12th SESSION of CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON HYDROMETEOROLOGY of the CASPIAN SEA (CASPCOM)

Baku, Azerbaijan Republic, 17 – 18 December 2007

The PRELIMINARY AGENDA and WORKING TIMETABLE
of the12-th SESSION of CASPCOM

                       
17 December 2007

9.00-9.30        Registration of participants of 12th Sessions CASPCOM

9.30-10.40     1.  Opening 12th session CASPCOM

             1.1.     The Opening address of the Chairman of CASPCOM, The Director of the Azhydromet  Mr. S. Shiraliyev 

             1.2. Greetings:
- The representative of the Government of Azerbaijan Republic

- The representative of the World Meteorological Organization

- Representatives of the economic organizations working on Caspian Sea

1.3.     The Adopting of the Agenda

             1.4      Forming of editorial group for preparation of recommendations of Session

10.40-11.00               The Break

Session 1                    11.00-13.00

             2.         The Report of Chairman CASPCOM of Mr. S. Shiraliyev, Director of Azhydromet on activity CASPCOM on realization of recommendations of 11-th Session CASPCOM

             3.         National activity under the decision of priority problems in the field of hydrometeorology and monitoring of pollution of Caspian Sea (reports of heads of delegations)

1. Azhydromet, the Azerbaijan Republic

             3.2.     The Meteorological Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran

             3.3.     Republican State Enterprise " KAZHYDROMET",  Republic of  Kazakhstan.

             3.4.     Federal Service on Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, the Russian Federation.

             3.5.     Turkmenhydromet, Republic of Turkmenistan.

             3.6.     Discussion on items 2 and 3  of the Agenda

13.00-15.00 The Break for a lunch

Session 2  15.00-18.00     

            4. Questions of development of the international cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and monitoring of environment in region of Caspian Sea

             4.1  About the Action Plan CASPCOM on 2007-2009 and the report of Coordinator CASPAS on activity in 2006 - 2007 (S.Monahov, The Coordinator of CASPAS)

             4.2.  About participation of representatives CASPCOM in the first Conference of the Parties of the Frame Convention on Protection of the Caspian sea environment and about possibilities of basic directions cooperation between agencies of the named convention and CASPCOM

16.30-17.00               The Break

17.00-18.00  4.3.     About cooperation NMS/NMHS of the Caspian states with the Caspian Ecological Program, about the international projects in the field of monitoring Caspian Sea (the representative of Russian Federal Service on Hydrometereology and Environmental Monitoring, S.Monahov, Coordinator CASPAS, the Representative of Coordination Bureau CEP)


18 December 2007

Session 3        9.00-13.00

9.00-11.00    5.  The Draft Agreement on cooperation of the Caspian states in the field of hydrometeorology of Caspian Sea

5.1  The Statement of the Draft Agreement in the Caspian states (the information of heads of delegations)

 11.00-11.15                          The Break

11.15-14.00  6.         About activity of working bodies CASPCOM

6.1      About the regional system of communications and system of Meteorological Radars

6.2      About the poster report of CASPCOM at Madrid Conference and editorial group CASPCOM

6.3      About  the model of the printed handbook on hydrometeorological  conditions of Caspian Sea

6.4      About the general catalogue of  the Caspian sea level

1. About the project «Caspian Sea Observation  and Forecasting System» (The representative of the WMO).

                       
7.         The Statement of recommendations 12-th sessions CASPCOM (Chairman of editorial group)

             8.         The Statement of the time and place of 13th session CASPCOM

             9.         Official closing 12th session CASPCOM