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Welcome to the IndoTsunami web site
This site, launched on Tuesday 10 February 2005, is intended to keep you informed about the progress in developing a Regional Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean. Through the time line, displayed above, you will be able to obtain information on the many international events, organized by individual countries as well as by UN agencies, related to follow-up actions to the 26 December 2004 tsunami.
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
Fellowship programme in sea level science and
applications 2007-2008
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO is
pleased to announce the availability of a number of fellowships for participants
from the countries bordering the Indian Ocean. The fellowships are funded
through a contribution from the Government of Norway to the IOC’s Indian Ocean
Tsunami Warning System program (IOTWS). For more information, click here.
Satellite Phone Test
A test of the IOTWS Satellite Phone System was conducted on 24 January 2007. Sixteen IOTWS countries participated in the test.
The results are available here
Fourth Session of the ICG/IOTWS
The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System will be held in Mombasa, Kenya from 28 February - 2 March 2007. See more details on the website here.
IOTWS Implementation Plan available
The ICG/IOTWS Implementation Plan is now available here. This document will be discussed at the ICG/IOTWS-III Meeting, July 31 - August 2, Bali, Indonesia
Meeting of ICG/IOTWS Working Group 4
The ICG/IOTWS Working Group 4 (Modelling, Forecasting and Scenario Development) will meet at the Patra Bali Resort and Villas in Bali, Indonesia, from July 29-30, 2006. The provisional agenda is available here. For more details, please contact Charita Pattiaratchi on chari.pattiaratchi@uwa.edu.au or Jane Cunneen on j.cunneen@unesco.org
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Meeting of ICG/IOTWS Working Group 5
The ICG/IOTWS Working Group 5 (A System for Interoperable Advisory and Warning Centres) will meet at the Patra Bali Resort and Villas in Bali, Indonesia, from July 29-30, 2006. The provisional agenda is available here. For more details, please contact Geoff Crane on g.crane@bom.gov.au or Jane Cunneen on j.cunneen@unesco.org
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Meeting of ICG/IOTWS Working Group 1
The ICG/IOTWS Working Group 1 (Seismic Measurement, Data Collection and Exchange) will meet at the Patra Bali Resort and Villas in Bali, Indonesia, from July 29-30, 2006. The provisional agenda is available here. For more details, please contact Prih Harjadi on prih@bmg.go.id or Jane Cunneen on j.cunneen@unesco.org
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Third Session of the ICG/IOTWS
The Third Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System will be held in Bali, Indonesia from July 31st to August 2nd, 2006. Meeting documents and registration are available on this website, and will be updated regularly. For further information please contact Jane Cunneen on j.cunneen@unesco.org or Forest Collins on f.collins@unesco.org
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Meeting of ICG/IOTWS Working Group 4
"The ICG/IOTWS Working Group 4 (Modelling, Forecasting and Scenario Development) will meet at the Patra Jasa Hotel in Bali, Indonesia, from July 29-30, 2006. The provisional agenda is available here. For more details, please contact Charita Pattiaratchi on chari.pattiaratchi@uwa.edu.au or Jane Cunneen on j.cunneen@unesco.org
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ICG/IOTWS-II Report now available
The final report of the Intergovernmental Coordination
Group for the Indian Ocean
Tsunami Warning and Mitigation
System's Second Session (ICG/IOTWS-II), held in Hyderadbad, India in December 2005, is now available for download.
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Meeting of ICG/IOTWS Working Group 3
The ICG/IOTWS Working Group 3 (Risk Assessment) will be meeting in Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka, from June 30th to July 1st 2006. The agenda is now available.
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ICG/IOTWS-III announced
The Third Meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Group for the Indian Ocean will be held at the Patra Jasa hotel in Bali, Indonesia, between July 31st and August 2nd 2006. Several Working Groups also plan to meet in Bali during the week starting July 24th. More details will be available shortly.
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Meeting of Working Group 2
The ICG/IOTWS Working Group 2 (Sea Level Data Collection and Exchange, including Deep Ocean Tsunami Detection Instruments) will
be meeting in Melbourne, Australia, from May 1-2 2006.
The report is now available .
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From Commitments to Action: Advancements in Developing an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
This brocure, detailing the progress made since the Indian Ocean Tsunami, is now available in PDF format.
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UNESCO-IOC International Training Course on Tsunami Numerical Modeling:
Course I: Tsunami Sources and Tsunami Propagation
Two session will be held of this course, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (8-19 May 2006) and Oostende, Belgium (5 - 16 June 2006). Details can be found in the following documents:
Announcement - Agenda - Application for participants
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14 February 2006: IOTWS Communication Plan available
The plan is available here
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8 December 2005: Consolidated Report and National Assessment Report of 16 countries available
Between May and September 2005, national assessments of 16 countries in the Indian Ocean were conducted to identify capacity building needs and support requirements for developing an IOTWS. A Consolidated Report was prepared and National Assessment Reports prepared for the 16 missions
More information here
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NEW: Working Groups information added
Reports are now available for Working Groups 3 and 4. Click here to see Working Groups Info.
