IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE IRCC-6 Agenda item 10 Input from HSSC-5 IHB

General  HSSC-5  Shanghai, China  5 to 8 November 2013  Participation: – 62 representatives – 25 Member States, Primar Regional ENC Coordinating Centre (RENC), IHB, and six international organizations accredited as observers.  Minutes and documents on IHO website  Next meeting:10 to 14 November, Valparaiso, Chile

Consideration of the outcome of IRCC-5  Satellite Derived Bathymetry Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry – HSSC noted that this could have an impact on S-44 in the future

Issues referred to IRCC  ENC updates: – HSSC expressed concern that differences between paper chart and ENC updates, as well as inconsistencies between ENCs from different producers, reflect badly on the IHO – HSSC requests IRCC to encourage the resolution of these issues by Regional Hydrographic Commissions via the WEND WG

Issues referred to IRCC  Performance Indicators: – HSSC requests that the WEND Working Group be tasked to assess if the ENC usage indicator based on the number of ENCs distributed annually under license by Primar and IC- ENC (equivalent annual licenses) is appropriate, and to propose alternatives if not.

Issues referred to IRCC  Stakeholders events: – IRCC is invited to consider the updated list of potential stakeholders’ events planned in 2014 that would justify the involvement of representatives from IHO Member States and/or from the IHB, taking into account the available resources (see Annex to IRCC6-10A)

Other issues of interest for IRCC  Promotion of MSDI development – See separate report of the MSDIWG  Development of a product specification for navigational warnings based on S-100 (IHO S-124) – WWNWS-SC invited to liaise with TSMAD

Proposals  IRCC is invited to: – Note the report – Encourage RHCs to resolve inconsistencies between paper charts and ENCs and between ENCs from different producers via the WEND WG – Task the WEND WG to assess how representative is the ENC usage indicator based solely on the inputs from Primar and IC- ENC, and to propose alternatives if appropriate – Consider opportunities to interact with stakeholders in 2014 and encourage participation in the relevant events – Take any other actions as it considers appropriate