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

2. Revised IHO Convention
April 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

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

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

5. 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 ?

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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, March

10. 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, March

11. 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)

12. 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

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

14. Capacity Building 2016
Technical visit to Timor Leste, led by Malaysia, 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

15. 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 ). Expected to attend final phase of training in 2017

16. 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)

17. Capacity Building Reports
Some EAHC technical visit reports outstanding
2014
2016

18. 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

19. C-55 - survey status <200m

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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
If HO’s don’t take action, another department will !

23. 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, …

24. 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

25. 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
…..

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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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)

32. 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

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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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)

39. 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)

40. 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)

41. 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