TOWS Joint Task Team Meeting (TT DMP and TT TWO)
TOWS Joint TTs

Meeting

20 February 2025

Location

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
7 Place de Fontenoy
75007 Paris
France


Organiser(s) & Staff
Staff
Participation

By invitation only.

TOWS Joint Task Team Meeting (TT DMP and TT TWO)
Summary

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). The group is tasked primarily to advise the IOC Governing Bodies on coordinated development and implementation activities of warning and mitigation systems for tsunamis and other hazards related to sea level of common priority to all Intergovernmental Coordination Groups of Regional Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems.

By its IOC Decision A-31/3.4.1 on Warning Mitigation Systems for Ocean Hazards, the IOC Assembly in 2021 reaffirmed the need for continued inter-ICG coordination through TOWS and the extended tenure of its two inter-ICG Task Teams on:

  • Disaster Management and Preparedness (DMP), and
  • Tsunami Watch Operations (TWO).

NB:- The TOWS Task Teams  (TT DMP and TT TWO) will have Joint Meetings on 20th Feb 2025. They will then have seperate meetings on 21-22 February 2025. 

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18 Participants
9 Provisional
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Agenda Documents: 19
Background Documents: 1
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Agenda Documents
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2.0 Prov TOWS Joint Task Team Agenda 18 Feb 2025 18/02/25
3.0 [Joint_meeting]Significant_events_PTWS_20250218.pptx 18/02/25
3.0 Joint_meeting_Significant_events_IOTWMS 19/02/25
3.0 3.1 CARIBE WAVE 2024 & Significant Events_final.pptx 20/02/25
3.0 NEAMTWS 2024 Events.pptx 20/02/25
3.0 PacWave24 Brief Presentation 20/02/25
3.0 Joint_Session_CARIBE-EWS_Significant_Events.pptx 20/02/25
4.1 5th OCEAN DECADE TSUNAMI PROGRAMME SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 2025 17/02/25
4.1 5th Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme Scientific Committee Jan 2025 17/02/25
4.2 Progress in Implementing the Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions Related to Costal Resilience Challenge 6 and ODTP 13/01/25
4.2 Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme Calls -Actions 7 and 8 2024-2025 19/02/25
4.3 Methodological Protocol for Tsunami Risk Ranking at the Community Level in the Caribbean Basin 19/02/25
4.4 Tsunami Performance Monitoring & Tracking Tool UPDATE 19/02/25
4.5 PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE TSUNAMI READY COALITION 17/02/25
5.0 PTWS-NTWC Competency Framework - Minimum Levels for Operations Staff (2024-26 ITIC Training Pilot) 19/02/25
6.0 TT_TWO-DMP_J6_TsunamiGlossary_feb25.pptx 20/02/25
8.0 Early Warnings for All, The Global EW4All Multi-Stakeholder Forum and 8th GPDRR (2025) 18/02/25
9.0 2nd UNESCO-IOC Global Tsunami Symposium Two Decades After 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Reflection and the Way Forward Summary Statement 10/01/25
9.0 IOC/BRO/2025/1 Summary Statement from 2nd UNESCO-IOC Global Tsunami Symposium on Two Decades After 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Reflection and Way Forward, Banda Aceh, 11–14 November 2024 10/02/25
Background Documents
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TOWS Joint Task Team Meeting Summary Report Feb 2024 29/01/2025

There are 27 participants associated with TOWS Joint Task Team Meeting (TT DMP and TT TWO) , 9 of whom are provisional .

Secretariat
Name Country
VENNIN Derya France
Member
Name Country
AGUIRRE AYERBE Ignacio Spain
AL-ISMAILI Nasser Oman
BROME Alison Barbados
CHACON BARRANTES Silvia Costa Rica
CHARALAMPAKIS Marinos Greece
FROMONT Ashleigh New Zealand
HÉBERT Hélène France
JIJJAVARAPU Padmanabham India
KODIJAT Ardito M. Indonesia
KONG Laura United States of America
MCCREERY Charles United States of America
PIATANESI Alessio Italy
VANACORE Elizabeth Puerto Rico
WANG Dakui China
Observer
Name Country
AMATO Alessandro Italy
COOK Rosalind Belgium
DASKALAKI Elena Greece
HOWE Bruce United States of America
KHANBEKOVA Regina Switzerland
PERONTO James United States of America
RODRIGUEZ CRUZ Ceci United States of America
SATO Takeshi Japan
YU Fujiang China
Chair TT DMP
Name Country
RAHAYU Harkunti Indonesia
Chair TT TWO
Name Country
NISHIMAE Yuji Japan
Other
Name Country
HAMOUDA Amr Egypt
= Person has confirmed their participation and been approved to participate.
= Person has not yet confirmed their participation.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 27
Confirmed: 18
Not confirmed: 9
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Group(s): CTIC, GOOS, GOOS Biogeochemistry Panel (IOCCP), GOOS Biology Ecosystems Panel, GOOS Regional Alliances, ICAN, Integrated Coastal Research, IOC, IOC-Perth-Office, IOCAfrica, IOCARIBE, IOCINDIO, IODE, ITIC, MPR, OBIS, OceanTeacher, ODS, OIH - ODIS, OOPC Panel, OOS, Tsunami, WESTPAC.
 Label(s): Tsunami Official meeting
Created at 18:08 on 02 Dec 2024 by Denis Chang Seng
Last Updated at 21:20 on 18 Feb 2025 by Denis Chang Seng