1. Report and Proposal from IRCC
By Parry Oei
Chair IRCC

2. Capacity Building Sub-Committee (CBSC)
CBSC to provide information on the minimum resources needed to support a sustainable level of CB activities in accordance with the strategy.
Seek guidance on the way ahead to address the resource shortage and ensure a sustainable flow of resources.
Concerns on restrictions & shortcomings of funding to meet needs of MS
C-55 Review Project Team under Norway – indicator for survey adequacy

3. Worldwide Electronic Navigation Services (WENS)
C2 tasked IRCC to investigate applicability of WEND-like principles to production and dissemination of S-101 ENCs & 1st generation of S-100 based products.
Scope of the WENS to include services that are related to navigation and MSDI.

4. Maritime Safety Information (MSI)
Difficulties in ensuring MSI infrastructure in West and Central Africa (4 MS, 18 Associate Members and 2 hydrographic services).
Urging close liaison between regional CB Coordinators and the WWNWS-SC on the programming of and candidate selection for MSI training.
MSI National Coordinators to review the contents of relevant Annexes of GMDSS Master Plan ie. Section C (MSI) of IHO Publication C-55 –to ensure consistency for their national entries
Concern with the lack of qualified trainers to conduct training programmes.

5. Number of regional meetings held to focus :
GEBCO - Project Seabed 2030
Number of regional meetings held to focus :
Data discovery
Making data publicly available
Gap assessment
Reappraisal analysis of data coverage (15 arc-sec grid) indicates that only 6% of current GEBCO grid completed.
Work continuing on making additional data available. Need to work with IHO Crowdsourced Bathymetry initiative.

6. Crowdsourced Bathymetry
Work progressing on edition 2.02 IHO Publication B-12.
Need for RHCs to engage and encourage MSs to release datasets or subsets into public domain via the IHO DCDB.
Need and importance to increase awareness & information to overcome a degree of skepticism on CSB Concept within parts of IHO Community.

7. Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI)
A joint report on MSDI Concept Development Study conducted by IHO and OGC is available at
Acknowledged the work of IHO Project Team on implementation of UN-GGIM Shared Guiding Principles for Geospatial Information within the IHO
Noted the on-going work by co-Chair of the UN-GGIM Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information (WGMGI).
Development of training material for MSDI, funded by Denmark and has been made publicly available.

8. Considered the amendments to the Resolution 2/2007.
Resolution 2/ Principles and Procedures for Making Changes to IHO Technical Standards and Specifications
Considered the amendments to the Resolution 2/2007.
Will facilitate the working groups and project teams work in developing S-100 based products, speeding up the development phase.
Will also enable IHO to maintain a high level of control on changes to standards and specifications.
Resolution 2/2007 as amended was endorsed by HSSC 11 and IRCC11.

9. Resolution 1/2005 IHO Response to Disasters
Endorsed the draft amendments to IHO Resolutions 1/2005 IHO Response to Disasters.
Related issue. Possible synergies with the IHO as MapAction :
Is humanitarian mapping charity that works through skilled GIS volunteers in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
Has skill and experience and recognized as crucial in helping the UN and other charities and agencies.
Responded to more than 90 emergencies and many more remotely.
IHO Secretariat may wish to investigate the common interests and possibility of an agreement with MapAction.
At forthcoming MACHC20 meeting in December, there will be discussion on cooperation with MapAction based on a real case, Hurricane Dorian that hit Bahamas.

10. Revision of IHO Resolution 2/1997 Establishment of RHC
Amended IHO Resolution 2/1997 has been finalized.
It clearly highlights the importance of cooperation between the IHO and the RHCs.
Recommends framework for the operation of RHCs, including Structure submission of National Reports.

11. IRCC –WP3 KEY PRIORITIES
Capacity Building Provision,
Transition from WEND to WENS concept,
Crowd-sourced Bathymetry
Project Seabed 2030
MSDI

12. Actions required by the council
The Council is invited to:
a) note the report of the IRCC;
b) endorse the amendments to the IHO Resolution 2/1997 (see Annex A, red-line and clean versions);
c) endorse the proposal for a guaranteed minimum level of IHO Capacity Building Fund share and provide guidance (see Annex B);
d) provide a progress report on WENS, in the context of the S-100 Roadmap, to the A-2;
e) endorse the amendments to the IHO Resolutions 1/2005 IHO Response to Disasters (see Annex C, red-line and clean version);

13. Actions required by the council - Cont’d
f) endorse the proposed IRCC key priorities of the IHO Work Programme for 2020 listed in Paragraph 26 of this report;
g) acknowledge the work done by the IC-ENC and PRIMAR for the ongoing support to ENC producers and user communities and the EAHC Regional ENC Coordination Centre (RECC) for its progress in establishing its operations;
h) acknowledge the significant effort from CB Coordinators to assess the needs in the region, to invite Member States to identify national and regional projects that may contribute to the CBWP and to coordinate the support for countries in need;
i) acknowledge the work done by the IBSC in the delivery of the new companion document Guidelines for the Implementation of the Standards of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors and Nautical Cartographers Ed (May 2019);
j) take any other action considered appropriate.

14. Thank you