IOC Circular Letters

Circular letters are issued by the Executive Secretary of the IOC in order to inform, consult, and/or request action of Member States. Listed in reverse chronological order.

To access circular letters not available from this list (including those from 2006 and before), please contact the secretariat.
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IOC Ocean Best Practice System (OBPS) Steering Group: Call for nominations for members (17/12/2025)
The IOC Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS), launched in 2019 and expanded in 2025, aims to strengthen interoperability and coordination across I...
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NEAMWave26 – A Tsunami Exercise of the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas, 3–24 March 2026 (12/12/2025)
Regional scope: The letter provides information on the five scenarios proposed and timeline to the Tsunami Exercise to Tsunami National Co...
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Seventh annual data compilation of the Sustainable Development Goal 14.3.1 Indicator: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations (05/11/2025)
National contributions are expected via the SDG 14.3.1 portal by 19 January 2026. English-Spanish and English-French online workshops presenting...
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Action Plan resulting from the Mid-Term Evaluation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (“the Ocean Decade”) (17/10/2025)
The action plan is included in Annex 1 of the letter and the resources required for its implementation are indicated in Annex 2. IOC Member Stat...
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Survey of existing national capacities across Africa for harmful algal bloom early warning systems that incorporate oxygen measurements (14/10/2025)
IOC Member States are invited to contribute information on the current monitoring of HAB events, associated ocean monitoring including of oxygen...
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Invitation to the Twentieth 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-XX), 3–5 December 2025, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (23/09/2025)
Regional scope (IOC/ICG/NEAMTWS Member States and national focal points and contacts - Deadlines: registration by 15 November; national reports,...
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IOC Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) Steering Group: Call for nominations for Members [New deadline: 21 Nov. 2025] (05/11/2025)
Representatives of Member States, NODCs, ADUs, United Nations entities, as well as governmental and intergovernmental organisations are invited...
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Training course on the general principles of installation and maintenance of sea level stations and the use of the data, Bridgetown, Barbados, 17–21 November 2025 (12/09/2025)
Regional scope: GLOSS National Focal Points, Tsunami National Focal Points/Contacts and National Tsunami Warning Centresin Latin American...
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Survey on meteorological and oceanographic priorities for the Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board (16/09/2025)
IOC Member States are invited to complete the online questionnaire 'JCB Survey on Member priorities and capabilities' by 30 September 2025.&nbsp...
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IOC Working Group on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (IOC/WG-BBNJ): Call for nominations for Members (16/09/2025)
IOC Member States and Chairpersons of IOC subsidiary bodies are invited to send nominations (one expert by Member States/body) by email before&n...
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IODE Inter-sessional Working Group on Advancing Ocean Data Sharing for Sustainable Development in areas within national jurisdiction (IWG-DSNJ) – Call for nominations for members (08/09/2025)
Member States are invited to send one nomination per country before Friday 19 September 2025.
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IOC Working Group on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management (2025-2030): Call for nominations for Members (22/08/2025)
IOC Member States and Chairpersons of IOC subsidiary bodies are invited to send nominations (one expert by Member States/body) by email before&n...
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Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) during the 29 July 2025 M8.8 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami event (08/09/2025)
Regional scope: Tsunami Warning Focal Points andTsunami National Contacts of States members of thePacific Tsunami Warning and...
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period September 2025 – June 2026 (06/08/2025)
IOC Member St...
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Call for Nominations for individual expert members to serve on the Decade Advisory Board for the period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027 (02/09/2025)
Nominations should be submitted online at
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Basic tsunami warning product/template for use by the radio amateurs (02/09/2025)
Tsunami National Contacts and Focal points are invited to raise awareness among radio amateurs in their countries of the role they can play in t...
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Short-term secondment of international staff from National Tsunami Warning Centres of WG-SCS Member States to South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) (07/08/2025)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysi...
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Open call for applications: For two Co-Chairs for the Global Ocean Observing System Observations Coordination Group (GOOS OCG) (12/08/2025)
IOC Member States to share with their networks to promote applications for the Co-Chairs of the GOOS Observations Coordination Group (OCG), dead...
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IOC Group of Experts on Ocean Literacy: Call for nominations for members (23/07/2025)
IOC Member States are invited to send nominations (one expert by Member States) by email before
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IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development: Call for nominations for members (21/07/2025)
IOC Member States are invited to send nominations (one expert by Member States) by email before Friday 29 August 2025.
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Results of 2024 survey on the status of marine spatial planning (MSP) (04/07/2025)
The CL refers to a global survey aimed at compiling information on the national status of MSP and updating MSp national profiles. Member States...
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Antigua and Barbuda: New Member State of the IOC (27/06/2025)
The membership of Antigua and Barbuda to IOC is effective from 25 June 2025. The Commission now has 152 Member States.
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ITIC Training Programme-Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII) on Tsunami Early Warning Systems and the PTWC Enhanced Products, Tsunami Evacuation Planning and Tsunami Ready Programme, Honolulu, Hawaii, 15–26 September 2025 (03/06/2025)
The letter is addressed to national tsunami contacts and focal points of interested members of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the...
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Announcement of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Exercise (IOWave25) on 25 September, 15 October, 25 October and 5 November 2025 (23/05/2025)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts in theIndian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System are invited to provide the IOC Secretar...
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Liberia: New Member State of the IOC / Libéria : nouvel État membre de la COI (21/05/2025)
For information: The membership of Liberia to IOC is effective from 14 May 2025. The Commission now has 151 Member States. Liberia belongs to el...
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Information on the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference including IOC Engagement and Events (16/05/2025)
Information for Member States on the UN Ocean Conference scheduled on 9-13 June 2025 in Nice, France. The letter contains theDraft Politic...
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Call for nominations for vacant IOC representative seats at the GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC) (07/05/2025)
The IOC is calling for applications for three vacant seats appointed by the IOC on the GEBCO Guiding Committee. IOC Member States wishing to app...
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Eighteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (SC-IOCARIBE-XVIII, hybrid), 23–25 April 2025 and Technical Science Meeting (22 April 2025, hybrid) Brasilia, Brazil (02/04/2025)
Regional scope: Member States and partner organisations in the region are invited to nominate representatives to the session and the preceding t...
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Data Buoy Cooperation Panel Training Workshop on Ocean observations for operational services in the Indian Ocean Region (DBCP-CD-2025), 5–7 August 2025 (27/03/2025)
Interested Member States are invited to nominate participants for the workshopbefore 25 April 2025, using the attached nomination/registra...
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Request for information for the compilation of the third edition of the Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR-III) (01/04/2025)
To facilitate the compilation of data, Member States a...
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Eighteenth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XVIII) (5–7 & 9 May 2025, online) (01/04/2025)
Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States, through their national tsunami contacts, focal points and warning centres, are invited to inform t...
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Eighth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA-VIII), 7–9 May 2025, Mombasa, Kenya (26/03/2025)
Regional scope: IOC Member States of IOCAFRICA and partner organizations are invited to register to the session and the preceding scientific con...
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2026 State of the Ocean Report: Call for nominations for Advisory Board members (13/03/2025)
As part of preparations for the next edition of the StOR, Member States are invited to nominate experts to the StOR Advisory Board. Nominations...
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IOC and the Future of the Ocean: Phase 1 Consultation of Member States via an online survey (14/03/2025)
The survey can be found at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/...
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Invitation to the Thirty-third Session of the IOC Assembly, 25 June–3 July 2025 and Fifty-eighth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 24 June 2025, UNESCO HQ, Paris (04/03/2025)
IOC Member States and partner organizations are invited to send the complete list of their delegation at their earliest convenience. Delegates/r...
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Dissemination of the IOC report on ‘Monitoring and warning for tsunamis generated by volcanoes’ and online webinar programme on this issue (13/02/2025)
For the information of all IOC Member States, the reference publication is available online at
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[NEW DATES] First Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-1), 21–23 May 2025, and IOCINDIO Workshop on Strengthening Ocean Sustainability, 19–20 May 2025, at Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (11/04/2025)
A revised version of the Circular Letter 3028 was issued on 11 April 2025 with new dates. IOCINDIO is now officially established as a sub...
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Survey to assess tsunami preparedness capacities in the Pacific Ocean (05/02/2025)
Regional scope: ICG/PTWS focal points/contacts and national tsunami warning centres are invited to respond to the
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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) – Call for nomination of experts to the ICG/IOTWMS Working Groups, Steering Group and Task Teams (31/01/2025)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS Member States to send nominations endorsed by the Tsunami National Contact by28 February 2025 accompanied by a...
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030): Caribbean SIDS Ocean Decade Liaisons and Ocean Decade Roadmap for Tropical Americas and Caribbean Region (11/02/2025)
Regional scope: Caribbean SIDS to nominate an individual who will serve as the National Ocean Decade Liaison from a government body...
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Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS): Updates and Call for Nominations for GOOS National Focal Points (NFP) (03/02/2025)
IOC Member States are invited to update or nominate their GOOS National Focal Point and answer the survey on NFPs by 28 February 2025.
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Information to support Member States in their preparation for the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (30/01/2025)
The unofficial version of Zero Draft of 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference Political Declaration with suggested edits for the information of M...
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Invitation to the Eighteenth Meeting of the Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System (GE-GLOSS-XVIII), 11–14 March 2025, Panama City, Panama (16/01/2025)
National GLOSS focal points members are invited to complete and send registration forms by 3 February 2025. Nominations for chairship shou...
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Training/Workshop on Tsunami Evacuation Maps, Plans, and Procedures and UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme in Hyderabad, India, 9–20 March 2025 (14/01/2025)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS national contacts/focal points and tsunami warning centres are invited to apply to the training by 28 January 2025. L...
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Eighteenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XVIII), 24–25 February 2025, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (19/12/2024)
Members of the TOWS-WG and observersare invited to communicate your availability to attend TOWS-WG-XVIII by 10 January 2025 to the IOC Sec...
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Invitation to the Thirty-first Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXXI), Beijing, China, 7–11 April 2025 (23/12/2024)
IOC Member States, through their Tsunami National contacts and Focal points, are invited to register their participation to the session on the m...
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 25 Tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 20 March 2025 (17/12/2024)
Regional scope: Each ICG Member State through its Tsunami Warning Focal Point / Contacts and National Tsunami Warning Centre is invited to selec...
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Twenty-eighth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-28) and Third International Ocean Data Conference (IODC-3), Santa Marta, Colombia, 10–14 March 2025 (28/11/2024)
IODE NODC contact points, IODE ADU contact points, IODE AIU contact points, IODE national coordinators for data management, IODE national coordi...
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Request for updated information on the status of marine spatial planning (MSP) in 2024 (14/01/2025)
Member States are invited to provide new and updated information on the status of MSP in their countries by completing the online 2024 survey by...
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Call for Nominations to the African and Adjacent Island States Taskforce for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) (25/11/2024)
Applications should be submitted using the online form (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SS7PWXY
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Open call for applications: Chair GOOS Observations Coordination Group (OCG) (27/11/2024)
Member States are invited toshare this call with their networks to promote applications for the Chair of the GOOS Observations Coordinatio...
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Call for Expressions of Interest to host the 2027 Ocean Decade Conference (22/11/2024)
Expressions of Interest should be addressed to the IOC Executive Secretary before 5 January 2025. A review of the proposals is planned in Februa...
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Seventeenth Session of the IOC-FAO Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-XVI), 18–20 March 2025, UNESCO, Paris (18/11/2024)
National representatives to UNESCO-IOC and FAO are invited to: (i) designate delegation to the session; (ii) provide comments on the provisional...
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030): Updates on Ocean Decade Implementation including Call for Applications for the 2nd Edition of the Mario Ruivo Memorial Lecture and Call for Nominations for the Ocean Decade Gender Expert Working Group (18/11/2024)
Among a series of information on the development of the Decade, the letter calls for applications for the IOC Mario Ruivo Memorial Lecture 2025...
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Withdrawal of Vice-Chair (electoral Group IV) of the Commission and nomination of the Technical Secretary of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) (30/10/2024)
For information
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Invitation to the Fifteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XV), Tokyo, Japan, 11–13 March 2025 (22/10/2024)
Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 10 January 2025. A couple of meetings are considered in conjunction with WESTPAC...
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Sixth annual data compilation towards Sustainable Development Goal 14.3.1 Indicator: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations (28/10/2025)
National contributions are expected via the SDG 14.3.1 portal by January 13, 2025. English-language online workshops presenting the SDG 14.3.1 m...
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Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS-XIV), Jakarta, Indonesia, 16–19 November 2024 (07/10/2024)
ICG/IOTWMS TNCs, TFPs, National Tsunami Warning Centres and elected Officers are invited to communicate the names and positions of representativ...
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Cessation of fax transmissions of tsunami information products by Tsunami Service Providers by 31 March 2025 (09/10/2024)
Tsunami National Contacts (TNC), Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) and NTWCs are invited to report to the Secretariat by 31 December 2024 in c...
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Nomination of Experts to serve on the IOC Working Group on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management (IOC/WG-SOPM) (20/09/2024)
IOC Member States and Officers are invited to send nominations to the Secretariat no later than 25 October 2024, accompanied by a CV.
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Call for nominations for a vacant IOC representative at the GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC) (06/08/2024)
The IOC is calling for applications for one of the vacant seats on the GEBCO appointed by the IOC. IOC Member States wishing to appoint an exp...
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period September 2024 – June 2025 (09/08/2024)
IOC Member States to send nomination by 13 September 2024.
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Request to update IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management, and invitation to establish IODE National Oceanographic Data Centres or IODE Associate Data Units (ADU) (23/07/2024)
IOC Member States to provide any changes/designations of their national contacts and any information on the establishment of NODCs and ADUs by 1...
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Nomination of Experts for the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development (follow-up to IOC Decision EC-57/4.6) (03/07/2024)
IOC Member States and the Chairpersons of the IOC programmes and regional subsidiary bodies are invted to nominate suitable expertsno late...
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Venice Declaration for Ocean Literacy in action – survey and dissemination (02/09/2024)
[New deadline] On the occasion of the publication of the Declaration, Member States are invited to express their views on the implementation of...
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Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) Exercise Pacific Wave 2024 (PacWave24), September–November 2024, including live Tsunami Service Provider Communication Test on 5 November 2024 at 0000 UTC (31/05/2024)
PTWS Member States should choose to participate in all applicable modes of exercise outlined below: (i) One Live Communication Test...
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ITIC Training Programme on Tsunami Early Warning Systems and the PTWC Enhanced Products, Tsunami Evacuation Planning and Tsunami Ready Programme (ITP-TEWS-Chile), Valparaiso, Chile, 19–30 August 2024 (24/05/2024)
Interested members of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) and the Intergov...
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Invitation to the Nineteenth 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-XIX), 27–29 November 2024, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (France) (09/09/2024)
25 October: deadline for the online registration of delegates;22 November: nomination of experts to the ICG working g...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered focal points of NWPTAC Advisories scheduled on 28 May 2024 at 0500 UTC (30/04/2024)
Regional scope: Registered NWPTA focal points of the following countries: China, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei an...
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Data Buoy Cooperation Panel Training Workshop on Ocean Observations for Weather Forecast and Climate Prediction – Indian Ocean, 6–8 August 2024 (26/04/2024)
To nominate participants for the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel Training Workshop by 17 May 2024
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points, 8 May 2024 at 0600 UTC (18/04/2024)
Regional scope:The registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Ca...
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[Revised] Invitation to online training for seismic and tsunami warning operators in the South China Sea region on theories, applications and operations of tsunami numerical models, 22 May 2024, Zhenjiang, China (19/04/2024)
Regional scope: ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippin...
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Announcement-New Project “Scaling-Up and Strengthening the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the North-Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Regions to the Impact of Tsunamis and Other Sea Level-Related Coastal Hazards (CoastWAVE 2.0 Project) (08/04/2024)
Regional scope. Online information meeting on the project on 25 April 2024. Project description attached to the circular letter.
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Short-term secondment of international staff from National Tsunami Warning Centres of WG-SCS Member States to South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) (29/03/2024)
Regional scope:Interested candidates fromBrunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thai...
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Invitation to the Seventeenth session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XVII), Managua, Nicaragua, 6–9 May 2024 (02/04/2024)
Regional scope: TNC, TWFP and NTWC of CARIBE-EWS are invited to register for the session on the meeting webpage by 12 April 2024 and send their...
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Ocean Mapping Stakeholder Survey in the framework of the IOC Working Group on User Requirements and Contributions to General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Products (16/03/2024)
IOC Member States and Major IOC Subsidiary Bodies (Scientific, Technical and Regional) are invited tocomplete the online survey by 1...
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Ocean Literacy World Conference, Venice, 7–8 June 2024 (29/03/2024)
Registration to attend in person will be open until 8 April 2024 at https://forms.office.com/e/y...
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Invitation to the 57th Session of the IOC Executive Council, UNESCO HQ, Paris, 25–28 June 2024 (14/03/2024)
Deadlines: full list of delegation + individual online registration by 24 May; draft resolutions: 20 June (10.00 a.m.)
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Program Year 21 (2024–2025) (26/02/2024)
Applications should be sent directly to the course organizers atnfg_project_manager@ccom...
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Call for nominations for ICG/PTWS Working Groups and Task Teams (22/01/2024)
Regional scope: ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts Warning Focal Pointsto nominate experts to the following ICG/PTWS Working Groups...
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Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai Volcano Permanent Monitoring and Warning Procedures of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, 2024 (24/04/2024)
For information: The letters conveys thepermanent "PTWC Procedures and PTWS Products User’s Guide (Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha`apai...
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Nomination of Experts for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Steering Committee (29/02/2024)
IOC National Coordinating Bodies for Liaison with IOC are invited to nominate, no later than 8 March 2024,scientific and technical e...
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Update on Ocean Decade Implementation, including process for registration for 2024 Ocean Decade Conference (Barcelona, April 2024) (07/02/2024)
Provides an update on key information on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in relation to: (i) registration for the 202...
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Nomination of experts to serve on the IOC Working Group on User Requirements and Contributions to General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Products (20/12/2023)
Interested Member States and Chairpersons of relevant IOC Subsidiary Bodies are invited to designate one representative on the Working Group by...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points, 8 January 2024 at 0600 UTC (20/12/2023)
Regional scope: Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China,...
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 24 Tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 21 March 2024 (15/12/2023)
Regional scope: Each ICG Member State through its Tsunami Warning Focal Point / Contacts and National Tsunami Warning Centre is invited to selec...
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Establishment of a National Tsunami Ready Focal Point for each Member State of the ICG/IOTWMS (18/12/2023)
Regional scope: Member States of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/...
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period January–June 2024 (08/12/2023)
IOC Member States to send nominations by 20 January 2024.
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Update of the UNESCO/IOC List of Experts on Marine Scientific Research for use in Special Arbitration under Annex VIII of UNCLOS (21/12/2023)
IOC Member States are invited to update the List of experts on Marine Scientific Research for use in Special Arbitration under AnnexVIII o...
