Fifty-first Session of the IOC Executive Council

03 - 06 July 2018,

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Paris
France



Agenda



1. OPENING
2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
2.2 DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR
2.3 ESTABLISHMENT OF SESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
2.4 INTRODUCTION OF TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION
2.5 ROGER REVELLE MEMORIAL LECTURE
3. STATUTORY REPORTS
3.1 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE TWENTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND ON BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION (JULY 2017–MAY 2018)
3.2 WORK OF THE PRIMARY REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES
3.3 REPORTS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION GROUPS FOR REGIONAL TSUNAMI AND MULTI-HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS
3.3.1 Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS-XIV), Lisbon, Portugal, 21–23 November 2017
3.3.2 Thirteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-XIII), Willemstad, Curaçao, 23–27 April 2018
3.3.3 Eleventh Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and other Hazards related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), UNESCO, Paris, 16–17 February 2018
3.4 REPORTS OF IOC TECHNICAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES
3.4.1 Fifth Session of the Joint WMO-IOC Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM-5), Geneva, Switzerland, 25–29 October 2017
4. IOC AND THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN: STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS
4.1 DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
4.2 ENHANCED COHERENCE, IMPACT AND FUTURE ORIENTATIONS OF THE IOC OCEAN SCIENCE PORTFOLIO IN SUPPORT OF THE UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND 2030 AGENDA
4.3 PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR CONDUCTING
4.4 FOLLOW-UP TO IOC CUSTODIANSHIP ROLE IN RELATION
4.5 REPORT OF IOC REGULAR WORKING GROUP ON USER REQUIREMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEBCO PRODUCTS
4.6 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)
4.7 ADOPTION OF A TEN-YEAR STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (GOOS)
4.8 EVOLVING CAPABILITIES OF THE ARGO PROFILING FLOAT NETWORK
4.9 IOC CONTRIBUTION TO OCEAN LITERACY IN 2018–2021
5. REVIEW OF IOC PROGRAMMES CO-SPONSORED WITH WMO
5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WMO GOVERNANCE REVIEW
5.2 REVIEW OF THE WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP)
5.3 A 10-YEAR STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM
6. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
6.1 FOLLOW-UP TO RESOLUTION XXIX-2: FINANCE AND REGULATIONS, GOVERNANCE, WORKING METHODS AND PROCEDURES
6.2 REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
6.3 PREPARATION OF THE THIRTIETH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY
7. REPORT
8. CLOSURE