The IOC Assembly at its Twenty-third Session decided, by Resolution XXIII-13, to create the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS) and to establish an Intergovernmental Coordination Group for CARIBE-EWS (ICG/CARIBE EWS). The Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII), will take place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 29 April–1 May 2013.
The membership of the ICG/CARIBE-EWS consist of:
• Member States of the IOC from the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
• Observers from other IOC Member States
• Invited observers from other organizations (including NGOs), programmes and projects in accordance with the IOC rules and procedures.
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Location
The Capital Plaza Hotel
Wrightson Road
Port of Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Organisers and Staff
| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel | |
1
WELCOME AND OPENING
10
ADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
11
CLOSE OF THE SESSION
2
ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.1
Adoption of the Agenda
2.2
Designation of the Rapporteur(s)
2.3
Conduct of Session, Timetable and Documentation
3
REPORTS ON INTERSESSIONNAL ACTIVITIES
3.1
IOC Executive Secretary’s report
3.2
Chairperson’s report
3.3
CARIBE-EWS Secretariat report
3.4
Report of the Caribbean Tsunami Information Center (CTIC)
3.5
Reports from UN & non UN organisations
3.6
Status of other ICGs
3.7
National Progress Reports
- National Report: Aruba
- National Report: Mexico
- National Report: Colombia
- National Report: British Virgin Islands
- National Report: Saint Lucia
- National Report: Saint Kitts & Nevis
- National Report: Anguilla
- National Report: USA 2013
- USA National Report 2013: US Virgin Islands Tsunami Program
- National Report: France 2013
- National Report: Barbados 2013
- National Report: Dominican Republic
- Tsunami National Report 2013: Saint Vincent Grenadines
- National Progress Report 2012-2013: Barbados
- Informe Nacional Tsunami: Colombia
- Sistema Nacional de Alerta de Tsunamis (SINAT) y Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis (CAT)
- Oficina Nacional de Meteorologia: Republica Dominicana
- National Report submitted by France
3.8
3.9
4
WORKING GROUP PROGRESS REPORTS
4.3
Working group 3
4.4
Working group 4
- Final Minutes of Working Group IV: Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience Virtual Meeting
- Fact sheet of Working Group 4: Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience
- Status Report Working Group 4 Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience
- Status Report of Working Group 4: Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience
5
SPECIAL INVITED LECTURES: COMMUNITY-BASED TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM
6
POLICY MATTERS
6.1
Establishment of a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center (CTWC)
- Working Group I: Technical, logistical and administrative requirements of a Regional Tsunami Warning Centre for the Caribe EWS
- Establishment of an Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
- Gestion integral del riesgo en la region costera de Venezuela. Proyecto: Implantacion de un Centro de Alerta de Tsunami y Otras Amenazas Costeras para la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela
6.2
Third Caribean Tsunami Exercise (CARIBE WAVE)
- Exercise Caribe Wave 11: a Caribbean tsunami warning exercise
- Joint CARIBE-Wave 2013 and LANTEX 2013 Exercise in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 20 March 2013
- Exercise Caribe Wave/Lantex 13: a Caribbean tsunami warning exercise, 20 March 2013; Volume 1: Participant handbook
- Tsunami Exercise: Enhanced PTWC products
6.3
Tsunami Public Awareness and Education Strategy
6.4
Updates to the CARIBE-EWS Communications Plan
6.5
Updates to the CARIBE-EWS Implementation Plan
- Implementation Plan for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
- Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS): Implementation Plan 2013-2017
- ICG/CARIBE-EWS Organizational Structure and Governance
- Minuta de Mesa de trabajo: Plan de implementacion
7
PROGR. & BUDGET for 2014–2015
8
NEXT SESSIONS
8.1
Dates/ place of ICG/CARIBE EWS-IX
8.2
Target dates for ICG/CARIBE EWS-X
9
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Report Documents
Agenda Documents
| Agenda | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Recommendation ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII.5 | Recommendation on Implementation Plan | |
| 10 | Recommendation ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII.2 | Recommendation on CARIBE WAVE/LANTEX 14, Communications Tests and PTWC Enhanced Products | |
| 10 | Recommendation ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII.1 | Recommendation on Public Awareness, Education and Resilience | |
| 10 | Recommendation ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII.4 | Recommendation on Hazard Assessment | |
| 10 | Recommendation ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII.3 | Recommendation on Monitoring and Detection Systems | |
| 2.1 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/1 Prov. | Provisional Agenda | |
| 2.3 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/1 Add.rev. | Timetable | |
| 2.3 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/2 | Annotated Agenda | |
| 3.2 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/4 | Minutes ICG/CARIBE-EWS Working Groups and officers meeting | |
| 3.3 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/5 | TWFP/TNC status | |
| 3.4 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/7 | Memorandum of Understanding UNESCO IOC-BARBADOS on CTIC-signed | |
| 3.4 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VII/4 | Business Plan 2012-2016 for the Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre (CTIC) | |
| 3.4 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VII/Annex_III | Terms of Reference: Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre (CTIC) Board | |
| 3.4 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/6 | Working Group 4- CTIC Meeting on training of Tsunami Focal and Contacts Points | |
| 3.5 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/9 | UNDP Barbados and the OECS DRR as key area of focus | |
