CD Focal points: Question 2.12: In the context of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development for which of the following Ocean Decade Challenges are capacity development needs greatest in your country?

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Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	CHALLENGE 1: Understand and map land and sea-based sources of pollutants and contaminants and their potential impacts on human health and ocean ecosystems, and develop solutions to remove or mitigate them.	CHALLENGE 2: Understand the effects of multiple stressors on ocean ecosystems, and develop solutions to monitor, protect, manage and restore ecosystems and their biodiversity under changing environmental, social and climate conditions.	CHALLENGE 3: Generate knowledge, support innovation, and develop solutions to optimise the role of the ocean in sustainably feeding the world’s population under changing environmental, social and climate conditions.	CHALLENGE 4: Generate knowledge, support innovation, and develop solutions for equitable and sustainable development of the ocean economy under changing environmental, social and climate conditions.	CHALLENGE 5: Enhance understanding of the ocean-climate nexus and generate knowledge and solutions to mitigate, adapt and build resilience to the effects of climate change across all geographies and at all scales, and to improve services including predictions for the ocean, climate and weather.
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	M	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Essential
Australia	CSIRO	Marine scientist	M	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance
Brazil	Diretoria de Hidrografia e NavegaÃ§Ã£o	Institutional Advisor on IOC Affairs	M	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Essential
Côte D’Ivoire	Centre de Recherches Oceanologiques	Senior Scientist, Head of Environment Department	M	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Indonesia	Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology	Research Staff	M	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important
Mexico	SEP-DGETAyCM	Asesor en asuntos de la COI y desarrollo curricular	M	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential
Myanmar	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology	Deputy Director	M	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important
Nigeria	Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment	Legal Metrologist	M	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Essential
Senegal	Minstare de la Paeche et de l’Economie Maritime	Technical Secretary	M	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Trinidad and Tobago	Institute of Marine Affairs	Librarian	F	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM		M	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential

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Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	CHALLENGE 6: Enhance multi-hazard early warning services for all geophysical, ecological, biological, weather, climate and anthropogenic related ocean and coastal hazards, and mainstream community preparedness and resilience.	CHALLENGE 7: Ensure a sustainable ocean observing system across all ocean basins that delivers accessible, timely, and actionable data and information to all users.	CHALLENGE 8: Through multi-stakeholder collaboration, develop a comprehensive digital representation of the ocean, including a dynamic ocean map, which provides free and open access for exploring, discovering, and visualizing past, current, and future ocean conditions in a manner relevant to diverse stakeholders.	CHALLENGE 9: Ensure comprehensive capacity development and equitable access to data, information, knowledge and technology across all aspects of ocean science and for all stakeholders.	CHALLENGE 10: Ensure that the multiple values and services of the ocean for human wellbeing, culture, and sustainable development are widely understood, and identify and overcome barriers to behaviour change required for a step change in humanity’srelationship with the ocean.
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	M	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential
Australia	CSIRO	Marine scientist	M	Of Some Importance	Essential	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important
Brazil	Diretoria de Hidrografia e NavegaÃ§Ã£o	Institutional Advisor on IOC Affairs	M	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Essential	Very Important
Côte D’Ivoire	Centre de Recherches Oceanologiques	Senior Scientist, Head of Environment Department	M	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Indonesia	Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology	Research Staff	M	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important
Mexico	SEP-DGETAyCM	Asesor en asuntos de la COI y desarrollo curricular	M	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential
Myanmar	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology	Deputy Director	M	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Essential	Very Important
Nigeria	Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment	Legal Metrologist	M	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Very Important	Very Important
Senegal	Minstare de la Paeche et de l’Economie Maritime	Technical Secretary	M	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important
Trinidad and Tobago	Institute of Marine Affairs	Librarian	F	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM		M	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Essential	Essential