MACHC Capacity Building Update Presented by UKHO

MACHC CB In this short presentation I will cover the following topics:- The activities completed in 2016 The MACHC CB Plan 2013 to 2017 The endorsed activities for 2017 The proposed activities for 2018

Activities Completed in 2016 Technical visits Haiti follow up visit (to be re-arranged) Training Courses MSI Course delivered in St Lucia August 2016 MSDI Workshop for Spanish Speakers delivered in Mexico October 2016 (in conjunction with FOCHIAMECA) Tide Training Course with SWAtHC delivered in Brazil October 2016 Seminars Hydrographic Awareness Seminar

Activities Completed in 2016 (continued) MSI Training Course, August, Rodney Bay, St Lucia Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia (5), St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname Organized by UKHO in conjunction with the Saint Lucia Air Sea Ports Authority (SLASPA) Instructors from the US and UK

Activities Completed in 2016 (continued) MSDI Workshop for Spanish Speakers October, Veracruz, Mexico Brazil, Costa Rica (2), Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras (2), Nicaragua, Jamaica, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Suriname, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico (6) In conjunction with the FOCHIAMECA Project

Activities Completed in 2016 (continued) Tide training course with SWAtHC October, Niteroi, Brazil Cuba participated Led by DHN. MACHC was offered one place

Activities Completed in 2016 (Continued) Hydrographic Awareness Seminar which preceded this meeting Participating nations: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama (2) and St Vincent & Grenadines

MACHC CB Plan 2013-2017

MACHC CB Plan 2013-2017 At the last meeting of the MACHC in St John’s, Antigua I presented my five year plan to the membership There were four activities identified for 2017:- A further MSI course Technical Implementation visits to Dominican Republic and El Salvador Basic Hydrography Course A further Seminar on Raising Awareness of Hydrography

The Endorsed Activities for 2017 The CBSC endorsed three of our four activities Basic Hydrography course was not supported

MACHC CB Plan 2018-2020 The MACHC CB Plan 2018-2020 will be reviewed annually at MACHC meetings and any emerging requirements for the other training initiatives listed (reference section 2) can be discussed by MACHC members for inclusion into the next years plan, noting that submissions made to the CBSC for funding consideration are for the succeeding year

The Proposed Activities for 2018 Repeat Technical visits MBES Processing course Tides & Water Levels Workshop for Spanish speakers Support for Dawn’s Risk research project On the job training (sea riding) on an opportunity basis

Advanced Training Opportunities Japan through the Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Graduate Training Project at the UNH, USA (1 year) CAT B Cartography (15 weeks) at the UKHO See IHO CL04/16 for details of this course Republic of Korea - Masters programme in Hydrographic Surveying at the USM, USA (1 year) CAT B Cartography (15 weeks spread over 3 years) at KHOA, Busan, ROK

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Regional Training Opportunity 72nd Multibeam Sonar Training Course (MBC72) organised by HydroMetrica Ltd New Orleans 9 to 14 January 2017