Chair: Dr. Harkunti Pertiwi Rahayu (Indonesia)
Vice-chair: Mr. Mahendra S. Ranganahalli (India)
Meeting Reports of Working Group 1 are available for download here.
Terms-of-Reference
1. Assist, develop and strengthen the overall capacity and capability of Member States in tsunami risk assessment and mitigation, community awareness and preparedness, including for tsunamis generated by non-seismic and complex sources.
2. Encourage Member States to mainstream tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction into sustainable development to help achieve resilient communities in the region.
3. Provide advice on any future development of IOC-UNESCO Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.
4. Support implementation of IOWave Exercises.
5. Identify areas of priority for action following assessments, exercises, and real tsunami events.
6. Provide advice on user requirements and utility of tsunami warning products and services.
7. Provide advice to the IOC-UNESCO Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre (IOTIC) on educational, awareness and preparedness materials.
8. Promote collaboration among academia, research institutions and disaster management offices to encourage multidisciplinary and multi sectoral interaction in ensuring tsunami risk knowledge are streamlined to risk reduction strategies.
Activities may include
1. Monitor, assess and routinely report to the Steering Group and ICG on the status of Tsunami Risk Assessments, Community Awareness and Preparedness in each Member State.
2. Seek resources and coordinate projects to develop guidelines and build capacity in Member States.
3. Support the organsation of workshops and symposiums for training and capability development.
4. Contribute to the conduct of regular exercises of the IOTWMS.
5. Encourage Member States to integrate tsunami risk assessment, community awareness and preparedness within national disaster risk reduction programmes for multi-hazards.
6. Stimulate and share information on best-practices between Member States.
7. Assist with development and application of guidelines on hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment and mitigation, exercises, and post-event surveys.
8. Work closely with Working Group 3 “Tsunami Ready Implementation”, IOC-UNESCO IOTIC, and IOC-UNESCO Secretariat for the ICG/IOTWMS to help develop the capacity of Member States across the Indian Ocean to implement the IOC-UNESCO Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme or similar initiatives.
9. Work closely with Working Group 2 "Tsunami Detection, Warning and Dissemination" and Working Group 3 “Tsunami Ready Implementation”, IOC-UNESCO IOTIC and IOC-UNESCO Secretariat for ICG/IOTWMS to help develop effective national tsunami warning chains, warning products, services, Standing Operating Procedures, and warning chains.
10. Under the direction of the Steering Group, assist with national assessments of the IOTWMS performance after each exercise and real tsunami event.
Incoming Members to be confirmed
Mr. Ajay Kumar Bandela (India)
Mrs. Azahani Abd. Aziz (Malaysia)
Mrs. Smreetee Cyparsade (Mauritius)
Ms. Noura Al-Kaabi (Oman)
Mr. Khalifa Al-Sundairi (Oman)
Dr. Prasong Thammapala (Thailand)
Invited Experts
Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga (Global Disaster Resilience Centre)
Prof. Richard Haigh (Global Disaster Resilience Centre)