 June 2018.

Regional scope: South China Sea Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System to nominate two participants by 30 March 2018.

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Members States to register their delegation on line by 30 March 2018. Submission of national reports by 15 April.

Regional scope

Regional scope: IOTWMS Member States to designate 1 representative from National Tsunami Warning Centre and 1 from DMO by 30 March 2018.

To provide feedback on the technical information provided, as well as the early draft decision proposed, through the IOC Officers, by 15 April 2018.

MS to send application form directly to the Course Director by 31 March 2018.

MS to provide comments/inputs on the roadmap document to the IOC Officers who represent their electoral group by Friday 16 March 2018.

MS to send candidatures by 26 February 2018.

Regional scope: India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and Yemen to nominate 2 experts by 28 February 2018.

Regional scope: Countries participating to the regional warning system to provide detail of Exercise contact detail by 28 February 2018. the Exercise manual will be available by 31 March.

Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to register experts by 9 February 2018.

Regional scope: user countries of the SCSTAC products are invited to comment attached technical document by end May 2018.

For information

Regional scope: Member States of the CARIBE-EWS to inform PTWC of its chosen scenario by 2 March 2018.

Regional scope: States member of the regional tsunami warning system to provide the details of National Contact for Exercise IOWave18 by 29 February 2018.

Regional scope: user countries of the North West Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center service to send evaluation of new products and draft Users' Guide by 31st May 2018.

Candidatures to one of the four IOC vacant seats on SCUFN to be sent by 31 January 2018.

Open to sea-level station professionals nominated by the Caribbean Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts by 11 January 2017.

Subscribe through the ICG/NEAMTWS Secretariat by 15 January 2018.

TOWS-WG members to confirm attendance by 10 January 2018.

MS to designate members of IFAG by 30 November 2017. Valid email essential.

Online registration.

Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to register by 3 November. Nominations to elections of Officers to be received by 21 November 2017.

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS tsunami contacts to propose two candidates to the training (Indonesia, 13-23 Nov. 2017) by 20 October.

For information.

IOC Member State delegations to the UN to support the IOC vision for the development of the Decade at the UNGA at its 72nd session and during preparatory work.

Member States to send information on events organized for the 5 November WTAD.

Reminder of CL 2685 with additional detail. New deadline set for 12 October 2017.

Regional scope: a selected number of ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to propose participants by 15 September 2017.

Conveys to the TNCs/TWFPs/NTWCs of all the ICGs that TSP India and TSP Indonesia will resume the issuing of IOTWMS Public Tsunami Bulletins on the GTS and the IOC public list server starting 22 Septem...

Interested Member States, national, regional and international institutions are invited to send letters of intent to blee@wmo.int.

IOC Member States to submit candidates matching criteria by 4 August 2017.

Regional scope: NEAM Member States to provide details of National Contact for Exercise ‘NEAMWave17’ by 24 August.

reply by 1st September 2017

To send nominations not later than 1st September 2017

To send nominations not later than 1st September 2017

Regional scope: ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts of Australia, Fiji, France (French Polynesia, New Caledonia), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu to nominate experts by 2...

Regional scope: ICG/PTWS Member States to nominate delegates by 20 July.

Regional scope: NWPTA focal points.

Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to nominate suitable experts preferably no later than 31 July 2017

Regional scope: to nominate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than 31 July 2017

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS to designate experts by 24 July 2017.

Regional scope: to nominate candidates by 24 July 2017

IOC Member States to send nominations no later than 30 August 2017.

MS and partner organizations to send nominations forms by 1st May 2017.

Regional scope: Member States of the Caribbean and Adjacent Régions, through their national tsunami responsible people, to designate trainees and participants by 30 April 2017.

Regional scope: MS to register their delegation by 10 April 2017. Deadline for nominations for Officers elections by 26 April at 18:00 hours.

IOC Member States to provide information by 30 June 2017.

Regional scope: WESTPAC MS to nominate participants before 10 April 2017.

Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to nominate candidates by 10 April 2017.

