1. MBSHC19 IHB Report

2. Ratification of Protocol of Amendments on IHO Convention 42 of 48 approvals officially received Yet to respond:  Algeria ; Argentina; Bahrain; Belgium; Colombia; Croatia ; Ecuador; Egypt ; Fiji; Guatemala; India; Indonesia; Jamaica; Kuwait; Malaysia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nigeria; Oman; Philippines; Serbia; Singapore; Suriname; Syria ; Thailand; Tonga; Trinidad & Tobago; Turkey ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates; Uruguay; Venezuela * Next IHC will be Assembly-1 if 6 more approvals received before January 2017

3. New Member States Georgia (83 rd ) Georgia (83 rd ) Viet Nam (84 th ) Viet Nam (84 th ) Brunei Darussalam (85 th ) Brunei Darussalam (85 th )

4.  Awaiting accession Bulgaria (1992) Bulgaria (1992) Haiti (2012) Haiti (2012) Mauritania (1991) Mauritania (1991) Sierra Leone (2010) Sierra Leone (2010)

5. New Applications for IHO membership (in the course of notification) (in the course of notification) Malta Malta Vanuatu Vanuatu Solomon Islands Solomon Islands

6. Suspended Member States  Congo (Democratic Republic of),  Dominican Republic,  Serbia   82 Member States having the right to vote  Majority: simple = 42  2/3 = 55 (abstention = NO)

7. Regional Applications for membership of IHO (non-IHO Member States of the MBSHC region) Lebanon Lebanon Israel Israel Libya Libya Albania Albania

8. Diplomatic Engagement   The Directing Committee, in cooperation with the Department of External Relations of the Government of Monaco, stands ready to assist, through diplomatic or other channels, for membership of the IHO of non- member States in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region.

9. Diplomatic Engagement   The Directing Committee, in consultation with individual Member State representatives, also briefs relevant diplomatic missions in order to raise the profile of the respective national hydrographic service and the importance of hydrography.

10. INT coordinator for Region F   France, as INT coordinator for Region F, has continued to provide regular updates to S-11 Region F.   Member States of the MBSHC are encouraged to continue to provide updates to S-11, through France as coordinator for INT Region F.

11. 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

12. Crowd Sourced Bathymetry   EIHC5 through Decision 8 directed the IRCC to establish a working group to provide guidelines on the collection and use of crowd-sourced bathymetry. This CSBWG has already been established at the IRCC-7 at the beginning of June in Mexico.

13. Crowd Sourced Bathymetry   The web-based interface portal to the IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry, hosted by the USA in Boulder, Colorado, as part of its commitment to the system of World Data Centres, is being upgraded to be compatible with the crowd-sourced bathymetry concept. The upgrade is expected to be completed by mid- year.   This will enable an IHO-led CSB infrastructure to be established and promoted in the IMO and across the wider maritime community.

14. IHO Outreach World Hydrographic Day-2015: “Our seas and waterways - yet to be fully charted and explored” The IHB has provided supporting material for WHD- 2015 on the IHO website (CL 28/2015 dated 23 March refers). Member States are invited to forward as soon as possible to the IHB any material that is created in support of national WHD-2015 celebrations for posting on the IHO website. This will enable the widest possible dissemination of publicity and support material.

15. IHO Outreach IHO Stakeholders’ Forum  HSSC-7, Busan, ROK, 12 November International Hydrographic Review   Editor: Mr Ian Halls (Australia)

16. EIHC-5  ~ 300 participants from 65 Member States, 2 pending Member States, 10 non Member States, 20 Observers  Industry Exhibition and Capacity Building Exhibition  The proceedings are posted on the IHO website  7 Proposal and 3 Report were examined  18 Decisions

17. 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

18. Capacity Building   Funded by:   IHO budget   Nippon Foundation of Japan and the Republic of Korea   In-kind support from Member States and from industry   11 technical visits and 31 different training activities were planned last year with a rate off execution of over 80%.

19. Action Requested   Note this report;   Report in-country progress on voting the Protocol of Amendments to the IHO Convention, including any difficulties being encountered or IHB assistance required;   Continue to provide updates to S-11, through France as coordinator for INT Region F;   Provide updates to C-55 as appropriate; and   Take any other actions as considered appropriate.    

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