INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION

(of UNESCO)

TWENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-ORDINATION GROUP

FOR THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM (ICG/PTWS-XXII)

GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, 17-20 SEPTEMBER 2007

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

1.         WELCOME AND OPENING

1.1.      MR. GUIDO CHIRIBOGA:  VICE MAYOR, GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR

1.2.      CPFG-EM MARIO PROAÑO SILVA:  DIRECTOR, INSTITUTO OCEANOGRAFICO DE             LA ARMADA (INOCAR), ECUADOR

1.3.      DR. PATRICIO BERNAL:  ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF UNESCO AND         EXECUTIVE SECRETARY INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC        COMMISSION (IOC)

2.         ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

2.1       ADOPTION OF AGENDA

2.2       DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR

2.3       CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION

3.         REPORT ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

            3.1       IOC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S REPORT

3.2        ICG CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

3.3        ICG SECRETARIAT’S REPORT

3.4        IOC TSUNAMI CO-ORDINATION UNIT REPORT

3.5        ITIC REPORT

3.6        PTWC REPORT

3.7        REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS DIVISION OF THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY

3.8        NATIONAL REPORTS

3.9        REPORTS FROM OTHER TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS (ICG/TWSs)

3.10      REPORTS FROM UN ORGANISATIONS

3.11      REPORTS FROM NON UN ORGANISATIONS

4.         TWS IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS REPORTS

4.1       SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

4.1.1        WORKING GROUP 1:  SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS, DATA COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE

4.1.2        CTBTO REPORT ON USE OF NETWORK

4.1.3        FDSN/IRIS REPORT - GLOBAL SEISMIC NETWORK

4.2       SEA-LEVEL OBSERVATIONS

4.2.1        WORKING GROUP 2 REPORT:  SEA-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS, DATA COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE

4.2.2        GLOSS REPORT

4.2.3        DEEP-OCEAN TSUNAMI DETECTION NETWORK REPORT

4.2.4        SEA LEVEL STATION METADATA AND DATA FACILITIES REPORT

4.3       PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS

4.3.1     TSUNAMI HAZARD AND RISKS

4.3.1.1     WORKING GROUP 3:  TSUNAMI HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION

4.3.1.2     GLOBAL HISTORICAL TSUNAMI DATABASE PROJECT REPORT

4.3.2.    WORKING GROUP 4:  RESILIENCE BUILDING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

4.4        WARNING CENTRE OPERATIONS

4.4.1     WORKING GROUP 5:  INTEROPERABILITY AND REGIONAL, SUB-REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION

                       SYSTEMS IN THE PACIFIC

            4.4.2    PTWS COMMUNICATIONS PLAN

            4.4.3    PTWS TASK TEAM ON MESSAGES REPORT

            4.4.4    PTWS EXERCISES

5.         SUB-REGIONAL PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS

5.1        NORTHWEST PACIFIC, SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND WESTERN PACIFIC MARGINAL SEAS

5.2        SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN, INCLUDING WORKING GROUP REPORT

5.3        CENTRAL AMERICA PACIFIC COAST, INCLUDING WORKING GROUP REPORT

6.         PTWS STRATEGIC PLAN

6.1.       WORKING GROUP REPORT ON THE MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY FOR THE PTWS

6.2.       PTWS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

7.         PTWS CAPACITY BUILDING, INFORMATION SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND AWARENESS TOOLS

7.1        INTERNATIONAL TSUNAMI (ITSU) TRAINING PROGRAMME

7.2        NATIONAL TSUNAMI CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS

7.3        TSUNAMI NEWSLETTER AND TSUNAMI BULLETIN BOARD

7.4        TSUNAMITEACHER, PACIFIC ISLAND TSUNAMI AWARENESS KIT, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

7.5        PUBLICATIONS

8.         SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP REPORTS

9.         PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2008-2009

10.       DATES AND PLACE FOR ICG/PTWS-XXIII, TARGET DATE AND PLACE FOR ICG/PTWS XXIV

11.       ELECTION OF OFFICERS

12.       OTHER BUSINESS

13.       ADOPTION OF SUMMARY REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

14.       CLOSURE