Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO†7 Place de Fontenoy
75007 Paris
France
| 1. | OPENING |
| 2. | ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION |
| 2.1 | ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA |
| 2.2 | DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR |
| 2.3 | ESTABLISHMENT OF INTRASESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS |
| 2.4 | INTRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTATION, TIMETABLE AND MEMORIAL LECTURES |
| 3. | IOC MATTERS AND REPORTS |
| 3.1 | STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE OF IOC |
| 3.2 | REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE LAST SESSSION |
| 3.2.1 | Report on Programme and Budget Implementation |
| 3.2.2 | IOC External Audit Recommendation Follow-Up |
| 3.2.3 | Recommendations on Governance, Working Methods and Procedures of the Commission |
| 3.3 | DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2018–2021 (39 C/5) AND SECOND PHASE OF THE IOC MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY |
| 3.4 | REPORTS BY THE CHAIRS OF THE IOC SUB-COMMISSIONS AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES |
| 3.4.1 | IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC: 11TH SESSION OF WESTPAC, APRIL 2017, QINGDAO, CHINA |
| 3.4.2 | IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS: 14TH SESSION OF IOCARIBE, 26-28 APRIL 2017 |
| 3.4.3 | IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR AFRICA AND THE ADJACENT ISLAND STATES: 4TH SESSION OF IOCAFRICA, 6–8 MARCH 2017, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT |
| 3.4.4 | IOC REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN: 6TH SESSION OF IOCINDIO, 24-25 May 2017, KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT |
| 3.4.5 | REPORT OF THE IOC MEETING OF THE REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES |
| 3.4.6 | Proposal to Establish the International Training Centre on Operational Oceanography hosted by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of Ministry of Earth Sciences, as a UNESCO Category 2 Centre |
| 3.5 | REPORT OF THE IOC (2016–2017) TO THE THIRTY-NINTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO |
| 4. | IOC AND THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN |
| 4.1 | IOC ROADMAP |
| 4.2 | PROPOSAL OF AN INTERNATIONAL (UN) DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
| 5. | OCEAN RESEARCH |
| 5.1 | GLOBAL OCEAN SCIENCE REPORT: PERSPECTIVES AND DEVELOPMENT |
| 5.2 | HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: 13TH SESSION OF IPHAB, 3-5 May 2017, UNESCO, PARIS |
| 5.3 | REPORT OF AND UPDATE ON THE WMO-IOC-ICSU WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP) AND ITS REVIEW BY ITS SPONSORS |
| 6. | OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND DATA MANAGEMENT |
| 6.1 | OBSERVING SYSTEMS |
| 6.1.1 | Global Ocean Observing System |
| 6.1.2 | WMO-ICSU-IOC-UNEP Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) |
| 6.1.3 | Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) |
| 6.2 | DATA MANAGEMENT |
| 6.2.1 | International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange: 24th Session of IODE, 24–28 March 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 6.2.2 | Strategic Plan for Ocean Data and Information Management |
| 7. | EARLY WARNING AND SERVICES |
| 7.1 | REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS |
| 7.1.1 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 27th Session of ICG/PTWS, 28-31 March 2017, Tahiti, France |
| 7.1.2 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: 11th Session of ICG/IOTWMS, 18-20 April 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 7.1.3 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 10th Session of the ICG/CARIBE-EWS, 10-12 May 2017, Punta Arenas, Costa Rica |
| 7.1.4 | Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas: 12th Session of ICG/NEAMTWS, 26–28 September 2016, Bucharest, Romania |
| 7.2 | GLOBAL COORDINATION OF WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS |
| 8. | ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION FOR POLICY |
| 8.1 | REPORT OF THE IHO-IOC GEBCO GUIDING COMMITTEE |
| 8.2 | CONTRIBUTION TO THE SECOND CYCLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD OCEAN ASSESSMENT (WOA-II) |
| 9. | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE |
| 9.1 | OUTCOME OF THE UN SDG 14 CONFERENCE: CONTRIBUTION TO THE AGENDA 2030, UN CONFERENCE ON SDG 14 IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE SDG INDICATORS REVIEW PROCESS |
| 9.2 | IOC RELEVANT ISSUES RELATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION (BBNJ PrepCom) |
| 9.3 | INTEGRATED COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (ICAM) STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION |
| 10. | CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT |
| 10.1 | CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN |
| 11. | ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT |
| 11.1 | REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE |
| 11.2 | ELECTIONS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS |
| 11.2.1 | Election of the Chairperson of the Commission |
| 11.2.2 | Election of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission |
| 11.2.3 | Election of the Members of the Executive Council |
| 11.3 | INFORMATION ON FUTURE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SELECTION PROCESS |
| 11.4 | 30TH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND 51ST AND 52ND SESSIONS |