IOC MS and Partner Organizations to nominate delegates and representatives by 26 May. Deadline for supplementary items: 21 April 2017. Deadline for candidatures to elections: 23 June. Nomination to th...

Regional scope: NEAMTWS Tsunami National Contacts to nominate experts to the groups by 25 April 2017 (new date! following a reminder).

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States to nominate and register national délégations by 7 April and to submit national report by 14 April 2017.

For information

Applications by 31 March 2017.

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS Member States to register detail of their delegations by 24 March, to send national reports and update tsunami national contacts, NTWCs & TWFPs by 7 April 2017.

Member States to send comments on the proposed “International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Towards the ocean we need for the future we want” to the IOC Officer correspon...

Regional scope: India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Yemen (members) and other IOTWMS Member States boarding the North-West Indian Ocean to send nomination of their delegation by 6 February 2017.

Regional scope. See also Circular letter 2636 for the announcement of PacWave17.

Participant Handbook for the exercises available as IOC Technical Series, 133 vol 1. TWS Member States to chose one scenario by 10 March 2017

IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to register delegates by 21 January 2017.

Regional scope: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap), France (French Polynesia), Indonesia, Korea (Republic of), Malaysia, Palau, Papua N...

By 1st April 2017, Member States to send detail of their delegation, comments on the draft provisional agenda, candidates to chair discussion panels, and nominate candidates for the post of Chair and ...

Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to register experts by 20 January 2017.

Regional scope: WESTPAC country members o inform detail of delegations by 10 March 2017.

ICG/PTWS Member States to send/register detail of their delegation and send a national report by 23 January 2017. Deadline for nominations for the ICG élections: 29 March 2017

Regional scope: Participants of IOTWMS Member States to send application form by 22 November 2016.

Invitation to WG members. Registration by 20 January 2017.

Information to be sent to the IOC Secretariat not later than 28 November 2016.

Candidatures to be sent by 2 December 2016.

For information

Member States involved in the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange to send information about their attendance at the meeting at earliest convenience.

Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia.

Member States to send information on events organized for the 5 November WTAD.

IOC Member States to send nominations by 30 October 2016.

Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to nominate candidates by 31 August 2016.

Regional scope: Country récipients of the letter to submit application form by 9 September 2016.

Informs PTWS Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts of the timeline for the exercise and invites Nomination of a National Contact for PacWave17.

Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to nominate delegates by 30 August 2016.

Member States to review their national representation in the IOC Correspondence Manual and send official notification by 30 September 2016.

MS to designate members by 1st August and members to complete and send online questionnaire by 10 August.

Regional scope: Australia, Cooks Islands, Fiji, France, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States of America,...

Regional scope: TWFPs to acknowledge receipt of the test message.

Member States to send nominations (nomination form in Word format and CV) by 15 September 2016.

Regional scope: Pacific and Caribbean sea Tsunami National Contacts and Warning focal points to designate candidates by 30 June 2016.

Nominations to be sent by 20 June 2016.

Member States to provide nominations on the joint form by 15 May 2016.

For information.

Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to provide comments by April 30th, 2016.

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS TNC and TWFP to email the name, email address, and phone number of the person who will be responsible for coordinating the completion of the survey questionnaire by 30 April...

Regional scope: preparation to the conduct the IOWave16 Exercise scheduled on 7-8 September 2016. Nominee to complete application form by 1st April 2016.

Regional scope: IOC Member States in the region to possibly confirm participation and composition of delegation by 11 March. Deadline for candidature for the elections of Officers: 20 April 2016.

One year scholarship to lead to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire (USA). To nominate candidates by end of March 2016.

Regional scope: States members of the ICG/NEAMTWS invited to fill out the survey questionnaire by 10 March 2016.

Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to register their delegation online by 7 March and to send national reports by 15 March 2016.

(Regional scope) Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts of the NEAMTWS to nominate experts by 15 March 2016.

Regional scope: Western Indian Ocean and small islands. To designate participants by 29th January 2016.

Relevant States Members of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System to communicate the list of participants before 1st February 2016.