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Seventeenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XVII), 22–23 February 2024, Sendai, Japan (21/11/2023)
TOWS-WG members are invited to confirm their availability to the TOWS and task teamsmeetings (19-20 Feb.) by 20 December 2023.
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Appointment of the new Executive Secretary of IOC and Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Vidar Helgesen, as of 1st March 2024 (15/11/2023)
For information.
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Reporting on in-kind contributions for calendar year 2023 (08/11/2023)
IOC Member States are invited to report on their in-kind contributions to the IOCby 20 January 2024 at the latest.
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Backup South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (BSCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points on 20 November 2023 at 0200 UTC (07/11/2023)
Regional scope: Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, C...
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Call for nominations for the ad hoc intersessional Working Group on Ocean Observations in Areas under National Jurisdiction (IOC/WG-OONJ) (10/11/2023)
Member States to provide nominations for an adhoc intersessional working group on Ocean Observations in Areas under National Jurisdiction...
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Fifth annual data compilation towards Sustainable Development Goal 14 Indicator 14.3.1: average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations (14/10/2024)
IOC Member States are invited to send annual national data compilation towards SDG 14.3.1 Indicator via online portal https://oa.iode.org/ by 10...
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Nomination and/or updating of details on IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management (25/10/2023)
Member States are invited to confirm/update national coordinators by 1 December 2023.
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Development of a new IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management and deployment of user-needs survey [deadline extended to 10 December 2023] (24/11/2023)
[deadline extended to 10 December 2023]IOC Member States and IOC technical programmes and bodies are invited to comment on the relevant document...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered focal points of NWPTAC Advisories scheduled on 5 December 2023 at 0500 UTC (20/10/2023)
Regional scope: Registered NWPTA focal points of the following countries: China, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei an...
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New composition of the Scientific Committee for the UN Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme (SC-ODTP) for the period 2024–2025 (26/09/2025)
For information. A revised version of the letter has been published on 24 September 2025. The correction is highlighted in yellow.
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Call for nomination for ICG/CARIBE-EWS Working Groups and Task Team (11/10/2023)
Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) andTsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFPs) to nominate candidates by 17...
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Invitation to the “Map the Gaps” Symposium, 7 & 8 November 2023, Monaco (27/09/2023)
Register on line by 13 October 2023
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Presentation of the updated State of the Ocean Report concept note (06/10/2023)
Member States are invited to a presentation of the revised concept note for the IOC State of the Ocean Report, which will take place online on 3...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points, 20 October 2023 at 0800 UTC (22/09/2023)
Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malay...
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Invitation to the Eighteenth 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-XVIII), 6–8 February 2024, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (18/12/2023)
Regional scope:ICG/NEAMTWS-18 was initially scheduled in Egypt in November 2023. This revised version of the letter invites Member States...
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Hosting of the Pacific Islands – Global Ocean Observing System Regional Alliance (PI-GOOS) Secretariat/Office (20/09/2023)
(Regional scope) Further to IOC Circular Letter 2922, calling for expressions of interest to host the Pacific Islands–Global Ocean Observi...
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Training course on the general principles of installation and maintenance of sea level stations and the use of tide gauge data (14/09/2023)
Regional scope: GLOSS National Focal Points for Latin America and Caribbean Member States are invited to send nominations by 29 September...
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Interim Arrangements – Acting Head of the Secretariat of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA) (14/09/2023)
For information
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Call for Nominations to the Decade Advisory Board for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025 (05/09/2023)
Nominations should be submitted online athttps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024_DAB&nbs...
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Invitation to Member States to submit a letter of adhesion to the newly adopted IOC Sub-Commission for the central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO) in accordance with Resolution A-32/1 (31/08/2023)
IOC Member States wishing to become members of the IOCINDIO Sub-Commission are invited to send a letter of adhesion preferably before 31 Decembe...
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Thirty-ninth Session of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP-39), Bali, Indonesia, 24–27 October 2023 (hybrid meeting) (24/08/2023)
(i) provide national reports on current and planned buoy programmes to the Secretariat, and (ii) check the list of national focal points for buo...
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Appointment of a Tsunami Programme Specialist as Technical Secretary of ICG/PTWS and ICG/CARIBE EWS (18/08/2023)
Regional scope: ICG/PTWS and ICG/CARIBE EWS Tsunami National Contacts. For information
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IOCARIBE Coordination of the Ocean Decade United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) in the Tropical Americas and the Caribbean (TAC): Ocean Decade Task Force and Decade Coordination Office (17/07/2023)
Regional scope: IOCARIBE Member States are invited to nominate members to the Ocean Decade Task Force online by 15 August 2023 and send comments...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points, 11 August 2023 at 0600 UTC (17/07/2023)
Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malay...
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Call to include Ocean Literacy in school curricula by 2025 as a part of the Education for Sustainable Development (19/07/2023)
IOC Member States are invited to inform progress towards that call, in particular inclusion of ocean science in school curricula through the ded...
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NEAMWave23 - a Tsunami Exercise of the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS) (24/04/2024)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts and Focal Points of theTsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern At...
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Short-term secondment of international staff from NTWCs of WG-SCS Member States to the SCSTAC (11/06/2023)
Regional scope: Secondment from 18 September to 17 November 2023 proposed to Member StatesRegional Working Group on Tsunami Warning...
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ITIC Training Programme-Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII) on Tsunami Early Warning Systems and the PTWC Enhanced Products, Tsunami Evacuation Planning and Tsunami Ready Programme, Honolulu, Hawaii, 7–18 August 2023 (02/06/2023)
Regional scope: Applications from Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of ICG/PTWS and ICG/CARIBE-EWS should be sent toget...
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Invitation to the Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXX), Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, 11–15 September 2023 (14/06/2023)
Regional scope: Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System coordination are invited to register their representatives online no later t...
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Change of dates: Eleventh Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG/SCS-XI), Guangzhou, China, 25–27 September 2023 (13/07/2023)
Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodi...
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Announcement of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Exercise (IOWave23) on 4, 11, 18, and 25 October 2023 (04/05/2023)
Regional scope: IOTWMS members toprovide by mail the details of their National Contactto the UNESCO-IOC ICG/IOTWMS Secretariat
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Invitation to the Seventeenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (SC-IOCARIBE-XVII), 9–11 May 2023 and International Marine Science Conference on IOCARIBE-GOOS on 8 May 2023, Bogota, Colombia (12/04/2023)
IOCARIBE Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 20 April. Nominations for election of IOCARIBE Officers should reach th...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points on 24 April 2023 at 0600 UTC (07/04/2023)
Regional scope:Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Ch...
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Sixth Meeting of the Regional Working Group for Central America of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS), Heredia, Costa Rica, 24 April 2023 (16/03/2023)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala,...
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Consultation process for the designation of applicants in the context of the appointment of the Executive Secretary of the IOC/Assistant Director-General of UNESCO (22/03/2023)
IOC Executive Council members are invited to communicate the name of their representative at the in-camera meeting of the EC on the consultatoin...
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Invitation to the Thirty-second Session of the IOC Assembly, 21–30 June 2023 and Fifty-sixth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 20 June 2023, UNESCO HQ, Paris (03/04/2023)
Deadlines: individual online registration from 15 April; supplementary item proposals: 21 April; nominations of GOOS-SC regional representatives...
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Backup South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (BSCSTAC) fully operational from 29 March 2023; BSCSTAC Communication Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points on 10 April 2023 at 0600 UTC (09/03/2023)
Regional scope: Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, C...
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Member State feedback regarding sustained ocean observations in Areas under their National Jurisdiction (11/12/2023)
New deadline: Following the recentIOC Decision A-32/4.8.2, an ad hoc intersessional working group on Ocean Observations in Areas und...
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Seeking support for The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project – Participation in the online survey (02/03/2023)
The survey will close on Friday 31 March 2023.
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Invitation to the Sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-XVI) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Heredia, Costa Rica, 25–28 April 2023 (02/04/2024)
Regional scope:ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States and focal points are invited to send detail of their delegation by 31 March 2023 and send nati...
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Appointment of the Head of the Tsunami Unit (IOC/TSU) and recruitment of a Tsunami Programme Specialist (P4) (21/02/2023)
For information
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Launch of the Ocean CD-Hub – An invitation to contribute information on capacity development opportunities in a global repository (20/02/2023)
Invite IOC Member States'submission(s) of CD opportunities by 31 March 2023.
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Program Year 20 (2023–2024) (15/02/2023)
Applications should be sent directly to the course organizers at nfg_project_manager@ccom.unh....
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Second draft Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme Research and Development Plan for comments (15/02/2023)
Members of TOWS-WG, of inter-ICG Task Teams and Chairs of IOC regional ICGs are invited to comment on the 2nd draft ODTP-RD Plan in view of...
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Updated Terms of Reference for Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) National Focal Points (NFP) (13/03/2023)
Member States to(i) Provide feedback on the updated GOOS NFP Terms of Reference and (ii) Review the current GOOS National Focal Points, an...
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Twelfth Session of the Ship Observation Team (15–18 May 2023) and the XBT scientific workshop (11–12 May 2023) in Melbourne, Australia (hybrid) (10/02/2023)
Member States and SOT focal points to inform the IOC and WMO Secretariats of representatives participating in SOT-12 (in-per...
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First Data Buoy Cooperation Panel Mediterranean Training Workshop on Ocean Observations and Data Applications (DBCP-Medi-1-Part 2), 2–4 May 2023 (Tunisia, hybrid) (08/02/2023)
IOC Member States via their DBCP national focal points are invited to nominate participants by 24 February 2023.
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New Head of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE) Secretariat – Dr Lorna Inniss (20/01/2023)
For information
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Seventh Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA-VII), Nairobi, Kenya, 15–17 March 2023 (19/01/2023)
Confirmation of attendance and information on national programmes and plan should reach the Secretariat by 10 February 2023. The deadline for no...
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Invitation to the Ninth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-IX), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 28–30 March 2023 (05/01/2023)
IOCINDIO Member States and other IOC Member States as observers are invited to inform the secretariat of their delegation to the session not lat...
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Sixteenth Session of the IOC-FAO Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-XVI), 27–29 March 2023, Rome, Italy (16/03/2023)
Member States to send detail of their delegation,comments on the draft Agenda and suggestions for additional items requiring intergovernme...
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Recruitment of the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (26/12/2022)
For information. The deadline for applications is21 January 2023 (midnight Paris time) at the latest
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Ninth Meeting of the PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (ICG/PTWS-WG/PICT-IX), 2–3 February 2023, Nadi, Fiji (20/12/2022)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of recipient ICG/PTWS Member States are invited to designate de...
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Call for Expressions of Interest to host the Pacific Islands – Global Ocean Observing System Regional Alliance (PI-GOOS) Secretariat/Office (31/01/2023)
Regional scope: Pacific islands States are invited to send expressions of interest if possible not later than by 28 February 2023.
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Review of the Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme Research and Development Plan (04/01/2023)
Tsunami national contacts are invited to send comments to the accompanying document by 25 January 2023.
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered focal points of NWPTAC Advisories scheduled on 7 February 2023 at 0500 UTC (08/12/2022)
Regional scope: Countries recipients of the NWPTAC (Norhtwest Pacific) advisories are invited to participate in the communications test and send...
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Invitation to contribute information for the compilation of the first edition of the IOC Ocean Science Tracker and inputs to the IOC Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey (12/01/2023)
Invitation to complete both online questionnaires by 10 February 2023.
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Invitation to the Fourteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIV), Jakarta, Indonesia, 4–7 April 2023 (18/11/2022)
Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 6 February 2023. A few meetings are considered in conjonction with WESTPAC-XIV a...
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Thirteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS-XIII), Bali, Indonesia, 28 November–1 December 2022 (15/11/2022)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS national focal points...
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 23 Tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 23 March 2023 (08/11/2022)
Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS national tsunami focal points and contacts to chose their preferred scenario for the exercise by 10 March 2023. Onlin...
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period December 2022–June 2023 and reporting on in-kind contributions (26/10/2022)
IOC Member St...
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Sixteenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XVI), 27 February–3 March 2023 (22/11/2022)
TOWS Working Group members are invited to communicate by 20 December 2022 their availability to attend the TOWS Working Group meeting and the me...
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Update of status of implementation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030 (19/10/2022)
For information.
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Follow-up to Internal Oversight Service Evaluation of the Strategic Positioning of IOC (02/12/2022)
This letter invites Member States to comment further the "Draft Action Plan in response to the IOS Evaluation of the IOC Strategic positioning"...
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Fourth annual data compilation towards Sustainable Development Goal 14.3.1 Indicator: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations (20/10/2022)
IOC Member States to send annual national data compilation towards SDG 14.3.1 Indicator via online portal https:/...
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3rd International Conference on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) (07/10/2022)
For information. Registration by 15 November 2022.
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Eighth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Working Group 2 Task Team on Seismic Data Sharing in the Southwest Pacific, 20 October 2022, Nukua’lofa, Tonga (19/11/2022)
(Regional scope) The Tsunami National Contacts (TNCs) of Australia, Cooks Islands, Fiji, France (New Caledonia French Polynesia), Japan, N...
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Pacific Island Countries and Territories Regional Exercise during Pacific Wave Exercise 2022 (PacWave22-PICT) on 9 November 2022 (Registration on 7 October and Informational Webinar on 2 November) (28/09/2022)
Regional scope: Pacific Island Countries and Territories are invited to register online to the regional exercise and fill in the online evaluati...
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Invitation to the Seventeenth Session of the Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System (GE-GLOSS-XVII), 7–10 November 2022, Paris, France (19/09/2022)
National GLOSS focal points to complet and send registration forms by 3 October 2022.
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Nomination of Experts for the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development following IOC Decision A-31/3.5.3 (12/09/2022)
Nominations should reach the Secretariatnot later than 15 October 2022.
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Workshop on the Requirements, Challenges, Opportunities for Local Tsunami Warning Systems in the Context of Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Mitigation in the North-Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Region, 4–5 October 2022, Ispra, Italy (31/08/2022)
Regional scope: National Tsunami contacts of the NEAMTWS to register to the workshop by 16 September 2022.
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Exercise Pacific Wave 2022 (PacWave22), including a live Tsunami Service Providers Communication Test on 13 October 2022: publication of the Exercise Manual and invitation to an Informational Webinar on 13 September 2022 (01/09/2022)
(Regional scope) Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System are invited to actively participate to the exercise which comprises regiona...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points on 13 September 2022 at 0600 UTC (26/08/2022)
Regional scope: Registered SCSTAC focal points and Tsunami Warning Focal Points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, C...
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PTWC Interim Procedures and PTWS products for Tsunamis developed after the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai Volcano event (User’s Guide and informational webinar on 6 September 2022) (17/08/2022)
Regional scope: tsunami contacts in the Pacific.
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Ocean Decade Africa Roadmap and Call for Nominations to the Africa and Adjacent Island States Ocean Decade Taskforce for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) (28/07/2022)
The Circular letter disseminates theOcean Decade Africa Roadmap and calls on nominations for the
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Twenty-Seventh Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXVII) and Scientific Conference, Paris, 20–24 March 2023 (26/08/2022)
IOC Member States of theInternational Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange programme (IODE) shouldconfirm participation in th...
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Second Consultation on the pilot edition of the ‘IOC State of the Ocean Report’ (StOR) (20/07/2022)
Member States are invited to use the template annexed hereafter (also in Word) or to reply via using the online form by 30 September 2022....
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IOC and VLIZ-SHOA Workshop for National Tsunami Warning Centres in the Southeast Pacific, Valparaiso, Chile, 27 September–1 October 2022 (15/07/2022)
Regional scope: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Applications endorsed by supervisor and Tsunami National Contact to be sentby 30...
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Call for Expressions of Interest to host Second International Ocean Decade Conference (extension of deadline to 15 September 2022) (12/07/2022)
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UN Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme and the establishment of the UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP): notification to Member States and instructions for launching the recognition process (12/07/2022)
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Appointment of new two IOC-affiliated members to the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) (26/09/2023)
For information
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Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) Exercise Pacific Wave 2022 (PacWave22), September–November 2022, including a live Tsunami Service Provided Communication Test on 13 October at 0000 UTC (24/06/2022)
This Circular letter provides an initial description of the exercice 2022 and conveys the timeline of the exercise. 23 October 2022 is the deadl...
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Acting Head of the IOCARIBE Secretariat – Interim arrangements (24/06/2022)
The CL informs about the nomination ofMr Jean-Paul Ngome Abiaga, UNESCO Staff at the Kingston field office as acting Head of the IOCARIBE...
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Nomination and/or updating of details on IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management (03/06/2022)
Member States are invited to confirm/update national coordinators by 1 July 2022.
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Request for updated information on the status of marine spatial planning (MSP) (24/06/2022)
IOC Member States areinvited to complete the online survey by 31 July 2022. The deadline was extended by one month on 24 June 2022.
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IOC Capacity Development Compendium Survey (10/05/2022)
Responses to the survey should be submitted by 1st June 2022.
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Vacancy Notice – Head of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE) Secretariat (03/05/2022)
The application deadline is 27 June 2022 (Midnight Paris Time)
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Call to nominate members of the IOC Group of Experts on Ocean Literacy (25/04/2022)
The deadline for submissions is 27 May 2022
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Notification and instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points on 21 May 2022 at 0600 UTC (21/04/2022)
Regional scope
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Call for Candidatures for the Positions of IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) Co-Chair for the Inter-sessional period 2023–2025 (17/08/2022)
IOC Member States of IODE are invited to send candidatures by 1 July 2022.
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Invitation to the 55th Session of the IOC Executive Council, UNESCO HQ, Paris, 14–17 June 2022 (19/05/2022)
Detail of delegation should be communicated to the secretariat preferably by 11 May 2022.
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Call for nominations of two IOC-affiliated members to the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) (28/04/2022)
The deadline for sending nominations is extended until 15 May. Nominations to be received before 27 April 2022.
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Interim Volcano-generated Tsunami Alert Products and Procedures of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (17/03/2022)
This Circular letter disseminate theHunga Ha`apai Volcanic Tsunami Hazard Response (PTWS Interim ProceduresImplementation Plan) effe...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center Communication Test scheduled on 12 April 2022 (11/03/2022)
Recipient TWFPs ofNorthwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center Communication advisories are invited to acknowledge receipt of the NWPTA test...
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Program Year 19 (2022–2023) (25/02/2022)
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Appointment of new IOC-affiliated member to the Joint IHO-IOC Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) (24/02/2022)
For information
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Update 01/2022 (22/03/2022)
#New deadline for providing report on Ocean Decade national activities to 17 March 2022.# Provide information on online registration in the Ocea...
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Post-event assessment of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami of 15 January 2022 (31/01/2022)
Regional scope: Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS) Member States are invited to provide one consolidated national response to the online surv...
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Nominated Members and Chair of the Scientific Committee for the UN Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme (SC-ODTP) (25/01/2022)
For information
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTA Focal Points, 11 February 2022 at 0600 UTC (18/01/2022)
Regional scope: Registered Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) of the following countries: Brunei Daru...
