Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Sub-commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States
IOCAFRICA VIII

Meeting

07 - 09 May 2025

Location

Mombasa
Kenya


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Organiser
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By invitation only.

Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Sub-commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States
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Agenda Documents
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2 Action Paper 07/05/25
2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/AP Prov_V3 Action Paper_V3 08/05/25
2.1 IOCAFRICA-VIII/2.1.Prov.1 PROVISIONAL AGENDA 04/05/25
2.3 IOCAFRICA-VIII/2.3.Doc(1) DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF SESSIONAL WORKING GROUPS 14/04/25
2.4 Provisional Timetable 05/05/25
3.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/3.2.Doc(1) REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL SECRETARY ON THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMISSION (March 2023–April 2025) 01/05/25
3.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/3.2.Doc(2) REPORT ON 2024–2025 (42 C/5) BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION AS AT FEB31 AND APRIL 28, 2025 01/05/25
3.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/3.2.Doc(1) Add. REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL SECRETARY ON THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE THIRTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY (March 2023–May 2025) 01/05/25
3.3.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/3.3.2 CONSULTATION PROCESS – IOC AND THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN: SUSTAINABLE DELIVERY AND EXPANSION OF IOC ACTIVITIES 20/04/25
3.3.2 IOC/EC-57/3.1.Doc(4) CONSULTATION PROCESS – IOC AND THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN: SUSTAINABLE DELIVERY AND EXPANSION OF IOC ACTIVITIES 20/04/25
3.3.2 IOC/INF-1412 IOC Medium-Term Strategy 2022-2029 20/04/25
3.3.2 IOC/EC-57/52.Doc(1) Action Plan in Response to the IOS Evaluation of the IOC’s Strategic Positioning – Update on Implementation 20/04/25
3.3.2 IOS/EVS/PI/197 UNESCO’s Internal Oversight Service published The Evaluation of the Strategic Positioning of IOC-UNESCO (Sep 2021) 20/04/25
3.3.2 IOC and the Future of the Ocean: Phase 1 Consultation of Member State Focus Group Discussions 23/04/25
3.3.3 IOC/A-32/4.7.Doc(1) Development of a new IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management 20/06/23
3.3.3 Development of a new IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management 29/06/23
3.3.3 CL-2968 Development of a new IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management and deployment of user-needs survey [deadline extended to 10 December 2023] 24/11/23
3.3.3 IOC/EC-57/4.3.Doc(1) Rev. Draft Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management 24/06/24
3.3.3 IOC/INF-1537 Compendium of IOC Member State inputs to IOC Circular Letter 2968 (IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management) 17/05/24
3.3.3 IOC/EC-57/4.3.Doc(1).Rev. DRAFT IOC-WIDE STRATEGY ON SUSTAINABLE OCEAN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (2024–2030) 20/04/25
3.3.4.1 IOC/IODE-MG-2024/1 prov. 2024 Meeting of the IODE Management Group UNESCO Headquarters, Oostende, Belgium, 5-7 February 2024: PROVISIONAL AGENDA 04/01/24
3.3.4.1 IOC/IODE-28/3.3.2 Reporting Summary of IODE NODCs and ADUs (Survey) 06/11/24
3.3.4.1 IOC/IODE-28/3.3.3 Review of NODC health status within the IODE network 06/11/24
3.3.4.1 IOC/IODE-28/3 Summary Report of the 28th Session of the IODE Committee , Santa Marta, Colombia, 12-14 March 2025 26/08/25
3.3.4.2 IPHAB-XII.Inf.16_IOCAFRICA.HAB First session of the IOCAFRICA Group of Experts on Harmful Algal Blooms, 22-26 February 2016, Mombasa, Kenya 21/05/19
3.3.4.2 IOC/IPHAB-XIII/Inf.8 Report of HANA activities 2016-2017 28/04/17
3.3.4.2 IOC/IPHAB-XV/Inf.8 Report of the IOC Regional Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms in North Africa (HANA) 22/03/21
3.3.4.2 Summary of the HANA Fourth Workshop on HAB in North Africa 01/11/21
3.3.4.2 IOC-FAO/IPHAB-XVI/Inf.9 Progress Report of the IOC Regional Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms in North Africa (HANA) 16/03/23
3.3.4.3 Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 23 (IOWave23) Draft Report 31/01/25
3.3.4.3 IOC/ICG/NEAMTWS-XIX/3 Summary Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS-XIX), 27–29 November 2024, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 29/01/25
3.3.4.3 2024 Capacity Assessment of Tsunami Preparedness in the Indian Ocean (Draft Report) 31/01/25
3.3.4.3 IOC/BRO/2025/1 Summary Statement from 2nd UNESCO-IOC Global Tsunami Symposium on Two Decades After 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Reflection and Way Forward, Banda Aceh, 11–14 November 2024 10/02/25
3.3.4.3 IOC/ICG/IOTWMS-XIV/3s Executive Summary Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS-XIV), Banten, Indonesia, 17-19 November 2024 12/04/25
3.3.4.4 IOC/POL/2025/1 Rev. Promoting Ocean Literacyan education policy brief 01/05/25
3.3.4.4 IOC/2024/ODS/51.10 Ocean Decade Vision 2030 White Papers: Challenge 10: Restoring society’s relationship with the ocean 01/05/25
3.3.4.4 IOC/2022/MG/90 Rev. A new blue curriculum: a toolkit for policy-makers 01/05/25
3.3.4.5 ICAM dossier nº 10 Technical report on the status of coastal vulnerability in central African countries 28/04/25
3.3.4.5 A Sustainable Blue Economy for Cabo Verde 28/04/25
