IOC Focal points: Question 2.A.12, 2.A.13, 2.A.14, 2.A.15, 2.A.16, 2.A.17, 2.A.18: Is HEI output of graduates linked to human resources needs of the national research institutions? Does the private sector in your country make use of the expertise available in HEIs or national marine research institutions? If occasionally or often, do they pay for the service? Is there an active policy to promote the use of local marine research/monitoring/management expertise in the private sector? Does your country collaborate actively in IOC programmes ?

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Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Is HEI output of graduates linked to human resources needs of the national research institutions?	Does the private sector in your country make use of the expertise available in HEIs or national marine research institutions?	If occasionally or often, do they pay for the service?	Is there an active policy to promote the use of local marine research/monitoring/management expertise in the private sector?	If no, then should there be an active policy?	Does your country collaborate actively in IOC programmes ?	If yes, please describe shortly:
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	Male	No	Often	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Argentina has active and longstanding participation in GOOS, GLOSS< IODE, OBIS, HAB, Ocean Science, e.g. OA
Benin	Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB)	Director		Yes	Occasionally	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ODINAFRICA, IOCAFRICA, Oceanexpert, OTA, OBIS,
Chile	CHILEAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE	DIRECTOR	Male	I don’t know	Often	Yes	Yes		Yes	SHOA is the National Focal Point for the IOC, in addition, we participate in some groups such as Tsunami, IOC ICG / PTWS, CD, HAB.
Colombia	Colombian Ocean Commission	International Adviser	Female	No	Occasionally	I don’t know	No	Yes	Yes	Colombia collaborates actively, through IOCARIBE, also with programs and inicitives, like IODE (OTGA, ODIS, etc) and MSPglobal.
Comoros	Université des Comores	Lecturer	Male	Yes	No		No		Yes
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	State Hydro-Meteorological Administration	Director	Male	Yes	Often	I don’t know	Yes		Yes
Egypt	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Male	Yes	Occasionally	Yes	Yes		Yes	Tsunami Awareness and Early Warning, Harmful Algal Blooms, Ocean Acidification, IODE: GOOS, GEBCO Ocean Observation
El Salvador	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Especialista en Oceanografía	Male	No	Occasionally	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	En este momento en la promoción de la decada de las ciencias del mar para el desarrollo sostenible del país.
Estonia	Ministry of the Environment of Estonia	Coordinator	Male	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Finland	Finnish Meteorological Institute	Safety, Head of Group	Female	No	Often	Yes	No	Yes	I don’t know
France	Comité national français pour la COI	Présidente	Female	I don’t know	Occasionally	I don’t know	I don’t know		Yes
Germany	Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	Secretariat of German IOC-Section	Male	No	Often	I don’t know	No	No	Yes
Guinea	Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè (CERESCOR)	Chercheur Océanographe / Directeur Ecole Doctorale en Océanographie, Environnement Marin et Côtier	Male	Yes	Occasionally	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Programmes: 1)- Faire face au changement climatique (dans la compréhension du rôle des océans dans la variabilité et le changement climatique; les activités de formation liées à la connaissance de l’océan, ses caractéristiques physiques, ses mouvements, la variation de la température de l’eau de mer et la modification des courants océaniques entrainant la variabilité et le changement climatique; les risques liés aux impacts sur les zones marines et côtières et sur la biodiversité marine; la facilitation de l’échange d’informations et d’outils entre les acteurs ayant les mêmes préoccupations, liées aux impacts du changement climatique de l’IODE, – les activités de formation liées à la connaissance de l’océan, ses caractéristiques physiques, ses mouvements, la variation de la température de l’eau de mer et la modification des courants océaniques entrainant la variabilité et le changement climatique; 2)- Améliorer la gouvernance, la planification spatiale marine, l’économie bleue basée sur les écosystèmes. – etc..
India	INCOIS	Director	Male	Yes	Occasionally	Yes	I don’t know		Yes	IOC’s, IOGOOS, IODE, IOCINDIO, IIOE-2, IOTWMS, UNDECADE, ITCO-OCEAN (Category-2), JCOMM, DBCP, ITP, etc.
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	Director	Male	No	Often		Yes		Yes
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Director-Focal Point 3	Male	No	Occasionally	I don’t know	No	Yes	Yes	KMFRI became and OTGA training centre and this has opened up space for many scientists or officers to be trained in marine sciences. We have fully involved in the UN Decade of Ocean Science and the workshops an discussions. We participate or have scientists seconded or act as focal points to many IOC created bodies GOOS etc
Kuwait	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Principal Research Scientist, Kuwait Representative to IOC	Female	No	Occasionally	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Lebanon	National Centre for Marine Sciences-CNRSL	Director of the Centre & Researcher	Male	No	Occasionally	Yes	No	Yes	I don’t know
Mexico	MEXICO NODC	Coordinator	Male	Yes	Often		Yes		Yes	Through IOCARIBE (ANCA;IOC GE-CD; IODE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC DM, CMA2; Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Morocco	INRH	National Focal Point	Male
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Director	Male	Yes	Occasionally	Yes	Yes		Yes	Nigeria collaborate/participate in IOC programs like, ocean science, IODE, GOOS, Capacity Development, Ocean Literacy, etc

Pakistan	National Institute of Oceanography	Senior Research Scientist	Female	Occasionally	Yes	I don’t know	Yes	Yes	Yes	Pakistan has been an active member in IOC, a Pakistani Prof. Dr. Haq spent a considerable amount of time in Paris. The founding Director General of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Pakistan was in the early 1980s a Chair designate of IOC. NIO is the main focus of public sector R&D that conducts oceanographic research. As participated in the regional IOCINDIO and has benefited from several UNESCO IOC IODE, IOC RTC etc.
Panama	Autoridad Marítima de Panamá	Jefe de Ambiente	Male	No	No	I don’t know	No	No	Yes
Peru	DirecciÃ³n de HidrografÃa y NavegaciÃ³n – PerÃº	Director	Male	Yes	Occasionally	Yes	Yes		Yes	SPINCAM, MSP Global. Tsunami Program, MIZC, etc
Portugal	Instituto Hidrografico	Oceanographer	Female	No	Occasionally	Yes	I don’t know		I don’t know
Sudan	UNESCO Chair on Marine Biology and Oceanography / Sudan	Chairholder	Male
Sweden	SMHI	Senior oceanographer/data manager	Female	I don’t know	Occasionally	Yes	No	No	Yes	GOOS, IBIS, HAB, TSUNAMI, NE ATL, IODE
Togo	University of Lome	Lecturer, IOC National Focal Point	Male	Yes	Occasionally	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	The IOC Focal Point responds regularly to exchanges from all programmes.
Tunisia	Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)	Professor	Male	No	Occasionally	Yes	Yes		Yes	We are very active like GOOS, IODE, Tsunamis early warning system, etc
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM	PO box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania	Male	No	Occasionally	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	IODE, ODINAFRICA, GOOS etc
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	Director	Female	Yes	Occasionally	I don’t know	I don’t know	Yes	No
ADDITIONAL
Ecuador	Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada	Investigador Oceanográfico	Female	No	Often	Yes	I don’t know		Yes	Como país miembro de la COI, Ecuador ha participado en diferentes reuniones, tanto de la Asamblea General como en las Sesiones del Consejo Ejecutivo Ecuador ha sido parte del Comité Directivo del GOOS-SC,