SPRWG

Objectives

The IHO Council, as directed by the 3rd Session of the IHO Assembly (Decision A3/08), discussed how to conduct a review of the Strategic Plan in order to provide a draft revised Plan in time for the consideration of the 4th Session of the Assembly (A-4) in 2026. A Correspondence Group was tasked to work on the ways and means to prepare the next IHO Strategic Plan 2027-2032 (Decision C7/38). As proposed by the Correspondence Group, the IHO Council established, at its 8th Meeting (Decision C8/57), a Strategic Plan Review Working Group (SPRWG) to be officially activated from 5tht November 2024 (set out as effective starting date, or T0). 

See the Terms of Reference and Timeline for further information.

Meetings

The working group should normally work by correspondence, but if decided by the Working Group, meetings can be scheduled in conjunction with any IHO meetings. 
The Chair or any member of the Working Group, with the agreement of the simple majority of all members of the Working Group, can call extraordinary meetings. In case of meetings, all intending participants shall inform the Chair and Secretary ideally at least one month in advance of their intention to attend meetings of the Working Group.

Join the SPRWG Group on the IHO Portal (link)

As announced with IHO CL44/2024, all documents for upcoming, current and previous years meetings are made available on SPRWG section of the IHO Portal from 31st March 2025 onwards.

Past meetings resources, basic document and repository content will be transferred on the Portal in due time.

To access all SPRWG resources on our new platform, you will need:

• an account on the IHO portal
• to join the SPRWG community (see 'members' tab to apply)