| Country | Institution | Your Position | Gender | Access to high power computing | Access to current scientific literature | Membership/involvement in international ocean research communities | Strengthened international partnerships and regional networks for collaboration | Development of national ocean research policy | Legal frameworks, regulation and enforcement | Increased awareness, ocean literacy and public outreach | Gender equality | Funding and investment in ocean science | CD to facilitate stakeholder engagement | Access to communities of practice | Other suggestions? |
| Representatives of Organization/Company/Institution | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Projeto Remar Limpar Ensinar | Gerente | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Universidade Federal Fluminense | PhD Candidate | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Palawan Council for Sustainable Development | Project Development Officer | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
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| Argentina | Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET | PhD. Student/Fellow | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bangladesh | Khulna University | PhD Student | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) | MS.c Research Student | Male | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Instituto Oceanográfico USP | student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | UFPR – Universidade Federal do Paraná | PhD Candidate | Female | Very Important | Not Necessary | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Brazil | Instituto Oceanografico (IO) | Student | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | University of São Paulo | Grad student | Female | Of Some Importance | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | I don’t know | Essential | |
| Brazil | Federal University of Paraná | Master’s Degree Student | Female | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Laboratório de Gestão Costeira Integrada | Estudante | Female | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Student | Male | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Brazil | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Masters | Female | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | I don’t know | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Universidade Estadual de Campinas | PhD candidate | Female | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Laboratorio de Gestão Costeira Integrada | Volunteer Researcher | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Brazil | UFSC | Student | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro | Phd Student | Female | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Brazil | Federal University of Ceará | Assistant Researcher | Male | Essential | I don’t know | I don’t know | Very Important | Essential | I don’t know | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Brazil | University of São Paulo | PhD candidate | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Brazil | Univali | Oceanography Student | Female | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Engagement of political staff and entrepreneurs |
| Brazil | IOUSP | Post doc researcher | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Universidade de São Paulo | PhD | Female | I don’t know | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | I don’t know | I don’t know | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Universidade de BrasÃlia – UnB | Phd Candidate | Female | Very Important | Not Necessary | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | I don’t know | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | |
| Brazil | FURG – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande | PhD Candidate | Female | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | |
| Brazil | Unoversidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco | Student | Male | I don’t know | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | I don’t know | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp) | Student | Prefer not to say | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | University of São Paulo | MSC Student | Male | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Brazil | Federal University of Rio Grande | Graduate Student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cameroon | University of Douala | Master’s student | Female | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | |
| Cameroon | University of Douala | PhD student | Male | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Of Some Importance | I don’t know | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | |
| Chile | UCN | PhD. Student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chile | Universidad de Concepción | PhD student | Female | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Colombia | Jorge Tadeo Lozano University | Student | Female | Essential | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | |
| Colombia | N/A | N/A | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Côte D’Ivoire | Centre de Recherches Océanologiques | PhD Student | Male | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | |
| Côte D’Ivoire | Centre de Recherches Océanologiques d’Abidjan | PhD student/Research assistant in oceanography | Male | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Essential | Very Important | Essential | |
| Ecuador | Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral | student | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Ecuador | ESPOL | student | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Ghana | University of Cape Coast | Student (MPhil Oceanography and Liminology) | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| India | Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies | Student | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| India | Student | Graduate of World Maritime University | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| India | National Remote Sensing Centre | Scientist / Engineer – SE | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Not Necessary | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| India | Kerala university of fisheries and ocean studies | PhD student | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| India | Annamalai University | SRF | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| India | ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education | PhD Research Scholar | Male | Of Some Importance | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | |
| India | ICAR-CIFE | PhD student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | Institut Teknologi Bandung | Magister Student | Female | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Kenya | Pwani University | Student | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenya | Kenya Wildlife Service | Tourism officer | Female | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Kenya | University of Nairobi | Graduate student | Male | Not Necessary | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Not Necessary | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Very Important | We have the main vessel (RV Mtafiti) but it hasn’t set sail for research for quite a long time. Also participation of students and post doc students is almost non existent. More effort and support to ensure the vessel is used accordingly to understand the marine ecosystem and specifically the deep sea is better understood. |
| Madagascar | ihsm | d | | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Madagascar | Institut Halieutique et des sciences Marines and University of Reunion Island | Phd Students | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | |
| Mexico | UNAM | Phd student | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mexico | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ph.D. Student | Male | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | I don’t know | Essential | I don’t know | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Nigeria | Ahmadu Bello University Zaria | Kafur L.G.A | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Involve youths in IOC |
| Nigeria | Ahmadu Bello University Zaria | Kafur L.G.A | Male | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Encouraging youths to participate in ocean science activities |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Chief Research Officer | Female | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Chief Research Officer | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | University of the Philippines – Cebu | Student | Male | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | |
| Philippines | Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman | University Research Associate | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | University of the Philippines Diliman | Graduate Student | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Senegal | LPAO-SF | PhD student | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | |
| Senegal | laboratoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère et de l’Océan Simeon Fongang | Post doc | Female | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | |
| Senegal | UCAD | PHD studen | Male | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | |
| Senegal | UCAD | Student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Senegal | LPAOSF | PhD student | Male | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Not Necessary | Essential | I don’t know | Of Some Importance | |
| Senegal | Direction de l’environnement | Doctorante/Assistante technique | Female | I don’t know | Very Important | Essential | I don’t know | Essential | Very Important | Not Necessary | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | |
| Senegal | Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor | PhD | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Seychelles | Department Of Blue Economy | M&E Officer | Female | Very Important | I don’t know | I don’t know | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | I don’t know | I don’t know | I don’t know | |
| South Africa | UCT | Student | Female | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| South Africa | SAIAB | PhD Candidate | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Essential | I don’t know | Essential | Essential | |
| South Africa | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Timor-Leste | Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL) | Lecturer | Male | Essential | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | |
| Togo | UNIVERSITE DE LOME | RESEARCHER | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Togo | Faculty of sciences, university of Lome | PhD student | Male | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Very Important | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Togo | Department of Geography | Phd Student/teacher assistant | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Turkey | METU Institute of Marine Sciences | PhD Student | Male | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | Of Some Importance | Very Important | |
| Turkey | Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Science | Research Assistant | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Turkey | Akdeniz University, Antalya – Turkey | PhD Candidtae | Female | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | Very Important | Very Important | Essential | Very Important | This response is both applicable to my home country Nigeria and Turkey where I am currently on a study. |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Institute of Marine Sciences | Student | Female | Very Important | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Of Some Importance | Very Important | Essential | Of Some Importance | Essential | Of Some Importance | Of Some Importance | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Institute of Marine Sciences | Msc Student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uruguay | Universidad de la Republica | Phd Student | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Venezuela | Universidad Simón BolÃvar | Researcher | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | |
