COLOMBIA -MACH STATUS REPORT CHAIRMAN - MACHC

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Actions taken Signature of the revised Statutes. 5 Member States and 3 Associated States, signed by march of 13 Member States and 4 of 7 Associated Member signed by march 2006.

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Points of contact of MACHC participants or nacional focal points in Hydrography (See annex 1) Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Establish contact with NAVAREA coordinators Región XII Erin Conwey 4600 Sangamore Bethesda MD Tel : Mail. Región IV Keinth Dominic 4600 Sangamore Bethesda MD Tel : Mail. Seven more countries are now reporting MSI through NAVAREA. Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Establish links with the Hydrography Committee of PAIGH. Participation on the XI Hydrography Committee on July 2005 in Guayaquil, financially supported by UKHO Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Active participation on the IHOCBC. Workshop: Phase I “Obtain and circulate nautical information needed to maintain updated nautical charts and publications”. Third session of the Capacity Building Committee in Cartagena June 2005 Technical Visit of the BHI to Central América between February and March Countries visited: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama. Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Active participation on the IHOCBC. Technical Visit to 15 Caribbean Islands states: Antigua, Montserrat, Anguila; Islas Vírgenes; Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica e Islas Caimán, Santa Lucía, Dominica, San Vicente y Granadinas, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad y Tobago y Suriname. Seminar for the National Hydrographic Services. Participation on the COTED meeting Guyana insisting on the importance of hydrography to the Minister of Transportation of CARICOM countries. Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Establishment of a Capacity Building Committee on the MACHC approved on the special meeting in Veracruz. Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC S-55 Proposed methodology to determine figures to be included in the national report for the S 55 publication. Define S55 format as the one to be used on the national reports at the beginning of each Meeting. Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC ENC Comité. Work Group No. 1: Pilot Project: Gulf of Honduras - GoH Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Comité Carta Náutica Electrónica. Grupos de Tarea el No. 2: Desarrollo de la cobertura y de la producción de Carta Náutica Electrónica - ENC en la Región Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Comité Carta Náutica Internacional Esquema presentado 2004 Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Comité Carta Náutica Internacional Propuestas Actions taken

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Things to do Update MACHC statutes. (work group Colombia, México, Venezuela, USA, UK).Chair Venezuela). This includes new Capacity building committee terms of reference. Gulf of Honduras Project execution and evaluation in order to reply this endeavour. New Working Plan

Entrega Presidencia del MACHC Nación/ÁreaAño.A1A2B1B2C1C2 Bahamas Belice Costa Rica Dominica El Salvador Honduras México Nicaragua Reporte de las Naciones/Areas de la Región con menos del 25% de sus aguas menores a 200 m adecuadamente levantadas