Representatives of Organization/Company/Institution
| Country | Institution | Your Position | Gender | Higher education degree (BSc-PhD) programmes in ocean science within your country | Advanced professional development training courses (specific short courses, technical training etc.) | Continuous professional development throughout your career | Management training for senior researchers and heads of institution | Establishment of consortia of higher education in your country or region | Increased collaboration with UNESCO Chairs and IOC | Establishment of an internship/fellowship programme | Access to on-board, research vessel-based training | Establishment of a visiting lecturer programme | Establishment of regional training (and research) centres relevant to the IOC mandate | Establishment of a mentoring programme |
| Algeria | National center for research and development of fisheries and aquaculture | Researcher | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Argentina | INIDEP | research program manager | Female | Of Some Importance | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | I don’t know | I don’t know | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | I don’t know | I don’t know |
| Brazil | UNV | Un Volunteer | Male | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important |
| China | China Institute for Marine Affairs | research fellow | Female | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important |
| Colombia | Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del PacÃfico (CCCP) | Scientific researcher | Female | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| Colombia | Dirección General MarÃtima | National Oceanographic Data Center | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | I don’t know | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | I don’t know | Very Important | Very Important |
| Colombia | INVEMAR | General Director | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important |
| Colombia | INVEMAR | Information and Marine Research Head | Female | Not Necessary | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Not Necessary | Essential |
| Côte D’Ivoire | SODEXAM | Head of forecast | Male | |||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | National Meteorology Weather Services Dominicana Republic | Tsunami Warning Section Manager | Male | |||||||||||
| Ecuador | Instituto Ocenográfico y Antártico de la Armada | Coordinador de Asuntos Oceanográficos | Male | |||||||||||
| Egypt | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | researcher | Male | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Gambia | DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES | SNR METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER/PMO | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Grenada | Met office | Middle level technician | Female | |||||||||||
| Guatemala | INSIVUMEH | Jefe del Departamento de GeofÃsica | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Guatemala | UNESCO | Consultant | Female | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Guinea | CNSHB | SEARCHER | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential |
| Guinea-Bissau | Ministery of the fishing | investigation | Male | |||||||||||
| Guyana | Hydrometeorological Service | Meteorologist | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential |
| India | National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research | Director | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important |
| Indonesia | Indonesia Agency for Meteorology Climatology adn GeophysicsBMKG | Director of R&D Center | Female | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance |
| Indonesia | BPPT | Head of Marine Survey Technology | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Indonesia | Institute for Marine Research and Observation | Director | Male | |||||||||||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Iranian National Institute for Oceanographic and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS) | Head of Iranian National Center for Ocean Data (INCOD) | Female | |||||||||||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Member of Scientific Board, Head of Department of Oceanographic Data and Remote Sensing | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important |
| Kazakhstan | Republican State-owned Enterprise “KazHydromet†| Head of the Department of the Caspian Sea Hydrometeorological Research | Female | Not Necessary | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Not Necessary | Not Necessary | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Kenya | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute | Librarian/Information Manager | Male | Not Necessary | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| Kenya | Indian Ocean Observatory | Editorial/Communication Director | Male | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| Madagascar | Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE) | Head of the institution | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential |
| Madagascar | Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines | Senior Lecturer (Oceanography) | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential |
| Malaysia | Malaysian Meteorological Department | Principal Assisstant Director | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance |
| Mauritania | Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches (IMROP) | Coordinateur Scientifique | Male | |||||||||||
| Mauritius | Mauritius Meteorological Services | Acting Deputy Director | Male | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| Mexico | CETMAR-Ensenada | Director | Male | Not Necessary | Essential | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important |
| Mozambique | INAHINA | Head of department | Male | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential |
| Mozambique | National Institute of Hydrography and Navigation-INAHINA | Researcher | Female | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Essential | Very Important |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Chief Data Processing Officer/Programme Analyst | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important |
| Nigeria | NIGERIA INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH | RESEARCH OFFICER(SATELLITE O EANOGRAPHER) | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| Oman | Marine science and fisheries centre | Manger | Male | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important |
