1. Draft Regional Strategy on Safety of Navigation in the Pacific
14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference 30 November – 02 December Noumea
Draft Regional Strategy on Safety of Navigation in the Pacific
Francesca Pradelli – Policy and Legal Officer
SPC - EDD Transport Programme

2. Contents I. PURPOSE II. BACKGROUND, PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND NEEDS
III. VISION
IV. IMPLEMENTATION
1. Safety of navigation governance
2. Navigation and meteorological services and warnings
3. Hydrographic services
4. Aids to navigation and vessel traffic services
5. Search and Rescue services
6. Timeframe
7. Partners
V. OBJECTIVES, RESULTS & INDICATORS
VI. MONITORING & EVALUATION
ANNEX I – PERFORMANCE MONITORING PLAN
ANNEX II – REGIONAL FRAMEWORK – PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED
ANNEX III – THEORY OF CHANGE

3. Purpose
support Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs) and guide development partners through an integrated and coordinated approach to improve the safety of navigation in the Pacific
provide a regional a platform to coordinate, monitoring, communication and reporting on all safety of navigation related initiatives to PICTs and development partners
establish and sustain regional coordination mechanisms and strategic partnerships to achieve economies of scale and promote complementary actions amongst development partners active in the sector

4. Background UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)
IMO Sustainable Maritime Transportation System (SMTS)
Pacific Forum Leaders’ Framework for Action on Transport Services (FATS)

5. VISION
a safe environment for navigation and the conduct of all activities within the waters under the responsibility of the PICTs, thereby supporting sustainable economic development and the protection of the ocean and the marine environment
Safer navigation is ensured through the effective implementation of policies and legislation in accordance with the relevant international instruments, the existence of a functional and compliant safety of navigation infrastructure, improved capacity to operate provide appropriate safety of navigation systems, and updated maritime safety information services that provide timely information to enable effective decision making

6. IMPLEMENTATION areas of safety of navigation
i) Safety of Navigation governance
ii) Navigation and meteorological services and warnings
iii) Hydrographic services
iv) Aids to Navigation and vessels traffic services
v) Search and Rescue services
Coordination function at the regional level which includes aggregating information and capturing progress through monitoring is attributed to the Pacific Community (SPC)

7. i) Safety of navigation governance
Background:
i) lack of political will, frequent staff turnover, limited resources and expertise, inadequate legal frameworks
Possible actions:
i) a specific high-level objective in the National Maritime Transport Policy;
ii) the development and enactment of a legislative and regulatory framework taking into account the international instruments;
iii) the drafting of quality management systems and procedures in maritime Administrations;
iv) the implementation of training plans with the support of intergovernmental, international and regional development partners

8. Navigation and meteorological services and warnings
Background
i) Regulations 4 and 5 - chapter V of the SOLAS Convention
ii) inadequate commitment to the resourcing and reporting of MSI
iii) lack of appropriate radio broadcast facilities
iv) dysfunctional contact with international NAVAREA/METAREA coordinators
Possible actions:
i) to conduct technical assessments to identify associated gaps in capability and services, from which appropriate plans can be developed in partner with other safety of navigation components; ii) the provision of technical support to PICTs in to establishing an MSI coordinator,

9. Hydrographic services
Background:
i) Regulation 9 - chapter V of the SOLAS Convention
ii) nautical charts based on outdated and extremely sparse data high cost of the specialised hydrographic surveys required to update them
Possible actions:
i) IHO capacity building activities - Phase of the IHO CB Maturity Model
ii) other regional CB programmes
iii) developing mitigation measures based on appropriate risk assessment methodology iv) establishment of National Hydrographic Coordination Committees (NHCC)

10. Aids to navigation and vessel traffic services
Background:
i) Regulation 12 and 13 - chapter V of the SOLAS Convention
ii) Natural events, high cost of maintainance, lack of qualified personnel, etc.
Possible actions:
i) identify AtoN and VTS needs using risk assessment tools and based on the volume of traffic and probability and consequence of marine casualties
ii) identify and offer places to potential AtoN managers and technicians from PICTs to training organised by IALA and/or by an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) under the terms of IALA Guideline 1100

11. Search and Rescue services
Background:
i) Regulation 7 - chapter V of the SOLAS Convention
ii) vast size of the Pacific ocean, significant ship and pleasure craft activities, cruise vessels and commercial aircraft transiting the associated air space
iii) 8 countries responsible for Search & Rescue Region (SRR) in the Pacific region
Possible actions:
i) enact and implement national SAR legislation;
ii) establish a National SAR Coordinating Committee (SCC) and a RCC;
iii) develop and implement a National SAR plan; and
iv) train SAR coordinators and responders. The improvement of regional SAR coordination requires the support of operations of the PACSAR SC and the delivery of regional capacity-building activities and meetings to improve harmonization of SAR services and facilitate SAR operations.

12. Timeframe and Targeted Countries
Period of 5 years from 2017 to 2021 and will be updated annually with ongoing initiatives and targeted countries
An evaluation will be conducted at the end of the period to review and renew the strategy for the next 5 years
The targeted countries are all PICTs members of SPC

13. Development partners
As the specialised agencies setting the standards for safety of navigation, IMO, IHO and IALA are the main partners supporting the implementation of the Strategy in the Pacific region
Other agencies / strategic partners
(i.e. New Zealand, Australia, WMO, JCOMM,
IMSO + PCAs, NAVAREA/METAREA coordinators)

14. Results Performance measure Goal:
To ensure navigation in the waters under the jurisdiction of PICTs is safe for any person or vessel at sea, the environment is protected and the international and domestic vessel traffic is facilitated to support the sustainable development of PICTs.
Specific Objective:
To support PICTs to improve the provision of their Safety of Navigation (SoN) services in accordance with their international obligations.
Indicator:
Number of PICTs providing adequate SoN services in accordance with international requirements, guidelines and recommendations.
Timeframe:
5 years –
Results
Performance measure
Result 1:
PICT provide effective services that fulfil their Safety of Navigation obligations
Evidence of PICTs with functional and well maintained SoN infrastructure
Evidence of PICTs with effective SoN services being provided
Evidence of effective capacity building through SoN related initiatives
Result 2:
PICT Safety of Navigation projects and initiatives are designed in line with the Strategy addressing its 5 components
Number of regional and/or country projects and initiatives addressing the 5 components of the Strategy
Result 3:
Coordination among PICTs and development partners for the implementation of Safety of Navigation projects and initiatives is improved
Evidence of information sharing and coordinated projects being planned to address country needs in line with the Strategy
Number of regional coordination meetings held
Result 4:
Greater visibility and awareness of PICTs’ status in achieving their Safety of Navigation obligations
Number of updated reports on PICT performance and progress against the 5 components as noted in the Strategy

15. Q&A? Merci pour l’attention
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