IOC Focal points: Question 2.13: In the context of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development for which of the following Ocean Decade objectives are capacity development needs greatest in your country?

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	OBJECTIVE 1: Identify required knowledge for sustainable development, and increase the capacity of ocean science to deliver needed ocean data and information	OBJECTIVE 2: Build capacity and generate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the ocean including human interactions, and interactions with the atmosphere, cryosphere and the land sea interface.	OBJECTIVE 3: Increase the use of ocean knowledge and understanding, and develop capacity to contribute to sustainable development solutions.	Other needs:
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	Male	Very Important	Essential	Essential
Benin	Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB)	Director		Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Chile	CHILEAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE	DIRECTOR	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Colombia	Colombian Ocean Commission	International Adviser	Female	Essential	Essential	Essential
Comoros	Université des Comores	Lecturer	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	State Hydro-Meteorological Administration	Director	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Egypt	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Male	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important
El Salvador	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Especialista en Oceanografía	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Estonia	Ministry of the Environment of Estonia	Coordinator	Male	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Very Important
Finland	Finnish Meteorological Institute	Safety, Head of Group	Female	Very Important	Very Important	Essential
France	Comité national français pour la COI	Présidente	Female	Very Important	Very Important	Essential	Establish mechanisms to enhance participation of African countries in oceanographic cruises as most of them do not research infrastructures at sea such as research vessels.
Germany	Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	Secretariat of German IOC-Section	Male	Not At All	Of Some Importance	Not At All
Guinea	Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè (CERESCOR)	Chercheur Océanographe / Directeur Ecole Doctorale en Océanographie, Environnement Marin et Côtier	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Essential
India	INCOIS	Director	Male	Very Important	Essential	Essential
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	Director	Male	Of Some Importance	Of Some Importance	Essential
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Director-Focal Point 3	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Kuwait	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Principal Research Scientist, Kuwait Representative to IOC	Female	Very Important	Essential	Essential
Lebanon	National Centre for Marine Sciences-CNRSL	Director of the Centre & Researcher	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Mexico	MEXICO NODC	Coordinator	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important	I don’t know
Morocco	INRH	National Focal Point	Male
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Director	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Pakistan	National Institute of Oceanography	Senior Research Scientist	Female	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Panama	Autoridad Marítima de Panamá	Jefe de Ambiente	Male	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important	todas las investigaciones de las ciencias oceánicas, ordenamiento, marco legal, etc.
Peru	DirecciÃ³n de HidrografÃa y NavegaciÃ³n – PerÃº	Director	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Portugal	Instituto Hidrografico	Oceanographer	Female	Very Important	Essential	Essential
Sudan	UNESCO Chair on Marine Biology and Oceanography / Sudan	Chairholder	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Of Some Importance
Sweden	SMHI	Senior oceanographer/data manager	Female	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important
Togo	University of Lome	Lecturer, IOC National Focal Point	Male	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
Tunisia	Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)	Professor	Male	Very Important	Essential	Essential
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM	PO box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania	Male	Essential	Essential	Essential
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	Director	Female	Very Important	Very Important	Very Important
ADDITIONAL
Ecuador	Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada	Investigador Oceanográfico	Female	Very Important	Of Some Importance	Very Important