15th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System and Indian Ocean Tsunami Ready Summit

16 - 19 November 2026,

Oman



Agenda



1 Opening
2 Organisation of the Session
2.1 Adoption of Agenda
2.2 Designation of Rapporteur
2.3 Conduct of the Session
2.4 Establishment of Sessional Committees
3 Reports on Inersessional Activities
3.1 ICG Chair's Report
3.2 IOC Secretariat Report
3.3 Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre Report
3.4 Report of IOTWMS Projects
3.5 TOWS Working Group Report
3.6 Status of Progress in Other ICGs
3.7 Reports from UN and Non-UN Organisations
4 IOTWMS Tsunami Service Provider Reports
4.1 TSP Australia
4.2 TSP India
4.3 TSP Indonesia
5 Working Group Reports
5.1 Working Group 1 on Tsunami Risk, Community Awareness and Preparedness
5.2 Working Group 2 on Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination
5.3 Working Group 3 on Tsunami Ready Implementation
5.4 Subregional Working Group for the North-West Indian Ocean
6 Task Team Reports
6.1 Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2025
6.2 Medium Term Strategy
6.3 New and Emerging Technologies
7 IOTWMS Documentation
7.1 Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2025
7.2 IOTWMS Medium Term Strategy
7.3 Deinition of Services Provided by the IOTWMS Tsuanmi Service Providers
7.4 National Tsunami Warning Centre User's Guide
7.5 Visual-based Approach for Strengthening Tsunami Warning Chains
8 Policy Matters
8.1 UN Ocean Decade & ODTP
8.2 Maritime Products for NAVAREAs
8.3 Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2027
8.4 Tsunami Ready for Critical Infrastructure
8.5 Inclusive Standard Operating Procedures
8.6 IOTWMS Governance and Structure
9 Reports from Sessional Committees
10 Programme and Budget
11 Election of Officers
12 Working Group and Task Team Membership
13 Next Meetings
13.1 Confirmation of Date and Venue for ICG/ITOWMS-XVI
13.2 Target Date and Venue for ICG/IOTWMS-XVII
14 Other Business
15 Adoption of Decisions and Recommendations
15th Session of ICG/IOTWMS (17-19 November 2026)
16 Closing
Indian Ocean Tsunami Ready Summit (16 November 2026)