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Author(s)	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Summary	This document presents the Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme based on the review process undertaken. The first section includes the framework and background information; the second section identifies key issues concerning the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme and its methodological references; the third section presents the indicators to achieve the Tsunami Ready recognition, as well as the templates for requesting recognition; and finally, the fourth section contains the glossary of terms and a list of available tools and references to facilitate its implementation.
Doc Type	Reference Document
Status	Published on 31 Mar 2025
Keywords	Tsunami, Tsunami Ready, Manuals and Guides
This document is in the list(s):	Publications [Official Publication] Manuals and Guides
This document is used in the event(s):	Western Indian Ocean Member States Training Workshop on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWCs) and Disaster Management Organisations (DMOs) North-West Indian Ocean Regional Workshop on Tsunami Evacuation Planning Intersessional Meeting of ICG/IOTWMS Working Group 3 on Tsunami Ready Implementation Briefing on the UNESCO-IOC 2024 Survey of Capacity Assessment of Tsunami Preparedness in ICG/IOTWMS Member States Intersessional Meeting of Working Group 3 on Tsunami Ready Implementation (online) Workshop on Tsunami Evacuation Maps, Plans, and Procedures and UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme Fifteen 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 TOWS-WG- Inter-ICG Task Team on Disaster Management Preparedness (TT-DMP), 21-22February 2022 (Online) Intersessional Meeting of ICG/IOTWMS Working Group 1 on Tsunami Risk, Community Awareness and Preparedness [Online] Intersessional Meeting of ICG/IOTWMS Steering Group Ninth Meeting of the PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (WG-PICT) Regional Training on the UNESCO/IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme TOWS Task Team on Disaster Management Preparedness (TT DMP) Thirtieth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Intersessional Meeting of the Regional Working Group for the North-West Indian Ocean Eastern Indian Ocean Member States Training Workshop on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for National Tsunami Warning Centres (NTWCs) and Disaster Management Organisations (DMOs) Intersessional Meeting of ICG/IOTWMS Steering Group Intersessional Meeting of Regional Working Group for the North West Indian Ocean (online) 14th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Further Challenges for Warnings of Tsunamis

IOC/2021/MG/74

IOC Manuals and Guides No. 74 Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme