JCOMM-5/Doc. 1, DRAFT 21, p. 1
World Meteorological Organization &Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO)
JOINT WMO/IOC TECHNICAL COMMISSION FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE METEOROLOGY
Fifth Session
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 25 to 29 October 2017 / JCOMM-5/Doc.1
Submitted by:
WMO and IOC Secretariats
22.IX.2017
DRAFT 2
AGENDA ITEM 1:ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
SUMMARY
DECISIONS/ACTIONS REQUIRED:
(a)Adopt the draft general summary of the work of the session;
(b)Adopt draft Decision 1/1 — Organization of the session.
CONTENT OF DOCUMENT:
The Table of Contents is available only electronically as a Document Map[1].
GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION
1.The co-presidents of JCOMM, Mr Johan Stander and Professor Nadia Pinardi, opened the fifth session of JCOMM on Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 9.30 a.m. in the Patra Bali Hotel, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. [Summary of the comments by the co-presidents, representative of the Secretary-General, local dignitaries………]
2.The agenda is provided in Annex 1.
3.The session adopted [xx] Resolutions (given in Annex 2), [xx] Decisions (given in Annex 3) and [xx] Recommendations (given in Annex 4).
4.The list of participants is given in Annex 5.
5.The Committee Commission decided that its sixth session would be held in 202120XX.
6.The fifth session of JCOMM closed at [xx:xx] p.m. on 29 October 2017.
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Annexes: 5
DRAFT DECISION
Draft Decision 1/1 (JCOMM-5)
ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
THE COMMISSION,THE JOINT WMO/IOC TECHNICAL COMMISSION FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE METEOROLOGY,
Having considered the provisional agenda proposed by the co-presidents of JCOMM on the recommendation of the JCOMM Management Committee,
Approves the provisional agenda;
Approves the report of the representative of the Secretary-General on credentials in accordance with WMO General Regulations 21 to 24;
Adopts the establishment of committees for the duration of the session as:
(1)Coordination Committee:
Chairperson:co-president
Members:vice-president, chairperson of plenaries, Secretary-General’s representative, Secretariat staff, representative of local organizing committee;
(2)Credentials Committee:[xxx, Country]
Chairperson:[xxx, Country]
Members:[xxx, Country]
(3)Nomination Committee:
Chairperson:[xxx, Country]
Members:[xxx, Country]
Agrees to the programme of work of the session:
(1)Working hours of the meetings: 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.;
(2)Arrangement and allocation of agenda items for the session;
Decides to suspend General Regulation 110 for the whole duration of the session to permit rapid processing of documents in accordance with General Regulation 3;
Decides that in conformance with General Regulation 112 summarized minutes are not required for the session;
Adopts for the duration of the session the practice to correct by editorial action, and not by debate in session, documents whose contents are determined solely by administrative procedures.
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ANNEX 1 to the general summary of the work of the session
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
- ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
1.1.Opening of the session
1.2.Consideration of the report on credentials
1.3.Adoption of the agenda
1.4.Establishment of committees
1.5.Other organizational matters
- REPORT BY THE CO-PRESIDENTS AND REVIEW OF JCOMM-4
2.1.Co-Presidents’ report
2.2.Review of previous resolutions and recommendations of the Commission
2.3.Internal and external review of JCOMM
- REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF WMO AND IOC RELATED TO THE COMMISSION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PROGRAMMES AND BODIES
3.1.WMO
3.1(1)Review of key decisions from WMO governing bodies influencing JCOMM
3.1(2)Relationships with other WMO activities
3.1(2)3.1(3)WMO Strategic Plan 2020-2023
3.2.IOC
3.2(1)Review of key decisions from IOC governing bodies influencing JCOMM
3.2(2)Relationships with IOC programmes
3.2(3)Future of the IOC
(a)Review of key decisions from IOC governing bodies influencing JCOMM
Relationships with IOC programmes
Future of the IOC
3.3.Relationships to other Bodies
- SCIENTIFIC AND OPERATIONAL CONTEXT AND REQUIREMENTS OF JCOMM
4.1.Climate research and services
4.1(1)Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) implementation plan
4.1(2)World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
4.1(3)Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
4.2.Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), early warning and operational services
4.2(1) JCOMM andMarine Weather Services and Disaster Risk Reduction, including the Sendai Frameworkk for DRR
