IOC Focal points: Question 2.3: In your opinion, how important are the following in terms of increased access to physical infrastructure for your country?

Detailed report by country

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Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Establishment and maintenance of a register of regional scientific research infrastructure	Organizing shared access to regional scientific research infrastructure	Provision of new equipment by donors to your institution/organization	Provision of used equipment by donors or other institutions	Organizing low-cost access to spare parts for equipment	Training on the use and maintenance of physical infrastructure and equipment	Access to best practices on the use and maintenance of physical infrastructure and equipment	Other suggestions?
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Not Necessary	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance
Benin	Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB)	Director		Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Chile	CHILEAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE	DIRECTOR	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Essential	Essential
Colombia	Colombian Ocean Commission	International Adviser	Female	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance
Comoros	Université des Comores	Lecturer	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	State Hydro-Meteorological Administration	Director	Male	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Of Some Importance
Egypt	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Male	Essential	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
El Salvador	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Especialista en Oceanografía	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Estonia	Ministry of the Environment of Estonia	Coordinator	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Of Some Importance	Very Important
Finland	Finnish Meteorological Institute	Safety, Head of Group	Female	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Not Necessary	Of Some Importance	Not Necessary	Of Some Importance	Essential
France	Comité national français pour la COI	Présidente	Female	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Essential
Germany	Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	Secretariat of German IOC-Section	Male	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Not Necessary
Guinea	Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè (CERESCOR)	Chercheur Océanographe / Directeur Ecole Doctorale en Océanographie, Environnement Marin et Côtier	Male	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Very Important
India	INCOIS	Director	Male	Very Important	Essential	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Not Necessary
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	Director	Male	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Director-Focal Point 3	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Enabling the use or announcement of equipment present in the institutes so that they can be used to their optimum and papers or reports developed from the data generated from them.
Kuwait	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Principal Research Scientist, Kuwait Representative to IOC	Female	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Not Necessary	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Lebanon	National Centre for Marine Sciences-CNRSL	Director of the Centre & Researcher	Male	Essential	Very Important	Essential	Very Important	Essential	Essential	Essential
Mexico	MEXICO NODC	Coordinator	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Morocco	INRH	National Focal Point	Male
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Director	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Exchange of professional staffs among Institutions
Pakistan	National Institute of Oceanography	Senior Research Scientist	Female	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Panama	Autoridad Marítima de Panamá	Jefe de Ambiente	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Peru	DirecciÃ³n de HidrografÃa y NavegaciÃ³n – PerÃº	Director	Male	Essential	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Very Important	Very Important
Portugal	Instituto Hidrografico	Oceanographer	Female	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Sudan	UNESCO Chair on Marine Biology and Oceanography / Sudan	Chairholder	Male	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Sweden	SMHI	Senior oceanographer/data manager	Female	Not Necessary	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Essential	Essential
Togo	University of Lome	Lecturer, IOC National Focal Point	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Tunisia	Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)	Professor	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential	Very Important	Essential	Very Important	Of Some Importance
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM	PO box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Essential	Essential	Essential
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	Director	Female	Very Important	Essential	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Essential	Of Some Importance	Essential
ADDITIONAL
Ecuador	Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada	Investigador Oceanográfico	Female	Essential	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Essential	Very Important