Fifteenth Session of the IOC (of UNESCO) Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions IOCARIBE
SC-IOCARIBE-XV

Meeting

07 - 10 May 2019

Location

La Cabaña Beach Resort and Casino
J.E. Irausquin Blvd 250, Eagle Beach
Oranjestad, Aruba
Tel: (297) 520-1100

Oranjestad
Aruba


Organizer & Staff
Organizer
Staff
Participation

By invitation only.

Fifteenth Session of the IOC (of UNESCO) Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions IOCARIBE
Summary

The Fifteenth Session of the IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions SC-IOCARIBE-XIV was held in Oranjestad, Aruba on 6-10 May 2019 thanks to the kind invitation of the Government of Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands). The Session was attended by 45 participants from 13 countries of the Caribbean Region, 2 countries from outside the region (Argentina and the Republic of Korea) and eight UN, International and Regional Organizations. The Session reviewed progress made during the Intersessional period 2017–2019 and adopted twelve Recommendations. The Sub-Commission elected the new Board of Officers: Mr Arnulfo Sanchez (Panama) was elected as Chair, Mr. Francisco Brizuela (Mexico) was elected as Vice-Chairperson, Mr Marck Oduber (Aruba) was reelected as Vice-Chairperson, and Mr Arthur Paterson (United States) was elected as Vice-Chairperson for the next intersessional period 2019–2021.