Regional scope: States member of the regional tsunami warning system to provide the details of National Contact for Exercise IOWave16 by 29 February 2016

Regional scope: Online seminars in English, Spanish and French to orient participants on the exercise are planned on January 19–21 and March 1-3, 2016.

French speaking African MS to designate participants by 15 December 2015.

Invitation to French-speaking Member States.

Members confirn their presence by 10 February 2016.

Regional scope: IOC Member States in the Indian Ocean region to designate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than 15 November 2015

Extension of the deadline for sending contribution to the GOSR to 10 November 2015.

Regional scope: Nominations to be received by 27 October 2015.

Western Pacific Member States to designate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than 8 November 2015.

The post-event assessment questionnaire to be filled in and returned by 31st October 2015.

Regional scope: Nominations to be sent by 15 October 2015.

For information

Regional scope: Nominations to be addressed to the Secretariat not later than 23rd October 2015.

For information

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS Member States to designate participants before 9 October 2015.

IOC Member States in Western Pacific to designate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than 25 September 2015

Regional scope: India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Oman, Pakistan and Yemen to send nominations of delegates by 22 September 2015.

Regional scope: points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (Peoples Republic of), Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap), France (French Polynesia),...

Member States to appoint or reconfirm, if they so wish, a maximum of 2 experts by 13 November 2015.

ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to send nominations by 16 November 2015.

Member States to nominate members of the Group by 30 October 2015.

This CL is pursuant to a decision of the IOC Assembly (28th session, June 2015). IOC Member States to designate representatives to the group by 23 September 2015.

Regional scope: 16 Member States that receive products of the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC). The exercise manual to be available by 2 November 2015.

Regional scope. Includes the Exercise Manual (IOC Technical Series, 122 vol.1) in English only

Regional scope: deadline for receiving applications: 20 July 2015.

Regional scope: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (Peoples Republic of), Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap), France (French Polynesia), Indonesia, Korea (Republic of), Ma...

At UNESCO Headquarters on Tuesday 23 June 2015.

Participants from IOTWS Member States to send application forms by 20 May 2015.

Interested countries to complete the online Pilot Questionnaire (one form per country) no later than 22 May 2015

Regional scope: ICG/IOTWS Member States to nominate candidates by 20 April 2014.

ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to register their delegation online by 24 April and to send national reports by 30 April 2015.

Regional scope: Some States members of the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Region to nominate candidates by 15 April 2015.

If need be update detail of NEAMTWS National Tsunami Warning Centres and Tsunami Warning Focal Points by 18 March.

NEAMTWS Member States interested in testing the device should send expression of interest by 6 April 2015.

IOC Member States of Group V to nominate one or two experts to the Forum, preferably no later than 20 March 2015.

IOC Member States to send complete list of their delegation by order of precedence preferably and delegates fill out the individual pre-registration form by 20 May 2015. Deadlines: request for supplem...

One year scholarship to lead to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire (USA). To nominate candidates by end of March 2015.

The letter conveys a questionnaire to seek the views of the countries in the region on this process led by Japan Meteorological Agency. Answers expected by 27 February 2015.

Member States of ICG/IOTWS to register delegation by 28 February 2015 and send national reports before 17 March. the session is preceded by a regional conference on 23 March.

ICG/PTWS Member States to send/register detail of their delegation by 23 February 2015 and send a national report by 11 March. the session is preceded by an International Tsunami Symposium (20-21 Apri...

Members of the TOWS-WG to send détails of participats by 26 February 2015.

Deadline for submitting comments is 15th March 2015 only through dedicated website.

Regional scope: PTWC members to complete and send Nomination Form by 16 February 2015.

Regional scope: IOTWS members to complete and send information by 16 February 2015.

Regional scope: NEAMTWS members to complete and send Nomination Form by 16 February 2015.

IOC Member States to provide information for the Global Ocean Science Report using the attached survey questionnaire by 30 April 2015. Questionnaire also available in Word (English and French).

Interim: 12 January–28 February 2015 by Ms Flavia Schlegel, Assistant Director-General of the Science Sector of UNESCO

Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS members to complete and send Nomination Form by 16 February 2015.

