FOR ARCHIVE - Caribe EWS - Task Team Tsunami Ready Programme

Sea Level Monitoring

TSU/MAB Coastal Hazards Project

FOR ARCHIVE - Caribe EWS - Task Team Tsunami Ready Programme

Co-Chair Jasen Pen (British Virgin Islands (UK), (2017-)

Co-Chair: Claricia Langley-Stevens (St Kitts & Nevis, 2017-)

Membership:

1. Kerry Hinds, DEM

2. Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade, CTWP

3. Juan Salado, ONAMET

4. Gerard Metayer, SEMANAH

5. Joseph Edgard Celestin, DPC, Comité d’Education et Sensibilisation du Public, Haiti

6. Brian Dyer, St Kitts & Nevis

7. Steve Symphor, Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique, France

8. Laura Kong, ITIC

9. Stacey Edwards, SRC

10. Mary Rengifo, DIMAR, Colombia,

11. Laura González DIMAR, Colombia,

12. ex officio, CARIBE EWS Chair, Silvia Chacon (Costa Rica)

13. ex-officio. Coastal Hazards and CTIC Officer, Alison Brome

14. ex officio, CARIBE EWS Technical Secretary, Bernardo Aliaga

About the Tsunami Programme

The Indonesian coast, between Banda Aceh and Meulaboh, after the earthquake and the tsunami of 26 December 2004. Photo by Evan Schneider © UN Photo

UNESCO supports Member States in improving capabilities for tsunami risk assessment, implementing early warning systems and enhancing preparedness of communities at risk. UNESCO works closely with national institutions and promotes inter-institutional and regional cooperation. Specialized regional centers provide tsunami information that, together with national analysis, is the basis of the warnings issued for the public. In addition, UNESCO promotes community-based approaches in the development of response plans and awareness campaigns which strongly involve education institutions and end-users.

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 (online)

Multi-Annual Community Tsunami Exercise Programme: Guidelines for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (available in French)