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 22 Tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 10 March 2022 (14/01/2022)
Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States are invited to chose their prefered scenarion by 25 February 2022 and promote the widest possible onlin...
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Towards a Safer Ocean in the Caribbean through Tsunami Ready Communities Project in Barbados, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (13/01/2022)
Regional scope for information.
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Invitation to Member States to nominate members of the open-ended intersessional Working Group on the Status of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO) (05/01/2022)
Send nominations by 25 January 2022
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Appointment of Expert Members of the Decade Advisory Board (15/12/2021)
The letter provide for information the list of 15 appointed expert members of the Decade Advisory Board as a follow-up the circular letter N&deg...
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Online meeting on 20 January 2022 at 10:00 UTC to select a candidate to serve as the representative on the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Steering Committee for Electoral Group V (06/01/2022)
Electoral Group V (Africa and Arab States) IOC Member States are invited to send the name of their representative appointed to vote by 17 Januar...
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Publication of Ocean Science and International Cooperation – Historical and Personal Recollections by Gunnar Kullenberg (03/12/2021)
For information
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IOCINDIO Training Workshop on Methodologies and Approaches of Coastal Vulnerability, Sea Level Rise and Advances in Operational Oceanography Science and Technology in the Indian Ocean, Hyderabad, India, 13–17 December 2021 (24/11/2021)
Regional scope: IOCINDIO Member States and partner organisations in the region are invited to send detail of their representatives by 5 December...
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Call for nominations for a vacant IOC representative at the GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC) (01/12/2021)
The deadline for nominations is 11 January 2022.
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Regional Kick-off Conference for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030 for the Tropical Americas Region (online 16–17 December 2021) (15/11/2021)
Regional scope: IOCARIBE Member States and regional partners are invited to register to the Conference online at
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Revision of the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy: proposed way forward (12/11/2021)
For information: detail the process in 8 steps from December 2021 until June 2023.
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Invitation to the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXIX), 1–2 & 7–8 December 2021 (online, 22:00-24:00 UTC) (09/11/2021)
Regional scope: ICG/PTWS-XXIXMember States to send detail of their delegations before 22 November 2021 anf candidatures to the Bureau befo...
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period December 2021–June 2022 (20/10/2021)
IOC Member States to send nominations by 30 November 2021.
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Implementation progress (22/10/2021)
In addition to an implementation progress report of the Decade, the letter provides detail of the support needs and various deadlines for action...
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Invitation to the 17th 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-XVII), UNESCO, 24–26 November 2021 (hybrid mode) (14/10/2021)
Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to designate delegates by 5 November and send national reports/presentations by 19 November.
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Third annual data compilation towards Sustainable Development Goal 14.3.1 Indicator: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations and invitation to participate in an online information workshop (27 or 28 October 2021) (22/10/2021)
IOC Member States to send annual national data compilation towards SDG 14.3.1 Indicator by 10 January 2022.
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Regional Kick-Off Conference for the UN Decade for Ocean Science for Sustainable Development for Africa and the Adjacent Island States, 13–15 December 2021 and Pre-Conference Workshop (online, 6–8 December 2021) (19/10/2021)
IOCAFRICA Member States to prepare a report on the national strategies and priorities for the Decade using the available template and submit it...
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Fifth meeting of the Regional Working Group for Central America of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the Pacific (ICG/PTWS), 15 November 2021 (online, 14:00-16:00 UTC) (13/10/2021)
Regional scope (Costa Rica, ElSalvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama):Nominations should be sent by email to Mr Bernar...
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Project “Strengthening the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the North-East Atlantic and Mediterranean Region to the Impact of Tsunamis and Other Sea Level-Related Coastal Hazard” (16/09/2021)
For information:The letter contains a detailed information on the above-mentioned project.
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Tenth meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS WG-SCS), 28 & 30 September 2021 (0700-0830 UTC, online) (10/09/2021)
Regional scope: Member States of theTsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region to nominate representatives by 23r...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTA Focal Points, 28 September 2021 at 0600 UTC (07/09/2021)
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Nomination of Members of the Inter-ICG Task Teams on Disaster Management and Preparedness and Tsunami Watch Operations (08/09/2021)
Chairpersons of ICG/CARIBE-EWS, ICG/IO
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Cancelled (26/01/2022)
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Appointment of the Head of Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) (20/08/2021)
For information
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered focal points of NWPTAC Advisories scheduled on 3 August 2021 at 0500 UTC (13/07/2021)
Regional scope: Countrie...
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Release of the First Global Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Status Report (GHSR) (01/07/2021)
For information
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Call for Nominations to the Decade Advisory Board (09/07/2021)
Call for nominations through online form open until 15 September 2021 at 23.59h CEST
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Arrangements for the Election of Officers of the IOC’s Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA) (17/05/2021)
(Regional scope) IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to send nominations by Wednesday 2 June 2021 at 17.00 UTC...
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Results of the IOC Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey and Transfer of Marine Technology Clearing House Mechanism Needs Survey now available (03/05/2021)
For information
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Nomination of experts for Online Training Courses on Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Systems, 14–16 June 2021 and 22–24 June 2021 (27/04/2021)
Experts from oceanographic and meteorological communities are invited to send their candidature by 16 May 2021.
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTAC Focal Points, 28 May 2021 at 0600 UTC (22/04/2021)
Regional scope: Countries recipients of the SCSTAC advisories are invited to participate in the communications test and send feedback using the...
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Consultation on the proposal of an ‘IOC State of the Ocean Report’ (StOR) (15/04/2021)
IOC Member States are invited to send their views on the StOR to the Secretariat by 30 April 2021.
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Arrangements for the Fifty-fourth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 14 June 2021, and the Thirty-first Session of the IOC Assembly, 14–25 June 2021 (online sessions) (17/05/2021)
Main deadlines: 29 May: composition of your delegation by order of precedence 30 May: nomination of expert member of the GOOS Steering Committee...
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Arrangements for the Eighth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-VIII), 17–19 May 2021 (online) (16/04/2021)
IOCINDIO Member States and others are invited to send detail of their delegation by 30 April. Nominations for election of IOCINDIO Officers shou...
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Update (15/10/2021)
IOC Member States are invited to answer the online survey on their progress in establishing National Decade Committees or their plans to do so i...
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Invitation to the Sixteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (SC-IOCARIBE-XVI), 3–6 May 2021 (online session) (22/03/2021)
IOCARIBE Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 15 April. Nominations for election of IOCARIBE Officers should reach th...
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Arrangements for the Sixth Session of the IOC’s Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA-VI), 13–16 April 2021 (online)
IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to send detail of their delegation by 1st April. Nominations for election of IOCAFRICA Officers s...
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period April 2020–June 2021 (18/03/2021)
IOC Member States to send nominations by 10 April 2021
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Seventh Meeting of the PTWS Working Group 2 Task Team on Seismic Data Sharing in the Southwest Pacific and Eighth Meeting of the PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), 29th March–1st April 2021
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts (TNCs) ff recipient ICG/PTWS Member States will designate representatives by 22 March 2021.
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Proposed arrangements for the 31st Session of the IOC Assembly (12/03/2021)
Consultation of IOC Member States until 31 March 2021.
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Program Year 18 (2021–2022)
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Invitation to the Fifteenth session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-XIV), 27–29 April 2021 (online) (08/03/2021)
Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States and focal points are invited to send detail of their delegation by 26 March 2021 and send national...
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Nomination of IOC representatives to the GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC) and information on new Chair and Vice-Chair of GGC (24/02/2021)
For information
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Fourteenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XIV), 25–26 February 2021 (online) (11/02/2021)
Member of TOWS-WG are invited to inform the Secretariat of the their availability by 20 February 2021.
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Release of the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020) (25/01/2021)
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Arrangements for the (online) Twenty-Sixth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXVI), 20–23 April 2021 (22/01/2021)
IOC Member States and IODE entities are invited to notify the Secretariat of...
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Invitation to the rescheduled 53rd session of the IOC Executive Council to be conducted online from 1 to 9 February 2021 (22/01/2021)
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered focal points of NWPTAC Advisories scheduled on 15 February 2021 at 0500 UTC (18/01/2021)
Regional scope: Countries recipients of the NWPTAC advisories are invited to...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTA Focal Points, 28 January 2021 at 0600 UTC (15/01/2021)
Regional scope: Countries recipients of the SCSTAC advisories are invited to...
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Inventory of actions being considered under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) in the field of tsunamis and other sea-level related hazards warning and mitigation (07/01/2021)
Member States are invited to send their response using the questionnaire also attached in Word format before 15 February 2021.
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Consultation on the potential transformation of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO) into an IOC Sub-Commission (05/01/2021)
IOC Member States are informed of the launch of a consultation starting with an online meeting on 16 February 2021.
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Arrangements for the Thirteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIII), Virtual, 27–29 April 2021 (10/12/2020)
(Regional scope) : WESTPAC Member States are invited to communicate the comp...
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Announcement for Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas – NEAMTWS Tsunami Exercise – ‘NEAMWave21’, 8–10 March 2021 (18/12/2020)
(Regional scope): ICG/NEAMTWS are invited to update their national focal points by 10 January 2021 and subscribe to the exercise by 24 January 2021.
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Tsunami Ready Programme in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation Systems (ICG-NEAMTWS): Nomination of Experts and Expression of Interest to Pilot Community Tsunami Ready (08/12/2020)
(regional scope) ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to nominate experts by 8 January...
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Nomination of two IOC representatives at the GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC) (09/12/2020)
Member States to send nominations by 5 January 2021....
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The 53rd Session of the IOC Executive Council, 3–9 February 2021 as an on-line meeting and an update on the proposed arrangements (07/12/2020)
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 21 Tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 11 March 2021 (19/11/2020)
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Fifteenth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-XV), 23–25 March 2021 (online) (13/11/2020)
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Annual Data compilation towards Sustainable Development Goal 14.3.1 Indicator: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations (24/11/2020)
IOC MS to send contribution by
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Operaciones de prueba del Centro de Asesoramiento sobre los Tsunamis de América Central (CATAC) y ejercicio de simulacro CATAC 20 el 11 de noviembre de 2020, como parte de PacWave20 (29/10/2020)
(Regional scope) This circular letter is meanly intended to focal points of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. It...
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Proposed arrangements for the 53rd Session of the IOC Executive Council (29/10/2020)
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Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) Exercise Pacific Wave 2020 (PacWave20), 5 & 11 November 2020 (22/10/2020)
(Regional scope) Member States are invited to actively participate to the 2-step exercise and complete the online PacWave20 evaluation survey by 21...
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Call for Decade Actions (30/10/2020)
The CL informs of the launch of the 1st Call for...
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5th World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 November 2020) (08/10/2020)
For information. Calls also Member States to share information on events organized in their country or region to celebrate WTAD.
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Postponement to 2021 of the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas Tsunami Exercise—NEAMWave20—and seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Group of NEAMTWS (27/08/2020)
Regional scope: Respectively to March 2021 and November 2021.
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Transmission of the ‘Decade’ Implementation Plan and its summary to the UN General Assembly (11/08/2020)
For information.
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Call of Support for the IOC Ocean Info Hub Project (LAC Regional node) (28/06/2020)
LAC Member States are invited to express interest by 2 July 2020.
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Release of the Capacity Assessment of Tsunami Preparedness in the Indian Ocean, Status Report 2018 (23/06/2020)
For information
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTAC focal points of 14 July 2020 at 0500 UTC (09/06/2020)
Regional scope: recipient national focal points of the NWPTAC tsunami advisories
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Process for the review and transmission of the ‘Decade’ Implementation Plan and its Summary to the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (19/06/2020)
Second review of the revised Implementation Plan open until 21 July 2020.
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Launch of the second IOC Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey (03/09/2020)
Online survey available until 1st February 2021.
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTA Focal Points, 8 June 2020 at 0600 UTC (25/05/2020)
Regional scope: Tsunami Warning Focal Points in the recipient countries of the SCSTAC advisories TWFPs are requested to complete and return the ack...
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International Day for Biological Diversity and 20th Anniversary of the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS new name) (18/05/2020)
For information
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Call for a review of the Draft IOC Ocean Literacy Action Plan (21/04/2020)
Deadline extended to 22 June. IOC Member States to review the IOC Action Plan for OL and communicate relevant national activities through an onlin...
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The 53rd Session of the IOC Executive Council (06/04/2020)
EC Member States are invited to send position on the proposed postponment of the session and on the proposed interim working methodologies by 3rd M...
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Update on preparations, call for a review of Draft Implementation Plan and for joining the Global Ocean Decade Alliance (04/06/2020)
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Invitation to the 53rd Session of the IOC Executive Council, Paris, 30 June–3 July 2020, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (16/03/2020)
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Election by correspondence of the Officers to the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) (06/03/2020)
Regional scope limited to the ICG/NEAMTWS Member States. Deadline for submitting sealed ballot forms: 27 March 2020
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Call for proposals to host a OceanTeacher Global Academy (OTGA) Regional or Specialized Training Centre (New deadline) (28/02/2020)
New deadline for applications: 1st June 2020.
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Request for information on the status of marine spatial planning (MSP) (New deadline) (27/02/2020)
New deadline: 15 June 2020 IOC Member States to provide information using the survey form by 31 March 2020.
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Designation of national IOC focal points for Capacity Development (27/01/2020)
Member States to designate an IOC CD focal point by 29 February 2020.
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Data compilation towards Sustainable Development Goal 14.3.1 Indicator: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations (17/01/2020)
IOC MS to send contribution by 10 February 2020.
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Nomination of experts to serve on the IOC Working Group on User Requirements and Contributions to General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Products (21/01/2020)
Member States to designate one expert by 20 February 2020
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Extension of Deadline for Nominations of Officers (Chair, Vice-Chairs) to the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS). Deadline for nominations: 28 February 2020 (15/01/2020)
Regional scope
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 20 Tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 19 March 2020 (08/01/2020)
Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States to register online to the exercise by 6 March, orientation seminars, and to complete evaluation survey by...
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Regional Consultation for Africa and the Adjacent Island States as part of the preparation of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021–2030), 27–29 January 2020, Nairobi, Kenya (20/12/2019)
Member States and partner organizations are invited to register online by 6 January 2020.
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Notification and Instructions regarding the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Communications Test for the Registered SCSTA Focal Points, 13 January 2020 at 0600 UTC (16/12/2019)
Regional scope
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Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO) Leadership workshop for developing the “Regional Framework for Coastal Vulnerability towards the Safety, Security and Sustainable Development of Member States in the Indian Ocean and Regional Planning Workshop of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Chennai, India, 6–7 & 8–10 January 2020 (09/12/2019)
IOC Member States to nominate participants to both workhop by 15 December 2019.
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Update on preparations and call for extra support (05/12/2019)
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Revival and Reactivation of GOOS-AFRICA, the Global Ocean Observing System in Africa (27/11/2019)
Member States to nominate experts to the GOOS-AFRICA Coordinating Committee by 20 December 2019 [extended to 15 January 2020].
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Announcement of IOTWMS Indian Ocean Tsunami Exercise (IOWave20) on 6, 13 and 20 October 2020 (25/11/2019)
Regional scope: IOTWMS Member States to nominate a National Contact for Exercise IOWave20 by 28 February 2020 to the ICG/IOTWMS Secretariat.
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Thirteenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XIII), 20–21 February 2020, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (24/10/2019)
TOWS Working Group members are invited to communicate their availability to attend the meeting(s) by 30 January 2020
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NWPTAC Communications Test for the Registered NWPTAC focal points on 5 November 2019 after the termination of its interim services to the South China Sea Region (14/10/2019)
Regional scope: NWPTAC Communications Test with changed NWPTAC products on 5 November 2019
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Indian Ocean Regional Workshop on Strengthening Tsunami Warning Chain to Critical Infrastructure (Ports, Harbour and coastal Airports), 20–22 November 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia (11/10/2019)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS National Tsunami Contacts & Warning Focal Points to send detail of participants by 30 October 2019.
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Invitation to the 16th 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-XVI), Cannes, France, 2–4 December 2019 (03/10/2019)
Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to register by 6 November 2019 and send nominations for ICG Officers by 2 December, 5 p.m.
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Nominations for at-large members of the Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board, representing IOC Member States (18/09/2019)
IOC Member States to send nominations for three at-large representatives of the Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board by 21 October 2019.
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Full operation of the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) starts on 5 November 2019 (17/09/2019)
Regional scope: tsunami contacts of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
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Building the IOC Ocean Data and Information System “Catalogue of Sources” (ODISCat) (30/08/2019)
Invitation to IOC MS and major programmes to register information on national oceanographic data and information, services and products into ODISCat.
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Invitation to the IOC South China Sea training for seismic and sea level operators, 21–25 October 2019, Hangzhou, China (30/08/2019)
(regional scope) open to South China Sea Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System until 6 September 2019
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period November 2019–June 2020 (16/09/2019)
MS to designate members of IFAG by 30 October 2019. Valid email is essential
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Contributions to the 4th World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 November 2019) (25/07/2019)
MS invited to share information about events for the 4th WTAD with the secretariat
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International Symposium on the Lessons Learnt from the 2018 Tsunamis (11/07/2019)
Regional scope: invitation to IOTWMS Member States.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 31 July 2019 at 0500 UTC (12/07/2019)
Regional scope: Registered focal points of Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC)
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ITIC Training Programme—Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII) on Tsunami Early Warning Systems and the PTWC Enhanced Products, Tsunami Evacuation Planning and Tsunami Ready Programme, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3–13 September 2019 (21/05/2019)
ICG/PTWS and ICG/CARIBE-EWS Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) to oversee candidatures by 14 June 2019.
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Equatorial Guinea: New Member State of the IOC / Guinée équatoriale: nouvel Etat membre de la COI (21/05/2019)
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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS): Call for nomination of experts to the ICG/IOTWMS Working Groups (02/05/2019)
Regional scope: Member States of the ICG/IOTWMS to nominate candidates by 26 May 2019.
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IOC History Project (02/05/2019)
Deadline for sending contributions: 15 September 2019.
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Two secondments of short-term international staff from National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWCs) in Member States of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (WG-SCS) to the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) – 2nd call (25/04/2019)
Regional scope: TNCs/TWFPs of Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam to propose candidates by 17...
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Seventh Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-VII), Hyderabad, India, 31 May–1 June 2019 and associated workshop (27–30 May 2019) (23/04/2019)
Regional scope: Detail of delegations to be sent by 1st May.
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Invitation to the Fifteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (SC-IOCARIBE-XV), 6–10 May 2019, Oranjestad, Aruba (12/04/2019)
Regional scope. Registration of participants by 20 April; Candidatures for the Bureau elections by 7 May.
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Ocean Science Day 2019 – Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: Investing in the Ocean/Human Future, 27 June 2019, UNESCO, Paris (16/04/2019)
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Invitation to the Thirtieth Session of the IOC Assembly, 26 June–4 July 2019 and Fifty-second Session of the IOC Executive Council, 25 June 2019, UNESCO HQ, Paris (02/04/2019)
IOC Member States and partner organisations are invited to register to the session by 7 June. Deadline for proposing supplementary items: 26 April;...
