2nd IHO CAPACITY BUILDING SEMINAR

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2nd IHO CAPACITY BUILDING SEMINAR NATIONAL
HYDROGRAPHIC COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN MACHC Acapulco,
Mexico, 02 04 October 2006.
Unit 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE SEMINAR
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CONTENT

• I.- OBJECTIVE OF THE SEMINAR
• II.- GENERAL CONCEPTS OF HYDROGRAPHY
• III.- OTHER AREAS OF APPLICATION OF HYDROGRAPHY
  
• IV.- THE INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO RELATED TO
• HYDROGRAPHY
• V.- OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
• VI.- IMO MISSION OBJECTIVES STRUCTURE
• VII.- SAFETY OF NAVIGATION PROTECTION OF THE
  MARINE ENVIRONMENT
• VIII.- SOLAS V / REGULATION 9 STATES GENERAL
  RESPONSIBILITIES

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OBJECTIVE OF THE SEMINAR

• BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• THE OBJECTIVE
• to raise awareness at governmental level
• of the importance of hydrography to safety
• of navigation and national economic
• development, and to explore initiatives of
• common regional interest.

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DEFINITION OF HYDROGRAPHY

• is that branch of applied sciences which
  deals with the measurement and description of the
  features of the seas and coastal areas for the
  primary purpose of navigation and all other
  marine purposes and activities, including inter
  alia- offshore activities, research, protection
  of the environment, and prediction services.

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THE FLEET
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THE MERCHANT MARINE
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OTHER AREAS OF APPLICATIONOFHYDROGRAPHY
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THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SCENARIO
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1985, UNCLOS

• Establishment of baselines, normal or straight
  baselines.
• - Measurement of the extention of Territorial
  Sea, C.Zone and EEZ
• - Definition of the Continental Shelf external
  limits / extention beyond 200 nautical miles
• - Identifying tracks, trafic separation
  schemes, sea lanes and inocent passage routes
• - Deploying submarine cables and ducts, and
  drilling operations

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1998 UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION A/53/32

• Art 21 Invites States to cooperate in carrying
  out hydrographic surveys and in providing
• nautical services for the purpose of ensuring
• safe navigation as well as to ensure the
  greatest
• uniformity in charts and nautical publications
• and to coordinate their activities so that
• hydrographic and nautical information is made
• available on a worldwide scale

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2002 SOLAS V, REGULATION 9  Hydrographic
Services 

• Contracting Governments undertake to
• arrange for the collection and compilation
• of hydrographic data and the publication,
• dissemination and keeping up to date of
• all nautical information necessary for safe
• navigation.

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2002 SOLAS V

• While a developing Coastal State may rely upon
  another State for the partial or total provision
  of services, they should be under the management
  of a properly constituted and resourced maritime
  safety authority.

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2003 UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION A/RES/58/240

• o welcome the work of the IHO and its regional
  commissions, encourage States to become IHO
  members, support the IHO trust fund and examine
  the possibility of partnership with the private
  sector
• o invite IHO and IMO to continue their
  coordinated efforts and adopt joint measures
  with respect to enhancing transitioning to ENCs,
  and to increase coverage of hydrographic
  information and
• o encourage intensified efforts to build capacity
  for developing countries to improve hydrographic
  services and production of nautical charts.

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2003 IMO RESOLUTION 1.958(23)

• In addition to Regulation 9,
• (a) promote the use of (ECDIS) together with the
  use and further production of official (ENCs)
• (b) co-operate, in the collection and
  dissemination of hydrographic data with other
  Governments having little or no hydrographic
  capability  
• (c) promote support for Governments which may
  request technical assistance in hydrographic
  matters, in consultation with, and with the
  assistance of, the Organization and the
  International Hydrographic Organization
• (d) establish hydrographic offices where they do
  not exist, in consultation with IHO

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2004 UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 59/24

• Recognizing that hydrographic surveys and
  nautical charting are critical to the safety of
  navigation and life at sea, environmental
  protection, including vulnerable marine
  ecosystems and the economics of the global
  shipping industry
• Encourages intensified efforts to build capacity
  for developing countries, in particular for the
  least developed countries and small island
  developing States, as well as coastal African
  States, to improve hydrographic services and the
  production of nautical charts,

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2005 IMO MSC CIRCULAR 1179

• Refers to deficiencies in hydrographic surveying
  and nautical charting worldwide and their impact
  on safety of navigation and protection of the
  marine environment.
• Reminds Member Governments on their obligations
  under the Provisions of regulation V/9 and urge
  them to take actions to remedy the situation.
• Member Governments are invited to bring the
  attached annex to the attention of their national
  authorities responsible for Hydrography, Nautical
  Cartography and Safety of Navigation, as well as
  of other appropriate parties.