4.2.4.2(2)Additional observation requirements from WMO Rolling Review of Requirements (RRR)
Marine Weather Services and Disaster Risk Reduction, including the Sendai Framework for DRR
(a)Operational oceanography
(b)Additional observation requirements from WMO Rolling Review of Requirements (RRR)
4.4.4.3.Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (especially SDG 14)a: improved technology transfer and capacity development)
- MARINE METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICES AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS
5.1.Services Forecasting System Programme Area (SFSPA) vision, corresponding governance model and workplan in the next intersessional (including implementation of metocean services, future priorities and emerging activities for the SFSPA)
5.2.Implementation of the metocean services; including implementation goals and targets
5.3.Support for Disaster Risk Reduction particularly in coastal zones
5.3(1)Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project (CIFDP)
5.3.5.3(2)Global Multi-hazard Alert System (GMAS)
- DATA MANAGEMENT, EXCHANGE, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
6.1.JCOMM Data Management strategy, implementation plan and workplan in the next intersessional
6.2.Data Management practices, standard setting and documentation
6.3.Marine Climatology and Marine Climate Data System
- INTEGRATED OBSERVING SYSTEMS
7.1.Observations Coordination Group (OCG) vision, corresponding governance model and workplan in the next intersessional
7.2.Implementation of the metocean observing system
7.3.Observing best practices and standards
- CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES
8.1.Capacity development and technology transfer
8.2.Integrating Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Services within the WMO and IOC Information Systems(MOWIS)
8.3.Satellites
8.3(1)Satellite Data Requirements
8.3.8.3(2)Satellite Data Telecommunication
8.4.Weather, Climate and Fisheries
- REVIEW OF TECHNICAL REGULATIONS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION, INCLUDING GUIDES AND OTHER TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
9.1.WMO Manual 558 (on Marine Meteorological Services) (WMO-No. 558)
9.2.WMO Guide 471 ( to Marine Meteorological Services) (WMO-No. 471)
9.3.Polar Safety Technical Regulations
9.4.Guide to Operational Ocean Forecasting Systems Guide
9.5.Other WMO and IOC Regulatory and Guidance Material
9.5(1)Contribution of JCOMM to WIGOS Regulatory and Guidance material
9.5(2)WMO Manual 485 (on the Global Data -Processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS: Volume I – Global Aspects )(WMO-No. 485)
9.5(3)Contribution of JCOMM to IOC Manual and Guide series
- MARINE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE (TECO)
10.1.Recommendations from the Marine Technical Conference (TECO)
- GENDER AND JCOMM
11.1.JCOMM activities and Gender
11.2.Recommendations from Women in Marine Leadership Workshop
- JCOMM PROGRAMME AND PLANNING
12.1.Updated JCOMM strategy and vision
12.2.Establishment of groups and expert teams
12.3.Workplan and resources
12.4.Date and place of the sixth session
- ELECTION OF OFFICERS
- CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
- ANY OTHER BUSINESS AND CLOSURE OF THE SESSION
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Annex 2 to the General Summary of the work of the session
LIST OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY JCOMM-5
Annex 3 to the general summary of the work of the session
LIST OF DECISIONS ADOPTED BY JCOMM-5
Annex 4 to the general summary of the work of the session
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY JCOMM-5
Annex 5 to the general summary of the work of the session
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SESSION REPORT
PROVISIONAL ANNOTATED AGENDA
1.ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
1.1Opening of the session
The fifth session of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) will be held in the Patra Hotel, Bali, Indonesia, from 25 to 29 October 2017. The opening ceremony will take place at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 25 October 2017. Information on material arrangements for the session is provided in JCOMM-5/INF.1. The opening ceremony on 25 October 2017 will be initiated by the Indonesian Government, followed by welcome addresses from the co-presidentJCOMM, WMO and IOC, and then a keynote presentation on the history of JCOMM. The Scientific and Technical workshop Conference will take place on 23 and 24 October 2017. The Women in Marine Leadership Workshop will take place on 21 and 22 October 2017. Plenary sessions of the Commission, with full language interpretation, will start on Wednesday 25 October 2017 and are expected to finish by 12.30p.m. on Sunday 29 October 20127.