| Peru | Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru – SENAMHI | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Peru | INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU – Peruvian Institute of Marine Research | Research Director of Oceanography and Climate Change | Male | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance |
| Peru | Directorate of hydrography and Navigation | Head of oceanography Department | Male | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important |
| Peru | Centro Peruano de Arqueologia Maritima y Subacuatica | Board Member | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important |
| Philippines | Palawan Council for Sustainable Development | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Philippines | TUBBATAHA MANAGEMENT OFFICE | PROTECTED AREA SUPERINTENDENT | Female | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential |
| Philippines | Philippine Nuclear Research Institute | Senior Science Research Soecialist | Male | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| Romania | NMA Romania | wheather and marine forecaster | Female | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | I don’t know | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | I don’t know |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | UNESCO – IOC | National consultant -St.Vincent and the Grenadines | Female | |||||||||||
| Seychelles | Department of Blue Economy | Director General, Maritime Boundary Management | Female | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance |
| Seychelles | Seychelles Islands Foundation | Science Coordinator | Female | |||||||||||
| Sudan | Institute of Marine Research- Red Sea University- Port Sudan Sudan | Researcher | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| Sudan | Sudan Meteorological authority | Head of Weather and Shipping Forecast Department | Male | |||||||||||
| Turkey | Bogazici University – KOERI | RETMC Assistant Manager | Male | |||||||||||
| Turkey | Central Fisheries Research Institute (SUMAE) | Research Coordinator | Male | |||||||||||
| Ukraine | Odessa National I.I. Mechnikov University | Leading Scientist | Male | |||||||||||
| Ukraine | UkrSCES | Director | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| United Arab Emirates | MoCCAE | Head of Marine Biodiversity section | Female | |||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute | Director General | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Fisheries Education and Training Agency | Fisheries Officer/ Lecturer | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Tanzania Meteorological Authority | Incharge of Marine Meteorological Services | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important |
| United Republic of Tanzania | MARINE CONSERVATION UNIT | WILDLIFE MANAGER | Male | |||||||||||
| Venezuela | Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research | scientific researcher and Head of the Center for Oceanology and Antarctic Studies | Male | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | Of Some Importance |
| Vietnam | Institute of Oceanography | Header of Department of Remote Sensing and Oceanography | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential |
| Country | Institution | Your Position | Gender | Development of IOC alumni networks | Establishment of “young scientist” awards | Promoting gender equality and participation of women in ocean science research | Sharing of training materials | Establishment of a travel grant “fund” | Other suggestions? |
| Algeria | National center for research and development of fisheries and aquaculture | Researcher | Male | Essential | Essential | I don’t know | Of Some Importance | Very Important | |
| Argentina | INIDEP | research program manager | Female | I don’t know | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | I don’t know | Essential | |
| Brazil | UNV | Un Volunteer | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | |
| China | China Institute for Marine Affairs | research fellow | Female | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Colombia | Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del PacÃfico (CCCP) | Scientific researcher | Female | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Colombia | Dirección General MarÃtima | National Oceanographic Data Center | Female | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | |
| Colombia | INVEMAR | General Director | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Strategies for publication/divulgation of science results/reports |
| Colombia | INVEMAR | Information and Marine Research Head | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | We fill-out “not necessary” because already exist in Colombia and the question mentions “currently not available” (i.e. INVEMAR is an RTC-OTGA, that is the reason for not fill-out the “establishment of regional training…”). However, in the case of advanced training courses, some thematics are absent, that is the reason for our selection. As well as, Consortia, in Colombia, we already have a Consortia of Ocean Science higher education”, however at Region not, that is the reason for our selection. |
| Côte D’Ivoire | SODEXAM | Head of forecast | Male | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | National Meteorology Weather Services Dominicana Republic | Tsunami Warning Section Manager | Male | ||||||
| Ecuador | Instituto Ocenográfico y Antártico de la Armada | Coordinador de Asuntos Oceanográficos | Male | ||||||
| Egypt | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | researcher | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Gambia | DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES | SNR METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER/PMO | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Grenada | Met office | Middle level technician | Female | ||||||
| Guatemala | INSIVUMEH | Jefe del Departamento de GeofÃsica | Male | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Essential | |
| Guatemala | UNESCO | Consultant | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Guinea | CNSHB | SEARCHER | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Ministery of the fishing | investigation | Male | ||||||
| Guyana | Hydrometeorological Service | Meteorologist | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | |
| India | National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research | Director | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia Agency for Meteorology Climatology adn GeophysicsBMKG | Director of R&D Center | Female | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | |