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Consultation on the Future of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) (08/03/2019)
IOC Member States to provide feedback by 1st April 2019.
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) - Update on the engagement of nations to the preparatory phase (13/03/2019)
For information. 13-15 May 2019: Global Planning Meeting (Copenhagen); Regional Consultative Workshops: Tokyo; Noumea (July/August 2019)...
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Nomination of an IOC Representative at the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) (26/03/2019)
Nominations to be received before 30 April 2019
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Sixth Meeting of the PTWS Working Group 2 Task Team on Seismic Data Sharing in the Southwest Pacific, and Sixth Meeting of the PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), 7 & 8 March 2019, Noumea (New Caledonia) (05/03/2019)
Regional scope: Australia, Cooks Islands, Fiji, France (New Caledonia & French Polynesia), New Zealand, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa...
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Invitation to the Fourteenth session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-XIV), Punta Leona, Costa Rica, 8–11 April 2019 (07/03/2019)
Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to send national report by 15 March and register delegates by 30 March 2019.
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ICG/PTWS Framework for Future Goals and Performance Monitoring of Tsunami Risk Reduction, Hazard Warning, and Mitigation – First Cycle (2017–2018) of Reporting on Key Performance Indicators against the Framework agreed Goals (13/02/2019)
Regional scope: relevant Pacific Tsunami Warning Systems National Contacts and Warning Focal Points are invited to complete their national report b...
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Invitation to the Twenty-eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXVIII), Montelimar, Nicaragua, 2–5 April 2019 (06/02/2019)
Regional scope: Countries members of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Systems to send detail of their delegation by 22 February. Deadline for nomination...
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Fourth Meeting of the Regional Working Group for Central America of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS), Managua, Nicaragua, 11 February 2019 (28/01/2019)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama to nominate delegates by 30 Januar...
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Full transition to NWPTAC enhanced products as from 28 February 2019 (25/01/2019)
Regional scope: For information. User's guide attached.
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Eighth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG/SCS-VIII), Jakarta, Indonesia, 4–6 March 2019 (25/01/2019)
Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to...
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Fifth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA-V), Nairobi, Kenya, 25–27 March 2019 (23/01/2019)
Regional scope: IOCAFRICA Member States to communicate the composition of their delegation and national programmes/plans by 15 February 2019. Deadl...
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Election of IODE Co-Chairs during the Twenty-Fifth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXV), Tokyo, Japan, 20–22 February 2019 (18/01/2019)
The deadline for nominating candidates for co-chairship of IODE is 8 February 2019.
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Twelfth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XII), Manila, the Philippines, 2–5 April 2019 (09/01/2019)
Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to communicate the composition of their delegation by 20 February 2019. Deadline for submitting candidatures...
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Recommendation ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XIII.7 on Tsunami Ready (logo) (20/12/2018)
Regional scope: to send comments if any by 21 January 2019.
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Twelfth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS-XII), Kish Island, Islamic Republic of Iran, 9–12 March 2019 (10/12/2018)
(Regional scope) ICG/IOTWMS Member States to register detail of their delegations by 15 February. The deadline for submitting candidatures for the...
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Twenty-Fifth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXV) and Scientific Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 18–22 February 2019 (03/12/2018)
Member States involved in the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange to send information about their attendance at the meeting p...
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Twelfth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XII), 21–22 February 2019, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (17/12/2018)
TOWS Working Group members are invited to communicate their availability to attend the meeting(s) by 25 January 2019.
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Follow-up to the preparation of the second edition of the IOC Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR-II): new deadline (16/11/2018)
Deadline extended to 15 February 2019 (see also CL-2729)
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Fourteenth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-XIV), UNESCO, Paris, 24–26 April 2019 (16/11/2018)
Member States to send detail of their delegation by 1st March 2019 and nominations for elections as IPHAB Officers by 1st April 2019.
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Survey of Capacity Assessment of Tsunami Preparedness of the IOTWMS Member States (09/11/2018)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System to coordinate answers to the questionnaire by...
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Appointment in Fiji of a Programme Officer for Disaster Risk Reduction and Tsunami Warning for the South Pacific region (22/10/2018)
Regional scope for information
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Appointment of a Programme Officer for Coastal Hazards and the Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre (CTIC) in Barbados (19/10/2018)
Regional scope for information
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Feasibility study for the adaptation of the ‘Ocean School’ programme to Central and South America (10/10/2018)
Regional scope: Costa Rica, Chile, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago to dissiminate the survey to school pri...
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IOC Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey and Transfer of Marine Technology Clearing House Mechanism Needs Survey (05/10/2018)
Member States to designate an IOC CD focal point and complete online survey by 5th December 2018.
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period November 2018–June 2019 (02/10/2018)
MS to designate members of IFAG by 30 October 2018. Valid nominative email essential.
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Invitation to the training on Tsunami Emergency Maps, Plans and Procedures (TEMPP-3), 22 November–1 December 2018, Citeko, Bogor, Indonesia (21/09/2018)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts for Australia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Pakistan Timor Leste and Yemen to send participants by 5 October 2018.
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Invitation to Post-IOWave18 Regional Workshop on lessons learnt from community participation and evaluation of Indian Ocean Tsunami Ready indicators in pilot communities during Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18), 15–17 November 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia (21/09/2018)
Regional scope:Tsunami national contacts of States members of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to send participants by 5 October 2018.
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GOOS, JCOMM, GLOSS, Argo, SOT and DBCP National Focal Points (04/10/2018)
Further to CL-2666, this CL informs MS of the national focal points for the above programmes that are recorded and request that any update be sent...
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Invitation to nominate experts to the ICG/CARIBE-EWS Group of Experts (GoE) on work and implementation plan to enhance the warning system by including other coastal hazards (12/09/2018)
Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to nominate experts by 7 October 2018.
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 19 Tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 14 March 2019 (05/09/2018)
Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States to inform of their chosen scenario by 28 February 2019.
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Invitation to the 15th 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-XV), UNESCO HQs, Paris, 26–28 November 2018 (03/09/2018)
Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to send details of delegations and register by 5 November 2018.
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Contributions to the 3rd World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD, 5 November 2018) and announcement of the WTAD 2018 High Level Panel Discussion, 16 October 2018 (UNESCO HQs) (30/08/2018)
MS invited to share information about events for the 3rd WTAD and attend the side event organized by IOC during the next session of the Executive B...
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Invitation to contribute information for the compilation of the second edition of the IOC Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR-II) (05/09/2018)
Member States to designate their national focal point for GOSR-II by 19 September 2018. Submission of the questionnaire by 18 November 2018.
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Nomination and/or updating of details on IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management (27/08/2018)
Confirmation, update or nomination of designated IODE contact points to be sent by 1st September 2018.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 20 September 2018 at 0500 UTC (23/08/2018)
Regional scope: Registered focal points of Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC)
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Invitation to Comment on the GOOS 2030 Strategy (09/08/2018)
Member States to provide comment on the GOOS 2030 Strategy, by 12 October 2018.
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Call for Candidatures for the Position of IODE Co-Chairs (2019–2021 inter-sessional period) (24/08/2018)
Not later than 15 November 2018.
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Secondment of one short-term international staff from a National Tsunami Warning Centre in WG-SCS Member States to the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) (17/07/2018)
Regional scope: open to South China Sea Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System until 31 August 2018.
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) – Call for nomination to the Executive Planning Group (EPG) (16/07/2018)
Nominations to be sent the IOC Secretariat by 5 September. Nomination form available in Word format.
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: Expression of Interest for supporting start-up activities (2018–2020) (23/05/2018)
IOC Member States, partners and funding Organizations to consider their engagement in the Decade and express interests to support activities by 1 S...
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ITIC Training Programme—Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII in CHILE) on Tsunami Early Warning Systems and the PTWC Enhanced Products, Valparaiso, Chile, 1–10 August 2018 (03/05/2018)
Candidatures endorsed by the TNC or TWFP to be sent by 1st June 2018.
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Atelier de formation régional sur l’aménagement de l'espace marin, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 7-9 mai 2018 (06/04/2018)
Les Etats membres de l'IOCAFRICA sont invités à désigner des experts avant le 16 avril 2018. IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to nominate exper...
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Invitation to the 51st Session of the IOC Executive Council, Paris, France, 3–6 July 2018, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (06/04/2018)
Member States representatives and participants to register on line and send complete list of delegation in order of precedence to the Secretariat b...
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Invitation to Regional Training on “Strengthening Standard Operating Procedures for Tsunami Warning and the use of the ICG/PTWS SCSTAC Tsunami Advisory Products”, Beijing, China, 8–11 May 2018 (08/03/2018)
Regional scope: South China Sea Member States of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System to nominate two participants by 30 March 2018.
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Invitation to the 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, Kingdom of Netherlands, 24–27 April 2018 (08/03/2018)
Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Members States to register their delegation on line by 30 March 2018. Submission of national reports by 15 April.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 15 March 2018 at 0500 UTC (05/03/2018)
Regional scope
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Invitation to attend the ICG/IOTWMS 2nd Integrated Intersessional Meetings, Hyderabad, India, 26 June–14 July 2018 (06/03/2018)
Regional scope: IOTWMS Member States to designate 1 representative from National Tsunami Warning Centre and 1 from DMO by 30 March 2018.
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Evolving capabilities of the Argo Profiling Float Network (19/03/2018)
To provide feedback on the technical information provided, as well as the early draft decision proposed, through the IOC Officers, by 15 April 2018.
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Project Year 15 (2018–2019) (19/02/2018)
MS to send application form directly to the Course Director by 31 March 2018.
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United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021–2030 – Start-up Phase (19/02/2018)
MS to provide comments/inputs on the roadmap document to the IOC Officers who represent their electoral group by Friday 16 March 2018.
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Nomination of two IOC representatives at the GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC) (29/01/2018)
MS to send candidatures by 26 February 2018.
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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) Subregional Working Group for the North West Indian Ocean: call for nomination of experts (24/01/2018)
Regional scope: India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and Yemen to nominate 2 experts by 28 February 2018.
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Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) Exercise Pacific Wave 2018 (PacWave18), during the period 1st September to 30 November 2018 (24/01/2018)
Regional scope: Countries participating to the regional warning system to provide detail of Exercise contact detail by 28 February 2018. the Exerci...
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Turkmenistan: New Member State of the IOC (15/01/2018)
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Seventh Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG/SCS-VII), Hanoi, Vietnam, 6–8 March 2018 (15/01/2018)
Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to...
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Starting of trial operations of the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) on 26 January 2018 (09/01/2018)
Regional scope: user countries of the SCSTAC products are invited to comment attached technical document by end May 2018.
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Publication of the User's Guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) Enhanced Products for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS) (09/01/2018)
For information
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Announcement of the CARIBE WAVE 18 tsunami Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 15 March 2018 (19/12/2017)
Regional scope: Member States of the CARIBE-EWS to inform PTWC of its chosen scenario by 2 March 2018.
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Announcement of IOTWMS Indian Ocean Tsunami Exercise (IOWave18) on 4th and 5th September 2018 (18/12/2017)
Regional scope: States member of the regional tsunami warning system to provide the details of National Contact for Exercise IOWave18 by 29 Februar...
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Starting of issuance of experimental NWPTAC Enhanced Products (14/12/2017)
Regional scope: user countries of the North West Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center service to send evaluation of new products and draft Users' Guide...
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Nomination of four IOC Representatives at the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) (14/12/2017)
Candidatures to one of the four IOC vacant seats on SCUFN to be sent by 31 January 2018.
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Sixth Short Course on Sea Level Data Quality Control, Analysis and Applications for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS), Mexico City, 26 February–2 March 2018 (13/12/2017)
Open to sea-level station professionals nominated by the Caribbean Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts by 11 January 2017.
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Free subscription to services for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas offered by new Candidate Tsunami Service Provider, the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA) (12/12/2017)
Subscribe through the ICG/NEAMTWS Secretariat by 15 January 2018.
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Eleventh Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XI), 16–17 February 2018, Paris, France and adjacent meetings and symposium starting from 12 February 2018 (04/12/2017)
TOWS-WG members to confirm attendance by 10 January 2018.
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period December 2017–June 2018 (17/10/2017)
MS to designate members of IFAG by 30 November 2017. Valid email essential.
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International Ocean Literacy Conference, Venice (Italy), 4–5 December 2017 (11/10/2017)
Online registration.
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Invitation to the 14th 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 (10/10/2017)
Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to register by 3 November. Nominations to elections of Officers to be received by 21 November 2017.
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Pilot Implementation of Indian Ocean Tsunami Ready2 (IOTR) Programme and Training of Trainers on Tsunami Evacuation Maps, Plans and Procedures (04/10/2017)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS tsunami contacts to propose two candidates to the training (Indonesia, 13-23 Nov. 2017) by 20 October.
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New Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) (27/09/2017)
For information.
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International Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development – Consideration of IOC Resolution XXIX-1 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at its 72th Session (05/09/2017)
IOC Member State delegations to the UN to support the IOC vision for the development of the Decade at the UNGA at its 72nd session and during prepa...
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Contributions to the Second World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 November 2017) (04/09/2017)
Member States to send information on events organized for the 5 November WTAD.
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Second announcement for Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas –NEAMTWS Tsunami Exercise ‘NEAMWave17’, 31 October-3 November 2017 (05/09/2017)
Reminder of CL 2685 with additional detail. New deadline set for 12 October 2017.
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Invitation to Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) New Enhanced Tsunami Products for ICG/CARIBE EWS Regional Training Workshop, Colombia, 31 October–2 November 2017 (04/09/2017)
Regional scope: a selected number of ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to propose participants by 15 September 2017.
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Resumption of IOTWMS Public Tsunami Bulletins on the IOC Public List Server and WMO Global Telecommunication System (GTS) starting 22 September 2017 (23/08/2017)
Conveys to the TNCs/TWFPs/NTWCs of all the ICGs that TSP India and TSP Indonesia will resume the issuing of IOTWMS Public Tsunami Bulletins on the...
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Call to Member States for Letters of Intent to host a coordinator for WCRP Regional Activities (24/07/2017)
Interested Member States, national, regional and international institutions are invited to send letters of intent to blee@wmo.int.
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Women’s Marine Leadership Workshop, [relocated from Bali to Geneva, WMO HQ], 21-22 October 2017 (24/07/2017)
IOC Member States to submit candidates matching criteria by 4 August 2017.
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Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas – NEAMTWS Tsunami Exercise – ‘NEAMWave17’, 31 October – 3 November 2017 (24/07/2017)
Regional scope: NEAM Member States to provide details of National Contact for Exercise ‘NEAMWave17’ by 24 August.
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Thirty-third Session of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP-33), Brest, France, 14-17 November 2017Thirty-third Session of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP-33), Brest, France, 14-17 November 2017 (13/07/2017)
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Call to join the IOC International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange network: national coordinators for marine information management, IODE/IAMSLIC Experts on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM) and new Associate Information Unit(s) (AIU) membership (13/07/2017)
reply by 1st September 2017
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Nomination of Members of the JCOMM-IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP) nominated by the IOC International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Programme (IODE) (13/07/2017)
To send nominations not later than 1st September 2017
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IOC Capacity Development Strategy Implementation: Call for support through the new IOC Capacity Development Funds and Staffing Assistance (21/07/2017)
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Nomination of Experts for the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development (Decision IOC-XXIX/10.1) (13/07/2017)
To send nominations not later than 1st September 2017
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Nomination of a Technical Expert to the PTWS Working Group 2 Task Team on Seismic Data Sharing in the South West Pacific and invitation to the 5th Meeting of the Task Team (Honiara, Solomon Islands, 9 August 2017) (13/07/2017)
Regional scope: ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts of Australia, Fiji, France (French Polynesia, New Caledonia), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Sam...
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Fifth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (ICG/PTWS-WG PICTs), 7–8 August 2017, Honiara, Solomon Islands (13/07/2017)
Regional scope: ICG/PTWS Member States to nominate delegates by 20 July.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 1 August 2017 at 05:00 UTC (13/07/2017)
Regional scope: NWPTA focal points.
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WESTPAC Training Workshop on Distribution, Source, Fate and Impacts of Marine Microplastics in Asia and the Pacific, Phuket, Thailand, 20–22 September 2017 (13/07/2017)
Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to nominate suitable experts preferably no later than 31 July 2017
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WESTPAC Training Course on Molecular Taxonomy based on Single DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding – IOC Regional Training and Research Center on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health, Jakarta, Indonesia, 25 September–6 October 2017 (06/07/2017)
Regional scope: to nominate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than 31 July 2017
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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) Working Group 1 on Tsunami Risk Community Awareness and Preparedness and Working Group 2 on Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination: Call for nomination of experts (06/07/2017)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS to designate experts by 24 July 2017.
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Invitation to attend the ICG/IOTWMS Workshops on IOTIC Indian Ocean TsunamiReady (IOTR) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Jakarta, Indonesia, 6-8 September and 11-14 September 2017 (06/07/2017)
Regional scope: to nominate candidates by 24 July 2017
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Nomination of experts to serve on a regular working group on user requirements and contributions to GEBCO products (10/07/2017)
IOC Member States to send nominations no later than 30 August 2017.
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IOC engagement in the UN Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, the Ocean Conference, 5–9 June 2017, UN Headquarters, New York (17/05/2017)
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(IOC-XXIX/Inf.4: IOC Messages) Follow up to decisions of the 49th session of the IOC Executive Council (10/05/2017)
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Sixth Session of IOC Regional Committee for Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-VI), Kuwait City, Kuwait, 24-25 May 2017 and IOCINDIO Strategic Revitalisation Scoping Workshop, 22-23 May 2017 (25/04/2017)
MS and partner organizations to send nominations forms by 1st May 2017.
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Regional “Seismic Network Operators Short Course on Best Practices” and ICG/CARIBE-EWS Working Group 1 meeting, 6–9 June 2017, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA (12/04/2017)
Regional scope: Member States of the Caribbean and Adjacent Régions, through their national tsunami responsible people, to designate trainees and p...
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Invitation to the Fourteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (SC-IOCARIBE-XIV) (04/04/2017)
Regional scope: MS to register their delegation by 10 April 2017. Deadline for nominations for Officers elections by 26 April at 18:00 hours.
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Nomination and/or updating of details on GOOS, JCOMM, GLOSS, Argo, SOT and DBCP National Contact Points (06/06/2017)
IOC Member States to provide information by 30 June 2017.
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Regional Workshop on the contribution of oceanographic data and information management and exchange to Ocean and Coastal Sustainability and SDG-14, Tianjin, China, 16-18 May 2017 (15/03/2017)
Regional scope: WESTPAC MS to nominate participants before 10 April 2017.
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WESTPAC Training Course on Development of Coupled Regional Ocean Models– IOC Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate, Qingdao, China, 12-23 June 2017 (11/03/2017)
Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to nominate candidates by 10 April 2017.
