1. THE IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE IHO-IRCC 10 Goa, India
10th MEETING OF
THE IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE
IHO-IRCC 10
Goa, India
4-6 June 2018
ROPME Sea Area Hydrographic Commission (RSAHC)
Report

2. 10th MEETING OF THE IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE
IHO-IRCC 10
Goa, India 4-6 June 2018
ROPME Sea Area Hydrographic Commission (RSAHC)
The ROPME Sea Area Hydrographic Commission (RSAHC) was established in 2000 in Tehran, Iran during a meeting attended by delegates from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, UAE, and IR Iran as Member States, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Canada, Yemen, MENAS, and IHO representatives as observers. This commission was established in order to promote safety navigation through technical and training cooperation, mutual studies and research on hydrography and cartography, preparing, publishing and updating navigational charts at the regional level.

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Goa, India 4-6 June 2018
Organization:
Chair: Captain Muhammad Khalid Pakistan  
Vice-Chair: Mr. Ali Reza Khojatesh IR of Iran
Full Members: Bahrain, IR of Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Associate members: France, Iraq, United Kingdom, and United States of America. 
Observers:
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME),
Middle East Navigation Service (MENAS), International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA), Arabian Maritime and Navigation Aids Services LLC (AMNAS)

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Last Meeting: 7th meeting Muscat, Oman Feb 17
Next meeting: 8th meeting will take place in February 2019 in PAKISTAN
(subject to government approval).
Current RSAHC Working Groups:
RSA INT Chart Coordination working Group (RSAICCWG), Coordinator IR of Iran, Last meeting was held at Muscat, Oman during 7th RSAHC meeting on 21 February 2017

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Capacity Building
Up to the 7th meeting
UK shouldered the coordination of RSAHC Capacity-Building (CB) activity through the CB Coordinator and has developed a new 3-year CB Plan for
Since 7th meeting
The Regional CB Coordinator stood down at the end of 7th meeting of RSAHC, however, none of the member states has accepted to replace him yet.

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INT Charts Released by RSAHC Member States (Updated June 2017)
During the RSAHC7, Member States were reminded to:
- review their C-55 and IHO Yearbook (P-5) entries annually;
- to submit information in non-meeting years;
- promote login for the INToGIS services, required to manage the national information contained in the database;
- obtain their ID and passwords, and to start revising their schemes using the INT GIS Service to allow the Regional Coordinator to approve the amendments and generate an updated version of the regional scheme; and
- timely vote on related matters as circulated through IHO Circular Letters.
Country
Scheme
Released
Bahrain 16 5
Saudi Arabia -
IR of Iran 61 41
Sultanate of Oman 36
Kuwait 9
UAE
Pakistan 12
UKHO
102 64
Qatar

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ENCs Released by RSAHC Member States
RSAHC released 195 ENCs, as follows:
Country
Released
Producer
Bahrain 8 BH
Saudi Arabia 7 GB
IR of Iran 41 IR
Sultanate of Oman 3
Kuwait
UAE 5
Pakistan PK
UKHO
105
Qatar 16

8. 10th MEETING OF THE IHO INTER-REGIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE
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Goa, India 4-6 June 2018
Recommendations
Considering the significant differences of measures taken by regional hydrographic commissions, and in order to promote such measures in line with IHO goals, especially in regard with CB and data gathering and managing, and to achieve a uniform and effective system in this respect, it is proposed that a WG be established under the supervision and management of IRCC, so that the technical and even diplomatic shortcoming existing in different regions can be identified, explained and resolved through appropriate solutions for MS and the mentioned objective can be realized successfully throughout the word.
This can be conducted through establishing audition teams over the performance of the regional commissions.

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Recommendations
- The INT Chart web catalog (S11-Part B) needs to become more user-friendly, in order to facilitate access to different pages and modules for the users;
- As the latest version of the web catalog was released in 2017, it is necessary that Member States provide their information to the Regional Coordinator, so that catalog can be updated for the region. However, only Pakistan and Oman have provided their information so far, and it is required that other countries establish a higher level of cooperation with the coordinator about information sharing, etc.
Considering the communication and coordination problems existing within this region, and the appointment of the CB Coordinator in the very near future, it is requested that the IRCC kindly assist and cooperate with the RSAHC in regard with implementing the 3-year CB plan .

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Action Required of IRCC9:
The IRCC is invited to consider this report and take action as appropriate.