Participants will be reminded that according to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between WMO and IOC regarding Regulatory and Procedural Aspects of the Conduct of JCOMM Sessions, the WMO General Regulations (WMO-No. 15) apply.
1.2 Consideration of the report on credentials
A list of the representatives attending the session will be made available, as soon as possible after the opening of the session, pursuant to General Regulations 21 to 24. This list will be based on the credentials received by the Secretary-General WMO and/or the Executive Secretary IOC before the session and those handed to the representative of the Secretary-General’s(WMO)or that of the Executive Secretary's(IOC)representative at the session.
1.3 Adoption of the agenda
In accordance with General Regulations173 193and 176, the provisional agenda will be submitted for approval by the Commission as soon as possible after the opening of the session and may be amended at any time during the course of the session.
Additional items for the agenda may be forwarded by Members/Member States to the Secretariat before the session, but preferably not later than thirty days before the opening of the session. Working documents on additional items proposed by Members/Member States should be provided as early as possible, but preferably not later than sixty days before the opening of the session.
Participants will be invited to consider and adopt this provisional agenda, which in accordance with Regulation 190 191 includes items that are normally included in a provisional agenda, as well as any items submitted by the President of WMO, the Chairperson of IOC, the Executive Councils of WMO and IOC, other commissions, associations, committees, the United Nations and Members/Member States. Additional items for the agenda may be forwarded to the Secretariats before the session, but preferably not later than 30 days before the opening of the session, as per Regulation 189190. Explanatory memoranda and working papers should accompany such proposals. The agenda may be amended at any time in the course of the session in accordance with Regulation 192193.
1.4Establishment of committees
In accordance with Regulations 23 to 32, the session may wish to establish a Credentials Committee, a Nomination Committee, a Drafting Committee, a Coordination Committee and other committees, as it deems necessary. The Commission will decide when dealing with
item 1.4 whether or not a Credentials Committee should be established. At previous sessions of the Joint Technical Commission this was considered unnecessary. To ensure proper coordination of the activities of the session, the Commission may set up a Coordination Committee, according to Regulations 25 and29.
The technical work of the session will be carried out in Plenary, chaired by the co-presidents. The Commission may wish to appoint additional experts to support the co-presidents as chairs for specific technical agenda items.
1.5Other organizational matters
The Commission will agree upon:
(a)Working hours of the meetings: 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.;
(b)Tentative programme of work for the session.
The Commission may wish to examine details not dealt with under items 1.2 to 1.4 above, such as the working hours of the meeting. The Commission may wish to consider an approach to the consideration of the primary technical agenda items (items 4 to 10), whereby general activities under these items are reviewed in “information sessions”, with proposed specific actions, decisions and recommendations of the Commission being addressed in separate committees or plenary sessions as proposed under agenda item 1.4.
All the documents required for the JCOMM-5 session will be made available on the web at To reduce the carbon footprint of the session, a hard copy of the documents will be mailed to participants only on request. Participants are encouraged to work with electronic documents.
2.REPORT BY THE CO-PRESIDENTS’ AND REVIEW OF JCOMM-4
2.1Co-Presidents’ report
This report will provide an overview of activities and achievements of the Commission since its fourth session, with emphasis on the work of the Management Committee and an introduction to the overall strategy and vision for JCOMM in the future. The report will recall that JCOMM exists to assist national meteorological and oceanographic agencies to deliver on their governmental requirements to provide observations, data and services to users, and helps coordinate the work of IOC and WMO at the international level.
The Commission will be invited to have a general discussion on this report, and refer any points requiring detailed study or subsequent action by the Commission.
2.2Review of previous resolutions and recommendations of the Commission
The Commission will review the progress of work during the intersessional period, related to the resolutions and recommendations from the previous session, JCOMM-4 in 2012.
