6th Meeting of the
Inter Regional Coordination Committee
IHB Report
IRCC6-05b
Ratification of Protocol of Amendments on
IHO Convention
40 of 48 approvals received
Yet to respond:
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Algeria; Argentina; Bahrain; Belgium; Colombia;
Croatia; Ecuador; Egypt; Fiji; Guatemala; India;
Indonesia; Jamaica; Kuwait; Malaysia; Mozambique;
Myanmar; Nigeria; Oman; Philippines; Russia; Serbia;
Singapore; Suriname; Syria; Thailand; Tonga; Trinidad
& Tobago; Turkey; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates;
Uruguay; Venezuela
EIHC-5 will be Assembly-1 if 8 more approvals
received before July 2014
Approval of new Member States
Vietnam, Brunei Darrusalam, Georgia
State Applying for
Membership
Viet Nam
(applied 2011)
Brunei Darussalam
(applied 2012)
Georgia
(applied 2013)
Approvals received
44 of 52
41 of 52
40 of 52
Montenegro is newest Member State - 3 December 2013
Suspended Member States
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Congo, Dominican Republic, Serbia
IHO GIS Development
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Scope:
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Country Information Database (to support Year Book, etc)
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Regional Information Database
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GIS (to support C-55, RHC’s, etc)
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Geographical coverage and metadata for :
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International (INT) charts schemes
ENCs
Surveys
Tidal records
Undersea Features Names
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Pilot project underway: Antarctica GIS
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ENC catalogue
IHO Outreach
World Hydrographic Day
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Hydrography – more than just nautical charts
IHO Stakeholders’ Forum
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IFHS – Hydro 14, Aberdeen , UK, 28-30 October
IHO Outreach
International Hydrographic Review
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Editor to stand down
IHO Stakeholders’ Forum
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IFHS – Hydro 14, Aberdeen , UK, 28-30 October
EIHC5
Red Book - 15 July
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9 Proposals
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3 Reports and Recommendations
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3 Programme summaries and recommendations
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2015 WP and budget
EIHC 5
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Four information sessions
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2.
3.
The place of hydrographic data in a geospatial
world
E-navigation - its impact on the IHO and Member
States
Technology Updates
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4.
ECDIS
Sensors and vehicles
Satellite derived bathymetry
Crowd-sourced (passage sounding) bathymetry
Capacity Building
IHO Work Programme
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Member State Participation
Increasing dependence on voluntary industry
participation and contract support
Scheduling of meetings
Resource-based planning depends on WG
and Committee input
Action Requested
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Consider the contents of this report
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Note the report
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Take any actions as considered appropriate