WESTPAC Member States to designate delegation to the session by 12 march 2015.

Regional scope (Registered focal points of the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory)

Member States to send letters of support and Financial commitments by electronic copy by 15 January 2015.

50th Anniversary of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System. Register by 6 March 2015.

Establishment of a Regional Tsunami Warning Centre for Central America in Nicaragua.

Regional scope: To nominate suitable experts to the training workshop, preferably no later than 14 December 2014

IOC Member States to inform of any changes in name, function, address or e-mail of their International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange and Marine Information Management coordinators by 15 ...

Regional scope: Provides initial information on the exercise and relevant timeline to countries members of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS). Designation of a PacWave15 Contact ...

Provide financial and/or in-kind contribution to support the organization of the Fifth Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO) including an offer to host the orga...

IOC Member States to send inputs to document IOC/EC-XLVII/2 Annex 4 Rev.2 by 17 December 2014.

ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and C...

Registration can be completed online at www.ioc-unesco.org/IOTconference2014

Member States to designate delegation to the intergovernmental session and the scientific conference.

MS to nominate potential expert members of the IIOE-2 Interim Planning Committee, by 20 October 2014; pledge support to the planning phase of IIOE-2 through financial or in-kind contributions, by 20 O...

Regional scope: Caribbean TWFPs and TNCs to nominate a sea level station operator / technician / data analyst to participate in the course by 6 October 2014. Registration form also in the Word file.

IOC Member States to send nominations by 31 October 2014.

IOC Member States to send nominations (and email) by 31 October 2014. The group will work by correspondence. Revised terms of reference attached.

Member States to nominate their delegation by 27 October 2014. Reminder to NEAMTWS Member States to provide their Tsunami Forecast Points.

Regional scope: New service offered by the Italian Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) as from 1st October 2014.

WESTPAC focal point to nominate one or more participants to the Training Course on climate models , before 15 September 2014.

Regional scope: NEAMTWS members can request new watch service provided by France.

Regional scope: registration form to be sent by 22 August 2014.

Re-constitution of this intersessional Working Group. IOC Member States to designate members by 15 October 2014.

Regional scope: Through Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts, Member States of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System to nominate National Contact for the IOWave1...

Regional scope: Member States from south-western Mediterranean to designate participants by 11 August 2014.

Regional scope: Tsunami Warning Focal Points of NEAMTWS to send participation form by 1st September 2014.

IOC Member States through national IODE coordinators to submit candidatures by 15 November 2014.

Regional scope: Through their Tsunami Warning Focal Points and National Tsunami Contacts, Member States of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group (ICGs) for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigatio...

Revised dates: IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to pre-register to the IOC Secretariat by 31 December 2014 and submit detail of national ocean programmes where IOCAFRICA could add synergy.

Regional scope: Tsunami Warning Focal Points and National Tsunami Contacts of the NEAMTWS are invited to indicate to the IOC Secretariat the detail of the message receiver for the communication test b...

Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) and Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) to designate a National Contact for Exercise 'NEAMWAVE14' by 31 July 2014.

Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points for Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru to designate ...

Regional scope: northern and western Indian Ocean countries to nominate qualified and experienced participants by 9 May. Registration form available in Word format.

Regional scope: Pacific island countries to send application form to the IOC Tsunami Unit by 18 April 2014.

Member States are invited to send the list of their delegation. Delegate will fill out the pre-registration form and send it to the Secretariat as from now and not later than 1st June 2014.

Regional scope: Group IV Member States to consider nominating relevant instrument laboratories for participating in this pilot activity by 30 April 2014.

Regional scope: Group IV and V Member States to nominate participants by 4 April 2014. Registration form in Word format provided.

Transmission of the fourteen most highly qualified applicants who have been pre-selected. IOC EC Member States to nominate by 2nd June 2014 one representative who will participate in the in-camera ses...

Regional scope: Group IV Member States to nominate national member(s) for the LGMI-AP on the basis of the guidelines as detailed in the annex and inform the Secretariat

Regional scope: South China sea States to nominate participants before 21 March 2014.

