UNESCO-IOC EU DG-ECHO CoastWAVE 2.0 Project: National to Local Levels Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Workshop

27 - 30 October 2025,

Portugal Santa Maria House Museum, Praceta Farol, 2750-642 Cascais, Portugal
Cascais
France



Agenda



Generic Roles and Responsibilities of Tsunami Service Providers (TSP) (MG 76, 3.2) and NTWC (MG 76, 3.3)
9:00-10 :00 Interactive Activity 1a- Timeline Driven, Criteria table SOP
9:00-12 :30 Group work/hands on Activity 3-Integration of SOPs from NTWC to Community
9:30-10 :00 Sharing Experiences, Lessons Learned and References for SOPs
10 :00-10 :30 Interactive Activity 1b-Warning communication Flowchart driven SOP
10 :30-11 :00 Coffee Break
10 :30-11:00 Coffee Break
10:00-10:15 Welcoming remarks and workshop overview
10:15-10 :30 Logistics and warm-up
10:30-11:00 Effective End to End TWS
11 :00-11 :30 Feedback of the Activity 1a and 1b
11 :30-12 :00 National to Local Tsunami Warning Chain and SOPs
11:00-11 :30 Coffee Break
11:30-12 :00 Warning Dissemination and Public Alerts – Responsibilities to decision-makers, media, and the public
11:30-12:30 Tsunami Service Providers (TSP) Operations (Sea level monitoring, tsunami confirmation and forecast) and TSP SOPs in NEAM
12 :00-12 :30 Interactive Activity 2- Media Templates
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch Break
14 :00-14 :30 Caribe/WAVE Exercises- Overview
14 :00-15 :00 Press Conference Simulation
14 :30-15 :00 Regional Exercise : NEAMWave - Overview
14:00-14 :30 Lessons learnt on SOPs from past tsunamis: TSP of Türkiye
15 :00 : 15 :30 Coffee/tea break
15 :00-15 :30 Effective End to End TWS (cont.)
15 :00-15:30 Coffee Break
15 :00-16 :00 Group reporting
15 :30-16 :00 Simulations and drill planning : How to conduct national to local level effective tsunami drills
15:30-16 :00 Sharing Experiences : Creation of SOPs for municipalities
16 :00 :16 :30 Challenges on conducting effective tsunami drills-Group work (education, tourism, public, sea users and port activities)
16 :00-16 :40 Hotwash and discussion
16 :00-18 :00 Group reflection : Q&A and Experience sharing
16 :45- 17 :00 Closing
16:00-18 :00 Understanding local needs : Challenges at the local/community level in tsunami response and communication, mapping local response structures: Group work on gap analysis between national to local SOPs
DAY 1 27 October 2025
DAY 2 28 October 2025
DAY 3 29 October 2025
DAY 4 30 October 2025