EC_PORS

Agenda item	Doc No.	Title	Submitted by	Deadline
1	ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION		DOWNLOAD ALL PRESENTATIONS
1.1	Welcome and Opening of the session
1.2	Introductions: New members of the Panel
1.3	Adoption of the Agenda
1.3	1.3.1	Provisional Agenda/Work Plan	Secretariat	Done
1.4	Working Arrangements
	INF.1	Information for participants and Local Arrangements	CMA	Done
	INF.2	List of Participants	Secretariat	Done
	INF.3	Member Profiles	Secretariat	Done
2	EC-PORS OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (Co-Chairs)
2.1	Review Terms of Reference and Priority Areas		Secretariat	In-session
2.1	INF.23	EC-PORS Terms of Reference	Secretariat	Done
3	REVIEW OF EC-PORS ACTIVITY SINCE EC-PORS-III (Angle, Ondráš)
3.1	General overview (Activities and Actions)		Secretariat/ Canada/ Australia	Done
3.2	Observations (Incl. Arctic HyCOS		Snorrason/ Key/Colwell	In-session
	3.2.1	Antarctic Observing Network (AntON)	Colwell	Done
	3.2.2	Review of ATCM Recommendations on Operational Matters	Pendlebury	Done
	INF.6	Attachments to Doc. 3.2.2
	INF.27	Progress at ATCM
	3.2.3	WIGOS Status of Implementation	Secretariat	Done
	3.2.3 Add 1	The WMO Information System (WIS) Communications	Secretariat	Done
	3.2.4	Satellite Observing System Task Team Report	Drinkwater	Done
	INF.28	Arctic Policy	Drinkwater	Done
	3.2.5	Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)	Larsen	Done
	INF19	Attachment to Doc. 3.2.5	Larsen	Done
	INF.26	Satcom Forum	Stander	Done
	INF.8	WMO Intercomparison of Instruments and Methods for the Measurement of Precipitation and Snow on the Ground	SPICE Team	Done
	INF.16	Arctic-HYCOS	CLW/ Secretariat	Done
	3.2.6	Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW)	Key	Done
	INF.21	GCW Implementation Plan (.pdf)	Secretariat	Done
	3.2.7	The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO)	IAATO	Done
	3.2.8	Polar Permafrost Networks	Lantuit	Done
	3.2.9	Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW)	RES-ARE/ Secretariat	Done
3.3	Research		Lemke	28 Feb
	3.3.1	WWRP Polar Prediction Project	WWRP/ Secretariat	Done
	INF.5	WWRP PPP Implementation Plan (.pdf)	WWRP/ Secretariat	Done
	3.3.2	The International Polar Initiative (IPI)	Ryabinin	Done
	INF.4	The IPI draft concept	Hik/Winther	Done
	INF.10	International Year of Ice and Snow	WWRP/ Secretariat	Done
3.4	Services		Damski	In-session
	3.4.1	Services Task Team (STT) Report	Damski/ Devaris	Done
	INF.24	Services White Paper	Task Team	Done
	INF.13	Emerging Cryospheric Services	Damski/ Luojus/ Pulliainen	Done
	INF.14	Polar RCC and PCOF	CLW/ Secretariat	Done
4	PERSPECTIVES OF PARTNERS
4	INF.7	IASC / IASC Progress (Annex)	Rachold	Done
	INF.9	IABP/IPAB	JCOMM	Done
	INF.11	IICWG	Falkingham	Done
	INF.12	GCOS	Secretariat	Done
	INF.15	SCAR	TBC	Done
	INF.17	AECO	Jørgensen	Done
	INF.18	AMAP	Reiersen	Done
	INF.22	GEO Cold Region	GEO Secretariat	Done
	INF.25	IAATO (See also Doc. 3.2.7)	IAATO	Done
	INF.xx	ATCM (See Doc. 3.2.2)	Pendlebury	Done
	INF.xx	IPA (See Doc. 3.2.8)	Lantuit	Done
	INF.xx	GAW (See Doc. 3.2.9)	RES-ARE/ Secretariat	Done
	INF.xx	APECS	TBC	28 Feb
	INF.xx	UNESCO-IOC	TBC	28 Feb
5	BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
5	INF.xx	Observations	-	In-session
	INF.xx	Services	-	In-session
	INF.xx	Research	-	In-session
6	REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
6.1	Observations		-	In-session
6.2	Research		-	In-session
6.3	Services		-	In-session
7	THIRD POLE PERSPECTIVE THEME (Co-chairs)
8	THE BROADER CONTEXT OF POLAR ACTIVITIES (Co-chairs)
8.1	Strategic and Operational Plans: Interface with Regional Associations and Technical Commissions		-	In-session
	8.1.1	CBS (ICT-DPFS) See also Docs. 3.2.3 and 3.2.3 add 1	WDS/ Secretariat	Done
	8.1.2	CIMO (See INF. 8 on SPICE)	SPICE Team	Done
	8.1.3	CHy (See INF. 16 on Arctic-HYCOS)	CLW/ Secretariat	Done
	8.1.4	CAS (See Doc. 3.3.1 and INF. 5)	WWRP/ Secretariat	Done
	8.1.5	CAeM (No new information)	-	n/a
	8.1.6	CAgM	CLW/ Secretariat	Done
	8.1.7	CCl (See also INF. 14)	President, CCl	Done
	8.1.8	JCOMM	Co-president, JCOMM	Done
	INF.20	Attachment to Doc. 8.1.8	Co-president, JCOMM	Done
9	REVIEW OF STRUCTURE OF EC-PORS
9.1	Update Terms of Reference		Secretariat	15 Mar
9.2	Defining the Structure of EC-PORS		TBC/ Secretariat	15 Mar
9.3	Funding of Panel sub-groups and activities		Co-Chairs	15 Mar
9.4	Panel membership, Task Team leads and Co-chairs		Co-Chairs	15 Mar
9.5	Working mechanisms		TBC	15 Mar
9.6	Intersessional arrangements		TBC	15 Mar
10	FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME
10.1	Continuing engagement of Partner organizations		TBC	15 Mar
10.2	Summary of Proposed tasks, actions and responsibilities		TBC	15 Mar
10.3	Engaging Funding Agencies		-	In-session
12	FUTURE MEETINGS OF EC-PORS AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES
13	CLOSURE OF MEETING