VIEW OF CAPACITY BUILDING FROM RECIPIENT COUNTRY - BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH NAVY HYDROGRPAHIC DEPARTMENT

Monaco 08 Oct 2014

INTRODUCTION

• Bangladesh is a Deltaic country. Due to huge sedimentation (1.3 Billion tones/year) updating of charts is the greatest challenge .

• Bangladesh Navy Hydrographic Department (BNHD) is responsible for survey, publishing nautical INT, national series nautical charts & ENCs at its entire sea area.

• BNHD was formed in 1980.

• 1995 entered into a digital era of hydrographic survey

through equipment, CAT-B & On Job Training support

by SHOM, French.

MODERNIZATION

• Equipment fitted on board ship

• On Job Training provided

• CAT-B course

• Cartographic Software & chart printing

BNS ANUSHANDHAN BNS SHAIBAL

BNS AGRADOOT BNS DARSHAK

CHARTS

Year Country Offered Courses Institution Outcome/ Status

2006to

2014

USA

USA

ITALY

South KOREA

Cat A Oceanography

Cat A Hydro

Cat B Hydro

Port & Shallow Water Survey

Nippon Foundation

IHO

IMO-IMA

-

Enhanced capability to conduct Cat B course since 2005.

Train the trainer Concept applied to develop skill personnel.

Effort ongoing to achieve Cat A recognition

Maritime University Established for research & Trg

UKUK

Marine CartographyCat B Cartography

UKHOUKHO

Enhanced capability to produce National & INT series paper chart (IHO standard)

UK ENC UKHO Initial training received. Yet to develop skill personnel

Australia MB survey & Data processing Course

- Initial training received. Yet to develop skill personnel

• Within NIOHC, India has provided training to BNHD.

• CAT-A & CAT-B course for officers.

• Other hydrographic courses for sailors.

NIOHC

• Technical team from IHB visited in 2012 under Capacity

Building (CB) program.

• The main focus of the CB team was:

Identify shortcomings of BNHD

Provide needful guidance for further organisational

and human resource development.

TECHNICAL TEAM VISIT

Recommendations of the CB team are:

Develop a MBES survey data appraisal, storage and

management systems.

Replace old MBES system.

Enhance tidal analysis and prediction capability.

Develop a dedicated website that includes info about charts and publications available, notices to mariners, navigational warnings etc.

Seek professional assistance to convert paper chart to

ENCs.

Develop ENC production and maintenance capability

Make effort for Cat A hydrography and Cat B cartography courses in recognized institutions .

• Broaden the outlook of the department and has taken this

road map towards the development.

• Venture possible opportunities through seeking

assistance from friendly Hydrographic Offices under IHO

CB program.

• Present CB offered program module and vacancy is

insufficient to meet the present demand.

• Due to very limited offer countries need to wait longer period

to get the desired courses asked for.

• Offered course duration is not good enough. Trainees face

difficulties to grab the content and to transfer the knowledge

effectively in the implementation level.

• Lack of funding.

• CB Programme must be sustainable.

• Training requirement for particular organisation need to be ascertained by concerned Hydrographic Offices or technical team.

• These training requirements should be discussed in RHC meeting & obtain consensus on particular training issues

• Countries to be grouped according to their capability & training to be ascertained accordingly.

• Identifying absolute shortcomings on professional aspects and steps to the solution.

• A review process may be made to find progress curve & area of weakness of a recipient country.

• A suitable solution is to be made in case of a country whose progress is below satisfactory.

• Some mechanism has to be developed to get the feedback who already received training.

• Promote involvement of developed & capable nations to raise the CB fund.

• Recipient countries must make best use of the trainees in their respective organisations.

• Effort taken by IHB under CB program is well appreciated by all, especially to yield the standard professional output.

• BNHD is highly grateful to the IHB for sorting out our shortcomings as well as suggestions for improvement.

Thank You