BSH kompakt 11 • WEND-Ausschuss zum Auf bau des weltweiten Datennetz werkes der IHO für elektronische Seekarten, Monaco • Leitungsausschuss des Internationalen Datenzentrums für elektronische Seekarten (IC-ENC), Taunton, UK • OSPAR Arbeitsgruppe über Konzentrationen, Trends und Auswirkungen von Substazen In der marinen Umwelt (SIME), Vigo, Spanien • ICES-Arbeltsgruppe über ozeanographlsche Hydrogra phie, Rhode Island, USA • Sitzung des Marinen Umwelt labors (MEL) der IAEA, Monaco • Internationale Konferenz über marine Daten- und Inform- tlonssysteme (IMDIS), Brest, Frankreich Seekarten von Skandinavien bis Nordafrika für fast alle europäischen Seegebiete erscheinen. Neuausrüstung eines Vermessungsbootes In Sri Lanka New equipment for Sri Lankan survey vessel 2005 • I MO Maritime Safety Com mittee; London, UK • EU; Inter alia, group of notified bodies (MarED); Inter national Ship and Port Security group (MarSec), Brussels • HELCOM Maritime Group: safety of shipping and environ mental protection In the Baltic Sea, Klaipeda, Lithuania INTERNATIONAL Expanding our influence The BSH Is actively engaged also on the International stage. Measures to improve the safety of navigation and the effectiveness of marine environmental protection can only be Implemented successfully if they are supported by the community of states. A practical example of such “alliance” is the BSH’s support provided to the Hydrographic Office of Sri Lanka, whose hydrographic and marine scientific equipment were destroyed almost completely in the tsunami. The BSH participates in a several-year reconstruction project, for which €1 million In Instant aid has been made available.