Regional scope: South China Seas countries to nominate participants by 14 March 2014.

MS to consider candidates for Post-graduate Diploma in Ocean Bathymetry course and send applications by 31 March 2014.

GLOSS and Tsunami national contacts to nominate a sea level station operator/technician to participate by 16 February 2014.

Regional focus: Western Indian Ocean IOC Member States to inform the secretariat of their interest and commitment to participate in the meeting by 31 January 2014.

MS to nominate members to the intersessional working group by 28 February 2014.

MS of the regional ICG, through their official contact points, to register detail of their delegation by 13 March 2014 and send national reports by 13 april 2014.

Regional scope: Provides detail of the 2 scenario exercises together with the participant handbook.

Regional scope: IOC focal points in WESTPAC to designate experts by 21 January 2014

Regional scope (China, France, Indonesia, Rep. of Korea, Malaysia, PNG, Philippines, Russian Fed., Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam): communications test on January 29, 2014 at 0500 UTC

Member States are invited to communicate to the secretariat detail of their representative(s) to the meeting by 20 January 2014.

For information

Regional scope

Member States to nominate their delegation by 1st November 2013; Candidatures for elections before 19 November 2013 at 5:00 p.m.

Vanuatu: 146th Member State of IOC as from 2 September 2013

Invites nominations of members to the group by 10 October 2013 and calls for funding and seconded staff.

Tsunami Warning Focal points and Tsunami National Contacts to send detail of the message receivers during the exercise by 18 September 2013.

Regional scope: Group IV MS. To nominate one or two experts to the Forum, preferably no later than 20 September 2013

Invitation to nominate suitable national experts for consideration for membership of five IOCAFRICA sub-regional Working Groups for developing detailed work plans not later than 21 September 2013.

Invitation to appoint expert(s), and/or to reappoint or replace the expert(s) designated in the IOC List of Experts in Marine Scientific Research for use in special arbitration not later than 15 Novem...

Member States are invited to send letters of nomination along with a concise proposal by 10 October 2013

Member States are invited to send letters of nomination by 30 September 2013 at the very latest.

Regional scope: South China Sea countries. Call for participants. Financial support possible: by Monday 19 August 2013. Selected candidates will be notified by 2 September 2013

Regional scope: The Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) will conduct a communication test on 17 July 2013 at 0500 UTC to verify that communications links to the recipient organizations ...

Regional scope: Through this CL the IOC invites Pacific Island countries to nominate up to two candidates to participate in a Regional Tsunami Training Workshop and Regional Consultation on the ICG/PT...

Member States and respective IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management to propose members to the ad hoc task team by...

WESTPAC Member States to confirm national focal points for Data Management and Marine Information Management by 30 May 2013.

WESTPAC Member States to nominate one or more participants to the Training Course by than 6 June 2013

Regional scope: East Asia Region. Workshop designed for typhoon forecasters, ocean data users, researchers and buoy operators. Notify name and detail of experts by 15 May 2013.

Updates CL 2460 with new dates: Preparation of the Exercice Pacific Wave 13 within the period 1-14 May 2013; Nomination of National Contact for PacWave13 by 19 April; Launch of the PTWC Enhance Produc...

The CL invites IOC Member States to submit names for possible nomination to the UN Ocean Compact Advisory Group by 15 April 2013 by email.

One year scholarship to lead to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire (USA). To nominate candidates by end of March 2013.

IOC MS in the region are invited to communicate the names and positions of their representatives to the Executive Secretary of the IOC, Ms Wendy Watson-Wright, and register their details directly on t...

Member States are invited to designate their representatives by 15 March 2013.

IOC Member States of each of the five electoral groups are invited to nominate candidate experts, representative of their group at the GOOS SC by 31 March 2013. A CL for each group has been prepared, ...

Member States to send detail of their representatives by 5 March 2013.

Regional scope: Indian Ocean. ICG/IOTWS Member States are invited to nominate participants by 22 February 2013.

Regional scope for TNC of Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru called to designate up to 4 candidates to attend the workshop by 11 February 2013.

