IOC Focal points: Question 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17: Is Sustainable Development Goal 14 considered as a national priority in your country? How is it reflected in your national plans and policies? How would you rate the level of capacity available right now in your country to achieve SDG 14? How would you rate the level of capacity available right now in your institution to support the achievement of SDG 14 in your country?

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Is SDG 14 considered as a national priority in your country?	If yes, how is this reflected in your national plans and policies?	How would you rate the level of capacity available right now in your country to achieve SDG 14?	How would you rate the level of capacity available right now in your institution to support the achievement of SDG 14 in your country?
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	Male	Yes	Expressed through the national initiative Pampa Azul www.pampazul.gob.ar	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
Benin	Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB)	Director		Yes	Collaboration with Institution working in the ocean and coastal area. Polic of use of scientific result for ocean managment	Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Chile	CHILEAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE	DIRECTOR	Male	Yes	National Oceanographic Plan (2021-2030) National Ocean Policy	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
Colombia	Colombian Ocean Commission	International Adviser	Female	Yes	Colombia has a national policy for the ocean and the coastal spaces (PNOEC) Colombia created a national policy called CONPES 3990 “Colombia Bioceanic Power” There is an Oceans Region Pact in the National Development Plan 2018-2022 In Colombia there is the National Academic Network SDG 14, to obtain new learning and identify challenges, actions, and sources of financing	Partial capacity	Significant capacity
Comoros	Université des Comores	Lecturer	Male	Yes		Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	State Hydro-Meteorological Administration	Director	Male	Yes		Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Egypt	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Male	Yes	knowledge for sustainable development, and increase the capacity of ocean science to deliver needed ocean data and information	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
El Salvador	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Especialista en Oceanografía	Male	Yes	El Gobierno de El Salvador promulgo la Politica del Mar y Costas en 2019.	Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Estonia	Ministry of the Environment of Estonia	Coordinator	Male	No		Low capacity	Low capacity
Finland	Finnish Meteorological Institute	Safety, Head of Group	Female	I don’t know	–	I don’t know	I don’t know
France	Comité national français pour la COI	Présidente	Female	Yes	Sustained research funding in ocean science, including investments in the global ocean observarting systems through G7 (development of news sensors and instruments for in situ-observation). France hosts several IPOs in support to international programm management in marine science (Geotraces, BiogeoArgo, etc…).	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
Germany	Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	Secretariat of German IOC-Section	Male	I don’t know		Significant capacity	Partial capacity
Guinea	Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè (CERESCOR)	Chercheur Océanographe / Directeur Ecole Doctorale en Océanographie, Environnement Marin et Côtier	Male	Yes	Support for the establishment of the pre-strategy and blue economy strategy and Marine space planning, Marine protected areas	Partial capacity	Partial capacity
India	INCOIS	Director	Male	Yes	MoES is a a major stakeholder implementing key national programs related to oceans, coasts & atmosphere research, observations & services which contribute to broader national policies.	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	Director	Male	Yes	The Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science as the head of the Iranian National Committee for Oceanography, which is one of the committees of the Iranian National Commission to UNESCO, provides the policy makers in marine sciences with information about the ocean strategies.There are some national high level documents for protecting the seas in IR of Iran including “Roadmap for developing marine technologies” and” Plan for development of higher education in marine science and technology” High Council of Oceanography is another high-level institute for policy making in the marine related issues. Governmental budgets are located to different oceanographic researches and ocean issues projects to the marine related organizations for protecting the seas from different pollutions including oil pollution, microplastics, urban swages and etc.	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Director-Focal Point 3	Male	Yes	s a research institute we are tasked to determine the stocks of our fish which contributes to SDG 14.1-sustainable fishing, We are working on Ocean acidification projects and Marine pollution and are renowned for mangrove restoration and we run the first Carbon credit facility of forest in Africa if not the world.	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
Kuwait	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Principal Research Scientist, Kuwait Representative to IOC	Female	Yes	Incorporated in the National Plan Under The Environment Public Authority	Significant capacity	Partial capacity
Lebanon	National Centre for Marine Sciences-CNRSL	Director of the Centre & Researcher	Male	Yes	All the projects and plan that we are implementing are serving the SDG14	Partial capacity	Significant capacity
Mexico	MEXICO NODC	Coordinator	Male		I don’t know	Partial capacity	To a certain degree
Morocco	INRH	National Focal Point	Male
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Director	Male	Yes	Careful Management of the ocean resources for sustainable development is one of the key issue for government policies in Nigeria. Hence substantial part of the national budget is dedicated drive these plans	Low capacity	Low capacity
Pakistan	National Institute of Oceanography	Senior Research Scientist	Female	Yes	SDG national focal person of the Ministry of Planning Commision and Reforms, Government of Pakistan	Low capacity	Low capacity
Panama	Autoridad Marítima de Panamá	Jefe de Ambiente	Male	Yes	en la conservación de los océanos Limpios y dentro de la Planificación Espacial Marina y la Economía Azul.	Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Peru	DirecciÃ³n de HidrografÃa y NavegaciÃ³n – PerÃº	Director	Male	Yes	To through the effort that the State sectors make to protect the earth from an enviromnetal and socio-economic point of view	Partial capacity	Significant capacity
Portugal	Instituto Hidrografico	Oceanographer	Female	I don’t know		Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Sudan	UNESCO Chair on Marine Biology and Oceanography / Sudan	Chairholder	Male	Yes	Very well enforced regulations	Low capacity	Low capacity
Sweden	SMHI	Senior oceanographer/data manager	Female	Yes	There is a national plan for Agenda 20130	Significant capacity	Significant capacity
Togo	University of Lome	Lecturer, IOC National Focal Point	Male	Yes	Togo has developed the National Strategy for the Sea and the Coast. This strategy was developed on the basis of SDG 14.	Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Tunisia	Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)	Professor	Male	Yes	Several multi-institutional actions coordinated by the CSD focal bridge	Significant capacity	Partial capacity
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM	PO box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania	Male	Yes	1) The Government is training fisheries officer in the various fishery to better manage resources. 2) The government is to build a fishing port which will enable resource monitoring and management.	Partial capacity	Partial capacity
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	Director	Female	I don’t know		Partial capacity	Partial capacity
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Ecuador	Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada	Investigador Oceanográfico	Female	Yes	Los proyectos de investigación en temas de contaminación marina ocasionados por	Partial capacity	Partial capacity