1. Report by the IHO Secretariat
14th Meeting of the South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission
Report by the IHO Secretariat

2. Ratification of Protocol of Amendments on IHO Convention
April Assembly-1
3-yearly operational/planning cycle
Council will be established – meeting annually
Voting: based on a majority of those casting a vote
No answer means … not counted
Changes in election process for Secretary-General and Directors
UN MS eligible to join IHO without requirement for IHO MS approval process

3. Regional States not yet MS of the IHO …
UN MS eligible to join IHO without requirement for IHO MS approval
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Fed. States of Micronesia
Nauru
Palau
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

4. States eligible to join IHO, but requiring special consideration
Cook Islands
Niue
Neither are Member States of the United Nations, but, have had their "full treaty-making capacity" recognised by the United Nations Secretariat

5. Regional Hydrographic Capability
IHO assessment to APHoMSA
Maritime Administration responsibilities - SOLAS V/9
MSI – shortcomings in service delivery

6. Capacity Building See agenda item 10
What capacity building does your country need ?
Prepare your candidates well in advance

7. IHO GIS and Databases avoid duplication of data and inputs
enable data visualisation
enable data fusion and analysis
provide GIS data layers for RHCs and Member States

8. IHO GIS and data base developments
Country Information Data base
Is your data up to date in the Year Book / data base ?
“C-55” data base
Is your data up to date in the C-55 data base ?
ENC catalogue
INToGIS database
INT chart coverage

9. IHO GIS and Databases - C-55 …..

10. Publicity and Outreach
States encouraged to link hydrography to UN Post 2015 development agenda
particularly:
sustainable development goals
SDG 14 – use of the oceans
disaster risk reduction
UN Conference on SDG 14 – UNHQ June 5-9
Promote hydrography as part of wider oceans programmes

11. Publicity and Outreach – State of hydrographic knowledge
= no depth or depths >2km apart !
= a depth ~ every 500m
= a depth ~ every 200m
= a depth ~ every 40m
~ 3000 miles

12. Publicity and Outreach
World Hydrography Day 2017 Theme : Mapping our seas, oceans and waterways - more important than ever
Promoting:
Our roles and responsibilities
The fundamental importance of hydrographic data
Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry
Data mining and data discovery
Satellite Derived bathymetry
MSDI

13. Publicity and Outreach
video clips “what is hydrography ?”
available from You Tube via IHO website
in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean
Next video: “ … become a hydrographer ”

14. IHO Assembly 24 to 28 April in Monaco
On-line registration – 2-step process
Review and adoption of:
Strategic Plan, 3-year WP and budget
Committee reports on progress and plans for future
Proposals from Member States
Election of S-G and Directors
Establishment of the Council

15. IHO Council annual meetings in October
Seats allocated to a region, but a country - not a region, occupies the allocated seat(s)
no substitutes or changeovers during the inter- Assembly period
most proposals will be considered by the Council before being presented to all Member States for voting
Council will approve annual budget and work programme

16. Actions requested : SWPHC to note this report
All members to encourage regional States to join SWPHC as associate members
All non-Member States to consider joining the IHO
All States to review the IHO Secretariat hydrographic capability assessment and provide comments to the Secretariat and the Chair of SWPHC by ... ??? date
All States to review entries in IHO Publications C-55 and P-5 (Year Book) and provide updates or confirmation to IHO Secretariat by ... ??? date
SWPHC to take any other actions as considered appropriate.