The contribution of international scientific cooperation and related institutions to effective governance for the oceans: the cases of regional tsunami early warning systems and the Argo Project - Ocean Sustainability in the 21st Century - page 285

ICG / Major changes Changes in key

concepts and
principles

Changes in the group
of leading actors

Expansions in the
functional scope

ICG/CARIBE-EWS 2012: Establishment of

the Caribbean Tsunami
Information Center
hosted by Barbados

2012: Recommended
extension of the area of
responsibility to the
whole western Atlantic.
The recommendation
was not accepted by the
45th session of the IOC
Executive Council
(IOC, 2012 )

ICG/NEAMTWS 2011: Abandonment of

the concept of 'regional
tsunami watch centre
with defined area of
responsibility' in favour
of the concept of
'tsunami service
provider' on the
example of the IOTWS

2007: Leading actors
emerging are France,
Greece, Italy, Portugal,
and Turkey, with the
offer to establish
'regional tsunami watch
centres'
2011 on: Increased
collaboration with the
European Commission,
which supports a
project for the
establishment of the
Tsunami Information
Centre for the
North-Eastern Atlantic
and the Mediterranean
(NEAMTIC)
2012: France, Greece,
and Turkey start the
operational phase as
national tsunami
warning centres,

Between 2009 and
2011: Attempt to
enlarge the scope of the
ICG to multi-hazard
approach to coastal
inundation. Limited
follow-up