1. IRCC-10 Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE
IRCC-10 Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
MBSHC report to IRCC11
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

2. Introduction
Chair: Rear Admiral Luigi SINAPI (IT) since July 2017; Vice-chair :host representative, for the duration of the Conference, only (statutes, article 6).
Members: Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.
Associate Members: Israel, Palestinian Authority, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Observers: Albania, Germany, Lebanon, CIESM, IOC, IC-ENC, PRIMAR.
Working Groups: F-ICCWG (FR), Black and Azov Seas WG (TR).
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

3. Analysis/Discussion - Status of IRCC actions
Action (Agenda item)
Status 03
to submit draft IHO Resolution 2/1997 as amended (Annex C) to the RHC Members for comments and report back to IRCC (6.2)
Done
See MBSHC CL 08/2018
NOTE: All the action items from IRCC10 has been completed
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

4. Analysis/Discussion – Agenda Items
Cooperation with international organizations: IMO - IALA - CIESM (Mediterranean Science Commission) – IOC (Tsunami warning system)
Cooperation with European Union (EU): MBSHC Member States are active in the IHO-EU network working group (IENWG). Greece is the MBSHC focal point for the IENWG and has provided an updated list of maritime related events, projects and tenders of interest for the MBSHC, as requested. Several MBSHC Member States took part in European Commission’s flagship maritime projects EMODNET and are active in the revision of EU Directive on Re-use of public sector information.
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

5. Analysis/Discussion – Agenda Items
Maritime Spatial Data Infrastructure : Italy, acting as MBSHC Chair and ambassador of MBSHC at the MSDIWG, sent a questionnaire to MSs to assess the relative level of advancement of various MBSHC countries in the development of their own MSDI
Hydrographic survey status: summarized through a regional GIS portal hosted by Spain
Status of ENCs in Region F: concerned MSs were invited to liaise bilaterally to solve ENC overlapping.
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

6. Analysis/Discussion – Agenda Items
MBSHC CB Activities since IRCC-10 (TR is Capacity Building Coordinator):
“Port & Shallow Water Survey Course” (Sept 2018): 6 participants
MSI Training (Sept 2018): 8 participants
Technical Visit to Georgia (Oct 2018)
Technical Visit to Lebanon (May 2019)
Planned CB Activities for 2019:
Law of the Sea Workshop (2019): 10 Participants planned
ENC Validation Workshop (2019): 11 Participants planned
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

7. Analysis/Discussion – Difficulties and challenges
• Coordination of the INT chart schemes and ENC coverage
• A significant amount of overlaps still exist at different Usage Band (1, 2 and 3)
• Discrepancies between new ENCs and existing INT charts
• IHO Resolution 1/2018, for the elimination of overlapping ENC data in areas of demonstrable risk to the safety of navigation is under implementation in the Region
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

8. Achievements and lessons learned Conclusions
New MBSHC members are beneficial: Bulgaria has just joined MBSHC, Albania and Lebanon are potential new members;
MBSHC is developing liaison with States bordering the Caspian Sea: participation in BASWG;
Bilateral discussion is a prerequisite for the solution of ENC overlapping issues;
It would be beneficial to establish a common set of criteria on which an individual recognition scheme should be based on (MBSHC CL 1/ /01/2018);
The ambassador of MBSHC at the MSDIWG is seeking information from MBSHC MS about their MSDI implementation at a national level (MBSHC CL 4/ /05/2018);
The MBSHC Region has been represented at the MGIWG (UNGGIM).
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair

9. Action requested of IRCC
The IRCC is invited to:
Note the report
IRCC-11, Genova, Italy (3-5 June 2019)
Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi – MBSHC Chair