Eight Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

30 April - 01 May 2013,

The Capital Plaza Hotel
Wrightson Road

Port of Spain
Trinidad & Tobago

Annotated Agenda

1 WELCOME AND OPENING
2 ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.1 Adoption of the Agenda
2.2 Designation of the Rapporteur(s)
2.3 Conduct of Session, Timetable and Documentation
3 REPORTS ON INTERSESSIONNAL ACTIVITIES
3.1 IOC Executive Secretary’s report
3.2 Chairperson’s report
3.3 CARIBE-EWS Secretariat report
3.4 Report of the Caribbean Tsunami Information Center (CTIC)
3.5 Reports from UN & non UN organisations
3.6 Status of other ICGs
3.7 National Progress Reports
3.8 Interim Advisory Services Report (PTWC)
3.9 Report of CARIBE WAVE 13
4 WORKING GROUP PROGRESS REPORTS
4.1 Working group 1
4.2 Working group 2
4.3 Working group 3
4.4 Working group 4
5 SPECIAL INVITED LECTURES: COMMUNITY-BASED TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM
6 POLICY MATTERS
6.1 Establishment of a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center (CTWC)
6.2 Third Caribean Tsunami Exercise (CARIBE WAVE)
6.3 Tsunami Public Awareness and Education Strategy
6.4 Updates to the CARIBE-EWS Communications Plan
6.5 Updates to the CARIBE-EWS Implementation Plan
7 PROGR. & BUDGET for 2014–2015
8 NEXT SESSIONS
8.1 Dates/ place of ICG/CARIBE EWS-IX
8.2 Target dates for ICG/CARIBE EWS-X
9 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
10 ADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
11 CLOSE OF THE SESSION