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Invitation to the Twenty-ninth Session of the IOC Assembly, 21–29 June 2017 and Fiftieth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 20 June 2017, UNESCO HQ, Paris (14/03/2017)
IOC MS and Partner Organizations to nominate delegates and representatives by 26 May. Deadline for supplementary items: 21 April 2017. Deadline for...
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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS): Call for Nomination of Experts to Working Groups and Task Teams (21/02/2017)
Regional scope: NEAMTWS Tsunami National Contacts to nominate experts to the groups by 25 April 2017 (new date! following a reminder).
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Invitation to the Twelfth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-XII), Punta Leona, Costa Rica, 10–12 May 2017 (21/02/2017)
Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS Member States to nominate and register national délégations by 7 April and to submit national report by 14 April 2017.
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New Head of the IOC Ocean Sciences Section (15/02/2017)
For information
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Project Year 14 (2017–2018) (15/02/2017)
Applications by 31 March 2017.
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Eleventh Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS-XI), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18-20 April 2017 (20/02/2017)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS Member States to register detail of their delegations by 24 March, to send national reports and update tsunami national...
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UN Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, 5–9 June 2017, New York and Proposal for the International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Towards the ocean we need for the future we want (03/02/2017)
Member States to send comments on the proposed “International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Towards the ocean we need for t...
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Second Meeting of the ICG/IOTWMS Sub-Regional Working Group for the North West Indian Ocean (ICG/IOTWMS/WG-NWIO-II) 27-28 February 2017, Tehran, Iran (27/01/2017)
Regional scope: India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Yemen (members) and other IOTWMS Member States boarding the North-West Indian Ocean to send nomination...
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Test of the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center Products (SCSTAC) during Pacific Wave 2017 (PacWave17), 15-17 February 2017 (23/01/2017)
Regional scope. See also Circular letter 2636 for the announcement of PacWave17.
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CARIBE WAVE 2017 Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 21 March 2017 (17/01/2017)
Participant Handbook for the exercises available as IOC Technical Series, 133 vol 1. TWS Member States to chose one scenario by 10 March 2017
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Fourth Session of the IOC Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA-IV), Alexandria, Egypt, 6-8 March 2017 (16/12/2016)
IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to register delegates by 21 January 2017.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 17 January 2017 at 0500 UTC (16/12/2016)
Regional scope: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap), France (French Polynesia), Ind...
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Thirteenth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-XIII), UNESCO, Paris, 3–5 May 2017 (14/12/2016)
By 1st April 2017, Member States to send detail of their delegation, comments on the draft provisional agenda, candidates to chair discussion panel...
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Sixth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG/SCS-VI), Shanghai, China, 1–3 March 2017 (07/12/2016)
Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to...
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Eleventh Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XI), Qingdao, China, 21–23 April 2017 (15/02/2017)
Regional scope: WESTPAC country members o inform detail of delegations by 10 March 2017.
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Invitation to the Twenty-seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXVII), Tahiti, France, 28–31 March 2017 (15/12/2016)
ICG/PTWS Member States to send/register detail of their delegation and send a national report by 23 January 2017. Deadline for nominations for the...
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Invitation to Workshop on Lessons Learnt from IOWave16 and ICG/IOTWMS Working Group 1, 5-8 December 2016, Bandung, Indonesia (09/11/2016)
Regional scope: Participants of IOTWMS Member States to send application form by 22 November 2016.
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Tenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-X), 23-24 February 2017, Paris, France (23/11/2016)
Invitation to WG members. Registration by 20 January 2017.
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Nomination and/or updating of details on IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management (08/11/2016)
Information to be sent to the IOC Secretariat not later than 28 November 2016.
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Nominations for a member of GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) (10/10/2016)
Candidatures to be sent by 2 December 2016.
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Follow-up to the 49th session of the IOC Executive Council: Transmission of the finalized IOC Complementary Additional Programme of Extrabudgetary Resources (Proposals 2016-2017) and the 2016 Audit Report on the IOC by the External Auditor of UNESCO (29/09/2016)
For information
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Twenty-Fourth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXIV), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28-31 March 2017 and Scientific Conference, 27 March 2017 (27/09/2016)
Member States involved in the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange to send information about their attendance at the meeting a...
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Second Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Task Team on Establishment of the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC), 24–26 October 2016 (05/09/2016)
Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia.
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Contributions to the World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 November) (31/08/2016)
Member States to send information on events organized for the 5 November WTAD.
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group for the period October 2016–June 2017 (11/08/2016)
IOC Member States to send nominations by 30 October 2016.
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WESTPAC Training Course on Crustacean Taxonomy – Regional Training and Research Center on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health (RTRC-MarBEST), Jakarta, Indonesia, 17-29 October 2016 (11/08/2016)
Regional scope: WESTPAC Member States to nominate candidates by 31 August 2016.
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IOC and CME-NOC Programme Training Course for Operators of Sea-Level Stations in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia, 17–21 October 2016 (12/08/2016)
Regional scope: Country récipients of the letter to submit application form by 9 September 2016.
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Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) Exercise Pacific Wave 2017 (PacWave17), 15-17 February 2017 (17/08/2016)
Informs PTWS Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts of the timeline for the exercise and invites Nomination of a National Conta...
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Invitation to the 13th 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-XIII), Bucharest, Romania, 26-28 September 2016 (19/08/2016)
Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to nominate delegates by 30 August 2016.
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Request for update of national representations to the IOC: designation of the national coordinating body for liaison with the Commission (02/09/2016)
Member States to review their national representation in the IOC Correspondence Manual and send official notification by 30 September 2016.
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Designation of members for the IOC Intersessional Working Group on issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (14/07/2016)
MS to designate members by 1st August and members to complete and send online questionnaire by 10 August.
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Fourth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South-West Pacific (ICG/PTWS/WG-SWP), 22–23 August 2016, Honiara, Solomon Islands (07/07/2016)
Regional scope: Australia, Cooks Islands, Fiji, France, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Ton...
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Notification and Instructions regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 25 July 2016 at 0500 UTC (30/06/2016)
Regional scope: TWFPs to acknowledge receipt of the test message.
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Nominations of candidates for membership to the IIOE-2 Steering Committee Science Themes and Working Groups (01/07/2016)
Member States to send nominations (nomination form in Word format and CV) by 15 September 2016.
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ITIC Training Programme – Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII), Hawaii, United States of America, 6–16 September 2016 (13/06/2016)
Regional scope: Pacific and Caribbean sea Tsunami National Contacts and Warning focal points to designate candidates by 30 June 2016.
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Invitation to the World Oceans Day celebration at UNESCO, 8 June 2016, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (26/05/2016)
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Nominations for members of GEBCO Guiding Committee (GGC) and GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) (16/05/2016)
Nominations to be sent by 20 June 2016.
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Nominations for Science Theme and Working Group Chairs of the 2nd International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) Steering Committee (18/04/2016)
Member States to provide nominations on the joint form by 15 May 2016.
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Launch of the New IOC Capacity Development Web Site (22/04/2016)
For information.
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Call for comments to the document "Tsunami Advisory Products for the South China Sea Regional Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System" (06/04/2016)
Regional scope: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and relevant authorities in Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia to...
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2nd March 2016 Southwest of Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami Event Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (06/04/2016)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS TNC and TWFP to email the name, email address, and phone number of the person who will be responsible for coordinating t...
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Regional pre-IOWave16 Exercise Workshop on Standard Operating Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response for Indian Ocean Countries, 9-13 May 2016, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia (18/03/2016)
Regional scope: preparation to the conduct the IOWave16 Exercise scheduled on 7-8 September 2016. Nominee to complete application form by 1st April...
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Invitation to the 49th Session of the IOC Executive Council, Paris, France, 7–10 June 2016, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (26/02/2016)
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Fifth Session of IOC Regional Committee for Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-V), Chennai, India, 25–27 April 2016 (26/02/2016)
Regional scope: IOC Member States in the region to possibly confirm participation and composition of delegation by 11 March. Deadline for candidat...
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Project Year 13 (2016–2017) (15/02/2016)
One year scholarship to lead to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire (USA). To nominate candidates by...
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The Republic of Nauru: New Member State of the IOC (15/02/2016)
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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) – Reorganization and Governance Survey (16/02/2016)
Regional scope: States members of the ICG/NEAMTWS invited to fill out the survey questionnaire by 10 March 2016.
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Invitation to the Eleventh Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-XI), Cartagena, Colombia, 5–7 April 2016 (29/01/2016)
Regional scope: ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to register their delegation online by 7 March and to send national reports by 15 March 2016.
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Nomination of experts for the NEAMTWS Candidate Tsunami Service Providers (CTSPs) Accreditation (21/01/2016)
(Regional scope) Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts of the NEAMTWS to nominate experts by 15 March 2016.
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Invitation to Nominate Participants to Attend a Training Workshop on Coastal Hazard Assessment: Applications in Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation for Western Indian Ocean Countries, Seychelles, 7-11 March 2016 (15/01/2016)
Regional scope: Western Indian Ocean and small islands. To designate participants by 29th January 2016.
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Fifth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG/SCS-V), 2–4 March 2016, Manila, Philippines (13/01/2016)
Relevant States Members of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System to communicate the list of participants before 1st February 2016.
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Announcement of IOTWMS Indian Ocean Tsunami Exercise (IOWave16) (21/12/2015)
Regional scope: States member of the regional tsunami warning system to provide the details of National Contact for Exercise IOWave16 by 29 Februar...
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CARIBE WAVE 2016 Exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (21/12/2015)
Regional scope: Online seminars in English, Spanish and French to orient participants on the exercise are planned on January 19–21 and March 1-3, 2...
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OTGA-CRODT/ISRA Cours de Formation sur les ‘Principes fondamentaux de la Gestion des Données Océanographiques’ – CRODT-ISRA, Dakar, Sénégal, 25–29 janvier 2016 (08/12/2015)
French speaking African MS to designate participants by 15 December 2015.
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Organisation d’un colloque sur le niveau de la mer, du 2 au 4 février 2016, au Siège de l’UNESCO, Salle IX (30/11/2015)
Invitation to French-speaking Member States.
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Ninth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-IX), 25–26 February 2016, Paris, France (14/12/2015)
Members confirn their presence by 10 February 2016.
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OTGA-INCOIS Training Course on Marine Geographic Information System (GIS) for Operational Oceanography – INCOIS, Hyderabad, India, 14–18 December 2015 (10/11/2015)
Regional scope: IOC Member States in the Indian Ocean region to designate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than...
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Last call to contribute national information to the IOC Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) (26/10/2015)
Extension of the deadline for sending contribution to the GOSR to 10 November 2015.
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Regional Training Workshop on Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) Enhanced Tsunami Products for ICG/CARIBE EWS, Bridgetown, Barbados, 7–10 December 2015 (20/10/2015)
Regional scope: Nominations to be received by 27 October 2015.
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IODE Training Course on Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) – NMDIS, Tianjin, China, 8–10 December 2015 (20/10/2015)
Western Pacific Member States to designate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than 8 November 2015.
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Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) during the 16 September 2015 Chile central Earthquake and Tsunami Event (13/10/2015)
The post-event assessment questionnaire to be filled in and returned by 31st October 2015.
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Nomination of Technical Experts to the PTWS Working Group 2 Task Team on Seismic Data Sharing in the South West Pacific and invitation to the 4th Meeting of the Task Team (Suva, Fiji, 3–4 November 2015) (12/10/2015)
Regional scope: Nominations to be sent by 15 October 2015.
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PTWC Start of Issuance of Enhanced Products for Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, on 26 October 2015; User's Guide for the PTWC Enhanced Products for CARIBE-EWS; Caribbean Tsunami Information Center (CTIC) relocation and funding (12/10/2015)
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Update on the IOC contribution to the 21st UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP 21), Paris, 30 November–11 December 2015 (14/10/2015)
For information
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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) Working Group 2 on Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination: call for nomination of experts (13/10/2015)
Regional scope: Nominations to be addressed to the Secretariat not later than 23rd October 2015.
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Revised Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the IHO-IOC GEBCO Guiding Committee (02/10/2015)
For information
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Regional Workshops on Post-IOWave14 Exercise Assessment and Standard Operating Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response for Indian Ocean Countries, 6–10 November 2015, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India (28/09/2015)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWMS Member States to designate participants before 9 October 2015.
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IODE-OTGA Training Course on Marine GIS – OTGA Regional Training Centre INOS-UMT, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, 25-29 October 2015 (23/09/2015)
IOC Member States in Western Pacific to designate one or more participants to the Training Course, preferably no later than 25 September 2015
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Inaugural Meeting of the ICG/IOTWMS Sub-Regional Working Group for the North West Indian Ocean (ICG/IOTWMS-WG-NWIO/I) 14–15 October 2015, Muscat, Oman (04/09/2015)
Regional scope: India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Oman, Pakistan and Yemen to send nominations of delegates by 22 September 2015.
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Notification of e-mail address change of the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) and announcement of a Communications Test for the registered NWPTAC focal points, 01 October 2015 at 0500 UTC (01/09/2015)
Regional scope: points of the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (Peoples Republic of), Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk,...
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Update of the UNESCO/IOC List of Experts on Marine Scientific Research for use in Special Arbitration under Annex VIII of UNCLOS (21/08/2015)
Member States to appoint or reconfirm, if they so wish, a maximum of 2 experts by 13 November 2015.
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Invitation to the 12th 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-XII), Dublin, Ireland, 16–18 November 2015 (21/08/2015)
ICG/NEAMTWS Member States to send nominations by 16 November 2015.
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group, 2015-2016 (25/08/2015)
Member States to nominate members of the Group by 30 October 2015.
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Nomination of experts to serve on the Review Group with regard to IOC’s Role and Involvement in the GEBCO Project (13/08/2015)
This CL is pursuant to a decision of the IOC Assembly (28th session, June 2015). IOC Member States to designate representatives to the group by 23...
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Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) Tsunami Exercise “PacWave16”, 1–5 February 2016 (12/08/2015)
Regional scope: 16 Member States that receive products of the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC). The exercise manual to be availab...
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Invitation to participate to the sixth Communication Test Exercise in the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS-CTE6) – 29 July 2015 (13/07/2015)
Regional scope. Includes the Exercise Manual (IOC Technical Series, 122 vol.1) in English only
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Joint IOC-CBD letter on the 204 marine areas meeting the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (12/08/2015)
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WESTPAC Training Course on Climate Change – IOC Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate, Qingdao, China, 7–18 September 2015 (15/07/2015)
Regional scope: deadline for receiving applications: 20 July 2015.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 22 July 2015 at 0500 UTC (15/07/2015)
Regional scope: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (Peoples Republic of), Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap), France (...
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Invitation to participate in the workshop “From Early Warning to Early Response: Tsunami Exercise NEAMWave14” (11/06/2015)
At UNESCO Headquarters on Tuesday 23 June 2015.
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Nomination of expert to serve on GOOS Steering Committee for appointment by Member State Electoral Group V (01/06/2015)
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Invitation to the Meeting of IOC Regional Subsidiary Bodies (RSB), Monday 15 June 2015, 15:00-18:00 UNESCO Headquarters, Paris-France (04/06/2015)
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Invitation to the World Oceans Day Celebration, 8th June 2015, UNESCO HQ, France (27/05/2015)
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Invitation to nominate participants to attend a Regional Workshop on Training Modules for Tsunami Exercises Policy Support, Jakarta, Indonesia, 15–17 June 2015 (07/05/2015)
Participants from IOTWS Member States to send application forms by 20 May 2015.
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Curso piloto de preparación básica frente a los tsunamis: planes, mapas y procedimientos de evacuación en caso de tsunami – Llamado a propuestas de acogida del curso (17/05/2015)
Interested countries to complete the online Pilot Questionnaire (one form per country) no later than 22 May 2015
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Invitation to Nominate Participants to Attend a Training Workshop on Coastal Hazard Assessment: Applications in Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12–15 May 2015 (10/04/2015)
Regional scope: ICG/IOTWS Member States to nominate candidates by 20 April 2014.
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Invitation to the Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-X), Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, 19–21 May 2015 (07/04/2015)
ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States to register their delegation online by 24 April and to send national reports by 30 April 2015.
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Invitation to the Regional Technical Training Workshop on the Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) System, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25–30 May 2015 (03/04/2015)
Regional scope: Some States members of the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Region to nominate candi...
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Invitation to participate to the fifth NEAMTWS Communication Test Exercise (NEAMTWS-CTE5) on 26 March 2015 (11/03/2015)
If need be update detail of NEAMTWS National Tsunami Warning Centres and Tsunami Warning Focal Points by 18 March.
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Testing offer of Inexpensive Device for Sea-Level Measurement (IDSL) developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) (06/03/2015)
NEAMTWS Member States interested in testing the device should send expression of interest by 6 April 2015.
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Invitation to a “Forum on Sustained Ocean Observations and Services in IOC Group V (Africa and Arab countries)’’, 11–13 April 2015, Nairobi, Kenya (19/02/2015)
IOC Member States of Group V to nominate one or two experts to the Forum, preferably no later than 20 March 2015.
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Invitation to the Twenty-eighth Session of the IOC Assembly, 18–25 June 2015, Forty-eighth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 16 June 2015, and the IOC Science Day, 17 June 2015, UNESCO HQ, Paris (13/03/2015)
IOC Member States to send complete list of their delegation by order of precedence preferably and delegates fill out the individual pre-registratio...
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Project Year 12 (2015–2016) (18/02/2015)
One year scholarship to lead to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire (USA). To nominate candidates by...
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Questionnaire about future Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Enhanced Products (05/02/2015)
The letter conveys a questionnaire to seek the views of the countries in the region on this process led by Japan Meteorological Agency. Answers exp...
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Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-X), Muscat, Oman, 24-26 March 2015 (30/01/2015)
Member States of ICG/IOTWS to register delegation by 28 February 2015 and send national reports before 17 March. the session is preceded by a regio...
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Invitation to the 26th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXVI), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, 22–24 April 2015 (30/01/2015)
ICG/PTWS Member States to send/register detail of their delegation by 23 February 2015 and send a national report by 11 March. the session is prece...
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Eighth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-VIII), 12–13 March 2015, Morioka, Japan (26/01/2015)
Members of the TOWS-WG to send détails of participats by 26 February 2015.
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Review of the World Ocean Assessment (WOA) under the UN Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects (23/01/2015)
Deadline for submitting comments is 15th March 2015 only through dedicated website.
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Updating information on National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for the PTWS region according to new definitions (26/01/2015)
Regional scope: PTWC members to complete and send Nomination Form by 16 February 2015.
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Updating information on National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) in the IOTWS region according to new definitions (26/01/2015)
Regional scope: IOTWS members to complete and send information by 16 February 2015.
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Updating information on National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for the NEAMTWS region according to new definitions (26/01/2015)
Regional scope: NEAMTWS members to complete and send Nomination Form by 16 February 2015.
