14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference 30 November – 02 December Noumea

1. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference30 November – 02 DecemberNoumea Draft Regional Strategy on Safety of Navigation in the Pacific Francesca Pradelli – Policy and Legal Officer SPC - EDD Transport Programme

2. Contents I. PURPOSE II. BACKGROUND, PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND NEEDS 1. Background 2. Problem Analysis III. VISION IV. IMPLEMENTATION 1. Safety of navigation governance 2. Navigation and meteorological services and warnings 3. Hydrographic services 4. Aids to navigation and vessel traffic services 5. Search and Rescue services 6. Timeframe 7. Partners V. OBJECTIVES, RESULTS & INDICATORS VI. MONITORING & EVALUATION ANNEX I – PERFORMANCE MONITORING PLAN ANNEX II – REGIONAL FRAMEWORK – PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED ANNEX III – THEORY OF CHANGE

3. Purpose • support Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs) and guide development partners through an integrated and coordinated approach to improve the safety of navigation in the Pacific • provide a regional a platform to coordinate, monitoring, communication and reporting on all safety of navigation related initiatives to PICTs and development partners • establish and sustain regional coordination mechanisms and strategic partnerships to achieve economies of scale and promote complementary actions amongst development partners active in the sector

4. Background • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) • IMO Sustainable Maritime Transportation System (SMTS) Pacific Forum Leaders’ Framework for Action on Transport Services (FATS)

5. VISION • a safe environment for navigation and the conduct of all activities within the waters under the responsibility of the PICTs, thereby supporting sustainable economic development and the protection of the ocean and the marine environment • Safer navigation is ensured through the effective implementation of policies and legislation in accordance with the relevant international instruments, the existence of a functional and compliant safety of navigation infrastructure, improved capacity to operate provide appropriate safety of navigation systems, and updated maritime safety information services that provide timely information to enable effective decision making

6. IMPLEMENTATION • areas of safety of navigation i) Safety of Navigation governance ii) Navigation and meteorological services and warnings iii) Hydrographic services iv) Aids to Navigation and vessels traffic services v) Search and Rescue services • Coordination function at the regional level which includes aggregating information and capturing progress through monitoring is attributed to the Pacific Community (SPC)

7. i) Safety of navigation governance • Background: i) lack of political will, frequent staff turnover, limited resources and expertise, inadequate legal frameworks • Possible actions: i) a specific high-level objective in the National Maritime Transport Policy; ii) the development and enactment of a legislative and regulatory framework taking into account the international instruments; iii) the drafting of quality management systems and procedures in maritime Administrations; iv) the implementation of training plans with the support of intergovernmental, international and regional development partners

8. Navigation and meteorological services and warnings • Background i) Regulations 4 and 5 - chapter V of the SOLAS Convention ii) inadequate commitment to the resourcing and reporting of MSI iii) lack of appropriate radio broadcast facilities iv) dysfunctional contact with international NAVAREA/METAREA coordinators • Possible actions: i) to conduct technical assessments to identify associated gaps in capability and services, from which appropriate plans can be developed in partner with other safety of navigation components; ii) the provision of technical support to PICTs in to establishing an MSI coordinator,

9. Hydrographic services • Background: i) Regulation 9 - chapter V of the SOLAS Convention ii) nautical charts based on outdated and extremely sparse data + high cost of the specialised hydrographic surveys required to update them • Possible actions: i) IHO capacity building activities - Phase 1 of the IHO CB Maturity Model ii) other regional CB programmes iii) developing mitigation measures based on appropriate risk assessment methodology iv) establishment of National Hydrographic Coordination Committees (NHCC)

10. Aids to navigation and vessel traffic services • Background: i) Regulation12 and 13- chapter V of the SOLAS Convention ii) Natural events, high cost of maintainance, lack of qualified personnel, etc. • Possible actions: i) identifyAtoN and VTS needsusing risk assessment tools and based on the volume of traffic and probability and consequence of marine casualties ii) identify and offer places to potential AtoN managers and technicians from PICTs to training organised by IALA and/or by an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) under the terms of IALA Guideline 1100

11. Search and Rescue services • Background: • i) Regulation7 - chapter V of the SOLAS Convention • ii) vast size of the Pacific ocean, significant ship and pleasure craft activities, cruise vessels and commercial aircraft transiting the associated air space • iii) 8 countries responsible for Search & Rescue Region (SRR) in the Pacific region • Possible actions: i) enact and implement national SAR legislation; ii) establish a National SAR Coordinating Committee (SCC) and a RCC; iii) develop and implement a National SAR plan; and iv) train SAR coordinators and responders. The improvement of regional SAR coordination requires the support of operations of the PACSAR SC and the delivery of regional capacity-building activities and meetings to improve harmonization of SAR services and facilitate SAR operations.

12. Timeframe and Targeted Countries • Period of 5 years from 2017 to 2021 and will be updated annually with ongoing initiatives and targeted countries • An evaluation will be conducted at the end of the period to review and renew the strategy for the next 5 years • The targeted countries are all PICTs members of SPC

13. Development partners • As the specialised agencies setting the standards for safety of navigation, IMO, IHO and IALA are the main partners supporting the implementation of the Strategy in the Pacific region • Other agencies / strategic partners (i.e. New Zealand, Australia, WMO, JCOMM, IMSO + PCAs, NAVAREA/METAREA coordinators)

15. Q&A? Merci pour l’attention REGIONAL FRAMEWORK – PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED?????????????