Natl. Gov. Officials - Question 3.1, 3.2: Are there national plans or institutional mechanisms in place to support the development of ocean science capacity in your country?

Representatives of Organization/Company/Institution

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Are there national plans or institutional mechanisms in place to support the development of ocean science capacity in your country?	If yes, please specify:
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Meteorological Department	Director	Male	Yes	We have a plan to install more Ocean Buoy in future to collect ocean data like sea surface temperature, sea level pressure, wave height etc.
Bangladesh	Survey of Bangladesh	Deputy Director (Survey)	Male	No
Bangladesh	Survey of Bangladesh	Deputy In-charge, GIS Unit	Female	No
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Meteorological Department	Director	Male	Yes	We have a plan to install more Ocean Buoy in future to collect ocean data like Sea surface temperature, Sea air pressure, wave height etc.
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Meteorological Department	Meteorologist	Male	Yes	Bangladesh has a big ocean area. Its economy also depends a large portion of ocean status.
Barbados	Department of Emergency Management Barbados	Director	Female
Cabo Verde	IMar	Tecnico	Male	Yes	Imar – Institut od Sea and Ocean Centre Science
Chile	Servicio MeteorolÃ³gico de la Armada de Chile	Meteorologist	Male	Yes	National Oceanographic Comitee is collecting the gaps for investigation and capacity for the UN Ocean Decade
Chile	Chile Navy Weather Service	Personel Trainning	Male	Yes	National Oceanographic Comitee is leading the efforts for the Ocean Decenial Tasks
Colombia	DirecciÃ³n General MarÃtima – Centro de Investigaciones OceanogrÃ¡ficas e HidrogrÃ¡ficas del PacÃfico	Investigador cientÃfico	Female	Yes	PolÃtica Nacional del OcÃ©ano y los Espacios Costeros PNOEC. Plan EstratÃ©gico de la DirecciÃ³n General MarÃtima CONPES 3930 Colombia Potencia BioceÃ¡nica
Colombia	Ministerio de Ciencia, TecnologÃa e InnovaciÃ³n	Apoyo DirecciÃ³n de Inteligencia de Recursos	Female	Yes	In 2019 in Colombia, the Wise Mission Document was prepared and published, in which the focus of ocean Sciences is prioritized. This document warns about the urgency of undertake actions and initiatives that address a complex global economic environment and take on the challenges of diversifying and modernizing the economy in line with the ODS. In 2020, the CONPES 3990 “Colombia bioceanic power 2030” was made. This is a policy document that has a prospective and strategic nature that wants to position the oceans on the national public agenda as a factor for sustainable development in the next 11 years.
Comoros	ANACM	Cheaf: forecast, Aarning and Research	Male	Yes	we are now talking about the implementation of Blue economy stratÃ©gy in the country
Comoros	National Direction of Fisheries / NGO AIDE (Intervention Association for the Development and Environnemental	Fishing Technician / Member of the coral reef monitoring theamand Head of the quality control and certification service for fisheries products	Male	No
Cook Islands	Cook Islands Meteorological Service	Director	Male	Yes	Cook Islands Oceans Sanctuary ( Te Marae Moana)
Dominica	Lands and Surveys Division	Surveyor	Male
Dominican Republic	Centro Nacional de Sismologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo	Director	Male	Yes	Prepare young personnel in Ocean Science.
Dominican Republic	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Encargado de Departamento de Ordenamiento de Recursos Costeros	Male	No
Dominican Republic	ONAMET	SUBDIRECTOR	Male	No
Ecuador	Instituto nacional de Pesca	Investigador pesquero	Male
Ethiopia	NATIONAL METEOROLOGY AGENCY	SENIOR HYDRO-METEOROLOGIST	Male	Yes	by contributing to assessing in our countryâ€™s capacity development needs in ocean science related issues. National ocean related capacity is also essential for our country to build the required national expertise to fully participate in, and benefit from the Sustainable Ocean Economy. ocean research, observation, data/information management, coastal area-based management and policy in our national and local levels of climate sensitive sectors like water, health, agriculture and disaster risk management sectors
Gambia	Department of Water Resources	Meteorologist	Male	No	Under development
Ghana	ghana Ports and Harbours Authority	Hydrographer	Male
Grenada	Grenada National Commission for UNESCO	Secretary General	Female	No
Honduras	General Directorate of the Merchant Marine	Head of the Marine Environment Protection Department	Female	No