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Invitation to provide national information important for the production of the IOC Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) (16/01/2015)
IOC Member States to provide information for the Global Ocean Science Report using the attached survey questionnaire by 30 April 2015. Questionnair...
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Retirement of the Executive Secretary of IOC – New Executive Secretary and Assistant Director-General of the IOC, Dr Vladimir Ryabinin (09/01/2015)
Interim: 12 January–28 February 2015 by Ms Flavia Schlegel, Assistant Director-General of the Science Sector of UNESCO
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Updating information on National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) For the CARIBE-EWS region according to new definitions (26/01/2015)
Regional scope: CARIBE-EWS members to complete and send Nomination Form by 16 February 2015.
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Tenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-X), Phuket, Thailand, 12–15 May 2015 (20/02/2015)
WESTPAC Member States to designate delegation to the session by 12 march 2015.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Centre (NWPTAC) Communications Test for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 21 January 2015 at 0500 UTC (16/12/2014)
Regional scope (Registered focal points of the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory)
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Publication of a new IOC guide: “A guide to Evaluating Marine Spatial Plans” (05/12/2014)
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Invitation to financially support the production of the IOC Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) (04/12/2014)
Member States to send letters of support and Financial commitments by electronic copy by 15 January 2015.
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International Tsunami Symposium Commemorating 50th Anniversary of the PTWS, “Making the Pacific Ready for the Tsunami Threat”, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 20–21 April 2015 (20/11/2014)
50th Anniversary of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System. Register by 6 March 2015.
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Informe de la Tercera Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo Regional para América Central del Grupo Intergubernamental de Coordinación del Sistema de Alerta contra los Tsunamis y Atenuación de sus Efectos en el Pacífico (ICG/PTWS), Managua, Nicaragua, 29-30 Septiembre 2014 (14/11/2014)
Establishment of a Regional Tsunami Warning Centre for Central America in Nicaragua.
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WESTPAC Training Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems, 19–21 January 2015, Phuket, Thailand (25/11/2014)
Regional scope: To nominate suitable experts to the training workshop, preferably no later than 14 December 2014
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Nomination and/or updating of details on IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management (04/11/2014)
IOC Member States to inform of any changes in name, function, address or e-mail of their International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange...
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Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) Pacific-wide Tsunami Exercise “PacWave15”, 2-6 February 2015 (06/11/2014)
Regional scope: Provides initial information on the exercise and relevant timeline to countries members of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigati...
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Twelfth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-XII), UNESCO, Paris, 28-30 April 2015 (29/10/2014)
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Support for the organization of the Fifth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO) towards the revitalization of the Committee (03/11/2014)
Provide financial and/or in-kind contribution to support the organization of the Fifth Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian...
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Revision of the Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the GEBCO Guiding Committee (27/10/2014)
IOC Member States to send inputs to document IOC/EC-XLVII/2 Annex 4 Rev.2 by 17 December 2014.
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Fourth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG SCS/IV) (10/10/2014)
ICG/PTWS Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) for China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietna...
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International Conference to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Jakarta, Indonesia, 24-25 November 2014 (26/09/2014)
Registration can be completed online at www.ioc-unesco.org/IOTconference2014
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23rd Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXIII), Bruges, Belgium, 17–20 March 2015 and Scientific Conference, 16 March 2015 (26/09/2014)
Member States to designate delegation to the intergovernmental session and the scientific conference.
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Planning of the International Indian Ocean Expedition - 2 (25/09/2014)
MS to nominate potential expert members of the IIOE-2 Interim Planning Committee, by 20 October 2014; pledge support to the planning phase of IIOE-...
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Fourth Training Course for Operators of Sea Level Stations in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 3–7 November 2014 (01/10/2014)
Regional scope: Caribbean TWFPs and TNCs to nominate a sea level station operator / technician / data analyst to participate in the course by 6 Oct...
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Intersessional working group on the Future of IOC (15/09/2014)
IOC Member States to send nominations by 31 October 2014.
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Work of the Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group (15/09/2014)
IOC Member States to send nominations (and email) by 31 October 2014. The group will work by correspondence. Revised terms of reference attached.
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Invitation to the 11th 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-XI), 11, 12–14 November 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus (12/09/2014)
Member States to nominate their delegation by 27 October 2014. Reminder to NEAMTWS Member States to provide their Tsunami Forecast Points.
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Provision of new tsunami watch services for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS) (12/09/2014)
Regional scope: New service offered by the Italian Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) as from 1st October 2014.
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Start of Issuance of PTWC Enhanced Products for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) by 0000Z on 1 October 2014 (05/09/2014)
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WESTPAC Training Course on Climate Models – IOC Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate, Qingdao, China, 3–14 November 2014 (19/08/2014)
WESTPAC focal point to nominate one or more participants to the Training Course on climate models , before 15 September 2014.
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North-Eastern Atlantic Tsunami Monitoring by CENALT (France) (19/08/2014)
Regional scope: NEAMTWS members can request new watch service provided by France.
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Tercera Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo Regional para América Central del Grupo Intergubernamental de Coordinación del Sistema de Alerta contra los Tsunamis y Atenuación de sus Efectos en el Pacífico (ICG/PTWS), Managua, Nicaragua, 29-30 Septiembre 2014 (20/08/2014)
Regional scope: registration form to be sent by 22 August 2014.
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Designation of members of the Intersessional Working Group for the Development of the IOC Capacity Development Strategy (21/08/2014)
Re-constitution of this intersessional Working Group. IOC Member States to designate members by 15 October 2014.
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Announcement of IOTWS Indian Ocean Tsunami Exercise (IOWave14) on 9 and 10 September 2014 (17/07/2014)
Regional scope: Through Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts, Member States of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigatio...
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Regional Workshop on Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response for the North-Eastern Atlantic, Medtierrannean and connected seas (NEAMTWS), 23-24 September 2014, Rabat, Morocco (10/07/2014)
Regional scope: Member States from south-western Mediterranean to designate participants by 11 August 2014.
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Second announcement for Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas – NEAMTWS Tsunami Exercise – ‘NEAMWave14’, 28–30 October 2014 (01/07/2014)
Regional scope: Tsunami Warning Focal Points of NEAMTWS to send participation form by 1st September 2014.
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Call for candidatures for IODE Co-Chairs (25/06/2014)
IOC Member States through national IODE coordinators to submit candidatures by 15 November 2014.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Centre (NWPTAC) Communication Tests for the Registered NWPTA focal points, 14 July 2014 at 0500 UTC (19/06/2014)
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International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) Training Programme – Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII) Hawaii, United States of America, 18-29 August 2014 (05/06/2014)
Regional scope: Through their Tsunami Warning Focal Points and National Tsunami Contacts, Member States of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group...
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Change of dates for the Third Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA-III), Nairobi, Kenya, 13-15 April 2015 (29/09/2014)
Revised dates: IOCAFRICA Member States are invited to pre-register to the IOC Secretariat by 31 December 2014 and submit detail of national ocean p...
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Invitation to participate to the fourth Communication Test Exercise in the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS-CTE4) – 30 June 2014 (28/05/2014)
Regional scope: Tsunami Warning Focal Points and National Tsunami Contacts of the NEAMTWS are invited to indicate to the IOC Secretariat the detail...
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Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas – NEAMTWS Tsunami Exercise – ‘NEAMWave14’, 28-30 October 2014 (15/05/2014)
Regional scope: ICG/NEAMTWS Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) and Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) to designate a National Contact for Exercise 'N...
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Invitation to Regional Training: “ICG/PTWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) New Enhanced Tsunami Products”, 2-4 June 2014, Guayaquil, Ecuador (28/04/2014)
Regional scope: Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points for Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondur...
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Regional Workshop on Standard Operating Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response for Northern and Western Indian Ocean Countries, 23-27 June 2014, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India (18/04/2014)
Regional scope: northern and western Indian Ocean countries to nominate qualified and experienced participants by 9 May. Registration form availabl...
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Invitation to a workshop convened for Group I Member States on The Role and Scope of the IOC in Marine Science and in the Global Ocean Observing System, 26-27 May 2014 in Utrecht, The Netherlands (11/04/2014)
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Invitation to Regional Training Workshop on the PTWC Enhanced Products for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, Nadi, Fiji, 22-24 May 2014 (04/04/2014)
Regional scope: Pacific island countries to send application form to the IOC Tsunami Unit by 18 April 2014.
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Invitation to the 47th Session of the IOC Executive Council, Paris, France, 1-4 July 2014, UNESCO Headquarters, meeting room IV (03/04/2014)
Member States are invited to send the list of their delegation. Delegate will fill out the pre-registration form and send it to the Secretariat as...
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The Republic of Palau: New Member State of the IOC (28/03/2014)
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Pilot project for the intercomparison of seawater salinity measurements (25/03/2014)
Regional scope: Group IV Member States to consider nominating relevant instrument laboratories for participating in this pilot activity by 30 April...
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IOC/WMO Fifth DBCP In-Region Capacity Building Workshop for countries of the Western Indian Ocean, (12-15 May 2014) (21/03/2014)
Regional scope: Group IV and V Member States to nominate participants by 4 April 2014. Registration form in Word format provided.
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Consultation process for the designation of applicants in the context of the appointment of the Executive Secretary of the IOC of UNESCO (24/03/2014)
Transmission of the fourteen most highly qualified applicants who have been pre-selected. IOC EC Member States to nominate by 2nd June 2014 one rep...
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Liaison Group for Marine Instrumentation in the Asia Pacific region (27/02/2014)
Regional scope: Group IV Member States to nominate national member(s) for the LGMI-AP on the basis of the guidelines as detailed in the annex and...
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Third Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG SCS/III), 8-9 April 2014, Hong Kong, China (27/02/2014)
Regional scope: South China sea States to nominate participants before 21 March 2014.
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Call for nominations to the ICG/PTWS Task Team on Establishment of the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) (27/02/2014)
Regional scope: South China Seas countries to nominate participants by 14 March 2014.
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Nippon Foundation / GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Programme Year 11 (2014-2015) (29/01/2014)
MS to consider candidates for Post-graduate Diploma in Ocean Bathymetry course and send applications by 31 March 2014.
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Training Course for Operators of Sea Level Stations, 17-21 March 2014, Royal Thai Navy Hydrographic Department, Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand (22/01/2014)
GLOSS and Tsunami national contacts to nominate a sea level station operator/technician to participate by 16 February 2014.
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Invitation to a Western Indian Ocean Regional Focus Group Meeting to help plan the International Indian Ocean Expedition 50th Anniversary Initiative (IIOE-2), Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, 6 and 7 March 2014 (23/01/2014)
Regional focus: Western Indian Ocean IOC Member States to inform the secretariat of their interest and commitment to participate in the meeting by...
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Open-ended Intersessional Working Group to further review and improve the Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) proposal (17/01/2014)
MS to nominate members to the intersessional working group by 28 February 2014.
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Invitation to the Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-IX), St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, 13-15 May 2014 (28/01/2014)
MS of the regional ICG, through their official contact points, to register detail of their delegation by 13 March 2014 and send national reports by...
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Joint CARIBE-Wave 2014 and LANTEX 2014 Exercise in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 26 March 2014 (16/01/2014)
Regional scope: Provides detail of the 2 scenario exercises together with the participant handbook.
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Ocean Data and Information Network for the Western Pacific Region (ODINWESTPAC) Planning Workshop, 4-7 March 2014, Tianjin, China (13/01/2014)
Regional scope: IOC focal points in WESTPAC to designate experts by 21 January 2014
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Notification and Instructions Regarding NWPTAC Communication Tests for the Registered NWPTA focal points (10/01/2014)
Regional scope (China, France, Indonesia, Rep. of Korea, Malaysia, PNG, Philippines, Russian Fed., Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam): communications t...
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Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-VII), 12-13 February 2014, Paris, France (06/12/2013)
Member States are invited to communicate to the secretariat detail of their representative(s) to the meeting by 20 January 2014.
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Caribbean Tsunami Information Center (CTIC) Director (a.i.) appointed; informational items about publications and key dates in 2014 (03/10/2013)
For information
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Invitation to the Second planning meeting of the Reference Group for the International Indian Ocean Expedition 50th Anniversary Initiative (IIOE-2), Qingdao, China, 20–21 November 2013 (03/10/2013)
Regional scope
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Invitation to the 10h 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-X), 19–21 November 2013, Rome, Italy (11/09/2013)
Member States to nominate their delegation by 1st November 2013; Candidatures for elections before 19 November 2013 at 5:00 p.m.
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Republic of Vanuatu: New Member State of the IOC (04/09/2013)
Vanuatu: 146th Member State of IOC as from 2 September 2013
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Intersessional Working Group for the Development of IOC Capacity Development Strategic Plan (29/08/2013)
Invites nominations of members to the group by 10 October 2013 and calls for funding and seconded staff.
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Invitation to participate to the third NEAMTWS Communication Test Exercise (NEAMTWS-CTE3) on 1 October 2013 (29/08/2013)
Tsunami Warning Focal points and Tsunami National Contacts to send detail of the message receivers during the exercise by 18 September 2013.
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Invitation to the Indo-Pacific Ocean Forum on “Charting the Future of Sustained Ocean Observations and Services”, 26–28 November 2013, Bangkok Thailand (29/08/2013)
Regional scope: Group IV MS. To nominate one or two experts to the Forum, preferably no later than 20 September 2013
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Nomination of Members of IOCAFRICA Regional Working Groups (09/08/2013)
Invitation to nominate suitable national experts for consideration for membership of five IOCAFRICA sub-regional Working Groups for developing deta...
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Update of the UNESCO/IOC List of Experts on Marine Scientific Research for use in Special Arbitration under Annex VIII of UNCLOS (09/08/2013)
Invitation to appoint expert(s), and/or to reappoint or replace the expert(s) designated in the IOC List of Experts in Marine Scientific Research f...
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Intersessional working group on the Future of IOC (12/08/2013)
Member States are invited to send letters of nomination along with a concise proposal by 10 October 2013
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Re-constitution of the IOC Open-ended Intersessional Financial Advisory Group, 2013–2014 (12/08/2013)
Member States are invited to send letters of nomination by 30 September 2013 at the very latest.
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Invitation to Regional Training on “Strengthening Standard Operating Procedures for Tsunami Warning and the use of the ICG/PTWS PTWC New Enhanced Tsunami Products”, Beijing, China, 21–25 October 2013 (23/07/2013)
Regional scope: South China Sea countries. Call for participants. Financial support possible: by Monday 19 August 2013. Selected candidates will be...
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Notification and instructions regarding NWPTAC communication tests for the registered NWPTAC focal points (24/07/2013)
Regional scope: The Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) will conduct a communication test on 17 July 2013 at 0500 UTC to verify that...
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Invitation to Regional Training and Consultation Workshops on “Strengthening Standard Operating Procedures for Tsunami Warning and the use of the ICG/PTWS PTWC New Enhanced Tsunami Products”, Wellington, New Zealand, 12–16 August 2013 (05/06/2013)
Regional scope: Through this CL the IOC invites Pacific Island countries to nominate up to two candidates to participate in a Regional Tsunami Trai...
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Nomination of Members of the Ad Hoc Team to Review the JCOMM Marine Climate Data System (MCDS) Implementation Plan (29/04/2013)
Member States and respective IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Man...
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IODE National Coordinators for Data Management/ IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management (WESPTAC Region) (29/04/2013)
WESTPAC Member States to confirm national focal points for Data Management and Marine Information Management by 30 May 2013.
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WESTPAC Training Course on Air-Sea Interaction and Modelling – IOC Regional Training and Research Centre on Ocean Dynamics and Climate, Qingdao, China, 12–23 August 2013 (23/04/2013)
WESTPAC Member States to nominate one or more participants to the Training Course by than 6 June 2013
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IOC-WMO Second Capacity Building Workshop of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) for the North Pacific Ocean and Its Marginal Seas (NPOMS-2) (Hangzhou, China, 15–18 July 2013) (29/03/2013)
Regional scope: East Asia Region. Workshop designed for typhoon forecasters, ocean data users, researchers and buoy operators. Notify name and deta...
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PTWC Start of Issuance of Pacific Experimental Products, 15 April 2013; User's Guide for the PTWC Enhanced Products for PTWS (IOC TS-105) ; PTWS Pacific-wide Tsunami Exercise “PacWave13”, 1–14 May 2013 (28/03/2013)
Updates CL 2460 with new dates: Preparation of the Exercice Pacific Wave 13 within the period 1-14 May 2013; Nomination of National Contact for Pac...
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Call for Nomination -- UN Secretary-General Oceans Compact Advisory Group (25/03/2013)
The CL invites IOC Member States to submit names for possible nomination to the UN Ocean Compact Advisory Group by 15 April 2013 by email.
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Nippon Foundation – GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Project Year 10 (2013–2014) (20/03/2013)
One year scholarship to lead to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire (USA). To nominate candidates by...
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Invitation to the Eight Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-VIII), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 29 April to 1 May 2013 (05/03/2013)
IOC MS in the region are invited to communicate the names and positions of their representatives to the Executive Secretary of the IOC, Ms Wendy Wa...
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Twelfth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (SC-IOCARIBE-XII), 9–12 April, 2013, Panama City, Panama (25/02/2013)
Member States are invited to designate their representatives by 15 March 2013.
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Nomination of expert to serve on GOOS Steering Committee required by 31 March 2013 for appointment by Member State Electoral Group (01/03/2013)
IOC Member States of each of the five electoral groups are invited to nominate candidate experts, representative of their group at the GOOS SC by 3...
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Second Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States, Cape Town, South Africa (IOCAFRICA-II), 3–4 April 2013 (19/02/2013)
Member States to send detail of their representatives by 5 March 2013.
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Invitation to the Twenty-seventh Session of the IOC Assembly, 26 June–5 July 2013, and Forty-sixth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 25 June 2013, UNESCO HQ, Paris (02/03/2013)
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Regional Workshop on Coastal Hazard Assessment: Applications in Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19–22 March 2013 (11/02/2013)
Regional scope: Indian Ocean. ICG/IOTWS Member States are invited to nominate participants by 22 February 2013.
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Invitación a nominar participantes a un Taller Regional de Formación sobre Tsunamis, Reforzamiento de Procedimientos Operacionales Estándar para la Alerta de Tsunami y la Respuesta de Emergencia, Nuevos productos de información internacional para tsunami de PTWC (04/02/2013)
Regional scope for TNC of Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru called to designate up to 4 candidates to attend the workshop by 11 February 2013.
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IOC-WMO Fourth DBCP In-Region Capacity Building Workshop for countries of the Western Indian Ocean (Zanzibar, Tanzania, 29 April–3 May 2013) (29/01/2013)
Regional scope: IOC Member Strates in the WIO region to nominate participants and to notify the IOC Secretariat, of the name and contact details of...
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Questionnaire on “The Future Needs for Intergovernmental Coordination and Governance for Sustained Ocean Observations and Services” (01/02/2013)
Member States invited to answer the questionnaire by 30 March 2013. An analysis will be presented at the 27th IOC Assembly.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: New Member State of the IOC (23/01/2013)
For information
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Invitation to a Workshop on “The Present Status of Sustained Ocean Observations and Services in Caribbean and Latin America Countries (Group III)”, 6–8 March 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (21/01/2013)
Regional scope: Group III Member States to designate participants by 10 February 2013.