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2005 IMO MSC CIRCULAR 1179

• A Responsibilities of Coastal States
• B Status of hydrographic surveying and
• nautical charting world-wide
• C Action Required
• IHO can provide Capacity Building support to
  assist any State to establish or enhance its
  hydrographic services

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2005 UN RESOLUTION 60/30
Encourages intensified efforts to build
capacity for developing countries, in particular
for the least developed countries and small
islands developing States, as well as coastal
African States, to improve hydrographic services
and the production of nautical charts, including
electronic charts, as well as the mobilization of
resources and building capacity with the support
from international financial institutions and the
donor community.
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RATIONALITY
All what has been detailed in this section
constitutes the rationality under which the IHO
is making a great effort in Capacity Building,
especially oriented to the MACHC
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IHO EFFORTS

• RHCs (MACHC)
• IHOCBC
• CB Strategy
• CB Management Plan Work Program
• CB Fund
• National Co-ordination Committees

We believe we are in the right track, but that is
not all. We need the strong involvement of
countries in this endeavour. This Seminar has
been thought as a facilitator of this process.
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OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
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IHO MISSION

• to facilitate the provision of adequate and
  timely hydrographic information for world-wide
  marine navigation and other purposes, through
  the co-ordination of the endeavours of national
  hydrographic offices

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IHO OBJECTIVES

• The co-ordination of the activities of national
  hydrographic offices
• The greatest possible uniformity in nautical
  charts and documents
• The adoption of reliable and efficient methods of
  carrying out and exploiting hydrographic
  surveys
• The development of the sciences in the field of
  hydrography and the techniques employed in
  descriptive oceanography.

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IHO STRUCTURE

• CONVENTION AND REGULATIONS
• INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC CONFERENCE
• INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU
• REGIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC COMMISSIONS
• COMMITTEES, COMISSIONS WORKING GROUPS

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IALA

• The purpose of IALA is to ensure that
  seafarers are provided with effective and
  harmonised marine Aids to Navigation services
  worldwide to assist in safe navigation of
  shipping and protection of the environment.

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IOC

• The purpose of the Commission is to promote
  international cooperation and to coordinate
  programmes in research, services and
  capacity-building, in order to learn more about
  the nature and resources of the ocean and coastal
  areas and to apply that knowledge for the
  improvement of management, sustainable
  development, the protection of the marine
  environment, and the decision-making processes of
  its Member States.

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SAR

• International Convention on Maritime Search
  and Rescue, 1979
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• The 1979 Convention, adopted at a Conference
  in Hamburg, was aimed at developing an
  international SAR plan, so that, no matter where
  an accident occurs, the rescue of persons in
  distress at sea will be co-ordinated by a SAR
  organization and, when necessary, by co-operation
  between neighbouring SAR organizations.

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MARPOL

• The MARPOL Convention is the main
  international convention covering prevention of
  pollution of the marine environment by ships from
  operational or accidental causes.

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INMARSAT

• INMARSAT came into being as an IGO in 1979 to
  provide global safety and other communications
  for the maritime community. in 1999 it became the
  first IGO to be transformed into a private
  company.
• INMARSAT form the mainstay of the Global
  Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS),

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IMO

• The International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  is the United Nations' specialized agency
  responsible for improving maritime safety and
  preventing pollution from ships. IMOs objectives
  can be summarised by the phrase
• SAFER SHIPPING AND CLEANER OCEANS.

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PRESENTACION IMO

• INCLUIR PRESENTACION DEL SR. ROACH

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FINAL WORDS
We strongly invite you to take advantage of this
opportunity and we expect an active
participation from your side.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION