Recreational Navigation Commission (RecCom)

RecCom has been established to deal with aspects directly related to recreational, leisure, sport and tourism navigation, to develop facilities for this kind of navigation, and to facilitate its integration with other types of navigation (commercial and fishing). Sustainable planning, management of all recreational navigation infrastructure – including marinas – and their  integration into waterfronts, are matters on which the Commission gives support to the technical community. It is the policy of the Commission to produce a regular flow of studies and reports and to contribute in training of professionals involved. RecCom together with other organisations with similar and complementary objectives, such as the International Council of Marina Industry Associations (ICOMIA).


Esteban Biondi
Chairperson
  • Core activities of PIANC RecCom are setting up and managing:

    • Working Groups, for publication of reports;

    • The Marina Excellence Design ‘Jack Nichol’ Award (MEDA), for promoting excellence in marina design;

    • The Marina Design Training Program (MDTP): courses on marina design at an international level;

    • Outreach activities within PIANC events, with sister associations, and in marina industry events.

  • The Commission

    • aims at providing high-level and state-of-the-art technical guidance in the fields of planning and design of sustainable recreational navigation infrastructure, including waterfront development and rehabilitation, and nautical tourism facilities.

    • collaborates with partners: ICOMIA, ICOMIA Marinas Group, GMI, the Yacht Harbour Association, Marina World, AMI.

    • seeks input and collaboration with the marina, yachting and tourism industries, as well as engineering and waterfront planning professional community.

  • Contact RecCom at reccom@pianc.org!

RecCom Working Group Reports

Click on the link below to find an overview of already published RecCom WG-reports.

Click on the link below to find an overview of the ongoing RecCom Working Groups..

RecCom Members

PIANC RecCom includes international experts appointed by PIANC National Sections, Qualifying Members and Sister Associations.

Each member country of PIANC is entitled to appoint one Principal Representative, an Alternate Representative, and a YP Representative.

We also welcome observers that promote PIANC RecCom in their countries and bring new regional perspectives to make our work relevant everywhere in the world.

PARTNERS: -
ICOMIA - http://www.icomia.com/
ICOMIA MARINAS GROUP - http://www.icomia.com/com
GLOBAL MARINAS INSTITUTE - https://www.globalmarinainstitute.net/
THE YACHT HARBOUR ASSOCIATION - http://www.tyha.co.uk/
MARINA WORLD - http://www.marinaworld.co.uk/
ASSOCIATION OF MARINA INDUSTRIES - http://marinaassociation.org

Members

  • Name
    Esteban Biondi – Argentina
  • Function
    Chairman
  • Name
    Heidi Anderson – USA
  • Function
    Co-Secretary
  • Name
    Diego Delgado Tamariz – Puerto Rico
  • Function
    Co-Secretary
  • Name
    Michiel de Jong – the Netherlands
  • Function
    Vice-Chairman & Principal Representative
  • Name
    Claudio Fassardi – Argentina
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Greg Britton – Australia
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Greg Fisk – Australia
  • Function
    Climate Liaison
  • Name
    Luc Métens – Belgium
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Caroline Breemersch – Belgium
  • Function
    YP-Member
  • Name
    Evgeni Mavrodiev - Bulgaria
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    Grisha Atanasov - Bulgaria
  • Function
    Alternate Member
  • Name
    Matt Friderichs – Canada
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    John Kwong – China
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Eduardo Alejandro Montagut Cifuentes – Colombia
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Liina Harm – Estonia
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Mirja A. Rosenberg-Kurki– Finland
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Arnaud Guillard – France
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Pierre Gaufres – France
  • Function
    PTG CC Observer
  • Name
    Laurent Monsaigeon – France
  • Function
    Alternate Representative
  • Name
    Hans Nickels – Germany
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Peter Fröhle – Germany
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    Mahdi Kamyab Roudsari – Iran
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    Fabiana Maccarini – Italy
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    Francesco Ligorio – Italy
  • Function
    YP-Representative
  • Name
    Naota Ikeda – Japan
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Gian Battista Borea d'Olmo – Principality of Monaco
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    René Bouchet – Principality of Monaco
  • Function
    Alternate Representative
  • Name
    Gosse de Boer – the Netherlands
  • Function
    YP-Com Observer
  • Name
    Thor Messel – Norway
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Lee Wook-Jae – South Korea
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    Hong-Yeon Cho – South Korea
  • Function
    Alternate Member
  • Name
    Sara Calvo – Spain
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Francisco Sarrias – Spain
  • Function
    Alternate Representative
  • Name
    Stig Jansson – Sweden
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Tim Beckett – UK
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Ian Dobson – UK
  • Function
    YP-Com Observer
  • Name
    Jonathan Armbruster – USA
  • Function
    Principal Representative
  • Name
    Mark Pirrello – USA
  • Function
    Alternate Representative
  • Name
    Matthew Trammell – USA
  • Function
    YP-Com Observer
  • Name
    Peter Jansen – Germany
  • Function
    ICOMIA/IMG
  • Name
    Luís Fernando Sequeira de Vasconcelos Dias – Portugal
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    Maria Cristina Afonso – Portugal
  • Function
    Member
  • Name
    Martinho Fortunato – Portugal
  • Function
    ICOMIA/IMG
  • Name
    Roberto Perocchio – Italy
  • Function
    ICOMIA/IMG
  • Name
    Oscar Siches – Spain
  • Function
    ICOMIA/IMG
  • Name
    Geert Van Cappellen – Belgium
  • Function
    Ex-Officio Member/Secretary-General of PIANC
  • Name
    Francisco Esteban Lefler – Spain
  • Function
    Ex-Officio Member/President of PIANC