Ocean Researchers - Question 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22: Does your country or institution have a national ocean science capacity development strategy? Has your country carried out an ocean science capacity needs assessment?

Representatives of Organization/Company/Institution

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	Does your country or institution have a national ocean science capacity development strategy?	If yes, please specify (provide URL if available online).	Has your country carried out an ocean science capacity needs assessment?	If yes, please specify (provide URL if available online).
Algeria	National center for research and development of fisheries and aquaculture	Researcher	Male	I don’t know		No
Argentina	INIDEP	research program manager	Female	No		No
Brazil	UNV	Un Volunteer	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
China	China Institute for Marine Affairs	research fellow	Female	Yes	China’s National Ocean Development Plan by Science and Technology (2016-2020), issued in 2016.	I don’t know
Colombia	Centro de Investigaciones OceanogrÃ¡ficas e HidrogrÃ¡ficas del PacÃfico (CCCP)	Scientific researcher	Female	Yes	Thanks to its research centers on oceanographic issues, especially those linked to the General Maritime Directorate of Colombia.	I don’t know	N/A
Colombia	DirecciÃ³n General MarÃtima	National Oceanographic Data Center	Female	No		I don’t know
Colombia	INVEMAR	General Director	Male	Yes	My institution has an strategic development plan aligned with SDG 14 (and others), the Decade Implementation Plan for the period 2020-2030	No
Colombia	INVEMAR	Information and Marine Research Head	Female	No	At the institutional level, we have partial Capacity Development Strategy in place	I don’t know
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	No		No
Gambia	DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES	SNR METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER/PMO	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
Grenada	Met office	Middle level technician	Female
Guatemala	INSIVUMEH	Jefe del Departamento de GeofÃsica	Male	No		I don’t know
Guatemala	UNESCO	Consultant	Female	No		No
Guinea	CNSHB	SEARCHER	Male	No		I don’t know
Guinea-Bissau	Ministery of the fishing	investigation	Male
Guyana	Hydrometeorological Service	Meteorologist	Male	No		I don’t know
India	National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research	Director	Male	No	Not exactly, but partially this strategy is in place most of the Ocean research proposal.	No
Indonesia	Indonesia Agency for Meteorology Climatology adn GeophysicsBMKG	Director of R&D Center	Female	I don’t know		I don’t know
Indonesia	BPPT	Head of Marine Survey Technology	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
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	No		No
Kazakhstan	Republican State-owned Enterprise â€œKazHydrometâ€	Head of the Department of the Caspian Sea Hydrometeorological Research	Female	Yes		No
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Librarian/Information Manager	Male	Yes	The National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI	Yes	COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN REGION A Capacity NEEDS ASSESSMENT OCTOBER 2001
Kenya	Indian Ocean Observatory	Editorial/Communication Director	Male	Yes	We have a five year strategy that identifies communities as critical pillars in dissemination. It also seeks to reach out to policy makers and youth by bridging the demographic bulge as an asset for the Ocean Decade and a thriving sustainable Blue Economy divestiture	No
Madagascar	Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)	Head of the institution	Male	No		No
Madagascar	Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines	Senior Lecturer (Oceanography)	Male	No		No
Malaysia	Malaysian Meteorological Department	Principal Assisstant Director	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
Mauritania	Institut Mauritanien de Recherches OcÃ©anographiques et des PÃªches (IMROP)	Coordinateur Scientifique	Male
Mauritius	Mauritius Meteorological Services	Acting Deputy Director	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
Mexico	CETMAR-Ensenada	Director	Male	I don’t know	At the national level we have a great scientific capacity in various research centers and universities in the country. However, current national policy on this issue is chaotic and there is no clearly defined plan.	Yes	Until a few years ago, the national council of science and technology had a clearly defined strategy for the scientific development of the country. However, for two years this has been lost. Currently it works in well-established research institutions, but these are isolated efforts, given the lack of a national plan.
Mozambique	INAHINA	Head of department	Male	Yes	Mozambique’s Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy … (there are several threats to sustainable development of marine resources, such as pollution, unsustainable coastal development and the depredation ecosystems and resources. Becomes, like this, it is necessary to adopt management measures based on Principles viable scientific and technological in relationship to the sea and the coast, in order to guarantee conservation and sustainable use existing resources for the benefit of generations)	No
Mozambique	National Institute of Hydrography and Navigation-INAHINA	Researcher	Female	Yes		Yes
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Chief Data Processing Officer/Programme Analyst	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
Nigeria	NIGERIA INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH	RESEARCH OFFICER(SATELLITE O EANOGRAPHER)	Male	Yes	In my country we have and institution called Nigeria Institute for oceanography and marine research who’s mandate is to look into both the physical, biological, chemical and other aspects of the ocean	No
Oman	Marine science and fisheries centre	Manger	Male	No		No
Peru	Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru – SENAMHI		Male	Yes	https://www.minam.gob.pe/oceanos/ https://peru.un.org/es/sdgs/14 https://www.dhn.mil.pe/mspglobal/	I don’t know
Peru	INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU – Peruvian Institute of Marine Research	Research Director of Oceanography and Climate Change	Male	No		No
Peru	Directorate of hydrography and Navigation	Head of oceanography Department	Male	No		I don’t know
Peru	Centro Peruano de Arqueologia Maritima y Subacuatica	Board Member	Male	No		I don’t know
Philippines	Palawan Council for Sustainable Development		Male	No		No
Philippines	TUBBATAHA MANAGEMENT OFFICE	PROTECTED AREA SUPERINTENDENT	Female	No		I don’t know
Philippines	Philippine Nuclear Research Institute	Senior Science Research Soecialist	Male	No	Through the marine science institute and orher gov agencies. IAEA designated HAB COLLABORATING CENTER	No
Romania	NMA Romania	wheather and marine forecaster	Female	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	No		No
Seychelles	Seychelles Islands Foundation	Science Coordinator	Female
Sudan	Institute of Marine Research- Red Sea University- Port Sudan Sudan	Researcher	Male	Yes	Promote capacity building i.e. rehabilitating infrastructure, appropriate Training of adequate staff well â€“ equipped laboratories and advanced field facilities through wide-scope cooperation and partnerships with regional and international reputable research centres and organizations. -Development of a database system based on advanced long-term environmental monitoring program, for provision of sufficient information needed for location, assessment, biodiversity and detailed satellite mapping of marine resources and highly economically & environmentally valued habitats along the Sudanese coast. -Assistance in setting-up appropriate criteria and well-designed measures for formulation of an effective integrated coastal zone management plan for optimum exploitation of marine resources and eventual attainment of sustainable Development in the Sudanese Red.	No
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	No		Yes	First of all capacity needs assessment for aspects of Marine Protected Areas management and Integrated Coastal Management
United Arab Emirates	MoCCAE	Head of Marine Biodiversity section	Female
United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute	Director General	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
United Republic of Tanzania	Fisheries Education and Training Agency	Fisheries Officer/ Lecturer	Male	No		I don’t know
United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania Meteorological Authority	Incharge of Marine Meteorological Services	Male	I don’t know		I don’t know
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	No		I don’t know
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography	Header of Department of Remote Sensing and Oceanography	Male	Yes	I will suggestion information later.	Yes	I will suggestion information later.

Ocean Researchers – Question 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22: Does your country or institution have a national ocean science capacity development strategy? Has your country carried out an ocean science capacity needs assessment?