Ocean Researchers - Question 2.6: In your opinion, how useful are the following in terms of increasing visibility and awareness of ocean research in your country?

Representatives of Organization/Company/Institution

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Support for development of effective public communication in ocean research institutions	Support for communicating ocean science research to policy makers	Development of an IOC ocean literacy ‘community of practice’ to share experience within and across regions	Other suggestions?
Algeria	National center for research and development of fisheries and aquaculture	Researcher	Male	Very Useful	Of Some Use	Very Useful
Argentina	INIDEP	research program manager	Female	Not Necessary	Not Necessary	Of Some Use
Brazil	UNV	Un Volunteer	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Essential
China	China Institute for Marine Affairs	research fellow	Female	Essential	Essential	Of Some Use
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	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Colombia	INVEMAR	General Director	Male	Very Useful	Essential	Very Useful
Colombia	INVEMAR	Information and Marine Research Head	Female	Essential	Essential	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	Very Useful	Essential	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	Very Useful	Of Some Use	Of Some Use
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	Very Useful	Essential	Essential
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	Essential	Essential	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	Essential	Essential	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	I don’t know	I don’t know	I don’t know
Kenya	Indian Ocean Observatory	Editorial/Communication Director	Male	Of Some Use	Of Some Use	Not Necessary	This is one area that is yet to be prioritised. The knowledge is still in the silos and is yet to be imaginatively distilled and shared for diverse audiences to ensure the public, policy makers and young scientists embrace ocean knowledge. There is need to demystify much of marine science for common folk to participate in the Ocean Decade
Madagascar	Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)	Head of the institution	Male	Very Useful	Essential	Essential
Madagascar	Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines	Senior Lecturer (Oceanography)	Male	Very Useful	Essential	Essential
Malaysia	Malaysian Meteorological Department	Principal Assisstant Director	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Essential
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	Very Useful
Mozambique	INAHINA	Head of department	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Mozambique	National Institute of Hydrography and Navigation-INAHINA	Researcher	Female	Of Some Use	Very Useful	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	Very Useful	Essential	Very Useful
Oman	Marine science and fisheries centre	Manger	Male	Of Some Use	Very Useful	Very Useful
Peru	Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru – SENAMHI		Male	Of Some Use	Of Some Use	Of Some Use
Peru	INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU – Peruvian Institute of Marine Research	Research Director of Oceanography and Climate Change	Male	Essential	Very Useful	Essential
Peru	Directorate of hydrography and Navigation	Head of oceanography Department	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Peru	Centro Peruano de Arqueologia Maritima y Subacuatica	Board Member	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Philippines	Palawan Council for Sustainable Development		Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Philippines	TUBBATAHA MANAGEMENT OFFICE	PROTECTED AREA SUPERINTENDENT	Female	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Philippines	Philippine Nuclear Research Institute	Senior Science Research Soecialist	Male	Essential	Essential	Very Useful
Romania	NMA Romania	wheather and marine forecaster	Female	Of Some Use	Of Some Use	Very Useful
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	Development of an outreach program is needed to encourage the younger generation to be interested in the ocean space as a career. At the same time the policy makers would also need to be sensitised on the importance of developing the human capital that is needed for the development of the blue economy, in all aspects not just economy and environment but in science, technology emerging or traditional, governance and sustainability.
Seychelles	Seychelles Islands Foundation	Science Coordinator	Female
Sudan	Institute of Marine Research- Red Sea University- Port Sudan Sudan	Researcher	Male	Essential	Very Useful	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	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	Very Useful
United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania Meteorological Authority	Incharge of Marine Meteorological Services	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Very Useful	Support for communicating ocean science research to disaster management
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	Very Useful	Essential	Essential
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography	Header of Department of Remote Sensing and Oceanography	Male	Very Useful	Very Useful	Of Some Use

Ocean Researchers – Question 2.6: In your opinion, how useful are the following in terms of increasing visibility and awareness of ocean research in your country?