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Final Report
Presentations: 30
Agenda Documents: 47
Background Documents: 8
Other Documents: 5
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Report
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IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/3s Executive Summary of the Fifteenth session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions 21/06/2019
Presentation
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000 VR Opening IOCARIBE-15 09/05/2019
3.2 3.2 IOCARIBE Secretary Report 08/05/2019
4.1 4.1 VR IOC MTS 2022-2029 08/05/2019
4.2 4.2 IOCARIBE CD 08/05/2019
4.3.1 - 4.3.2 4.3.1 - 4.3.2 Regional Workshops 15/05/2019
4.4 4.4 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SDG 08/05/2019
4.4 4.4b Sustainable Development SDG14 Knowledge Sharing 09/05/2019
4.5 4.5 International Ocean Science Conference 2020 15/05/2019
4.6 4.6 OCEAN LITERACY 08/05/2019
5.1.1 5.1.1 HAB ANCA 2017 -2019 IOCARIBE15 09/05/2019
5.1.2 5.1.2. Ocean Acidification IOCARIBE-XV_v2 09/05/2019
5.2.1.1 5.2.1.1 IOCARIBE IODE25 09/05/2019
5.2.1.2 5.2.1.2 IOCARIBE XV ODINCARSA_LA 08/05/2019
5.2.1.3 5.2.1.3 CMA2-CHM presentation_IOCARIBE-Assembly_vf-CHM_v2 09/05/2019
5.2.1.4 5.2.1.4 RTC-LAC OTGA 2015-2019 09/05/2019
5.2.2.1 5.2.2.1 GEBCO & SEABED 2030 15/05/2019
5.2.2.2 5.2.2.2 MACHC Report_to_IOCARIBE.Final 09/05/2019
5.2.3 5.2.3 IBCCA2019_IOCARIBE 09/05/2019
5.2.4 5.2.4 AtlantOS_Vision_Document_March2019_All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System 08/05/2019
5.2.4.1 5.2.4.1 Initiatives within IOCARIBE-GOOS to improve Member States Ocean Observing, Monitoring and Forecasting Capacity 08/05/2019
5.2.5 5.2.5 Sargassum and Oil Spills Forecasting System 08/05/2019
5.2.6 5.2.6 CIFDP-C IOCARIBE XV 09/05/2019
5.3.1 5.3.1 IOCARIBE-CARIBE-EWS-GM 09/05/2019
5.4.1 5.4.1 UN World Ocean Process 09/05/2019
5.4.2 5.4.2 GOSR_IOCARIBE_20190503 09/05/2019
5.5.1 5.5.1 CZMU_Coastal Area Management_IOCARIBE_v2 15/05/2019
5.5.1.1 5.5.1.1 ICAM LA Project 15/05/2019
5.5.1.2 5.5.1.2. IWEco Project - SC-IOCARIBE-XV, May 2019 15/05/2019
5.5.2 5.5.2 MSP 01 15/05/2019
5.5.3 5.5.3 Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystems CLME+ 08/05/2019
Agenda Documents
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2.1 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/1 Prov. REv 1. PROVISIONAL AGENDA 25/04/19
2.1 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/1 Prov. Rev. 1 ORDEN DEL DIA PROVISIONAL 25/04/19
2.4 Template for Submission of written records to the IOCARIBE Summary Report 27/03/19
2.4 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/1 Add. Prov. Rev. 1 Provisional Timetable 25/04/19
2.4 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/2 Prov. IOCARIBE-XV ACTION PAPER 07/05/19
2.4 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/4 Prov. Provisional List of Documents 07/05/19
3.2 IOC/INF-1356 Work of the Primary Regional Subsidiary Bodies, 2017–2018 (IOCARIBE, IOCAFRICA, WESTPAC, and IOCINDIO) 02/07/18
4.1 IOC-XXVII/2 Annex 3 IOC Medium Term Strategy 2014-2021 31/03/15
4.1 IOC-XXX/2 Annex 10 rev Draft Medium-Term Strategy for 2022–2029 17/06/19
4.2 IOC/INF-1332 IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2015-2021 07/03/16
4.2 IOC-XXIX/2 Annex 17 IOC Capacity Development Strategy, 2015–2021 and its Implementation Plan: Status Report 18/06/17
4.2 IOC/GE-CD-I/3 IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development, First Session, 21-23 March 2018 (Summary Report) 28/03/18
4.3 IOC-XXIX/2 Annex 9 Development of the IOC Proposal for an International (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 19/12/17
4.3 IOC/INF-1341 Rev. Prov. International (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development - Towards the ocean we need for the future we want 15/06/17
4.3 IOCARIBE/CD/OUTLINE Draft IOCARIBE Capacity Development Outline 07/05/19
4.3.1 Draft Guidelines for the organization of Regional Workshops in the framework of the preparatory phase of the UN Decade 27/03/19
4.4 IOC/INF-1346 Outcomes of the UN SDG 14 Conference (5-9 June 2017) 17/06/17
4.6 Ocean Literacy and the IOC 08/09/17
4.6 Ocean Literacy - Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts of Ocean Sciences for Learners of all ages 08/08/17
4.6 IOC Manuals and Guides 80 Ocean Literacy for All: A Toolkit 11/04/19
5.1.1 IOC/IPHAB-XIII/3prov EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; THIRTEENTH SESSION OF THE IOC INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS, IOC UNESCO Headquarters, 3-5 May 2017 25/04/19
5.1.1 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/Inf. 4 IOCARIBE HAB-ANCA Progress Report 2017-2019 02/05/19
5.1.2 Regional Action Plan on Ocean Acidification for Latin America and the Caribbean 04/04/19
5.2.1 IOC/IODE-XXIV/3s Executive Summary Report of the Twenty-fourth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, 24–28 March 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30/05/17
5.2.1 IOC-XXIX/2 Annex 11 Proposed Global Ocean Observing System Work Plan for 2018-2019 22/06/17
5.2.1.1 IOC/IODE-XXV/3 IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Twenty-fifth Session, Tokyo, Japan, 20-22 February 2019 17/05/19
5.2.1.1 IOC/IODE-XXV/3s Executive Summary of the Twenty-fifth session of the IOC Committee on International Data and Information Exchange, 20-22 February 2019, Tokyo, Japan 16/05/19
5.2.1.3 IOC Workshop Report 2nd IODE Steering Group Meeting for CMA2 (Cartagena, February 15-17,2017) 04/05/19
5.2.1.3 IOC Workshop Report XX Reunion del Grupo Directivo de IODE para el Atlas Marino del Caribe Fase 2 (Bruselas, Belgica, 16-17 Mayo, 2018) 04/05/19
5.2.1.3 IOC Workshop Report Caribbean Marine Atlas CMA2 "Indicators Workshop Report" (Santa Marta, Colombia, February 12-14, 2019) 04/05/19
5.2.1.4 IOC/IODE-XXV/4.1.1 Report on the progress of the IODE Project OceanTeacher Global Academy (OTGA) (2014-2018) 11/01/19
5.2.4 GOOS-229 GOOS Southamerican Regional Workshop (Santa Marta, Colombia, June 2018) 09/08/19
5.2.5 IOC Workshop Report No. 284 Sargassum and Oil Spills Monitoring Pilot Project for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Workshop 25/10/18
5.2.6 CIFDP Caribbean Project 2018 Final Report CIFDP Caribbean Project December 2018 04/05/19
5.3.1 ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XII/3 Rev. Twelfth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS), Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 10–12 May 2017 14/11/19
5.3.1 Final Report of the ICG/CARIBE EWS XIV session, 8-11 April 2019 24/06/19
5.4.1 DOALOS online resource First Global Integrated Marine Assessment (First World Ocean Assessment) 24/05/16
5.4.1 Work-programme 2017-2020 Work programme for the Second Cycle of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment including socioeconomic aspects 19/04/17
5.4.2 IOC/INF-1321 Global Ocean Science Report: Progress, challenges, prospects 25/10/15
5.4.2 IOC-XXIX/2 Annex 10 Rev. Global Ocean Science Report: Perspectives and Development 25/06/17
5.5 WD37_INF_GEF_IWECO IWECO Project Document 19/04/17
5.5 IOC-XXIX/2 Annex 16 Progress in the Implementation of the Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) Strategy including Marine Spatial Planning, Sustainable Blue Growth and Large Marine Ecosystems 17/06/17
5.5.2 IOC Manuals and Guides Marine Spatial Planning Guide:Step by step 26/04/17
5.5.3 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/Inf. 5 Status of the Development of a Permanent Coordination and Financing Mechanism for improving Ocean Governance in the Wider Caribbean Region 04/05/19
5.5.3 CAD_CLME+_PCM-SFP_Phase II Full Report on the Permanent Coordination Mechanism of the CLME+ Project 04/05/19
7.2 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XV/Inf. 2 Elections IOCARIBE Board of Officers 27/03/19
7.2 Functions and Responsibilities IOCARIBE Officers 10/05/19
Background Documents
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IOC/EC-LI/3 Pt.1 Part 1 (adopted): Summary Report of the 51st session of the IOC Executive Council 13/07/2018
IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XIV/3 Summary Report Fourteenth Session IOCARIBE 26/04/2019
IOC/EC-LI/3 Pt.2 Part 2: Provisional Summary Report of the 51st session of the IOC Executive Council 04/09/2018
IOC/EC-LI/3 prov. Pt.3 Part 3: Draft Summary Report of the 51st session of the IOC Executive Council 13/07/2018
IOC-XXIX/3 Twenty-ninth Session of the IOC Assembly, Paris, 21-29 June 2017 12/04/2019
3.1 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XIV/3s Executive Summary of the 14th Session of the IOC Sub-commission for the Caribbeab and Adjacent Regions, Cartagena, Colombia, 26-28 April 2017 22/08/2017
4. IOC/INF-1148 IOC Statutes 20/02/2008
4. IOC/INF-1166Rev IOC Rules of Procedure (2023) 22/05/2024
Other Documents
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IOC/SC-IOCARIBEXV/Inf. 1 Logistic Note for Participants 01/04/2019
General Travel Notes 01/04/2019
Entry Requirements Aruba 01/04/2019
IOC Circular Letter No. 2764 Invitation Letter 11/04/2019
Group photo 09/05/2019
There are 35 participants associated with Fifteenth Session of the IOC (of UNESCO) Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions IOCARIBE .

