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CONTENTS<br />

Page<br />

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... v<br />

WORK PROGRAMME 1<br />

COOPERATION AMONG MEMBER STATES AND WITH INTERNATIONAL<br />

ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 1<br />

Regional Hydrographic Commissions ................................................................................................ 1<br />

Nordic Hydrographic Commission (NHC) ................................................................................... 1<br />

North Sea Hydrographic Commission (NSHC) ........................................................................... 1<br />

East Asia Hydrographic Commission (EAHC) ............................................................................ 2<br />

US/Canada Hydrographic Commission (USCHC) ....................................................................... 3<br />

Mediterranean and Black Seas Hydrographic Commission (MBSHC) ........................................ 3<br />

Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission (BSHC) ........................................................................... 5<br />

Eastern Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (EatHC) ................................................................. 5<br />

South East Pacific Hydrographic Commission (SEPHC) ............................................................ 6<br />

South West pacific Hydrographic Commission (SWPHC) .......................................................... 7<br />

Meso-American – Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission (MACHC) .................................. 8<br />

Southern Africa and Islands Hydrographic Commission (SAIHC) .............................................. 9<br />

ROPME Sea Area Hydrographic Commission (RSAHC) ........................................................... 10<br />

<strong>IHO</strong> Hydrographic Committee on Antarctica (HCA) ................................................................. 10<br />

North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission (NIOHC) ......................................................... 12<br />

International Organizations ............................................................................................................... 13<br />

International Maritime Organization (IMO) ................................................................................ 13<br />

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) ............................................................... 15<br />

Hydrographic Committee of the Panamerican Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) .... 15<br />

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties (ATCP) ............................................................................ 16<br />

United Nations (UN) ................................................................................................................... 17<br />

International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) ............................................................................... 18<br />

Co-operation Agreement with the International Cartographic Association (ICA) ...................... 18<br />

WORK PROGRAMME 2<br />

CAPACITY BUILDING ..................................................................................................................... 21<br />

International Maritime Academy (IMA) ..................................................................................... 21<br />

Capacity Building Committee (<strong>IHO</strong>CBC) .................................................................................. 21<br />

Joint Capacity Building Initiative involving <strong>IHO</strong> ....................................................................... 23<br />

Re-integration of suspended Member States ............................................................................... 27<br />

Related Publications .................................................................................................................... 27<br />

WORK PROGRAMME 3<br />

TECHNIQUES AND STANDARDS SUPPORT .............................................................................. 29<br />

Cartography and Hydrographic Information Services ................................................................... 29<br />

<strong>IHO</strong> Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Data Base Committee (WEND) ....................... 29<br />

<strong>IHO</strong> Committee on Hydrographic Requirements for Information Systems (CHRIS) ................. 29<br />

- CHRIS Transfer Standard Maintenance and<br />

Application Development Working Group (TSMAD) ................................................. 30<br />

- CHRIS Colours and Symbols Maintenance Working Group (C&SMWG) .................... 30<br />

- CHRIS Data Quality Working Group (DQWG) ............................................................. 31<br />

- CHRIS Standardization of Nautical Publications Working Group (SNPWG) ................ 31<br />

- CHRIS <strong>IHO</strong> Data Protection Scheme Working Group (DPSWG) .................................. 31<br />

- CHRIS Chart Standardization and Paper Charts Working Group (CSPCWG) ............... 32

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