Ocean Researchers - 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?

Representatives of Organization/Company/Institution

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?
Algeria	National center for research and development of fisheries and aquaculture	Researcher	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Argentina	INIDEP	research program manager	Female	Of Some Use	Of Some Use	Of Some Use
Brazil	UNV	Un Volunteer	Male	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
China	China Institute for Marine Affairs	research fellow	Female	Very Useful	I don’t know	I don’t know
Colombia	Centro de Investigaciones OceanogrÃ¡ficas e HidrogrÃ¡ficas del PacÃfico (CCCP)	Scientific researcher	Female	Essential	Essential	Essential
Colombia	DirecciÃ³n General MarÃtima	National Oceanographic Data Center	Female	Very Useful	Very Useful	Essential
Colombia	INVEMAR	General Director	Male	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Colombia	INVEMAR	Information and Marine Research Head	Female	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Côte D’Ivoire	SODEXAM	Head of forecast	Male
Dominican Republic	National Meteorology Weather Services Dominicana Republic	Tsunami Warning Section Manager	Male
Ecuador	Instituto OcenogrÃ¡fico y AntÃ¡rtico de la Armada	Coordinador de Asuntos OceanogrÃ¡ficos	Male
Egypt	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	researcher	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Gambia	DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES	SNR METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER/PMO	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Grenada	Met office	Middle level technician	Female
Guatemala	INSIVUMEH	Jefe del Departamento de GeofÃsica	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Guatemala	UNESCO	Consultant	Female	Essential	Essential	Essential
Guinea	CNSHB	SEARCHER	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Guinea-Bissau	Ministery of the fishing	investigation	Male
Guyana	Hydrometeorological Service	Meteorologist	Male	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
India	National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research	Director	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Indonesia	Indonesia Agency for Meteorology Climatology adn GeophysicsBMKG	Director of R&D Center	Female	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Indonesia	BPPT	Head of Marine Survey Technology	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
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	Very Useful	Very Useful	Essential
Kazakhstan	Republican State-owned Enterprise â€œKazHydrometâ€	Head of the Department of the Caspian Sea Hydrometeorological Research	Female	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Librarian/Information Manager	Male	Essential	Essential	I don’t know
Kenya	Indian Ocean Observatory	Editorial/Communication Director	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Madagascar	Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)	Head of the institution	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Madagascar	Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines	Senior Lecturer (Oceanography)	Male	Very Useful	Essential	Very Useful
Malaysia	Malaysian Meteorological Department	Principal Assisstant Director	Male	Very Useful	Of Some Use	Of Some Use
Mauritania	Institut Mauritanien de Recherches OcÃ©anographiques et des PÃªches (IMROP)	Coordinateur Scientifique	Male
Mauritius	Mauritius Meteorological Services	Acting Deputy Director	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Very Useful
Mexico	CETMAR-Ensenada	Director	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential	The general secretaries of UNESCO and IOC must communicate to the governments of the member countries the importance of supporting the focal points so that the corresponding governmental instances work in coordination with them in the implementation of strategies and actions that allow them to comply with the agreements of the general assembly and of the COI council.
Mozambique	INAHINA	Head of department	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Mozambique	National Institute of Hydrography and Navigation-INAHINA	Researcher	Female	Very Useful	Essential	Very Useful
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Chief Data Processing Officer/Programme Analyst	Male	Very Useful	Essential	Very Useful
Nigeria	NIGERIA INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH	RESEARCH OFFICER(SATELLITE O EANOGRAPHER)	Male	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Oman	Marine science and fisheries centre	Manger	Male	Of Some Use	Very Useful	Essential
Peru	Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru – SENAMHI		Male	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Peru	INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU – Peruvian Institute of Marine Research	Research Director of Oceanography and Climate Change	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Essential
Peru	Directorate of hydrography and Navigation	Head of oceanography Department	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Essential
Peru	Centro Peruano de Arqueologia Maritima y Subacuatica	Board Member	Male	Very Useful	Essential	Essential
Philippines	Palawan Council for Sustainable Development		Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
Philippines	TUBBATAHA MANAGEMENT OFFICE	PROTECTED AREA SUPERINTENDENT	Female	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Philippines	Philippine Nuclear Research Institute	Senior Science Research Soecialist	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Romania	NMA Romania	wheather and marine forecaster	Female	Very Useful	I don’t know	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	Essential	Essential	Essential	A marine scientific research strategy and policy is very much needed as the UN Ocean Decade starting point draws nearer as we may be left behind in terms of research. Almost 80% of our marine space and seafloor is not mapped or understood. Mostly all the science is done on the coastal areas but not in the deeper ocean.
Seychelles	Seychelles Islands Foundation	Science Coordinator	Female
Sudan	Institute of Marine Research- Red Sea University- Port Sudan Sudan	Researcher	Male	Very Useful	Essential	Very Useful
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	Essential	Essential	Essential
United Arab Emirates	MoCCAE	Head of Marine Biodiversity section	Female
United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute	Director General	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
United Republic of Tanzania	Fisheries Education and Training Agency	Fisheries Officer/ Lecturer	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Of Some Use
United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania Meteorological Authority	Incharge of Marine Meteorological Services	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful
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	Very Useful	Very Useful
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography	Header of Department of Remote Sensing and Oceanography	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Essential

Ocean Researchers – 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?