Activity Fund
The IC-ENC Members have established the IC-ENC Activity Fund. This system collects a portion of each Member’s ENC revenue for subsequent allocation to relevant activities.
These activities will be relevant to the missions and purposes of IC-ENC Members, and IC-ENC Members need to be the clear beneficiaries. The following initial list of benefit areas has been developed to support proposals:
Activities which support IC-ENC Members’ production and maintenance of an (equivalent to S-57) national S-101 ENC folio by 2026.
Relevant upskilling in IC-ENC Members personnel (for example, in the development of ENC or S-1XX product manufacture and/or co-ordination).
International Standards and/or Product Specification development (for example, professional service support for S-1XX doctrine).
S-1XX technical infrastructure and co-ordination, testing, testbeds, trials, etc (for example, RHC co-ordination activity).
Foundational/structural and long term infrastructure improvements for IC-ENC Members (for example, process documentation, technology, consultancy) to ensure enduring gain.
Stakeholders should not be constrained by this list of 5 benefit areas. We recognise that the S-100 era is evolving and all ideas are welcomed. IC-ENC encourages stakeholders to be bold and ambitious in their thinking!
Note that IC-ENC Members do not need to be the sole beneficiaries. A useful example to illustrate this is spending money to advance the development of the key S-100 standards – this will benefit IC-ENC Members, and also benefit other stakeholders (e.g. HOs who are not IC-ENC Members, etc) who are part of our common hydrographic society.
Stakeholders are encouraged to submit a proposal for new Activities, which will then follow this format:
| Proposal | A proposal template has been developed to allow stakeholders to submit requests for funding. They are required to clearly articulate the intended benefits. IC-ENC is happy to work collaboratively with stakeholders in order to develop proposals together. Indeed, this is encouraged, please email therenc@ic-enc.org to start this conversation. |
| Assessment | IC-ENC Management will review and assess each proposal, making recommendation to IC-ENC Chair Team. IC-ENC Chair Team will review recommendations and approve activities based on intended benefits to IC-ENC Members. |
| Deliver Activity | Activity delivered through most effective procurement route. Note, potential suppliers are invited to review the IC-ENC Dynamic Purchasing System page here for details on how to register with IC-ENC as a potential supplier. |
| Review Activity | Assessment of activity and benefits achieved. |
| Reporting | Operational and financial reporting to IC-ENC Steering Committee. |
| Auditing | Scheme included in annual IC-ENC third party financial audit. |
To submit an Activity Fund proposal, please click the button below to download the form.
The Activity Fund has been in place since January 2024, and the following list indicates the type of activities which have received funding:
Project Management support to develop IHO’s S-98 Interoperability Standard
Production of S-158 Test Datasets
Legal advice to IHO-S regarding data security scheme
ENC Quality Assurance Training
Development of S-100 Validation checks
S-57-S-101 Conversion Training
S-102/S-104/S-111 Training
Development of S-122 Product Specification
ENC Quality & Conversion Training, Istanbul Türkiye, May 2024
S-57 - S-101 Conversion Workshop, Panama, December 2024
“The exercises were really exciting because we had a chance to see the differences on the real data. Furthermore, we had a chance to meet new people and talk about their experiences in this field. (Conversion Workshop, Brisbane, October 2024)”