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07-19 November 2005: International Training Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Tsunami
For Developing Countries in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and the Indian Ocean,
PHIVOLCS, Quezon City, Philippines
More information here
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3-5 August 2005: First Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-I)
More information here
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26-29 July 2005: The IOC/ISDR Study Tour on National Tsunami Warning System Implementation
For High Level Administrators in the Indian Ocean Responsible for Tsunami Warning Activities
26-29 July 2005, Hawaii, USA
The IOC and ISDR Study Tour on National Tsunami Warning System Implementation
For High Level Administrators in the Indian Ocean Responsible for Tsunami Warning Activities was held in Hawaii, USA between 26 and 29 July 2005. The event was attended by 50 participants from the Indian Ocean region, USA and other countries and organizations.
Find out more here .
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30 June 2005: IOC Assembly formally establishes Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS)
The IOC Assembly, during its twenty-third Session (21-30 June 2005), formally established the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Oceam Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS) through Resolution IOC-XXIII-12.
More information HERE
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Monday 28 March 2005: Magnitude 8.5 Earthquake hits Northern Sumatra
At 1609 GMT an earthquake of magnitude hit Sumatra. It was initially assessed at 8.2. This was later re-assessed to 8.5.In Thailand thousands of people in the provinces affected by the 26 December 2004 tsunami were moving to higher ground. In Sri Lanka a warning was issued that the earthquake might generate a tsunami, USA's NOAA has recommended all populations within 1,000 kilometres of the epicentre to evacuate coastal areas.
Find more information HERE
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Paris, 8 March 2005: Meeting adopts Terms of Reference of Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the Indian Ocean (ICG/IOTWS)
The participants at the International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a global framework held in Paris on 3-8 March 2005, adopted the Terms of Reference of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the Indian Ocean (ICG/IOTWS).
Find the Terms of Reference HERE
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Paris, 8 March 2005: Meeting adopts Communiqué
 The participants at the International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a global framework held in Paris on 3-8 March 2005, adopted a Communiqué outlining the arrangements for the establishment of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean region.
The meeting also accepted the generous offer of the Republic of Mauritius to host the second International Coordination Meeting for the Development of an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System at high level to be held at Port Louis on 14-16 April 2005.
Find the Communiqué HERE
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Paris, 3 March 2005: UNESCO’s Director-General Opens International Meeting on Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
 The Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, yesterday opened, at UNESCO Headquarters, the “International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework”. This meeting is the first in a series that will lead to establishing the technical and ‘legal’ framework for the establishment of the Indian Ocean System. UNESCO received a clear 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).
In his opening address, Mr Matsuura indicated the outcomes that he hopes will emerge from the meeting. In particular, he mentioned the need to reach agreement on the basic design of the observation networks that will constitute the Indian Ocean System, including the designation by governments of the national agencies that will act as National Tsunami Warning Centres. He also indicated the need to identify the mechanism for the coordination of the required research for the assessment of the tsunami hazard, as well as to address the organizational aspects and governance mechanism(s) that will enable the joint operation of the detection/warning system, based on international cooperation with the aforementioned observation networks.
Mr Matsuura went on to situate the Indian Ocean System in the global context that lies at the core of UNESCO’s strategy for a tsunami warning system. He informed the audience that the Indian Ocean System is just “the first step in building a Global Tsunami Warning System [that will be] fully embedded in the [IOC] global, operational ocean observing system that is regularly used for other related hazards, such as storm surges and cyclones”. He also outlined the merits of this system being linked to the soon-to-be-established Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) that will aim at integrating space-based and ‘in situ’ observations covering the land, the ocean, the atmosphere and ecosystems. A group of nations have committed themselves to building GEOSS in the next ten years, following appeals to that effect at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 2002).
The International Coordination Meeting will build upon work that was begun in Kobe and continued in Phuket. Participants include decision-makers and scientific/technical experts from the 29 countries on the Indian Ocean rim, as well as Member States of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in other regions, including those that have expressed their interest in contributing both financially and with technical expertise to the establishment of the Indian Ocean System.
Read the Director-General full speech HERE
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 This slideshow presents an overview of the activities proposed by the IOC, as well as implemented by other partners as per 29 January 2005. This slideshow was presented for the first time at the WCDR Conference in Kobe, Japan. Based upon discussions at that occasion, a revised version was presented at the Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tusnmai Early Warning Arrangements (28-29 January 2005). Click on the image to open/download the Microsoft Powerpoint file (427 KB)
 This slideshow was presented to the Permanent Delegates to UNESCO on 10 February 2005 and provides a brief overview of the IOC's tsunami related activities, particularly in the Pacifc region, through the IOC International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITCU). Click on the image to open/download the Microsoft Powerpoint file (1.8 Mbytes)
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If you are planning to organize a regional event that will contribute to the System then please inform us about it by emailing to Peter Koltermann on p.koltermann@unesco.org
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