Plenary talk II: Planning, design, & implementation of Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System

The objective of this paper is to share the experience in establishing the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System, a successful collaborative effort by Indian Ocean member states under UNESCO /Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (Paris). The paper is presented to highlight key learning achievements and good practices. It also focuses on policies which had to adopted, on capacity development which had to be undertaken both with respect to technology and institutional development and also on the measures which had to be taken to promote institutional coordination, exchange of data and information and vital links of dialogue both on a routine basis and when a hazard is active across a region.