THIS CIRCULAR LETTER REQUIRES YOUR INPUT
IHB File N° S3/7220
CIRCULAR LETTER 47/2015
30 June 2015
REQUEST FOR UPDATED INFORMATION FOR IHO PUBLICATION C-47 -
TRAINING COURSES IN HYDROGRAPHY AND NAUTICAL CARTOGRAPHY
Reference: IHO Publication C-47 - Training Courses in Hydrography and Nautical Cartography
Dear Hydrographer,
1. IHO Publication C-47 - Training Courses in Hydrography and Nautical Cartography falls
under the responsibility of the FIG/IHO/ICA International Board on Standards of Competence. C-47
was last updated in April 2011 (7th Edition). The IBSC considered this fact at its last meeting and
subsequently requested the IHB, through the IRCC, to seek input from the Member States for a
revised version of C-47.
2. The Directing Committee now seeks input from Member States to update C-47 using the form
at Annex A. Submissions are required for all relevant education and training programmes provided in
the country - including academic institutions, government and commercially provided courses.
3. Member States are invited to coordinate submissions and to encourage all relevant institutions
in the country to ensure that their programmes are reflected in the next edition of C-47. One form
should be submitted for each programme offered. If it is more convenient, individual training or
education providers may submit the required information directly to the IHB.
4. The input requested in the Annex is more detailed than the information currently available in
C-47. This extra information is intended to make the publication more useful and to provide inputs to
the IHO Country Information System database which is currently under development. Providing
information about the geographic location of each institution, for example, will allow the IHB to
populate the IHO Geographic Information System and thereby enable area-based searching and
analysis on the availability of various types of training by region.
5. The IHB then intends to create more user-friendly access to the C-47 information that will
allow searches directly in the database, in a similar way that IHO Publication C-55 - Status of
Surveying and Charting Worldwide is being developed. These developments, when implemented, will
be announced to Member States and stakeholders.
6. Member States are invited to provide the input using the form at Annex A, at their earliest
convenience and no later than 15 September 2015. Member States are also invited to use the same
form in the future whenever changes occur in the programmes.
On behalf of the Directing Committee
Yours sincerely,
Mustafa IPTES
Director
Annex A: Input Form for submission of information about education and training programmes
offered.
Annex A to IHO CL 47/2015
IHB File N° S3/7220
INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION
TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN HYDROGRAPHY
AND NAUTICAL CARTOGRAPHY
IHO Publication C-47
Input Form for submission of information about education and training programmes offered
This form, when completed, should be sent to
[email protected]
Please submit one form for each programme offered
1) Institution identification:
Country
Institution
Postal address (street address)
Postal code
City
State or Department
Programme Coordinator (PC) - name or
position
PC Telephone 1 (including the international
code)
PC Telephone 2 (including the international
code)
PC Fax (including the international code)
PC email address
Website address
Geographic position (latitude – xx° mm.m' N
or S)
Geographic position (longitude – xxx° mm.m'
E or W)
2) Course identification:
Name of the programme
Recognized by the IBSC (Y or N)
Duration of the programme in weeks
Language of teaching
Fees levied (Yes or No)
If Yes, indicative costs of programme
Availability of scholarship (Yes or No)
Open to foreign students (Yes or No)
Entry requirements
Address for application (if different from PC
contact address)
Any additional relevant information
If recognized, Category A or Category B? Filled by the IHO Secretariat
If recognized. what subject - Hydro or Carto? Filled by the IHO Secretariat
If recognized, what Options or Specialisms? Filled by the IHO Secretariat
If recognized, what year of recognition? Filled by the IHO Secretariat
3) Information submitted by:
Name
Position
Institution (if different from above)
Telephone 1 (if different from above¸ including
the international code)
Telephone 2 (if different from above¸ including
the international code)
Fax (if different from above¸ including the
international code)
Email (if different from above)
Address (if Street address
different from Postal code
above)
City
State or Department
4) For use by IHO Secretariat:
Database updated by:
Date of update: