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Education & Programme Recognition
The IHO places education and training in the frontline of its Capacity Building Programme.
DCDB
In 1988, the U.S. National Geophysical Data Centre (NGDC) offered to host and operate a Worldwide digital oceanic bathymetry data center on behalf of the IHO Member States. This led to the official establishment (in June 1990) of the IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry (DCDB). Data provided by the IHO Member States are available for download from the DCDB web site. It is possible to search, view or download all available data using the DCDB Web Map Server and GEODAS interfaces (please see below).
External Liaisons
Inter-Governmental Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations are recognized as observers to be invited to meetings of the Assembly and all subsidiary organs and subordinate bodies of the IHO in which they have an interest and to which they can make a contribution. The IHO maintains a substantive number of Memoranda of Understanding and Co-operative Agreements with relevant organizations active in the maritime domain.
Finance Documents and Reports
The IHO operates under a three year budget approved by the Assembly and an annual operational Budget endorsed by the Council, overseen by the Finance Committee and approved by the Member-States through correspondence. The most up-to-date list of the Finance Committee Members is linked here. The Member States are informed via Finance Circular Letters which can be downloaded from the Circular Letters section - under the top menu called "About IHO".
Become a Member State
How to join the IHO to become a member state?
IHO Strategic Plan and Work Programme
The IHO runs a 3-yearly budgetary cycle. Each budget cycle is based on forward forecast approved by the Member States at the previous Assembly. Each yearly forecast is reviewed in the preceding year and any changes approved by the Member States. The approved budget supports an annual work programme that is also approved by the Member States.
Navigational Products
Introduction The S-100 Standard is a framework document that is intended for the development of digital products and services for hydrographic, maritime and GIS communities. It comprises multiple parts that are based on the geospatial standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 211 (ISO/TC211). An S-100 based Product Specification defines a data product, and usually includes additional resources such as a machine readable Feature Catalogue and Portrayal Catalogue, a data Encoding Guide and at least one data encoding format. A guidance document S-97 for developing Product Specifications can be downloaded from the GI registry. A list of known IHO S-100 based product specifications is provided here.
2nd UN Ocean Conference Lisbon
The Stockholm Environment Institute and the IHO are organizing a side-event on seabed mapping & marine data to support multifunctional spatial planning at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon. Organized in partnership with IOC-UNESCO, Sweden, the African Union Commission, and the United Kingdom, the event will look at the role of marine data to inform the competing needs of a broad range of ocean stakeholders. Participants will discuss activities, innovations and challenges, as well as technologies and monitoring systems. It will examine how improved data could inform the organization of the marine space to ensure a more sustainable use of ecosystems.
UN Ocean Decade Conference
The IHO and the OECD are co-hosting a satellite event during the UN Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona. Entitled "The Seabed Data We Need for the Ocean We Want," this session aims to look at the importance of advancing our understanding of the ocean and fostering increased investment in related activities.
