Welcome to the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) was formed in response to the tragic tsunami on December 26^th 2004, in which over 250,000 lives were lost around the Indian Ocean region. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) received a mandate from the international community to coordinate the establishment of the System during the course of several international and regional meetings, including the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Kobe, Japan, 18 – 22 January 2005), and the Phuket Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements (Phuket, Thailand, 28 and 29 January 2005). The IOC Assembly, during its twenty-third Session (21-30 June 2005), formally established the ICG/NEAMTWS through Resolution IOC-XXIII-14.

Officers
Chairperson
Stefano Tinti (Italy, University of Bologna): 2006-2007; 2008-2009

Vice-chairpersons
Gerassimos Papadopoulos (Greece, National Observatory of Athens): 2006-2007; 2008-2009
Maria Ana Baptista (Portugal, Instituto Superior de Engenharia - ISEL): 2008-2009 

Working Groups 

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group meets regularly to establish and implement working plans in the NEAM region. To address specific technical issues it has formed four working groups and one task team:

Secretariat
Secretariat to ICG/NEAMTWS
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
of UNESCO
UN Campus - Hermann Ehlers Str. 10
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: +49 228 815 0308
Fax: +49 228 815 0399
Email: p.eyzaguirre(a)unesco.org