international hydrographic organization 2003 - IHO

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WORK PROGRAMME 1
COOPERATION AMONG MEMBER STATES AND
WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
REGIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC COMMISSIONS
NORDIC HYDROGRAPHIC COMMISSION (NHC)
Chairperson:
Mr. Jukka VARONEN (Finland)
Vice-Chairperson:
Members:
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
Associated Members:
Observers:
Last Meeting: Norrköping, 6-7/5/03
Next meeting : Helsinki, 2-4/3/04
The 47 th Meeting of the Nordic Hydrographic Commission (NHC) was held in Norrköping, Sweden,
on 6 and 7 May 2003. A joint Meeting with the North Sea Hydrographic Commission ( NSHC ) was
held on 7 May in order to discuss the work and progress of the SPWG and to decide on issues which
were to be discussed in Lima, Peru. There were 14 participants from the five Nordic countries and five
more from the NSHC for the common Meeting. VAdm A. MARATOS represented the IHO/IHB,
briefing the participants on the GEBCO Centenary Celebrations, the coming Meeting of the Capacity
Building Committee, the developments in updating the S-55 Publication and the co-operation with
IMO and IALA.
The main items of discussion during the
Meeting were the outstanding/ongoing actions,
the National Reports, the charting and
hydrographic developments in the area, reports
from working groups and seminars (multibeam
seminar, paper chart production group) and
general trends and policy.
Mr. Jukka VARONEN from Finland was elected
as the new Chairman of the NHC. The next
Meeting will be held in Helsinki on 2 and 3 (or
3 and 4) March 2004.
The Meeting on 7 May, devoted to discussions about the developments of the SPWG and the issues
that were to be discussed in Lima, Peru, was chaired by the Chairman of the SPWG, Frode KLEPSVIK,
assisted by the other members of the Chair Group, Dr. Wyn WILLIAMS and VAdm A. MARATOS.
NORTH SEA HYDROGRAPHIC COMMISSION (NSHC)
Chairperson:
Vice-Chairperson:
Members:
Observers:
Last meeting: Norrköping, Sweden, 7/5/03.
Next Meeting:
September 2004 in UK.
Mr. Göran NORDSTRÖM (Sweden)
Dr. Wyn Williams (UK)
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway,
Sweden, UK.