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Name Country
BRIZUELA-VENEGAS Francisco Mexico
DA CRUZ-KALED Andréa Brazil
ESCOBAR OLAYA German Augusto Colombia
FORERO Juan Colombia
GARCIA VALENCIA Carolina Colombia
GAVIO Brigitte Colombia
GEDDES Katie United States of America
KIM Kyungjin Republic of Korea
LANGLEY-STEVENS Claricia Saint Kitts and Nevis
LUMPKIN Rick United States of America
MANCERA PINEDA José Colombia
MARIN Mirna Honduras
MARTIS Albert Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
METAYER Gerard Haiti
MYERS Alyson United States of America
NUÑEZ Roberto Cuba
ODUBER Marck Aruba
ORREGO Carlos Costa Rica
PATERSON Arthur United States of America
PEÑA José Mexico
PHILIBOTTE Jason United States of America
PISSIERSSENS Peter Belgium
RIES Kathryn United States of America
ROACH Ramon Barbados
RYABININ Vladimir Switzerland
SÁNCHEZ Arnulfo Panama
SANTORO Francesca Italy
SMAIL Emily United States of America
SPALDING Mark United States of America
SPENCER Donna Jamaica
STRAUCH Wilfried Nicaragua
SUTTON Marion France
TROISI Ariel Argentina
UZTARIZ PÉREZ Carlos Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
ZAMANILLA Ramon Mexico
= Person has confirmed their participation and been approved to participate.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 35
Confirmed: 35
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Group(s): IOC, IOC Capacity Development, IOCARIBE, IODE.
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Last Updated at 22:46 on 13 Jun 2019 by Patricia Wills-Velez