MACHC Documents

This page provides access to documents and reference materials generated by the MesoAmerican Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission.

9th Meeting of the MACHC (October 2008)
8th Meeting of the MACHC (October 2007)
7th Meeting of the MACHC (October 2006)
Extraordinary Meeting of the MACHC (Nov 2005)
Special Meeting of the MACHC (June 2005)
Sixth Meeting of the MACHC
Fifth Meeting of the MACHC
Reference Documents
Reports

MACHC Meetings

9th Meeting of the MACHC
October 9 - 10, 2008
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Materials for Workshop

• Registration Form
• Logistic Information
• Agenda (english)
• Agenda (spanish)
• List of Documents
• List of Participants
• List of Actions of the VIIIth MACHC
  

Reports

• 6th IHO Capacity Building Committee Meeting
• Report on MACHC Limits Changes
• Report of Work Group on Statutes Revision
• Report of Work Group on Virtual Forum
• Report of Work Group on Council Representation
• Report of ISPWG matters (english)
• Report of ISPWG matters (spanish)
• Report of WEND matters
• National Report - Brazil
• National Report - UK

8th Meeting of the MACHC
October 8 - 10, 2007
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Materials for Workshop

• Letter of Invitation
• Agenda
• Meeting Registration Form
• Meeting Logistic Information
• Minutes of VII MACHC Meeting
• Full Report of VII MACHC Meeting
• Summary Report of VII MACHC Meeting
• Limits (MACHC.8-BR01)
• Statutes for Region (MACHC.8-BR02)
• CBC Matters (MACHC.8-BR03)
• 5th IHO CBC Report (MACHC.8-BR04)
• Council (MACHC.8-BR05)
• ISPWG (MACHC.8-BR06)
• List of Participants

Agreements Reached during the
VIII MACHC Conference

• Action List - 8th Meeting of the MACHC
  
• Referenced Documents
  • Action 3
    • Existing Statutes (pdf 23 kb)
    • Revised Articles 5 and 7
  • Action 4
    • Proposal No 5 (Brasil) IHO Council MACHC Representation (pdf 164 kb)
    • Selection of Council (originally presented in Acapulco 2006)
    • Presentation on Selection of Council (Power Point 161 KB)
  • Action 6
    • Letter - MACHC & SWAtHC Chairmen
  • Action 11
    • Existing ECC Terms of Reference
    • Proposed ECC Terms of Reference (expanded to include more detail on the responsibilities of the positions)
  • Action 14
    • 1st Extraordinary WEND Minutes
    • WEND INFO Paper

 

7th Meeting of the MACHC
October 4 - 7, 2006
Acapulco, Mexico

• 7th Meeting of the MACHC
• Seminar for Chairmen of National Hydrographic Committees, National Maritime Safety Committees or Equivalents

7th meeting of the MACHC

Workshop Report

• Report of the meeting
• Minutes of the meeting
• List of Actions for VII MACHC
• Conclusions

Presentations

• Wednesday 4 October 2006
  • Status Report Chairman - MACHC 2004 - 2006 (Power point 221 KB)
  • SPWG Final Report (Power point 133 KB)
  • MACHC ENC Status (Power point 139 KB)
  • Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) - Ocean Observation - Why should Hydrographers be interested (Power point 16.7 MB)
• Thursday 5 October 2006
  • Comité de Carta Internacional (Power point 848 KB)
  • Spread Sheet for the preparation of the IHO
    5 Years Draft WP 2008/2012
• Friday 6 October 2006
  • MACHC Capacity Building Management Plan 2006

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Seminar for Chairmen of National Hydrographic Committees, National Maritime Safety Committees or Equivalents

Workshop Report

• Report of the Seminar (english)