Regional scope: IOC Member Strates in the WIO region to nominate participants and to notify the IOC Secretariat, of the name and contact details of experts by 1 March 2013.

Member States invited to answer the questionnaire by 30 March 2013. An analysis will be presented at the 27th IOC Assembly.

For information

Regional scope: Group III Member States to designate participants by 10 February 2013.

Regional scope. Request of information by mid-February 2013 to help develop an Ocean Data and Information Network in the north-western part of the Indian Ocean.

Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center will conduct a communication test on 30 January 2013 at 0500 UTC.

CL with a regional scope. Revised dates of the ICG/PTWS 25th session. Member States to communicate representatives by 11 July 2013. This invitation was previously issued on 7 January 2013.

TWFP and TNC to nominate experts by 8 February 2013.

Invitation to partner organizations to propose presentations and documents by 31 December 2012.

NEW DATES: 20-21 February 2013. TOWS-WG members to confirm participation by 1st February 2013.

Dissemination of the Exercise Participant Handbook (Technical Series, 101, Vol. 1).

Preparation of the Exercise Pacific Wave April 2013: Member States should nominate national contact for the exercise by 7 January 2013.

Update on the status of implementation of the first cycle of the Regular Process (2010–2014) under the United Nations. Includes an outline and timeline of the first global integrated ocean assessmen...

Member States who declared interest in participating in IPHAB are invited to: (i) nominate representatives to the 11th session; (ii) comment the draft agenda; (iii) designate candidates to the discuss...

Member States to designate representative experts in data management and in marine information management. Meeting in English.

NEAMTWS Member States to provide information on their participation to the NEAMWave12 exercise by 15 October 2012

Member States of the Indian Ocean region to designate delegates by 30 October 2012. National reports to be sent by 9 November 2012.

Fourniture des services de veille aux tsunamis pour le NEAMTWS (Observatoire national d’Athènes opérationnel, Grèce). TWPs & TNCs to communnicate their wish to receive tsunami watch services from...

MS to nominate representatives to IFAG Group by 15 October 2012.

WESTPAC MS to nominate experts to the WESTPAC Advisory Group by 28 September 2012

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama to fill out post-tsunami questionnaires and send them to ICG/PTWS by 30 September 2012.

IOC MS in the region to send nominations before 18 September 2012

ICG/PTWS focal point to nominate experts by 31 August.

For information

France and Turkey candidate Tsunami Watch Providers operational as from 1st July 2012.

NEAMTWS focal point to designate representatives to ICG/NEAMTWS-IX and preparation meeting to the NEAMWave12 exercise.

Deadline for applications is no later than 30 June 2012

TWFPs should check to ensure that the test message is received via all of their designated communication methods during the communication test of July 2012

IOC MS to nominate candidates to the Expert Team by e-mail not later than 6 July 2012.

MS (Tsunami warning focal points and Tsunami national contacts in particular) to designate experts to two task teams of ICG/PTWS by 30 June 2012.

For information

Intended to ICG/PTWS Member States through their TNC and TWFP

For information

NEAMTWS Member States to designate national contact for NEAMWave Exercise (November 2012) by 24 September 2012.

Members of ICG/IOTWS (Indian Ocean) to fill out and return questionnaire to ICG/IOTWS Secretariat by 11th May 2012.

Tsunami National Contacts (TNCs) to nominate members to both Task Teams to Bernardo Aliaga, ICG/PTWS Technical Secretary.

IOC EC MS and partner organizations to send official nomination by 26 May 2012.

NEAM region Member States to designate receiver of the communication test messages during the exercise by 8 May 2012.

ICG/CARIBE EWS Member States to nominate a sea level station operator/technician to participate in this training course.

For information

Proposals of the Executive Secretary on the preparation of the Executive Council session in a context of financial difficulties: cost-efficiency measures or postponement of the 45th session of the EC....

Member States of the Africa region and the Adjacent Island States to complete the questionnaire by 20 April 2012.

Appeal to support the IOC with extrabudgetary funds and secondments.

