TOWS-WG-IX

9th session of Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG)

25 – 26 Feb 2016, Paris cedex 07, France

Through Resolution XXIV-14 the IOC Assembly at its 24th Session decided on the establishment of a Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), tasked primarily to advise the IOC Governing Bodies on co-ordinated development and implementation activities on warning and mitigation systems for tsunamis and other hazards related to sea level of common priority to all Intergovernmental Coordination Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems (ICG/TWSs). IOC/TOWS-WG/IX Decisions and Recommendations VENUE The meeting will be held at the IOC/UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. More details on the transport from the airport and other useful information on your stay in Paris may be found on the webpage Visiting IOC.
ACCOMMODATION Participants are kindly requested to make their own hotel reservation.

Notes

The meeting will take place in Room VII
UNESCO Fontenoy Building.

Meeting time: 9-17:30 both 25 and 26 February 2016.

Location

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy

75732 Paris cedex 07
France

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Dr Thorkild Aarup
Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Mr. Tony Elliott
Mr. Ardito M. KODIJAT
Ms Elena Iasyreva
Dr. Denis Chang Seng
Dr Kenji Satake
1

OPENING AND WELCOME

1.1

OPENING

1.2

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

1.3

WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

2

REPORTS FROM PARTICIPANT BODIES

2.1

REPORT FROM IOC BODIES

2.2

REPORT OF NON-IOC BODIES

3

REVIEW OF PROGRESS

3.1

STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF IOC DECISION IOC-XXVIII, Dec.8.2

4

REPORTS OF THE INTER-ICG TASK TEAMS

4.1

INTER-ICG TASK TEAM ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS

4.2

INTER-ICG TASK TEAM ON TSUNAMI WATCH OPERATIONS

4.3

INTER-ICG HAZARD ASSESSMENT RELATED TO HIGHEST POTENTIAL TSUNAMI SOURCE AREAS

5

OTHER ISSUES

6

DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING

7

CLOSURE OF MEETING

Report Documents

Code Title
IOC/TOWS-WG-IX/3 Summary Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems, Paris, 25-26 February 2016

Event Documents

Code Title
How to reduce coastal hazard risk in your community: A step-by-step guide
ICG CARIBE EWS Report for TOWS IX
ICG PTWS Report for TOWS WG IX
ICG/IOTWMS Report to TOWS-WG-IX
ICG/NEAMTWS Report to TOWS-WG-IX
Report_from_Task_Team_on_Disaster_Management Preparedness_TOWS_WG_IX_
TTDMP Presentation_TOWS_WG_IX
Report inter-ICG Task Team Hazard Assessment related to Highest Potential_Satake 2016

Background Documents

Code Title
IOC/TOWS-WG/IX Decisions and Recommendations
IOC/TOWS-WG-VIII/3 Report of Eighth Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Morioka, Japan, 12–13 March 2015
TOWS-WG-IX/1 Prov. TOWS-WG-IX Provisional Agenda
ICG/NEAMTWS XII Decisions and Recommendations

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 7
Confirmed 21
Not Confirmed 1
Not-participating 0
Total 29
Groups: GOOS, IOC , TSR
Created at 15:03 on 12 November 2015 by Ms Elena Iasyreva
Last Updated at 11:51 on 22 December 2016 by Ms Elena Iasyreva
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