Report by the IHO Secretariat 4th Meeting of the Steering Committee of the East Asia Hydrographic Commission Report by the IHO Secretariat

Revised IHO Convention April 2017 - Assembly-1 3-yearly operational/planning cycle Council will be established – meeting annually Voting: based on a majority of those casting a vote No answer means … not counted Changes in election process for Secretary-General and Directors UN MS eligible to join IHO without requirement for IHO MS approval process no waiting period

Regional States not yet MS of the IHO … Cambodia Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau Timor Leste

Action requested: Encourage all coastal States in the region to join the EAHC and the IHO

International Charting Coordination INT chart scheme - K 294 charts (and/or plans) in the scheme 240 have been published (82%) ENC coordination Limited information available Is ENC coverage coordinated through EAHC ?

International Charting Coordination Action requested: EAHC representatives to indicate their support (or otherwise) of the regional coordination of INT Chart and ENC production and, if appropriate, inform the relevant IHO bodies (WENDWG, NCWG, then IRCC and HSSC) of their concerns (if any)

International Charting Coordination IHO Inventory of national regulations on ECDIS back-up arrangements using paper charts ( requested via IHO CL 10/2008, 41/2014, 61/2015) Limited response from EAHC MS

International Charting Coordination Action requested: EAHC Members to provide the information requested in IHO CL10/2008 and 41/2014 concerning any national requirements or guidance for ECDIS back-up arrangements using paper charts

Assessment of Regional Hydrographic Capability IHO Secretariat assessment presented at APHoMSA-17 meeting in February 2016 (see Annex A) Report highlighted: Maritime Administration responsibilities - SOLAS V/9 MSI - shortcomings in service delivery Limitations and impact in charting and survey coverage Next meeting: APHoMSA-18, Langkawi, 20-24 March

Assessment of Regional Hydrographic Capability Actions Requested: EAHC representatives to review entries in Annex A related to their countries and provide feedback to the IHO Secretariat, where necessary EAHC representatives to consider representing the EAHC and the IHO at APHoMSA-18, Langkawi, 20-24 March

Regional Hydrographic Capability - MSI Based on NAVAREA Coordinators’ reports and statistics MSI performance is variable Good performance reports for: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and United States (Guam)

Regional Hydrographic Capability - MSI Following States are of concern with respect to delivery of MSI: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, DPRK, Marshall Is, Micronesia, Palau, Timor Leste, Viet Nam Action Requested: Relevant States to review Annex B (MSI training outcomes) and report to the Chair of EAHC any obstacles and challenges that are impeding the establishment of an effective MSI capacity

Capacity Building What capacity building does your country need ? Prepare your candidates well in advance

Capacity Building 2016 Technical visit to Timor Leste, led by Malaysia, 5-8 December 2016 Technical visit to Cambodia, postponed to 2017 at the request of the EAHC Chair Training for Trainers on Basic Hydrography, led by KHOA, Busan, ROK, 24 October – 4 November 2016

Capacity Building 2016 Category "B" Cartography programme at UKHO IHO (Nippon Foundation CHART Project) - Philippines and Viet Nam Category "A" Hydrography programme at USM (RoK contribution to the CB Fund) - Malaysia and Philippines Category "B" Cartography programme hosted by KHOA (RoK contribution to the CB Fund) - Viet Nam student - attended two phases (2015 and 2016). Expected to attend final phase of training in 2017

Capacity Building 2017 Technical visit to Cambodia - postponed from 2016 Training for Trainers - Basic Hydrography Hydrographic Survey for Disaster Management and Relief Use of GNSS for tide correction for survey (subject to funding becoming available) Lidar and Satellite Derived Bathymetry Workshop (subject to funding becoming available)

Capacity Building Reports Some EAHC technical visit reports outstanding 2014 2016

IHO GIS and Databases avoid duplication of data and inputs enable data visualisation enable data fusion and analysis provide GIS data layers for RHCs and Member States

C-55 - survey status <200m

IHO GIS and data base developments Country Information Data base Is your data up-to-date in the Year Book / data base ? “C-55” data base Is your data up-to-date in the C-55 data base ? INToGIS database INT chart coverage ENC catalogue

IHO GIS and Databases - C-55 ….. Action requested: Countries to review Annex C (list of last updates) and their entry in C-55 and provide the IHO Secretariat with the appropriate updates or to report no change

Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures 21st century  data discoverability, data access - no longer chart manufacture and distribution THE strategic issue for HO’s in this decade ! UN-GGIM developments: extension of national SDI’s – “the land that’s covered by water” marine geospatial information WG to be established August 2017 If HO’s don’t take action, another department will !