Indonesia	Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics of the Republic of Indonesia (BMKG)	Head of Center for Education and Training, BMKG	Male	Yes	– Law No. 32 year 2014 on Ocean – Govt. Regulation No. 32 year 2019 on Ocean Spatial Planning – Presidential Regulation No. 178 year 2014 on Agency for Ocean Security, – Presidential Regulation No. 16 year 2017 on Indonesian Ocean Policy, – Preside
Indonesia	BMKG	Meteorologist	Male	Yes	In Met Ocean capacity development
Kenya	Kenya Meteorological Department	Assistant Director of Meteorological Services	Male	Yes	Ocean dynamical modelling
Mozambique	INAHINA	Marine GIS	Male	No
Myanmar	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology	Staff Officer	Male	No
Nigeria	National water resources institute. Kaduna	Senior technologist	Female	No
Niue	Department of Education	Director	Female	Yes	The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry should have something in their Corporate Plan, the NGO, Niue Ocean Wide also looks after the Moana (Ocean) Mahu protected area,
Oman	Marine Science and Fisheries Center, Ministry of Agricultural & Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources	Marine Ecologist, Marine biotoxins Specialist	Female	No
Oman	National Emergency Management Center	Operation & Planning	Male
Pakistan	Pakistan Meteorological Department, National Seismic Monitoring Center Islamabad	Meteorologist/Seismologist	Male	Yes	There is Tsunami warning chain which deals with necessary evacuation drills for coastal communities and workshops conducted among various institutes/stakeholders which involve in tsunami response process. Through these activities ocean science issues are addressed.
Palau	Palau National Weather Service	MIC / Director	Female
Panama	Ministerio de Ambiente	Tecnician	Female	No
Peru	Senamhi	Analista BÃ¡sico de Riesgo AgroclimÃ¡tico	Female	Yes	There are talks, workshops, seminars on topics of interest such as “ocean acidification” by national authorities on virtual platforms.
Peru	SENAMHI	Especialista en GestiÃ³n de Datos	Male	No	Sorry, I don’t know
Peru	SENAMHI	Especialista en GestiÃ³n de Datos	Male	No	I don’t know
Peru	Instituto del Mar del PerÃº	Coordinador CientÃfico	Male	No
Peru	FONDO NACIONAL DE DESARROLLO PESQUERO	CHIEF	Male	Yes	1. Plan EstratÃ©gico para la GestiÃ³n y Manejo del Ecosistema Marino-Costero y sus Recursos (Ministerio del Ambiente). 2. GestiÃ³n Integrada de la Zona Marino Costera y PlanificaciÃ³n Espacial Marina (Ministerio del Ambiente). 3. Proyecto GEF-PNUD Humboldt “Hacia un Manejo con Enfoque EcosistÃ©mico del Gran Ecosistema Marino de la Corriente de Humboldt (GEMCH)” (Acuerdo Binacional PerÃº – Chile).
Peru	APN	Analista Ambiental	Female
Peru	National Port Authority	Analist in port services	Male	Yes	Environment Ministry have developed some strategies to keep ocean free of plastic
Romania	National Meteorological Administration	weather and marine forecaster	Female
Seychelles	Seychelles Meteorological Authority	Forecasting Officer	Male	No
Seychelles	Department of Blue Economy	Director General, Maritime Boundary Management	Prefer not to say	No
Somalia	Ministry of fisheries and Marine resource	Head section of Marine and coastal Biodiversity	Male	Yes	There is national mechanism of ocean line institutional framework
Sri Lanka	Department of Meteorology	Deputy Director	Male	No	NARA is the focal point of it.
Sri Lanka	Disaster Management Center	Assistant Director	Male	No
Sudan	Sudan Meteorological authority	Head of Weather and Shipping Forecast Department	Male	No
Suriname	Meteorological Service Suriname	Coordinator Climatology division/ National Data center	Male	No
Timor-Leste	National Disaster Risk Management Directorate (NDRMD) Secretary State Civil Protection (SSCP)	Technical Analyst	Male	Yes	Maybe there is, but I’m not sure.
Trinidad and Tobago	Institute of Marine Affairs	Director (Acting)	Female	No
Tunisia	ZARZIS PROFESSIONAL FISHING TRAINING CENTER	FISH VULGRISER	Male	Yes	institut national agronomie (inat)
Tuvalu	Tuvalu Meteorological Service	Senior Climate Officer	Male	Yes	Ridge to Reef (R2R) projects Offshore wave forecasting model by the SPC
United Arab Emirates	National Center of Meteorology	Head of Marine Forecast Section	Male	Yes	Tsunami Other Ocean related supporting services in development
United Arab Emirates	National Center of Meteorology	Head of Marine Forecast Section	Male
United Republic of Tanzania	FISHERIES EDUCATION AND TRAINING AGENCY	PRINCIPAL TUTOR	Male	Yes	This has been done through higher learning institutions and NGOs i.e., Institute of Marine Sciences under University of Dar es Salaam (IMS-UD) and Western Indian Ocean Scientific Organization (WIOMSA).

Natl. Gov. Officials – Question 3.1, 3.2: Are there national plans or institutional mechanisms in place to support the development of ocean science capacity in your country?