6 th 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: 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 Approvals received State Applying for Membership Viet Nam (applied 2011) Brunei Darussalam (applied 2012) Georgia (applied 2013) 44 of 52 41 of 52 40 of 52 Montenegro is newest Member State - 3 December 2013

Suspended Member States

 Congo, Dominican Republic, Serbia

IHO GIS Development

 Scope: • Country Information Database ( to support Year Book, etc ) • Regional Information Database • GIS ( to support C-55, RHC’s, etc ) •      Geographical coverage and metadata for : International (INT) charts schemes ENCs Surveys Tidal records Undersea Features Names • Pilot project underway: Antarctica GIS • ENC catalogue

IHO Outreach

 World Hydrographic Day

Hydrography – more than just nautical charts

 IHO Stakeholders’ Forum

IFHS – Hydro 14, Aberdeen , UK, 28-30 October

IHO Outreach

 International Hydrographic Review

Editor to stand down

 IHO Stakeholders’ Forum

IFHS – Hydro 14, Aberdeen , UK, 28-30 October

EIHC5

    Red Book - 15 July 9 Proposals 3 Reports and Recommendations 3 Programme summaries and recommendations 2015 WP and budget

EIHC 5

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Four information sessions The place of hydrographic data in a geospatial world E-navigation - its impact on the IHO and Member States • • • • Technology Updates ECDIS Sensors and vehicles Satellite derived bathymetry Crowd sourced (passage sounding) bathymetry Capacity Building

IHO Work Programme

    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

   Consider the contents of this report Note the report Take any actions as considered appropriate