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3.6 Building
on the initial assessment/ gap analysis of regional hydrographic capabilities of
the Meso-American and Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission (MACHC), hold a
high-level workshop to address institutional
arrangements regional capacity building.
Participants should include senior, decisionmaking
representatives from each country’s
national interministerial hydrographic coordination
mechanism (Commission, Steering Group, etc.), regional
organizations such as COCATRAM, MACHC
and other key players. Such a workshop
should 1) explore alternatives for regional cooperation under the scope of the
project and 2) decide on a common approach, including
political arrangements that will effectively build regional
capacity while reducing costs by utilizing common assets.
Each country establishes an
interministerial mechanism (Commission, Committee, Steering Group, etc. with
representiaves from relevant government ministries (including the
National Geographic Institutes) and private sector entities to assess,
organize and coordinate national efforts related to hydrographic data
collection, processing, production and dissemination.