3.3.4.5 Current Conditions and Compatibility of Maritime Uses in the Western Mediterranean 28/04/25
3.3.4.5 Future Conditions and Scenarios for Marine Spatial Planning and Sustainable Blue Economy Opportunities in the Western Mediterranean 28/04/25
3.4.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/3.4.2.Doc(1) PARTNERS' REPORT ON OCEAN SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, AND THE BLUE ECONOMY 28/04/25
4.10 IOC/2024/TS/190 State of the Ocean Report 2024 19/06/24
4.11 IOC/INF-1433 IOC Capacity Development Strategy, 2023-2030 14/03/25
4.11 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.11.Doc(1) DEVELOPING A ROLLING PLAN FOR OCEAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA 28/04/25
4.2 IODE-XXIV: draft recommendation 6.2.1 ODIS 28/03/17
4.2 DMCG-7 Doc 7.2 ODIS 17/09/18
4.2 IOC/IODE-XXVII/6.5 The Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) - Progress and way forward 22/03/23
4.2 ODIS SG I report 02/10/23
4.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.2.Doc(1) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE OCEAN DATA AND INFORMATION NETWORK FOR AFRICA 2022–2030 06/05/25
4.3 IOC/2025/ODS/53 Ocean Decade progress report July 2023 - June 2024 20/04/25
4.4 GOOS-62 GOOS Africa Workshop Report: Global Ocean Observing System for SICOM 05/09/06
4.4 GOOS Africa Govenance Options - Revised version 14/01/13
4.4 THE REPORT OF THE GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS IN AFRICA (GOOS-AFRICA) 28/04/25
4.5 IOC/IODE-MG-2024/3 2024 Meeting of the IODE Management Group: Summary Report 19/02/24
4.5 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.5.Doc(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IOCAFRICA OCEAN DATA AND INFORMATION WORKING GROUP 01/05/25
4.5 IOC/INF-1269 OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION NETWORK FOR AFRICA (ODINAFRICA) FINAL REPORT 1998-2000 (including report for 2000) 01/05/25
4.6 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.6.Doc(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IOCAFRICA OCEAN-CLIMATE WORKING GROUP 28/04/25
4.6 AFRICAN UNION CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN (2022-2032) 28/04/25
4.6 IOC/INF-1270) OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION NETWORK FOR AFRICA - ODINAFRICA‐II FINAL REPORT 2001-2003 01/05/25
4.7 IOC/IPHAB-XII/Inf.16 Document for IOCAFRICA-III April 2015: Assessing The Demand For Assistance In The Observations Of And Management Of Harmful Marine Microalgae In African Coastal Waters 24/04/15
4.7 IPHAB-XII.Inf.16_IOCAFRICA.HAB First session of the IOCAFRICA Group of Experts on Harmful Algal Blooms, 22-26 February 2016, Mombasa, Kenya 21/05/19
4.7 IOC/IPHAB-XV/Inf.8 Report of the IOC Regional Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms in North Africa (HANA) 22/03/21
4.7 IOC-FAO/IPHAB-XVI/Inf.9 Progress Report of the IOC Regional Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms in North Africa (HANA) 16/03/23
4.7 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.7.Doc(1) REVITALISATION OF THE IOCAFRICA GROUP OF EXPERTS ON HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS 28/04/25
4.7 First session of the IOCAFRICA Group of Experts on Harmful Algal Blooms 28/04/25
4.8 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.8.Doc(1) PROPOSAL FOR OCEAN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR AFRICA PROGRAMME 28/04/25
4.8 Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Africa 28/04/25
4.8 Multi-Hazard Early Warning for All - Africa Action Plan 2023-2027 28/04/25
4.9 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.9.Doc(1) PROPOSAL FOR HOSTING THE GLOBAL OCEAN ACCOUNTS AFRICAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE 28/04/25
4.9 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.9.Doc(2) PROPOSED OPERATIONAL PLAN AND RESOURCING STRATEGY: GLOBAL OCEAN ACCOUNTS PARTNERSHIP (GOAP) AFRICA COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (ACOP) COORDINATION 28/04/25
4.9 IOCAFRICA-VIII/4.9.Inf1 A GLOBAL OCEAN ACCOUNTS PARTNERSHIP AFRICA VISION STRATEGY FOR OCEAN ACCOUNTING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE OCEAN DEVELOPMENT (2024-2026) 28/04/25
5.1 42 C/7 Preparation of the Draft Programme and Budget for 2026-2029 (43 C/5) 19/01/24
5.1 IOCAFRICA-VIII/5.1.Doc(1) DRAFT PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 2026–2027 (43 C/5) FIRST BIENNIUM OF THE 2026-2029 QUADRENNIUM 08/05/25
5.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/5.2.Doc(1) GUIDELINES FOR SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP REPORTING 03/05/25
5.2.1 IOCAFRICA-VIII/5.2.1Doc(1) SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP GUIDANCE NOTE: OCEAN OBSERVATIONS AND MONITORING 03/05/25
5.2.2 IOCAFRICA-VIII/5.2.2Doc(1) SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP GUIDANCE NOTE: OCEAN SCIENCES, BIODIVERSITY AND ASSESSMENTS 03/05/25
5.2.3 IOCAFRICA-VIII/5.2.3Doc(1) SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP GUIDANCE NOTE: OCEAN DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 03/05/25
5.2.4 IOCAFRICA-VIII/5.2.4Doc(1) SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP GUIDANCE NOTE: CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, PARTNERSHIPS AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION 04/05/25
5.3 IOC/INF-1166 IOC Rules of Procedure 23/10/08
5.3 IOC/INF-1166Rev IOC Rules of Procedure (2023) 22/05/24

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 Label(s): IOC Priority 1 , IOCAfrica Official meeting
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