Summary

At its 30th Session in September 2023, the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) decided to maintain with revised terms of reference three of its subsidiary bodies: Pacific Island Countries and Territories Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation (WG-PICT); and its Task Team on Capacity Development (TTCD), Task Team on Seismic Data Sharing in the Southwest Pacific (TTSDSWP); Task Team Information Data Sharing.

The WG-PICT and three Task Teams are holding in-person meetings on 26^th February – 27^th February 2025 at Lava Conference Room in Apia, Samoa and will report to the 31^st Session of the ICG/PTWS on 7-11 April 2025 in Beijing, China. These series of meetings is a component of the Regional Geohazard Workshop that includes the closed meeting on the Oceania Regional Seismic Network (ORSNET) on Monday 25^th February, 2025 and the Melanesia Volcano Network on 26^th February, 2025 and the Regional Geohazards Strategy Planning Workshop on 28^th February, 2025.