Document22nd Conference of the Mediterranean and Black Seas Hydrographic Commission Video-conferenc

In his introduction, Director Luigi Sinapi gave an outline of the most important topics to be addressed during the Conference, one of them being the implementation by the Commission of the decisions and actions resulting from the 2nd Session of the Assembly (A-2) and from the 4th meeting of the Council (C-4). [...] In the absence of any candidate and designation for the position of Vice-Chair at the beginning of the Conference2, Spain kindly offered to keep the chairmanship of the Commission until an in-person MBSHC-23 is hopefully held before May 2022. [...] Continuing on corporate matters, the Chair suggested that two ad hoc working groups be established, one to revise the MBSHC Statutes, as a matter of priority to implement A-2 and C-4 decisions including the new IHO Resolution 2/1997 as amended, the second to consider the possible evolution of the responsibilities for the Region F ICCWG Coordinator with the development of S-100 services and its con. [...] At the end of the Conference, with Italy stepping down from two positions, Lebanon kindly offered to assume the role of Crowdsourced Bathymetry/Seabed 2030 Ambassador, while the position as Region F ICCWG Coordinator remained vacant, the first time since the establishment of this Commission. [...] After the review of actions at the end of the Conference and the identification of key items to be reported to IRCC-13 meeting in June, the Commission welcomed the offer made by Slovenia to host the 23rd Conference of the MBSHC in 2022, if possible.