Presentations

• Unit 1: Introduction to the Seminar (Power point 650 KB)
• Unit 2: Generalities Associated to Hydrography
  • Objective and specifications of hydrographic surveys (Power point 9.0MB)
  • Phases of a Hydrographic Survey (Power point 6.0 MB)
  • Instrumentation and methodologies used
    (Power point 10.5 MB)
  • Data processing
  • Hydrographic and cartographic products and services
    (Power point 7.2 MB)
  • Technological developments USA NAVOCEANO
    (Power point 35.7 MB)
• Unit 3: The Organization of a National Hydrographic Office
  • Jamaica (Power point 2.9 MB)
  • Latvia (Power point 1.9 MB)
  • Venezuela (Power Point 20.4 MB)
• Unit 4: Application of Hydro-Cartographic Products and Services
  • a) Shipping (Power point 2.0MB)
  • b) Defence (Power point 2.3MB)
  • c) Maritime de limitation (Power point 8.5MB)
  • d) Environmental protection & Natural hazard mitigation
    (Power point 38.5MB)
  • e) Fisheries and Aquaculture (Power point 773KB)
  • f) Tourism (Power point 12.8 MB)
  • g) Coastal Zone Management (Power point 593KB)
  • h) Non-Living resources (Power point 21.8MB)
  • i) Marine scientific research
• Unit 5: Economic Benefits Associated to Hydro-Cartographic Products and Services
  • Building Capacity and Capability :A Commercial Perspective (Power point 10.9MB)
• Unit 6: The National Hydrographic Committee or Equivalent (Power point 179 KB)
• Unit 7: Regional Situation and Opportunities
  • a) Status of Maritime Safety in the region
    (Power point 1.2 MB)
  • b) Status of Hydrography in the region
    (Power Point 2.1MB)
  • c) Regional Training Opportunities Presentations and discussions (Power point 10.1 MB)
    d) Improved Access to an Accurate Geodetic Reference Frame for the Caribbean (Power point 18.4 MB)
  • e) NAVOCEANOTraining Programs (Power point 89 KB)
  • f) Status of initiatives/projects and on going opportunities
    • GoH (Power point 5.9MB)
    • East Caribbean Technical Visit (Power point 3.9MB)

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Extraordinary Meeting of the MACHC
November 7-11, 2005
Veracruz, Mexico

Materials for Workshop

• Letter of Invitation and Agenda
  • English
  • Español
• Most Recent "Provisional Agenda"
  • English
  • Español
• Conference Proposals/Propuestas
  • Proposals 1-4
  • Annex A to Proposal/Propuesta 3
• Registration Form
• English
  • Web-based (html)
  • MSWord document
• Español
  • Web-based (html)
  • MSWord document
• Hotel/Lodging Information and Registration
  • English
    • Web-based (html)
    • MSWord document
  • Español
    • Web-based (html)
    • MSWord document

Workshop Report

• Report of the Extraordinary Meeting (pdf - 226 KB)

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May 30 – June 2, 2005
Third IHOCBC Meeting / Special Meeting of the MACHC
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Materials for Workshop

• Invitation Letter (MS Word – 178KB)

Workshop Report

• Report of the Special Meeting of MACHC (English) (pdf - 130 KB)
• Report of the Special Meeting of MACHC (Spanish) (pdf - 144 KB)
• Final Workshop Report – Draft (MS Word – 57 KB)
• List of Participants (MS Word – 69KB)

Presentations

• Belize – Presentation (MS Word – 22KB)
• Honduras – Presentation (Power Point – 2.8MB)
• Guatemala – Presentation (Power Point – 3.0MB)
• NOAA's ECWG Presentation (Power Point – 1.8MB)
• BHI MACHC Presentation (Power Point – 9.1MB)

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Sixth Meeting of the MACHC
30 August-3 September 2004
Cartagena de los Indios, Colombia

• Final Report of the 6th MACHC Conference (English) (pdf - 867 KB)
• Final Report of the 6th MACHC Conference (Spanish) (pdf - 966 KB)
• Report of the SPWG Seminar held along the Conference (English) (89 KB)
• Agenda Sexta Reunión de la Comisión Hidrográfica Regional de Meso-América y Mar Caribe- MACHC
• Palabras DIMAR VI Reunión MACHC
• Borrador Acta Reunión MACHC
• Acciones a desarrollar por MACHC
• Lista de Participantes del VI REUNION COMISION HIDROGRAFIA REGIONAL
  • COACTRAM Observador
  • Empresas Privadas
• Individual Country Reports are available at: http://www.iho.shom.fr

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Fifth Meeting of the MACHC
November 3-4, 2002
Biloxi Mississippi, USA

• Report 5th Meeting (pdf - 44KB)
• Minutes from Fifth Meeting are available in:
  • English
  • Español

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Reference Documents

• Statutes of the MesoAmerican Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission
• Activities 1997-2002 (Report to the XVIth IH Conference)
• MACHC-Capacity Building Committee Terms of Reference
• MACHC in the GoH Project (Power Point - 13.6MB)

Reports

• Activities 1997-2002 (Report to the XVIt IH Conference)
• Report of Technical Visits to Central America (Feb-March 2005)

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