Responses came from 17 out of 150 IOC member states below (11%); 13 out of 115 developing country IOC member states (12%). It is noted that out of the 150 IOC Member States (March 2021), 115 are developing countries.
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Ecuatorial Guinea
Egypt
Estonia
France
Ghana
Honduras
India
Japan
Kuwait
Myanmar
Poland
Tanzania
Venezuela
Belgium (reiterated its answers in 2018 CD survey)
From responses received from 17 countries as of April 2023, the gender breakdown is 56% male, 44% women. Each Member State of the IOC has one or more official contact points who receive all official communications from the Commission. The IOC National Contact Manual (National Focal Points contact list) is available from THIS LINK.
The data presented is based on the general average. Due to the relatively small sample sizes care must therefore be taken when interpreting the results and making assumptions based on the data presented.
QUESTIONS
The survey included the following questions. Click on the question to jump to the reporting.
Q1. (confidential information for user identification: not included in this report).
Q2. Does your country have a “national coordinating body” to coordinate its cooperation with IOC?
Q3. Has your country designated a IOC national focal point for capacity development?
Q5. Please rank the following capacity development needs related to human resources in your country.
Q15: In your opinion, to what extent are the following aspects of capacity lacking to achieve SDG 14?
Q16: Does your country have a national ocean science capacity development strategy?
Q17: Has your country carried out an ocean science capacity needs assessment?
Q18: Any other comment you’d like to add: