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NIPWG

NAUTICAL INFORMATION PROVISION WORKING GROUP

NCWG

NAUTICAL CARTOGRAPHY WORKING GROUP

North Sea HC

Arctic Region HC

IRCC

The Inter-Regional Coordination Committee (Programme 3 of the IHO Work Programme) supervises the IHO Capactiy Development Strategy, promotes the wider use and collection of marine data and is responsible for the policy matters related to the Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Database (WEND), unless otherwise instructed by the Council. The IRCC coordinates and promotes cooperation with other international and regional organizations in areas of mutual interest, including but not limited to the operation of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, the development and maintenance of standards of competence for hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers, mapping the seafloor and governing undersea feature names.

Oceanic Data Sharing and the Law of the Sea to be addressed in ABLOS Seminar

The upcoming ABLOS Seminar will bring together international experts to explore the role of ocean data and data sharing in supporting the implementation and development of the Law of the Sea.

Global seabed mapping reaches new milestone as five million square kilometres added in a year

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project announced that 28.7% of the world’s ocean floor has now been mapped, with almost five million square kilometres of data added over the past year.

JWG-MGI

UN-GGIM – IHO Joint Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information (JWG-MGI)

Funded Opportunities for Training & Sea Survey Experience

As part of its ongoing commitment to strengthening hydrographic capacity worldwide, the IHO is pleased to share that several fully-funded opportunities for training and hands-on survey experience are currently open for applications, including a call to participate in a trans-Atlantic hydrographic survey.