MS to nominate participants to the Training Course, by 15 April 2012

MS to register their delegates by 15 March 2012

MS to consider candidates for Post-graduate Diploma in Ocean Bathymetry course and send applications by 31 March 2012

MS to send nominations to p.pissierssens(at)unesco.org not later than 10 May 2012.

MS to propose amendments by 29 February 2012 through their Permanent Mission in New York.

MS to designate representatives to the session by 24 February 2012.

to nominate country’s representative(s) to the Intersessional Financial Advisory Group tasked also with the preparation of the Draft IOC Medium-Term Strategy for 2014–2021 by 31 January 2012

Participate to the symposium organized by the IOC of UNESCO. Poster Session: send title and abstract by 31 December 2011.

WESTPAC Member States to nominate delegation no later than 10 March 2012.

MS to send comments by 15 march 2012.

Member States to answer the attached questionnaire on the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea by 30 November 2011.

China, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation to confirm national representatives to NEAR-GOOS by 31 October 2011.

MS & stakeholders to provide inputs and contributions highlighting ocean priorities in writing by 1 November 2011, through their UN Permanent Missions

To update not later than 1 November 2011

Member States to send nomination of their national contact for IOWave11 Exercise (12 Oct. 2011) by 21 Sept. 2011.

Relevant documentation for the Pacific Wave 11 Exercise.

Nominaciones deberán enviarse a Bernardo Aliaga, Secretario Técnico del ICG/PTWS a más tardar el 12 de Septiembre de 2011

Nominaciones y CV debarán enviarse a Bernardo Aliaga, Secretario Técnico del ICG/PTWS a mas tardar el 21 de Septiembre de 2011

NEAMTWS MS to communicate participants by 1st November; nominations to the Bureau by 18 November. Attachments in pdf only.

To send nomination by 1 November 2011.

Submit nominations for the ten scientific and technical experts of the iGSC by 31 October 2011. Nomination form available in Word.

IOC Member States to provide names and CVs of candidates by 8 July.

Proposal

To confirm attendance by 31 May 2011.

ICG/PTWS Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) to designate national contact for PacWave 11 exercise

MS to fill out the questionnaire and return it to the IOC Secretariat not later than 30 May 2011.

PTWS Member States to complete and return questionnaire by May 1st, 2011.

PTWS Member States to register their details directly on the website at www.ioc-unesco.org/ptws-24 no later than 29th April 2011

Member States to comment, by 30 April 2011 to the secretariat of the Regular Process, namely the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (doalos@un.org)

Member States to communicate attendance by 15 May.

IOCARIBE MS to send registration form by 1 May 2011.

To identify and nominate suitable participants before 10 May 2011

To send asap the list of material you would be ready to send and demonstrate at the IOC Assembly

Preparation of a Declaration by IOC on the role of oceans in sustainable development.

Register nominations by 11 April. Submit national reports by 19 April. Agenda, timetable, election forms, national report template, TWFP and TNC nomination forms.

To States members of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas

To nominate one or more participants to the Training Workshop before 31 March 2011

Member States and partner organizations to send nominations by 22 May 2011.

Partner organizations in IOCWIO region to send nomination by 18 March 2011

IOC Member States in IOCWIO region to send nominations by 18 March 2011

To confirm attendance by 15 March. To send national reports by 15 March.

NEW DEADLINE: To send us nominations, by e-mail to Mr Peter Pissierssens (p.pissierssens@unesco.org) not later than 31 May 2011.

To reappoint or replace the experts designated in the current IOC List of Experts by 1st May 2011

Submission of name(s) of Representatives by 1 March 201. Submission of election nomination forms by 16 May 2011

Nominations to be submitted by 7 February 2011 using the attached form (also available in Word).

The exercice manual is available online in English, French and Spanish at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001905/190556M.pdf

Answers expected by 1 March 2011

Requests comments to draft "Exercise CARIBE-WAVE’11/LANTEX’11 Participant Handbook" by 15 October 2010

Designation of Japan Argo National Focal Point

Online questionnaire to be filled in by 31 December 2010

Candidatures to be sent by 15 November 2010

Also see CL-2358 for language versions of the agenda.

