international hydrographic organization annual report 2011 ... - IHO

PENDING MEMBER STATES
(Applications for admission to the IHO awaiting approval).
The following countries applied to become IHO members on the dates indicated: Haiti (March 2008),
Montenegro (July 2007) and Vietnam (March 2011-Announced December). By the end of 2011, the status
of approvals was as follows: Haïti = 44; Montenegro = 51; Vietnam = 0.
SUSPENDED MEMBER STATES.
In accordance with Article XV of the Convention and Articles 16 and 17 of the Financial Regulations all
rights and benefits continued to be suspended (since July 1983) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and the Dominican Republic.
Work Programme and Budget
(Task 1.4.2)
The IHO Work Programme and Budget for 2011 was approved by Member States in 2010. The
execution of the budget was managed by the Finance Section and reviewed at least on a monthly basis by
the Directing Committee. Progress of the Work Programme was assessed at least quarterly as part of the
regular management meetings comprising the Directing Committee and the Assistant Directors.
The 2012 IHO WP and Budget was approved in November 2011.
IHO Strategic Plan and Performance Monitoring
(Task 1.4.3)
Limited progress was made on developing a practical framework for programme performance monitoring
based on the strategic planning and reporting mechanisms proposed by the IHO Strategic Planning
Working Group (ISPWG) and agreed by the 4 th Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference in
2009. Norway offered to support this development by providing expert assistance but, unfortunately, the
assigned expert was unable to progress the task because of an unanticipated transfer to another agency in
Norway. This had the effect of delaying the progress of further study. Work recommenced after the
arrival in May of a new Assistant Director and the assignment by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service of
its Quality Manager.
The development of the IHO Work Programmes including input and review by the Chairs of HSSC and
IRCC in accordance with the process proposed by the ISPWG.
S-63 Scheme Administrator and S-63 support
(Task 1.4.4)
The IHB administers the generation, control and issuing software keys and licences for the S-63 security
scheme to ECDIS Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). It also manages and controls the
generation and issuing of “Data Server Certificates” that are required by ENC data distributors.
In 2011 the IHB issued S-63 security keys to 46 OEMs. By the end of 2011, 214 S-63 keys had been
issued. One application to generate and issue a “Data Server Certificate” was processed in 2011. The
IHB continued to host the S-63 security server that supports the scheme.
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