| 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). |
| Argentina | Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval | Technical Secretary | Male | No | No | ||
| Benin | Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB) | Director | Yes | http://nodc-benin.odinafrica.org Many actions is developing with many partners | Yes | http://nodc-benin.odinafrica.org Through collaboration with FAO and other Institution Fish stock assessment and Ocean Cleanup | |
| Chile | CHILEAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE | DIRECTOR | Male | No | Yes | In the context of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) | |
| Colombia | Colombian Ocean Commission | International Adviser | Female | Yes | http://cco.gov.co/expedicion-cientifica-seaflower-i.html http://cco.gov.co/expedicion-cientifica-al-pacifico.html http://cco.gov.co/programa-antartico-colombiano.html | Yes | http://www.cco.gov.co/cco/publicaciones/83-publicaciones/383-politica-nacional-del-oceano-y-los-espacios-costeros-pnoec.html http://www.cco.gov.co/cco/publicaciones/83-publicaciones/794-conpes-colombia-potencia-bioceanica-sostenible.html |
| Comoros | Université des Comores | Lecturer | Male | No | No | ||
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | State Hydro-Meteorological Administration | Director | Male | Yes | https://193.0.0.1/Marine science | Yes | https://193.0.0.1/Marine science |
| Egypt | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | Male | Yes | http://www.niof.sci.eg/ | Yes | http://www.niof.sci.eg/ |
| El Salvador | Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales | Especialista en Oceanografía | Male | No | No | ||
| Estonia | Ministry of the Environment of Estonia | Coordinator | Male | No | No | ||
| Finland | Finnish Meteorological Institute | Safety, Head of Group | Female | Yes | National strategy for marine sciences in Finland. | No | |
| France | Comité national français pour la COI | Présidente | Female | Yes | IRD (Institute for Research and Development) main mission is on capacity building. In addition, there are funding mechanism to support to virtual international (bilateral) laboratories in marine science (e.g. IRL-International Research Laboratory at CNRS, LMI- Laboratoire Mixte International at IRD). Financial support for individual scientists to expatriate to developing countries for periods ranging from a few months to years. | I don’t know | |
| Germany | Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency | Secretariat of German IOC-Section | Male | No | I don’t know | ||
| Guinea | Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè (CERESCOR) | Chercheur Océanographe / Directeur Ecole Doctorale en Océanographie, Environnement Marin et Côtier | Male | Yes | https://www.cerescor.edu.gn (site en construction) ED-CERESCOR (site en construction) | No | |
| India | INCOIS | Director | Male | No | No | ||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Director | Male | Yes | No | ||
| Kenya | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute | Director-Focal Point 3 | Male | No | No | ||
| Kuwait | Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research | Principal Research Scientist, Kuwait Representative to IOC | Female | No | No | ||
| Lebanon | National Centre for Marine Sciences-CNRSL | Director of the Centre & Researcher | Male | No | No | ||
| Mexico | MEXICO NODC | Coordinator | Male | I don’t know | I don’t know | ||
| Morocco | INRH | National Focal Point | Male | ||||
| Nigeria | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Director | Male | I don’t know | I don’t know | ||
| Pakistan | National Institute of Oceanography | Senior Research Scientist | Female | Yes | The National Institute of Oceanography has its in house CB needs assessment and plan til 2025, aligned with the National ST & I Policy of the Government of Pakistan | Yes | https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/32701566/samina-kidwaipdf-imber https://www.apn-gcr.org/archive-resources/files/original/ e7fe113bce6385fb120af871cdfef025.pdf |
| Panama | Autoridad Marítima de Panamá | Jefe de Ambiente | Male | No | No | ||
| Peru | Dirección de HidrografÃa y Navegación – Perú | Director | Male | Yes | http://www.dhn.mil.pe | No | |
| Portugal | Instituto Hidrografico | Oceanographer | Female | I don’t know | I don’t know | ||
| Sudan | UNESCO Chair on Marine Biology and Oceanography / Sudan | Chairholder | Male | No | No | ||
| Sweden | SMHI | Senior oceanographer/data manager | Female | No | No | ||
| Togo | University of Lome | Lecturer, IOC National Focal Point | Male | No | No | ||
| Tunisia | Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM) | Professor | Male | No | No | ||
| United Republic of Tanzania | Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM | PO box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania | Male | No | No | ||
| Vietnam | Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology | Director | Female | Yes | http://ww.vnio.org.vn | Yes | http://www.vnio.org.vn |
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| Ecuador | Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada | Investigador Oceanográfico | Female | No | I don’t know |
IOC Capacity Development surveys results