Registration by by 31 October 2010. All annexes in pdf version.

Applications must be received no later than 31st August 2010

Notes from India and Tunisia. See also related CL on the subject 2347, 2313, 2307

Deadline: to nominate experts by 30 July 2010

Deadline: 7 July 2010. Selectees will be notified by 16th July 2010

Deadline by 30 September 2010.

Bilingual English/French

Send offer by 31 May 2010.

Revised version: Chairpersons of IOC Regional Subsidiary Bodies, Tsunami ICG and Heads of IOC Decentralized Offices to confirm attendance by 25 May 2010.

Register by 5 April 2010

Registration by 8 April 2010

Member States to send contribution by 30 April 2010

Member States to send inputs before 14 May 2010.

ICG/PTWS Tsunami focal points and national contacts to complete and return the survey by 15 April 2010.

Revised version (15 April 2010) Invitation to host IOCWIO-VIII or the IOCWIO Project Office. Deadline: 30 April 2010.

To nominate country representatives to the Intersessional Financial Advisory Group by 31 March 2010.

Revised version

Answers expected by 1st March 2010.

Revised version. Registration before 17 February; Submission of national reports by 20 February 2010.

Revised version. NEW DATES. Invitation to partner organizations.

Revised version. NEW DATES. Revised Agenda in preparation

Organized jointly with the International Hydrological Programme under the auspices of the African Union.

Deadline: 30 November 2009

Follow-up of IOC Assembly Resolution XXIII-8. Actions requisted: 1- Response to questionnaire before 30 Jan. 2010; 2- Designation of experts to analyse responses to the questionnaire by 1st Dec. 2009.

Due to delay in the dissemination of CL 2315 the deadline for response has been postponed until 30 June 2010. Attachment only in the pdf file.

Turkey requests notification under Argo Programme

Please request attachments to the CL at the IOC Front Office. This CL updates CL 2296 dated 13 March 2009.

10 July 2009

Peru requests notification under Argo programme

3 June 2009

http://www.ioc-unesco.org/IOC-XXV

Hyderabad, India, 7-9 April 2009. Register no later than 31 March 2009.

Request information and files directly to the ADG/IOC office

See CL-2298 for change of host country and place.

Please return the pre-registration forms to the Secretariat before 15 May 2009 via your national Permanent Delegation.

NEW DATES: 2 – 4 June 2009

Commitment from the world community to work together to improve marine resource management with regards to global climate change impact management will be captured in the MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION. Ca...

Pre-registration by 15 March 2009.

Deadline: 31 January 2009. www.unga-regular-process.org

To submit the name(s) of Representatives by 1 March 2009; To send national reporting on contribution to the GOOS by 15 May 2009; To submit candidatures for elections of I-GOOS Officers by 10 June 2009...

Deadline: 1 March 2009. Attachments in PDF version only.

Invitation to partner organizations.

Invitation to IOC Member States, IODE Coordinators, WDC, NODC, DNA Directors.

Follow-up to IOC CL-2270

Deadline: 14 November 2008. The draft Report of the WCRP Review is made available to Member States for comments.

Deadline: 3 November 2008. The Word version of the nomination form can be conveniently filled in and returned by email to the IOC Secretariat before 3 November 2008.

New Deadline: 19 December 2008. To establish five new Working Groups, namely Working Group on Pacific Emergency Communications and Technologies, Working Group on Rapid Near Field Recognition of Tsunam...

Deadline: 15 October 2008

Director-General of UNESCO has appointed Dr Luis Valdés as Head of the IOC Ocean Sciences Section.

Invitation to the meeting at INOCAR.

Announces a second Pacific wide tsunami exercise to be carried out 28-30 October 2008. This letter seeks to advise Member States of the planned exercise.

Argentina requests notofication under the Argo Programme

CL-2270 rev

Invitation to UN Organizations, Regional agencies and partners

Invitation to IOC Member States

The session will open on Tuesday 24 June at 9.30 in Room IV and should conclude its work on Tuesday 1st July. Provisional agenda and timetable attached.