| Indonesia | BPPT | Head of Marine Survey Technology | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Indonesia | Institute for Marine Research and Observation | Director | Male | ||||||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Iranian National Institute for Oceanographic and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS) | Head of Iranian National Center for Ocean Data (INCOD) | Female | ||||||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Member of Scientific Board, Head of Department of Oceanographic Data and Remote Sensing | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | |
| Kazakhstan | Republican State-owned Enterprise “KazHydromet†| Head of the Department of the Caspian Sea Hydrometeorological Research | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | |
| Kenya | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute | Librarian/Information Manager | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Kenya | Indian Ocean Observatory | Editorial/Communication Director | Male | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Madagascar | Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE) | Head of the institution | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | |
| Madagascar | Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines | Senior Lecturer (Oceanography) | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | |
| Malaysia | Malaysian Meteorological Department | Principal Assisstant Director | Male | Not Necessary | Of Some Importance | Not Necessary | Essential | Essential | |
| Mauritania | Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches (IMROP) | Coordinateur Scientifique | Male | ||||||
| Mauritius | Mauritius Meteorological Services | Acting Deputy Director | Male | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | |
| Mexico | CETMAR-Ensenada | Director | Male | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | An efficient mechanism should be established for the dissemination of IOC activities in the region. Activities should also be promoted in all countries, and not limit the support and application of resources in a few countries. |
| Mozambique | INAHINA | Head of department | Male | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Mozambique | National Institute of Hydrography and Navigation-INAHINA | Researcher | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Chief Data Processing Officer/Programme Analyst | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Nigeria | NIGERIA INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH | RESEARCH OFFICER(SATELLITE O EANOGRAPHER) | Male | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | |
| Oman | Marine science and fisheries centre | Manger | Male | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Not Necessary | Not Necessary | Of Some Importance | |
| Peru | Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru – SENAMHI | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | ||
| Peru | INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU – Peruvian Institute of Marine Research | Research Director of Oceanography and Climate Change | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Peru | Directorate of hydrography and Navigation | Head of oceanography Department | Male | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | |
| Peru | Centro Peruano de Arqueologia Maritima y Subacuatica | Board Member | Male | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Philippines | Palawan Council for Sustainable Development | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | ||
| Philippines | TUBBATAHA MANAGEMENT OFFICE | PROTECTED AREA SUPERINTENDENT | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | |
| Philippines | Philippine Nuclear Research Institute | Senior Science Research Soecialist | Male | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Romania | NMA Romania | wheather and marine forecaster | Female | I don’t know | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | I don’t know | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | UNESCO – IOC | National consultant -St.Vincent and the Grenadines | Female | ||||||
| Seychelles | Department of Blue Economy | Director General, Maritime Boundary Management | Female | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | The young scientist award should actually just be a Ocean Leader Award with a youth component, which covers not just science because those of us passionate about the sustainable use of the ocean that are not scientists. |
| Seychelles | Seychelles Islands Foundation | Science Coordinator | Female | ||||||
| Sudan | Institute of Marine Research- Red Sea University- Port Sudan Sudan | Researcher | Male | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | |
| Sudan | Sudan Meteorological authority | Head of Weather and Shipping Forecast Department | Male | ||||||
| Turkey | Bogazici University – KOERI | RETMC Assistant Manager | Male | ||||||
| Turkey | Central Fisheries Research Institute (SUMAE) | Research Coordinator | Male | ||||||
| Ukraine | Odessa National I.I. Mechnikov University | Leading Scientist | Male | ||||||
| Ukraine | UkrSCES | Director | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | |
| United Arab Emirates | MoCCAE | Head of Marine Biodiversity section | Female | ||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute | Director General | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Fisheries Education and Training Agency | Fisheries Officer/ Lecturer | Male | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Put special priorities on capacity building to training institution staffs because they’ll deliver quality lectures to heir students hence increase number of trained ocean experts |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Tanzania Meteorological Authority | Incharge of Marine Meteorological Services | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Establishment of expert exchange program among centers for capacity and experience building |
| United Republic of Tanzania | MARINE CONSERVATION UNIT | WILDLIFE MANAGER | Male | ||||||
| Venezuela | Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research | scientific researcher and Head of the Center for Oceanology and Antarctic Studies | Male | Not Necessary | Of Some Importance | Not Necessary | Essential | Essential | Establishment of a funding fund for regional and inter-regional research |
| Vietnam | Institute of Oceanography | Header of Department of Remote Sensing and Oceanography | Male | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important |