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Data and Information Survey in the Area of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea (16/01/2013)
Regional scope. Request of information by mid-February 2013 to help develop an Ocean Data and Information Network in the north-western part of the...
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Notification and Instructions Regarding NWPTAC Communication Tests for the Registered NWPTA Focal Points (07/01/2013)
Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center will conduct a communication test on 30 January 2013 at 0500 UTC.
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Invitation to the Twenty-fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXV, Vladivostok, Russian Federation, 9–11 September 2013) (07/01/2013)
CL with a regional scope. Revised dates of the ICG/PTWS 25th session. Member States to communicate representatives by 11 July 2013. This invitation...
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Nomination of experts for the NEAMTWS Candidate Tsunami Watch Providers Accreditation Procedure (20/12/2012)
TWFP and TNC to nominate experts by 8 February 2013.
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Twenty-Second Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXII), Ensenada, Mexico, 11–15 March 2013 (20/12/2012)
Invitation to partner organizations to propose presentations and documents by 31 December 2012.
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Sixth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-VI), 20-21 February 2013, Paris, France (10/12/2012)
NEW DATES: 20-21 February 2013. TOWS-WG members to confirm participation by 1st February 2013.
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Joint CARIBE-Wave 2013 and LANTEX 2013 Exercise in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 20 March 2013 (07/12/2012)
Dissemination of the Exercise Participant Handbook (Technical Series, 101, Vol. 1).
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PTWC Start of Issuance of Pacific Experimental Products, 1 February 2013; PTWS Pacific-wide Tsunami Exercise “PacWave13”, April 2013 (07/12/2012)
Preparation of the Exercise Pacific Wave April 2013: Member States should nominate national contact for the exercise by 7 January 2013.
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UN Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects —The World Ocean Assessment (WOA) (15/11/2012)
Update on the status of implementation of the first cycle of the Regular Process (2010–2014) under the United Nations. Includes an outline and time...
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Eleventh Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-XI), UNESCO, Paris, 28–30 April 2013 (08/11/2012)
Member States who declared interest in participating in IPHAB are invited to: (i) nominate representatives to the 11th session; (ii) comment the dr...
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Twenty-second Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXII), Ensenada, Mexico, 11–15 March 2013 (05/11/2012)
Member States to designate representative experts in data management and in marine information management. Meeting in English.
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NEAMTWS Tsunami Exercise NEAMWave12, 27 and 28 November 2012, Second Announcement (04/10/2012)
NEAMTWS Member States to provide information on their participation to the NEAMWave12 exercise by 15 October 2012
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Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-IX), Jakarta, Indonesia, 27–30 November 2012 (26/09/2012)
Member States of the Indian Ocean region to designate delegates by 30 October 2012. National reports to be sent by 9 November 2012.
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Provision of tsunami watch services for the NEAMTWS (National Observatory of Athens now operational, Greece) (07/09/2012)
Fourniture des services de veille aux tsunamis pour le NEAMTWS (Observatoire national d’Athènes opérationnel, Grèce). TWPs & TNCs to communnicate t...
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Re-constitution of the Open-ended Intesessional Financial Advisory Group to develop the draft IOC Medium-term Strategy for 2014–2021 (07/09/2012)
MS to nominate representatives to IFAG Group by 15 October 2012.
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Nominations of experts for the WESTPAC Advisory Group (05/09/2012)
WESTPAC MS to nominate experts to the WESTPAC Advisory Group by 28 September 2012
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Seísmo y tsunami sobrevenidos el 27 de agosto en la costa del Pacífico frente a El Salvador, Seísmo sobrevenido el 5 de septiembre en la costa del Pacífico frente a Costa Rica: Evaluación subsiguiente del desempeño del Sistema de Alerta contra los Tsunamis y Atenuación de sus Efectos en el Pacífico (07/09/2012)
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama to fill out post-tsunami questionnaires and send the...
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Second Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG SCS/II), 16-18 October, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (31/08/2012)
IOC MS in the region to send nominations before 18 September 2012
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WESTPAC-ICG/PTWS Training Workshop on Tsunami Models and Risk Assessment, Beijing, China, 24-27 September 2012 (21/08/2012)
ICG/PTWS focal point to nominate experts by 31 August.
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Launch of the UN Secretary-General Oceans Compact: Healthy Oceans For Prosperity, a new initative to protect the ocean and its citizens (21/08/2012)
For information
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Provision of tsunami watch services for the NEAMTWS (21/08/2012)
France and Turkey candidate Tsunami Watch Providers operational as from 1st July 2012.
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Invitation to the 9th 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-IX) and associated meetings, Southampton, United Kingdom, 10–13 September 2012 (21/08/2012)
NEAMTWS focal point to designate representatives to ICG/NEAMTWS-IX and preparation meeting to the NEAMWave12 exercise.
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ITIC Training Programme – Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII), Hawaii, United States of America, 20–31 August 2012 (18/06/2012)
Deadline for applications is no later than 30 June 2012
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Notification and Instructions Regarding Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) Communication Tests for the Registered NWPTA focal points (18/06/2012)
TWFPs should check to ensure that the test message is received via all of their designated communication methods during the communication test of J...
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Nomination of Members of the JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP) nominated by the IOC International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange programme (IODE) (08/06/2012)
IOC MS to nominate candidates to the Expert Team by e-mail not later than 6 July 2012.
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Task Teams of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS): call for nomination of experts (13/06/2012)
MS (Tsunami warning focal points and Tsunami national contacts in particular) to designate experts to two task teams of ICG/PTWS by 30 June 2012.
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Request for contributions to the IOC special account for the support of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) (24/05/2012)
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Ocean Events prior and at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20 (20–22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (17/05/2012)
For information
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Regional Workshop on Effective Tsunami Disaster Reduction Implementation Progress in Pacific Island Countries and PTWC Proposed Enhanced Products, 12-13 July 2012, Apia, Samoa and Third Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South-West Pacific Region( 3rd ICG/PTWS-WG SW Pacific), 14 July 2012, Apia, Samoa (04/06/2012)
Intended to ICG/PTWS Member States through their TNC and TWFP
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Kiribati: New Member State of the IOC/Kiribati: nouvel Etat membre de la COI (17/05/2012)
For information
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NEAMTWS Tsunami Exercise — “NEAMWave12” (09/05/2012)
NEAMTWS Member States to designate national contact for NEAMWave Exercise (November 2012) by 24 September 2012.
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11th April 2012 West of North Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami Event – Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (24/04/2012)
Members of ICG/IOTWS (Indian Ocean) to fill out and return questionnaire to ICG/IOTWS Secretariat by 11th May 2012.
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Invitation to attend the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) Task Team meetings, Honolulu, USA: PacWave11 Task Team meeting, 21 May 2012; Enhanced Tsunami Products Task Team meeting, 22–23 May 2012 (24/04/2012)
Tsunami National Contacts (TNCs) to nominate members to both Task Teams to Bernardo Aliaga, ICG/PTWS Technical Secretary.
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Notification and Instructions Regarding PTWC Communication Tests for the ICG/PTWS (24/04/2012)
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GTS availability of 16 additional sea level stations from the Japan Meteorological Agency (24/04/2012)
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Invitation to the 45th session of the IOC Executive Council, Paris, France, 26–28 June 2012 and to the work of the Intersessional working groups (25 June 2012) (25/04/2012)
IOC EC MS and partner organizations to send official nomination by 26 May 2012.
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Invitation to participate to the second NEAMTWS Communication Test Exercise (NEAMTWS-CTE2) on 22 May 2012 (09/05/2012)
NEAM region Member States to designate receiver of the communication test messages during the exercise by 8 May 2012.
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Third Caribbean Training Course for Operators of Sea Level Stations, June 4–9 2012, Merida, Mexico (13/04/2012)
ICG/CARIBE EWS Member States to nominate a sea level station operator/technician to participate in this training course.
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Honduras: New Member State of the IOC/Honduras: nouvel Etat membre de la COI (04/04/2012)
For information
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Forty-fifth session of the IOC Executive Council (04/04/2012)
Proposals of the Executive Secretary on the preparation of the Executive Council session in a context of financial difficulties: cost-efficiency me...
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Questionnaire Survey to aid Strategic Planning for the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States (23/03/2012)
Member States of the Africa region and the Adjacent Island States to complete the questionnaire by 20 April 2012.
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Update on the status of the IOC Programme and Budget for 2012–2013 (36 C/5) (16/03/2012)
Appeal to support the IOC with extrabudgetary funds and secondments.
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IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on Ocean Dynamics, Qingdao, China, 16–22 July 2012 (06/03/2012)
MS to nominate participants to the Training Course, by 15 April 2012
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Call for Experts – UN Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects (06/03/2012)
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Invitation to the Seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-VII), Willemstad, Curacao, from 2 to 4 April 2012 (15/02/2012)
MS to register their delegates by 15 March 2012
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Nippon Foundation – GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Training Project Year 9 (2012–2013) (10/02/2012)
MS to consider candidates for Post-graduate Diploma in Ocean Bathymetry course and send applications by 31 March 2012
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Nomination of long-term Members of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM) (10/02/2012)
MS to send nominations to p.pissierssens(at)unesco.org not later than 10 May 2012.
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United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) Deadline for Member States to submit amendments proposals on Draft-Zero Rio+20 outcome document (The Future we want) (10/02/2012)
MS to propose amendments by 29 February 2012 through their Permanent Mission in New York.
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Invitation to Fifth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-V), 15 February 2012, Tokyo, Japan (10/02/2012)
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Official dissolution of IOCEA and IOCWIO and Launching of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States, Nairobi, Kenya, 2–3 May 2012 (20/01/2012)
MS to designate representatives to the session by 24 February 2012.
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Intersessional Financial Advisory Group and Ad hoc open-ended working group to develop a draft of the Medium-term Strategy for 2014–2021 (16/01/2012)
to nominate country’s representative(s) to the Intersessional Financial Advisory Group tasked also with the preparation of the Draft IOC Medium-Ter...
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URGENT: financial situation of UNESCO and the IOC and Programme and budget for 2012–2013 (36 C/5) (16/01/2012)
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The Japan –UNESCO/UNU Symposium on The Great East Japan Tsunami on 11 March 2011 and Tsunami Warning Systems: Policy Perspectives, 16–17 February 2012, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan (09/12/2011)
Participate to the symposium organized by the IOC of UNESCO. Poster Session: send title and abstract by 31 December 2011.
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Ninth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-IX), Busan, Republic of Korea, 8–12 May 2012 (05/12/2011)
WESTPAC Member States to nominate delegation no later than 10 March 2012.
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Inter-agency Report ‘A Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability’ as a contribution to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development- UNCSD (RIO+20) (07/11/2011)
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Intersessional open-ended working group for the revision of the Guidelines for the Preparation and Consideration of Draft Resolutions (14/02/2012)
MS to send comments by 15 march 2012.
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First meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South China Sea Region (ICG/PTWS-WG SCS/I), 12-14 December, Sanya, Hainan Province, China (13/12/2011)
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Extension of the deadline for responding to the Questionnaire on the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS) (25/10/2011)
Member States to answer the attached questionnaire on the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea by 30 November 2011.
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Montenegro: New Member State of the IOC/Monténégro: nouvel Etat membre de la COI (17/01/2012)
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Confirmation and/or updating on national members of the IOC/WESTPAC Coordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional-Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS) (04/10/2011)
China, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation to confirm national representatives to NEAR-GOOS by 31 October 2011.
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8th 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-VIII), Santander, Spain, 22 – 24 November 2011 (07/10/2011)
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Preparation for the 2012 United Nations Conference on sustainable development (Rio +20) (04/10/2011)
MS & stakeholders to provide inputs and contributions highlighting ocean priorities in writing by 1 November 2011, through their UN Permanent Missions
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Nomination and/or updating of details on IODE National Coordinators for Oceanographic Data Management and IODE National Coordinators (04/10/2011)
To update not later than 1 November 2011
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Notification and instructions regarding PTWC Communication Tests for the ICG/CARIBE EWS (05/10/2011)
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IOTWS Indian Ocean Tsunami Exercise - IOWave11 (15/09/2011)
Member States to send nomination of their national contact for IOWave11 Exercise (12 Oct. 2011) by 21 Sept. 2011.
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Sending PTWS Operational Users Guide and Exercise Pacific Wave 2011, Exercise Manual (15/09/2011)
Relevant documentation for the Pacific Wave 11 Exercise.
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Segunda Reunión Regional de Sistemas de Alerta de Tsunami en Centroamérica, 28-30 Septiembre 2011, San Salvador, El Salvador (15/09/2011)
Nominaciones deberán enviarse a Bernardo Aliaga, Secretario Técnico del ICG/PTWS a más tardar el 12 de Septiembre de 2011
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Curso de Modelación Numérica de tsunamis basado en el modelo NEOWAVE, Valparaiso, Chile, 21-25 de Noviembre de 2011 (15/09/2011)
Nominaciones y CV debarán enviarse a Bernardo Aliaga, Secretario Técnico del ICG/PTWS a mas tardar el 21 de Septiembre de 2011
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Invitation to the Eigth 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-VIII), Santander, Spain., 22–24 November 2011 (31/08/2011)
NEAMTWS MS to communicate participants by 1st November; nominations to the Bureau by 18 November. Attachments in pdf only.
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Nomination of Long-Term Members of the IODE Group of Experts on the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (GE-OBIS) (12/08/2011)
To send nomination by 1 November 2011.
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Invitation to submit nominations for members of the interim GOOS Steering Committee by 31 October 2011 (05/09/2011)
Submit nominations for the ten scientific and technical experts of the iGSC by 31 October 2011. Nomination form available in Word.
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Invitation to participate to the first NEAMTWS Enlarged Communication Test Exercise (NEAMTWS-ECTE1) on 10 August 2011 (06/07/2011)
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ITIC Training Programme, 22 August-2 September 2011 (21/07/2011)
IOC Member States to provide names and CVs of candidates by 8 July.
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Niue, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Tuvalu: New Member States of the IOC (25/07/2011)
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Establishment of an IOC Sub-Commission for Africa (20/05/2011)
Proposal
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Meeting of the Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on IOC’s Regional Activities, 20 June 2011 (14:30–17:30), Room VII, UNESCO HQ, Paris (09/05/2011)
To confirm attendance by 31 May 2011.
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27th February 2010 Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Event: Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System– report available (05/05/2011)
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PTWS Pacific-wide Tsunami Exercise “PacWave 11”, 9–10 November 2011 (20/05/2011)
ICG/PTWS Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) to designate national contact for PacWave 11 exercise
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Invitation to participate to the Tsunami and Civil Protection Workshop: “Tsunami hazard in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas (NEAM region) – A challenge for Science and Civil protection”, 15 to 16 June 2011 in Ispra, Italy (27/04/2011)
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Questionnaire on the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS) (28/04/2011)
MS to fill out the questionnaire and return it to the IOC Secretariat not later than 30 May 2011.
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Nomination of Mr Mitrasen Bhikajee (18/04/2011)
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11 March Pacific Coast off Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Tsunami Event: Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (18/04/2011)
PTWS Member States to complete and return questionnaire by May 1st, 2011.
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Invitation to the Twenty-fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXIV), Beijing, China, 24–27 May 2011 (18/04/2011)
PTWS Member States to register their details directly on the website at www.ioc-unesco.org/ptws-24 no later than 29th April 2011
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UN Regular Process on Global Reporting and Assessment on the State of the Marine Environment, including socio-economic aspects (14/04/2011)
Member States to comment, by 30 April 2011 to the secretariat of the Regular Process, namely the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea...
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Meeting of National Oceanographic Committees, 23 June 2011, 12:30-14:00, UNESCO, HQ, Paris (18/04/2011)
Member States to communicate attendance by 15 May.
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Eleventh Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, SC-IOCARIBE-XI (08/04/2011)
IOCARIBE MS to send registration form by 1 May 2011.
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IOC/WESTPAC-PICES Joint Workshop on Rapid Assessment Survey Methodologies for Detecting Marine Non-Indigenous Species, Phuket, Thailand, 19–21 July 2011 (09/04/2011)
To identify and nominate suitable participants before 10 May 2011
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Contribution to the Closing Ceremony of the IOC 50th Anniversary (09/04/2011)
To send asap the list of material you would be ready to send and demonstrate at the IOC Assembly
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Preparation Process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) – Rio+20 (24/03/2011)
Preparation of a Declaration by IOC on the role of oceans in sustainable development.
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Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-VIII), Melbourne, Australia, 3–6 May 2011 (15/03/2011)
Register nominations by 11 April. Submit national reports by 19 April. Agenda, timetable, election forms, national report template, TWFP and TNC no...
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(i) Implementation of the NEAMTWS, (ii) Tsunami Communication Test and associated planning workshop at JRC (Ispra, Italy) June 2011, (iii) Customized Earthquake Information Service by GFZ, (iv) tsunami forecast points (29/03/2011)
To States members of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, th...
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IOC/WESTPAC TRAINING COURSE ON OCEAN MODELS, Qingdao, China, 10-16 June 2011 (16/02/2011)
To nominate one or more participants to the Training Workshop before 31 March 2011
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Invitation to the Twenty-sixth Session of the IOC Assembly, 22 June–5 July 2011, and Forty-fourth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 21 June 2011, UNESCO HQ, Paris (17/02/2011)
Member States and partner organizations to send nominations by 22 May 2011.
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Eighth Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Western Indian Ocean (IOCWIO), Grand Baie, Mauritius, 25 – 27 May 2011 (17/02/2011)
Partner organizations in IOCWIO region to send nomination by 18 March 2011
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Eighth Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Western Indian Ocean (IOCWIO), Grand Baie, Mauritius, 25–27 May 2011 (17/02/2011)
IOC Member States in IOCWIO region to send nominations by 18 March 2011
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Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-IV), 21–22 March 2011, Paris, France (11/02/2011)
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Invitation to the Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-VI) (Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, from 26 to 29 April 2011) (14/02/2011)
To confirm attendance by 15 March. To send national reports by 15 March.
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REVISION: Nomination of long-term members of the IODE group of experts on biological and chemical data management and exchange practices (GE-BICH) (31/03/2011)
NEW DEADLINE: To send us nominations, by e-mail to Mr Peter Pissierssens (p.pissierssens@unesco.org) not later than 31 May 2011.
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Update of the UNESCO/IOC List of Experts on Marine Scientific Research for use in Special Arbitration under Part VIII of UNCLOS (02/02/2011)
To reappoint or replace the experts designated in the current IOC List of Experts by 1st May 2011
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Tenth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS-X), June 2011, Paris, France (28/04/2011)
Submission of name(s) of Representatives by 1 March 201. Submission of election nomination forms by 16 May 2011
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Nomination for the IOC 50th Anniversary Medal (12/01/2011)
Nominations to be submitted by 7 February 2011 using the attached form (also available in Word).
