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WORK PROGRAMME 2
CAPACITY BUILDING
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ACADEMY (IMA)
3 RD IMA TECHNICAL & SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEETING
In accordance with Article 19 of the “IMO – IMA” Statutes, the IHO is part of the IMA Technical and
Scientific Committee, along with various other institutions. The main purpose of the Committee is the
promotion and coordination of the IMA teaching activities. Previous meetings of the Committee were
held in 1999 and 2002.
The Agenda of the meeting, held in Trieste (Italy), 11 July, included various subjects, amongst which:
IMA President's Report; IMA courses for the year 2004; IMA ongoing projects and recommendations
concerning the appointment of the new Director of IMA.
The participants were: Mr. David EDWARDS, Director of the Technical Cooperation Division, IMO,
Prof. Giacomo BORRUSO, IMA President, Capt. Hugo GORZIGLIA (IHB) representing the IHO, and six
other representatives from Italian institutions.
During the technical discussions, it was emphasized that it would be useful to fix the IMA courses
program for a two-year period so that people would be informed well in advance of forthcoming
courses. The Courses program for 2004 was agreed and, subject to fund availability, three Courses of
direct interest to IHO will be run: Nautical Cartography; ENC production, validation and updating
(for MEDChartNet Project) and Harbour and Coastal Hydrography.
As regards technical assistance projects, the IMA President reported on the current status of five
projects, in which IMA is currently involved: four in the Mediterranean and Black Seas area and one
in Uruguay.
Finally, the Committee considered the applications for the post of IMA Director and agreed to
recommend to the IMA Board of Directors the appointment of either of the following candidates: Rear
Admiral ANGRISANO or Commander MUNER
On 13 November 2003 Professor Iginio MARSON was elected representative President of IMA, as
foreseen by the Charter of the IMO International Maritime Academy, in replacement of Professor
Giacomo BORRUSO.
CAPACITY BUILDING COMMITTEE (IHOCBC)
Chairman:
Vice-Chairman:
Secretary:
Members :
Capt. H. GORZIGLIA (IHB)
Capt. M. BARRITT (UK)
Capt. F. BERMEJO (IHB)
Australia, Chile, France, Germany, Mozambique, Norway, Pakistan
and USA.
The first meeting of the IHO CBC was held at the IHB, Monaco, from 11 to 12 September 2003 under
the chairmanship of Capt. Hugo GORZIGLIA (IHB Director). All the Committee members were
represented at the meeting, together with 1 observer country (Republic of Korea) and two invited
personalities, Dr. David WELLS, representing the Academic sector and Mr. Gordon JOHNSTON,
representing the Industrial sector.