| 3.5 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/8 | The role of the Puerto Rico Seismic Network | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.18 | National Report: Aruba | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.13 | National Report: Mexico | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.12 | National Report: Colombia | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.11 | National Report: British Virgin Islands | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.14 | National Report: Saint Lucia | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.15 | National Report: Saint Kitts & Nevis | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.17 | National Report: Anguilla | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.16 | National Report: USA 2013 | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.10 | USA National Report 2013: US Virgin Islands Tsunami Program | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.9 | National Report: France 2013 | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.3 | National Report: Barbados 2013 | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.2 | National Report: Dominican Republic | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.1 | Tsunami National Report 2013: Saint Vincent Grenadines | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.4 | National Progress Report 2012-2013: Barbados | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.5 | Informe Nacional Tsunami: Colombia | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.8 | Sistema Nacional de Alerta de Tsunamis (SINAT) y Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis (CAT) | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.7 | Oficina Nacional de Meteorologia: Republica Dominicana | |
| 3.7 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/Inf.6 | National Report submitted by France | |
| 3.8 | IOC/2013/TS/105 | User's Guide: Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Enhanced Products for the CARIBE-EWS | |
| 3.8 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/11 | PTWC Interim Advisory Services for the CARIBE-EWS | |
| 3.8 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/10 | PTWC Enhanced Products for the CARIBE-EWS Proposal | |
| 3.9 | ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII/3 vol 2 Prov. | Caribe Wave/Lantex 13 | |
| 3.9 | ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII/13 | Media Releases, Caribe Wave /Lantex 13 | |
| 3.9 | ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII/12 | CARIBE WAVE/LANTEX 13, 2nd ICG/CARIBE-EWS Tsunami Exercise | |
| 4.1 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/15 | Report of Working Group 1: Monitoring and Detection Systems, Warning Guidance | |
| 4.1 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/14 | Fact sheet Working Group 1: Monitoring and Detection Systems, Warning Guidance | |
| 4.2 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/18 | Report of Working Group 2: Hazard Assessment | |
| 4.2 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/17 | Fact sheet Working Group 2: Hazard Assessment | |
| 4.2 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/16 | Status Report of Working Group 1: Monitoring and Detection Systems, Warning Guidance | |
| 4.4 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/21 | Final Minutes of Working Group IV: Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience Virtual Meeting | |
| 4.4 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/20 | Fact sheet of Working Group 4: Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience | |
| 4.4 | Status Report Working Group 4 Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience | ||
| 4.4 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/19 | Status Report of Working Group 4: Preparedness, Readiness and Resilience | |
| 5 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/23 | Tsunami Readiness in Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 5 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/22 | Haiti Presentation to ICG/CARIBE-EWS/VIII | |
| 6.1 | IOC-ICG/CARIBE EWS-IV/13 | Working Group I: Technical, logistical and administrative requirements of a Regional Tsunami Warning Centre for the Caribe EWS | |
| 6.1 | IOC Resolution XXIII-13 | Establishment of an Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions | |
| 6.1 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/24 | Gestion integral del riesgo en la region costera de Venezuela. Proyecto: Implantacion de un Centro de Alerta de Tsunami y Otras Amenazas Costeras para la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela | |
| 6.2 | IOC/2010/TS/93 | Exercise Caribe Wave 11: a Caribbean tsunami warning exercise | |
| 6.2 | CL-2461 | Joint CARIBE-Wave 2013 and LANTEX 2013 Exercise in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 20 March 2013 | |
| 6.2 | IOC/2012/TS/101 VOL.1. | Exercise Caribe Wave/Lantex 13: a Caribbean tsunami warning exercise, 20 March 2013; Volume 1: Participant handbook | |
| 6.2 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/25 | Tsunami Exercise: Enhanced PTWC products | |
| 6.3 | IOC/2013/TS/107 REV. | Tsunami Public Awareness and Education Strategy for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions | |
| 6.3 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/26 | Tsunami PAE Strategy | |
| 6.4 | ICG/CARIBE EWS-II/11 | Communications Plan for the Interim Tsunami Advisory Information Service to the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions | |
| 6.5 | IOC/2011/TS/78 | Implementation Plan for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions | |
| 6.5 | IOC/2013/TS/73 rev. | Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS): Implementation Plan 2013-2017 | |
| 6.5 | ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII/28 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS Organizational Structure and Governance | |
| 6.5 | ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VIII/27 | Minuta de Mesa de trabajo: Plan de implementacion |
Background Documents
Participant Stats:
| Staff and organisers | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | 53 | |
| Not Confirmed | 1 | |
| Not-participating | 0 | |
| Total | 55 |
Groups:
IOC , TSR
Created at 15:44 on 24 August 2012 by Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Last Updated at 13:04 on 24 April 2024 by Ms. Sofie de Baenst