18th session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG)
TOWS-WG-XVIII

Meeting

24 - 25 February 2025

Location

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France


Organiser(s) & Staff
Organiser
Staff
Participation

By invitation only.

18th session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG)
Summary

Through Resolution XXIV-14, the IOC Assembly at its 24th session (2007) 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 Decision EC-57/3.2.1. on Warning and Mitigation Systems for Ocean Hazards, the IOC Executive Council in June 2024 reaffirmed the need for continued inter-ICG coordination through TOWS-WG and extended the tenure of the TOWS-WG and its Task Teams on: (i) Disaster Management & Preparedness (TTDMP), and (ii) Tsunami Watch Operations (TTTWO), with terms of reference as given in IOC Resolution XXIV-14 [for TOWS-WG], report IOC/TOWS-WG-VI/3, Annex II [for TTDMP] and report IOC/TOWS-WG-X/3, Annex II (Appendix 1) [for TTTWO].

 

TTDMP and TTTWO are holding meetings on 20-21 February 2025 and will report to TOWS WG-XVIII, which in turn will report back to the forthcoming IOC Assembly in June 2025. Agendas for the two Task Team meetings will be sent out separately to members of the Task Teams.

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Background Documents: 1
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Agenda Documents
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1.3 1. Timetable TOWS-WG-XVIII 13/02/25
1.3 TOWS-WG-XVIII anotated agenda_draft 24/02/25
2.1 2.1.1 Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS) 21/02/25
2.1 2.1.2 Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS) 21/02/25
2.1 2.1.4 Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) 21/02/25
2.1 2.1.3 Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS) 23/02/25
2.2.1 2.2.1 World Tsunami Awareness Day (UNDRR) 22/02/25
2.2.2 2.2.2 World Meteorological Organization (WMO 21/02/25
3.1 IOC/2024/TS/183 Monitoring and Warning for Tsunamis Generated by Volcanoes. 2024. Paris, UNESCO. (IOC Technical Series No. 183) 14/02/25
3.1 IOC/TOWS-WG-XVII/3 Summary Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XVII), 22–23 February 2024, Sendai, Japan 07/06/24
3.1 CL-3029 Dissemination of the IOC report on ‘Monitoring and warning for tsunamis generated by volcanoes’ and online webinar programme on this issue 13/02/25
3.1 IOC/2025/TS/200 Meteotsunamis: definition, detection and alerting services investigation 14/02/25
3.1 Item 3.1. Status Report recomendation IOC EC 57-3.2.1 23/02/25
5.1 5th OCEAN DECADE TSUNAMI PROGRAMME SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 2025 17/02/25
5.2 PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE TSUNAMI READY COALITION 17/02/25
5.3 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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1. Timetable TOWS-WG-XVIII 13/02/2025

There are 24 participants associated with 18th session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG) .

Chair
Name Country
HAMOUDA Amr Egypt
Chairpersons of the four ICG-TWSs, the SC-ODTP, and Tsunami Ready Coalition
Name Country
AMATO Alessandro Italy
CHACON BARRANTES Silvia Costa Rica
ELURI Pattabhi Rama Rao India
KONG Laura United States of America
METAYER Gerard Haiti
NISHIMAE Yuji Japan
Members of the IOC Executive Council
Name Country
ALLEN Corina United States of America
PERONTO James United States of America
ZUNIGA Carlos Chile
High-level non-voting representatives of CTBTO, FDSN/GSN, IHO, IMO IUGG Joint Tsunami Commission, UNDRR, WMO
Name Country
KHANBEKOVA Regina Switzerland
STANDER Johan Switzerland
WANG Zhichao Switzerland
WYATT David Monaco
Observers
Name Country
JIJJAVARAPU Padmanabham India
RAHAYU Harkunti Indonesia
SATO Takeshi Japan
VANACORE Elizabeth Puerto Rico
WANG Dakui China
YU Fujiang China
Secretariat
Name Country
ALIAGA ROSSEL Bernardo France
CHANG SENG Denis France
NECMIOGLU Öcal France
TUMMALA Srinivasa Kumar Australia
= Person has confirmed their participation and been approved to participate.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 24
Confirmed: 24
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Group(s): CTIC, IOC, ITIC, JCOMM, Tsunami.
 Label(s): Tsunami Official meeting
Created at 20:58 on 13 Dec 2024 by Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Last Updated at 12:59 on 23 Feb 2025 by Bernardo Aliaga Rossel