Data Acquisition and Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Low cost – high impact Centred on IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry (DCDB) Commercial and community-based options Discover old data, collect new data Discussions underway with IOC-JCOMM-OPS, WMO, ICS, …

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry CSB is not new Passage Sounding … is crowd-sourced data The General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO) project … is crowd-sourced data hydrographic notes … are crowd-sourced data

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Potential uses: Tsunami, storm surge and flood inundation modelling Coastal zone management Cable and pipeline route planning and optimization Water circulation studies Fish stocks and migration – fisheries management Aquaculture …..

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Could also be useful for: Chart verification / validation Chart scheming ….. And sometimes inclusion in charts

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry IHO Guidance Document Preliminary draft – March 2016 Aim: Logger in every professionally crewed ship DCDB portal being upgraded Data upload and download Data discovery Scientific and commercial sensitivity will be respected CSB data is NOT specifically intended for charting

Publicity and Outreach World Hydrography Day 2017 Theme : Mapping our seas, oceans and waterways - more important than ever Promoting: Our roles and responsibilities The fundamental importance of hydrographic data Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Data mining and data discovery Satellite Derived bathymetry MSDI

Publicity and Outreach States encouraged to link hydrography to UN 2030 sustainable development agenda particularly: sustainable development goals SDG 14 – use of the oceans disaster risk reduction UN Ocean Conference (SDG 14) - UNHQ June 5-9 Promote hydrography as part of wider oceans programmes

IHO Assembly 24 to 28 April in Monaco On-line registration: 2-step process Review and adoption of: Strategic Plan, 3-year WP and budget Committee reports on progress and plans for future Proposals from Member States Election of S-G and Directors Establishment of the Council

IHO Assembly Election of S-G and Directors Secret ballot Round 1 – MS elect the Secretary-General (from all eligible candidates) Round 2 – MS Elect a Director (from remaining eligible candidates) Round 3 – MS Elect another Director (from remaining eligible candidates)

IHO Assembly The elected Secretary-General allocates the roles and responsibilities of the Directors The Secretary-General is solely responsible for the Secretariat and its decisions

Election of S-G and Directors – first round voting EAHC: ~ 18% of all votes allocated 2017 - SG Brazil Chile France Germany Italy South Africa Turkey (7 candidates) [Bangladesh] [Mexico]

IHO Council annual meetings in October 20 Council seats allocated to the regions, but a country - not a region, occupies the allocated seat(s) no substitutes or changeovers during the inter- Assembly period Council will approve annual budget and work programme most proposals will be considered by the Council before being presented to all Member States for voting

Working Group raises a proposal Directing Committee raises a proposal Secretariat seeks MS approval HSSC / IRCC endorses the proposal Secretary-General raises a proposal Working Group raises a proposal HSSC / IRCC endorses the proposal Secretariat seeks MS approval Council endorses the proposal

Selection of IHO Member States to occupy the seats on the Council allocated to the EAHC 2 Seats allocated to EAHC Countries eligible to occupy seats allocated to EAHC: Brunei Darussalam China DPRK Indonesia Japan RoK Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam xxxx indicates States also qualified by tonnage

  Table of tonnages confirmed RHC seat 1 CHINA EAHC 2 SINGAPORE 3 MALTA 4 UNITED KINGDOM 5 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 6 GREECE 7 U.S.A. 8 CYPRUS 9 JAPAN 10 NORWAY

Actions requested : EAHC to EAHC representatives to encourage all non-Member coastal States in the region to join the EAHC and the IHO (paragraph 3) EAHC representatives to indicate their support (or otherwise) of the regional coordination of INT Chart and ENC production and, if appropriate, inform the relevant IHO bodies (WENDWG, NCWG, then IRCC and HSSC) of their concerns (if any) (paragraphs 7 to 8)

Actions requested : EAHC to EAHC Members to provide the information requested in IHO CL10/2008 and 41/2014 concerning any national requirements or guidance for ECDIS back-up arrangements using paper charts (paragraphs 12 to 14) EAHC representatives to review the entries in Annex A related to their countries and provide feedback to the IHO Secretariat, where necessary (paragraph 15)

Actions requested : EAHC to EAHC representatives to consider representing the EAHC and the IHO at APHoMSA-18 (paragraph 16) EAHC Representatives are requested to review the status of MSI presented at Annex B and to report to the Chair of EAHC any obstacles and challenges that are impeding the establishment of an effective MSI capacity (paragraphs 17 to 20)

Actions requested : EAHC to EAHC Representatives are invited to review Annex C and their entry in C-55 and to provide the IHO Secretariat with the appropriate updates or to report no change (paragraphs 26 to 30) Take any other actions as considered appropriate