IOC Focal points: Question 2.5: In your opinion, how useful are the following in terms of development of ocean research policies in support of sustainable development in your country?

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Sharing of information on existing ocean research priorities among government and other organizations	Assistance with the development of national marine science management procedures and national policies	Support in methodologies for co-design processes to joint development of policies	Other suggestions?
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	Male	Essential	Not Necessary	Essential
Benin	Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB)	Director		Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Chile	CHILEAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE	DIRECTOR	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Colombia	Colombian Ocean Commission	International Adviser	Female	Very Useful	I don’t know	Very Useful
Comoros	Université des Comores	Lecturer	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Essential
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	State Hydro-Meteorological Administration	Director	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Egypt	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
El Salvador	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Especialista en Oceanografía	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Estonia	Ministry of the Environment of Estonia	Coordinator	Male	Very Useful	Of Some Use	Of Some Use
Finland	Finnish Meteorological Institute	Safety, Head of Group	Female	Essential	Very Useful	Of Some Use
France	Comité national français pour la COI	Présidente	Female	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Germany	Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	Secretariat of German IOC-Section	Male	Of Some Use	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	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
India	INCOIS	Director	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	Director	Male	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Director-Focal Point 3	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Kuwait	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Principal Research Scientist, Kuwait Representative to IOC	Female	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Lebanon	National Centre for Marine Sciences-CNRSL	Director of the Centre & Researcher	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Mexico	MEXICO NODC	Coordinator	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Morocco	INRH	National Focal Point	Male
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Director	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Pakistan	National Institute of Oceanography	Senior Research Scientist	Female	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Panama	Autoridad Marítima de Panamá	Jefe de Ambiente	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Peru	DirecciÃ³n de HidrografÃa y NavegaciÃ³n – PerÃº	Director	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Portugal	Instituto Hidrografico	Oceanographer	Female	Very Useful	Of Some Use	Of Some Use
Sudan	UNESCO Chair on Marine Biology and Oceanography / Sudan	Chairholder	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Of Some Use
Sweden	SMHI	Senior oceanographer/data manager	Female	Very Useful	Of Some Use	Of Some Use
Togo	University of Lome	Lecturer, IOC National Focal Point	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Tunisia	Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)	Professor	Male	Of Some Use	Essential	Very Useful
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM	PO box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	Director	Female	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
ADDITIONAL
Ecuador	Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada	Investigador Oceanográfico	Female	Of Some Use	Of Some Use	Of Some Use