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Joint CARIBE-Wave 2011 and LANTEX 2011 Exercise in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 23 March 2011 (13/01/2011)
The exercice manual is available online in English, French and Spanish at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001905/190556M.pdf
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Tenth Session of the IOC Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms IPHAB-X (24/11/2010)
Answers expected by 1 March 2011
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Joint CARIBE-Wave 2011 and LANTEX 2011 Exercise in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Adjacent Regions on 23 March 2011 (01/10/2010)
Requests comments to draft "Exercise CARIBE-WAVE’11/LANTEX’11 Participant Handbook" by 15 October 2010
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Implementation of IOC Resolution EC-XLI-4 (01/10/2010)
Designation of Japan Argo National Focal Point
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Questionnaire to support the work of the Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on IOC’s Regional Activities (26/11/2010)
Online questionnaire to be filled in by 31 December 2010
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Candidatures for IODE Co-Chairs (04/10/2010)
Candidatures to be sent by 15 November 2010
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Twenty-first session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXI), Liege, Belgium, 23–26 March 2011 (Organizations) (04/10/2010)
Also see CL-2358 for language versions of the agenda.
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Twenty-first session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXI), Liege, Belgium, 23–26 March 2011 (23/09/2010)
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Invitation to and preparations for the 7th 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-VII), Paris, France, 23–25 November 2010 (02/09/2010)
Registration by by 31 October 2010. All annexes in pdf version.
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Recruitment of Project Officer, Oman National Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (NMHEWS) (10/08/2010)
Applications must be received no later than 31st August 2010
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Follow-up to the implementation of IOC Resolution EC-XLI-4 (10/08/2010)
Notes from India and Tunisia. See also related CL on the subject 2347, 2313, 2307
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Contributing activities to the commemorative Year of the IOC 50th Anniversary (21/07/2010)
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Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on IOC’s Regional Activities (19/07/2010)
Deadline: to nominate experts by 30 July 2010
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ITIC TRAINING PROGRAMME – HAWAII (ITP-HAWAII), Hawaii, United States, 30 August – 10 September 2010 (30/06/2010)
Deadline: 7 July 2010. Selectees will be notified by 16th July 2010
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Submission of tsunami forecast points for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS) (02/07/2010)
Deadline by 30 September 2010.
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Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS): call for nomination of experts (26/05/2010)
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Consultations for UNESCO on the Preparation of the Draft Programme and Budget for 2011–2012 (Draft 36 C/5) (09/05/2010)
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: New Member State of the IOC (29/04/2010)
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Follow-up to the implementation of IOC Resolution EC-XLI-4 (20/04/2010)
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Grenada: New Member State of the IOC (22/04/2010)
Bilingual English/French
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Follow-up of the IOCEA-VI request related to IOCEA Project Office (20/04/2010)
Send offer by 31 May 2010.
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Meeting of Regional IOC Subsidiary Bodies and Decentralized Offices 7 June 2009 (14:30 – 17:30), Room VII, UNESCO HQ, Paris (06/04/2010)
Revised version: Chairpersons of IOC Regional Subsidiary Bodies, Tsunami ICG and Heads of IOC Decentralized Offices to confirm attendance by 25 May...
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Third Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), 5-6 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal (02/04/2010)
Register by 5 April 2010
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Community Model Interface for Tsunami (ComMIT) Training Workshop 3-7 May 2010 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA (02/04/2010)
Registration by 8 April 2010
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Seek IOC Member States’ views on whether any additional work is necessary to follow up ‘Marine Scientific research: A guide for the implementation of relevant provisions of UNCLOS’ (06/04/2010)
Member States to send contribution by 30 April 2010
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Follow-up of the Resolution XXV-11 on “Enhancing IOC Capacity-development” (20/04/2010)
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Guidelines for the preparation and consideration of Draft Resolutions by IOC Governing Bodies (02/04/2010)
Member States to send inputs before 14 May 2010.
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27th February 2010 Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Event: Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (02/04/2010)
ICG/PTWS Tsunami focal points and national contacts to complete and return the survey by 15 April 2010.
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Nomination and/or updating of information on IODE national coordinators for marine information management (and oceanographic data management) (07/04/2010)
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Invitation to the Seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-VII), Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 14- 16 April 2010 (02/04/2010)
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Follow-up of the IOC-XXV decisions related to IOCWIO (20/02/2010)
Revised version (15 April 2010) Invitation to host IOCWIO-VIII or the IOCWIO Project Office. Deadline: 30 April 2010.
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Establishment of a multisource trust fund for the support of the ocean biogeographic information system (OBIS) (20/02/2010)
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Invitation to the Forty-third Session of the IOC Executive Council (02/03/2010)
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Official inauguration of the 50th Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO — Launch of the official website (19/02/2010)
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Intersessional Financial Advisory Group (05/02/2010)
To nominate country representatives to the Intersessional Financial Advisory Group by 31 March 2010.
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5th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands: Ensuring Survival, Preserving Life, and Improving Governance 3–7 May 2010, UNESCO, Paris (27/01/2010)
Revised version
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GOOS National Focal Points Contact List (Revised) (25/01/2010)
Answers expected by 1st March 2010.
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12th January 2010 Haiti Earthquake and Tsunami Event: Post-Event Assessment of the Performance of the Caribbean Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Early Warning System (02/04/2010)
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Retirement of the Executive Secretary of IOC - New Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General of the IOC, Dr Wendy Watson-Wright (02/04/2010)
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Update on ICG/CARIBE EWS activities and advanced notice for ICG CARIBE EWS-V, 10-12 March 2010, Managua, Nicaragua (02/04/2010)
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Seismic Network Operators Short Course and WG1 meeting 1-5 February 2010 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA (02/04/2010)
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Invitation to the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-V), Managua, Nicaragua, 15-17 March 2010 (12/02/2010)
Revised version. Registration before 17 February; Submission of national reports by 20 February 2010.
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Sixth Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Eastern Atlantic (IOCEA), Accra, Ghana, 28-30 March 2010 (27/11/2009)
Revised version. NEW DATES. Invitation to partner organizations.
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Sixth Session of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Eastern Atlantic (IOCEA), Accra, Ghana, 28-30 March 2010 (27/11/2009)
Revised version. NEW DATES. Revised Agenda in preparation
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Eighth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VIII), Bali, Indonesia, 10-13 May 2010 (18/11/2009)
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Joint UNESCO-IOC-GOOS-AFRICA-IHP/UNEP/AARSE/GEO Pan-African Workshop: "Decision-making support for coastal zone management, water resources and climate change in Africa", 15-17 February 2010, Palais des Congrès, Cotonou, Benin (08/01/2010)
Organized jointly with the International Hydrological Programme under the auspices of the African Union.
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Implementation of the project: “Integrated Data and Information Management of Oceans and Coastal Zones in Africa – ODINAFRICA-IV (19/11/2009)
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Nomination of Members of the Inter-ICG Task Teams on Sea Level, Disaster Management and Preparedness, and Tsunami Watch Operations (15/12/2009)
Deadline: 30 November 2009
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Questionnaire No. 3 on the Practice of Member States in the Application of Parts XIII and XIV of UNCLOS (18/11/2009)
Follow-up of IOC Assembly Resolution XXIII-8. Actions requisted: 1- Response to questionnaire before 30 Jan. 2010; 2- Designation of experts to ana...
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Scientific Summary for Policy-makers of the State of Knowledge on Ocean Fertilization (21/05/2010)
Due to delay in the dissemination of CL 2315 the deadline for response has been postponed until 30 June 2010. Attachment only in the pdf file.
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Cancelled (30/06/2010)
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Implementation of IOC resolution EC-XLI.4 (22/07/2009)
Turkey requests notification under Argo Programme
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Invitation to and preparations for the 6th 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-IV), Istanbul, Turkey, 11-13 November 2008 (15/12/2009)
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ITIC Training Programme – Hawaii (ITP-HAWAII) Hawaii, United States, 24 August – 9 September 2009 (08/07/2009)
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Consultation process for the designation of applicants in the context of the appointment of the Executive Secretary of the IOC of UNESCO: updated list of applicants (17/06/2009)
Please request attachments to the CL at the IOC Front Office. This CL updates CL 2296 dated 13 March 2009.
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Ministerial Round Table on Oceans, 12 and 13 October 2009, (10/07/2009)
10 July 2009
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Implementation of IOC Resolution EC-XLI.4 (15/06/2009)
Peru requests notification under Argo programme
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Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS): call for nomination of experts (08/06/2009)
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First IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on the Establishment of National IODE Ocean Data Portal Nodes, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 31 August – 4 September 2009 (10/07/2009)
3 June 2009
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Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) (29/05/2009)
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Cancelled Pending
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Nomination of Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) and Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) (08/07/2009)
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Pre-release of the Assessment of Assessments report (11/05/2009)
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8th June: World Oceans Day activities (11/05/2009)
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Provisional Agenda and Timetable for the Twenty-fifth Session of the IOC Assembly, 16–25 June 2009, and Forty-second Session of the IOC Executive Council, 15 June 2009, UNESCO HQ, Paris (18/03/2009)
http://www.ioc-unesco.org/IOC-XXV
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Change of Host Country and Venue: Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-VI) (13/03/2009)
Hyderabad, India, 7-9 April 2009. Register no later than 31 March 2009.
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IOC 50th Anniversary, voluntary extra budgetary contributions (16/03/2009)
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Consultation process for the designation of applicants in the context of the appointment of the Executive Secretary of the IOC of UNESCO (16/03/2009)
Request information and files directly to the ADG/IOC office
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Invitation to the Global Meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Groups for Tsunami Warning Systems (GLOBAL TWS) UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 24 – 27 March 2009 (16/03/2009)
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IOC 50th Anniversary logo (11/02/2009)
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Invitation to Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-VI), Bangkok, Thailand, 7- 9 April 2009 (13/03/2009)
See CL-2298 for change of host country and place.
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Invitation to the Twenty-fifth Session of the IOC Assembly, 16–26 June 2009, and Forty-second Session of the IOC Executive Council, 15 June 2009, UNESCO HQ, Paris (09/02/2009)
Please return the pre-registration forms to the Secretariat before 15 May 2009 via your national Permanent Delegation.
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Invitation to the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-IV), Fort de France, Martinique, France, NEW DATES: 2 – 4 June 2009 (09/04/2009)
NEW DATES: 2 – 4 June 2009
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World Ocean Conference (WOC2009), 11–15 May 2009, Manado, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia (15/01/2009)
Commitment from the world community to work together to improve marine resource management with regards to global climate change impact management...
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ESA contribution Pending
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Ninth Session of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS IX), Paris, France, 30 March–3 April 2009 (19/01/2009)
Pre-registration by 15 March 2009.
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Assessment of Assessments -- Sollicitation of comments from Member States (05/12/2008)
Deadline: 31 January 2009. www.unga-regular-process.org
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Coordinator of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of IOC (11/02/2009)
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In-kind contributions to the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the IOC (11/02/2009)
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Ninth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS-IX), 10–12 June 2009, Paris, France (09/01/2009)
To submit the name(s) of Representatives by 1 March 2009; To send national reporting on contribution to the GOOS by 15 May 2009; To submit candidat...
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Ninth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB-IX), UNESCO, Paris, 22–24 April 2009 (20/11/2008)
Deadline: 1 March 2009. Attachments in PDF version only.
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Invitation to the Twenty-third Session of the ICG/PTWS XXIII, 16-18 February 2009, Apia, Samoa (29/01/2009)
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Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XX), Tianjin, China, 4–8 May 2009 (03/11/2008)
Invitation to partner organizations.
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Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XX), Tianjin, China, 4–8 May 2009 (03/11/2008)
Invitation to IOC Member States, IODE Coordinators, WDC, NODC, DNA Directors.
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IOC role in relation to submissions of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles according to Article 76 of UNCLOS (31/12/2008)
Follow-up to IOC CL-2270
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Review of the World Climate Change Research Programme (WCRP) (10/10/2008)
Deadline: 14 November 2008. The draft Report of the WCRP Review is made available to Member States for comments.
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Nomination of members of the JCOMM/IODE expert team on data management practices (ETDMP) (08/10/2008)
Deadline: 3 November 2008. The Word version of the nomination form can be conveniently filled in and returned by email to the IOC Secretariat befor...
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Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS): call for nomination of experts (29/09/2008)
New Deadline: 19 December 2008. To establish five new Working Groups, namely Working Group on Pacific Emergency Communications and Technologies, Wo...
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Invitation to the 5th 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-V), Athens, Greece, 3 – 5 November 2008 (15/10/2008)
Deadline: 15 October 2008
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Head of the IOC Ocean Sciences Section (01/10/2008)
Director-General of UNESCO has appointed Dr Luis Valdés as Head of the IOC Ocean Sciences Section.
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IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) Steering Committee (elected officers and chairs of working groups), Guayaquil, Ecuador, 8-10 October 2008 (10/10/2008)
Invitation to the meeting at INOCAR.
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PTWS Pacific-wide Tsunami Exercise “Pacific Wave 08” (26/09/2008)
Announces a second Pacific wide tsunami exercise to be carried out 28-30 October 2008. This letter seeks to advise Member States of the planned ex...
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Implementation of IOC Resolution EC-XLI.4 (Guidelines for the Implementation of Resolution XX-6 of the IOC Assembly Regarding the Deployment of Profiling Floats in the High Seas within the Framework of the Argo Programme) (13/01/2009)
Argentina requests notofication under the Argo Programme
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Decision regarding the workload of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and the ability of States, particularly developing States, to fulfil the requirements of article 4 of Annex II to the Convention, as well as the decision contained in SPLOS/72, paragraph (a) (25/07/2008)
CL-2270 rev
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RANET Alert Watcher (RAW) abbreviated messages via SMS to mobile phones, relaying Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) bulletins (09/06/2008)
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Services provided by the JCOMM in-situ Observing Platform Support Centre (27/05/2008)
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Meeting of Officers of IOC Primary Subsidiary Bodies, Monday 23 June 2008, 14.30–17.30 hours, Room VI, 119 avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris (20/05/2008)
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Tenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, SC-IOCARIBE-X, (Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, 22–25 October 2008) and Regional Symposium on Tsunamis (20–21 October 2008) (13/05/2008)
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Seventh Session of the IOC’s Regional Committee for the Western Indian Ocean (IOCWIO), Mombasa, Kenya, 18–22 July 2008 (22/05/2008)
Invitation to UN Organizations, Regional agencies and partners
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Seventh Session of the IOC’s Regional Committee for the Western Indian Ocean (IOCWIO), Mombasa, Kenya, 18–22 July 2008 (22/05/2008)
Invitation to IOC Member States
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Caribbean Training Course for Operators of Sea Level Stations, June 23 - 27 2008, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA (05/05/2008)
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Regional Consultations with National Commissions for UNESCO on the Preparation of the Draft Programme and Budget for 2010–2011 (Draft 35 C/5) (28/04/2008)
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Summary Report—First Meeting of "Working Group on the Future of IOC", UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 19–20 February 2008 (23/04/2008)
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Invitation to the Forty-first Session of the IOC Executive Council (01/04/2008)
The session will open on Tuesday 24 June at 9.30 in Room IV and should conclude its work on Tuesday 1st July. Provisional agenda and timetable atta...
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Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-V), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8-10 April 2008 (01/04/2008)
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Future of IOC of UNESCO (25/02/2008)
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First Meeting of the 'Working Group on the Future of IOC': Final Results of the Questionnaire (08/02/2008)
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First Meeting of 'Working Group on the Future of IOC': Basic Documentation (25/01/2008)
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Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-V), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8 - 10 April 2008 (21/01/2008)
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Invitation to attend the First Meeting of the 'Working Group on the Future of the IOC', UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 19–20 February 2008 (08/01/2008)
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Seventh Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VII), Sabah, Malaysia, 26-29 May 2008 (22/12/2007)
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Invitation to ICG CARIBE EWS-III in Panama (13/12/2007)
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Results of Election of members to the 'Working Group on the Future of IOC' (03/12/2007)
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Seek GSSC New Chair (23/11/2007)
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Questionnaire and 1st meeting of the 'Working Group on the Future of IOC' (21/11/2007)
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CARIBE Focal Point nominations (08/11/2007)
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Invitation to the Eighth Session of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS VIII (04/10/2007)
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Election of members to the 'Working Group on the Future of IOC' (04/10/2007)
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Requirement of Experts on Marine Scientific Research for use in special Arbitration (19/09/2007)
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ITSU Training Programme, Hawai'i, 5-16 November 2007 (13/09/2007)
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Invitiation to NEAMTWS-IV (31/07/2007)
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Response to Oman re: invitation to come for TWS project (27/07/2007)
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Follow-up to the 24th IOC Assembly (25/07/2007)
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Designation of Representatives to 'Working Group on the Future of IOC' (25/07/2007)
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Invitation to participate in the implementation of the Assessment of Assessment within the United Nations General Assembly Framework (UNGA Resolution A/60/30) (20/07/2007)
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Nomination of Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP) and Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) (18/07/2007)
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First NEAR-GOOS-NOWPAP Joint Training Course on Remote Sensing Data (18/07/2007)
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Working Groups of the ICG/CARIBE EWS: call for nomination of experts (05/07/2007)
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Invitation to the Twenty-Second Session of the Intergovernmental Co-ordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (22/06/2007)
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2nd despatch of documents for IOC-XXIV Assembly (07/06/2007)
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Invitation to meeting of Regional Subsidiary Bodies prior to the XXIV Assembly (31/05/2007)
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Invitation to GOHWMS meeting during assembly (20/05/2007)
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Eleventh Session of the Joint IOC-WMO-CPPS Working Group on the Investigations of “El Niño” (IMARPE, Lima, Peru, 5 – 6 June, 2007); Meeting of the GOOS Regional Alliance for the Southeast Pacific (GRASP) (IMARPE, Lima, Peru, 7 – 8 June, 2007) (16/05/2007)
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Caribbean Training Course in Seismology and Tsunami Warnings, June 25 - 30 2007, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago (27/04/2007)
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Sea GOOS WESTPAC CL (13/03/2008)
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Joint ITLOS-IOC Workshop (13/02/2007)
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Invitation to 24th IOC Assembly (Orgs and Observers) (19/01/2007)
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Invitation to 24th IOC Assembly (MS) (19/01/2007)
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CD Advanced Leadership Development Workshop for Directors, Libreville, Gabon (15/01/2007)
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Eight Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms, UNESCO, 17-20 April 2007 (12/01/2007)
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Invitation to attend ICG/CARIBE EWS-II (12/01/2007)
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Invitation to attend IOC-WMO-UNEP/I-GOOS-VIII (11/01/2007)
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Nomination of the official national coordinating body for liaison with the IOC in States members of the IOC (10/12/2010)
Details procedure to establish formal relationship with the IOC of UNESCO preferably through the nomination of a national coordinating body for lia...
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Fifteenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XV), 24–25 February 2022 Pending
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