CD Focal points: Question 2.4: If applicable, to what extent does the following help your country with regards to strengthened coordination with global, regional or sub-regional IOC communities and local networks?

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Improved staffing of secretariat of regional sub-commissions	Reinforced budgeting of regional sub-commissions	Establishing an effective coordination and communication mechanism between the regional sub-commissions	Establishing an effective coordination and communication mechanism between the regional sub-commissions and the global programmes	Establishing an effective coordination and communication mechanism between countries not covered by IOC regional subsidiary bodies and the global programmes	Other suggestions?
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	M	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Essential
Australia	CSIRO	Marine scientist	M	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Very Important	Very Important	Essential
Brazil	Diretoria de Hidrografia e NavegaÃ§Ã£o	Institutional Advisor on IOC Affairs	M	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Essential	Does not exist a Regional Subcommission in South America. The region can count only on the GOOS Regional Alliances that, in its turn do not communicate properly with each other.
Côte D’Ivoire	Centre de Recherches Oceanologiques	Senior Scientist, Head of Environment Department	M	Essential	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Indonesia	Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology	Research Staff	M	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Essential
Mexico	SEP-DGETAyCM	Asesor en asuntos de la COI y desarrollo curricular	M	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Debiera propiciarse la integraciÃ³n de todos los paÃses a algÃºn Ã³rgano subsidiario regional de la COI.
Myanmar	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology	Deputy Director	M	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Of Some Importance
Nigeria	Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment	Legal Metrologist	M	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Very Important
Senegal	Minstare de la Paeche et de l’Economie Maritime	Technical Secretary	M	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Trinidad and Tobago	Institute of Marine Affairs	Librarian	F	I don’t know	I don’t know	I don’t know	I don’t know	I don’t know	I am only aware of the work done, or lack there of, in Trinidad and Tobago. I am really not cognisant of what occurs or takes place in the english-speaking region.
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM		M	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important