2.3Internal and external review of JCOMM
The previous session requested an internal and external review of JCOMM during the intersessional period, and the Commission will be invited to comment on a report on the outcomes of an internal survey and an external stakeholder survey.
3.REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF WMO AND IOC RELATED TO THE COMMISSION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PROGRAMMES AND BODIES
The Commission will be informed of decisions of the Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-17, 2015) and the Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Sessions of the IOC Assembly (IOC-28, 2015; IOC-29, 2017), and WMO and IOC Executive Councils held since JCOMM-4, that are relevant to its work, and will be invited to agree on follow-up actions, as required. Close coordination and collaboration with other WMO and IOC programmes and bodies is also required for the implementation of the JCOMM work programme. The Commission will review the activities of WMO and IOC programmes and bodies relevant to JCOMM. The Commission will be invited to advise on the role, contributions and specific actions which JCOMM might take to enhance inter-programme coordination. Furthermore, discussions will address JCOMM involvement with other programmes outside of WMO and IOC.
3.1WMO
3.1(a11)Review of key decisions from WMO governing bodies influencing JCOMM
The Commission will review key WMO decisions, including the most recent WMO Strategic Goals and its reform of constituent bodies including Technical Commissions (in a report provided by the WMO Secretary General’s representative); the results of the Ad Hoc Working Group Assessment of Marine Services; and Quality Management Framework.
3.1(b22)Relationships with other WMO activities
The Commission will consider its relationship with other WMO activities, including other technical commissions, the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), WMO Information System (WIS), Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW), Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW), Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Climate, Hydrology, Agriculture, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and WMO regional associations.
In particular, the Commission will consider an invitation by the WMO Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) to decide on establishing a formal relationship with GCW focusing on collaboration on the sea ice activities and on the Arctic and Antarctic buoy programmes. The goals will be to establish a joint Expert Team on Sea Ice, and closer collaboration with International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) and the International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB), regarding observations and observing standards, including satellite products validation, and the derivation of products.
3.1 (c3) WMO Strategic Plan 2020 – 2023
An outline of the proposed WMO Strategic Plan and the intended reform of constituent bodies including Ttechnical Ccommissions, requested by the WMO Congress, will be provided by the WMO Secretary- General’s representative.
3.2IOC
3.2(a11)Review of key decisions from IOC governing bodies influencing JCOMM
The Commission will review the IOC Medium Term Strategy and UNESCO 39/C5 Programme and Budget, as well as the decision by IOC-29 to endorse an International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, to be established for the period 2021–2030.
3.2(b22)Relationships with IOC programmes
The Commission will consider its contribution to and relationship with other IOC programmes, including GOOS and its GOOS Regional Alliances, the Integrated Ocean Data and Information Exchange (IODE), IOC Sub-Commissions and Committees, tsunami programme, and policy-oriented programmes.
3.2 (c3) Future of IOC
The Executive Secretary of the IOC will present the work of the ‘Future of the IOC’ discussions, currently underway ??? and way forward.
3.3Relationships to other Bodies
Other matters of interest to the Commission, which involve cooperation between WMO and IOC, other organizations and bodies with major marine interests and other UN systems (for example,the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)); other UN system agencies (includingthe International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and UN Oceans); non-UN system organizations and programmes (such as Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)); commerce and industry, will be discussed under this agenda item. The Commission will be invited to advise on additional issues and organizations where coordination and cooperation would be of benefit to the work of JCOMM.
4.SCIENTIFIC AND OPERATIONAL CONTEXT AND REQUIREMENTS OF JCOMM
4.1Climate research and services
4.1(a11)Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) implementation plan (inclusive of WCRP and GOOS)
The Commission will review requirements for sustained observations for climate monitoring, research, projections, and forecasts, which have been established for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Implementation Plan 2016 (GCOS-200). This statement of requirements draws on the work of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and an ongoing dialogue with the IPCC and the Parties to the UNFCCC. The Commission will evaluate how it meets those requirements and can address identified actions and gaps.
4.1(b22)World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)