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 State Applying for Membership Approvals received Viet Nam (applied 2011) 44 of 52 Brunei Darussalam (applied 2012) 41 of 52 Georgia (applied 2013) 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 ) Country Information Database ( to support Year Book, etc ) Regional Information Database Regional Information Database GIS ( to support C-55, RHC’s, etc ) GIS ( to support C-55, RHC’s, etc ) Geographical coverage and metadata for : Geographical coverage and metadata for :  International (INT) charts schemes  ENCs  Surveys  Tidal records  Undersea Features Names Pilot project underway: Antarctica GIS Pilot project underway: Antarctica GIS ENC catalogue ENC catalogue

IHO Outreach World Hydrographic Day  Hydrography – more than just nautical charts IHO Stakeholders’ Forum  IFHS – Hydro 14, Aberdeen, UK, October

IHO Outreach International Hydrographic Review  Editor to stand down IHO Stakeholders’ Forum  IFHS – Hydro 14, Aberdeen, UK, October

EIHC5 Red Book - 15 July  9 Proposals  3 Reports and Recommendations  3 Programme summaries and recommendations  2015 WP and budget

EIHC 5  Four information sessions 1. The place of hydrographic data in a geospatial world 2. E-navigation - its impact on the IHO and Member States 3. Technology Updates ECDIS ECDIS Sensors and vehicles Sensors and vehicles Satellite derived bathymetry Satellite derived bathymetry Crowd- sourced (passage sounding) bathymetry Crowd- sourced (passage sounding) bathymetry 4. 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