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<ioc-staff-request@lists.unesco.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Boned, Patrice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 September 2020 13:56<br>
<b>To:</b> Pissierssens, Peter <p.pissierssens@unesco.org>; Diwa, Johanna Paula <jp.diwa@unesco.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ioc-staff <ioc-staff@unesco.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ioc-staff] IOC Circular Letter 2803: Launch of the second IOC Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Marge"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">By this letter the
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">secretariat invite national representatives and all nationals with a role in Capacity Development to answer the online questionnaire (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KN885MK">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KN885MK</a>)
by </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">1st February 2021. The Secretariat also reiterates its call on all Member States to designate a national CD focal point and wishes to expand
the scope of CD stakeholders in your country. A first analysis of the responses received in September will be completed by 15 October and submitted to the IOC Group of Experts on CD.
</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The questionnaire can be completed in about 20-30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Marge"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action:
</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"> Lancement de la seconde enqute de la COI sur les besoins en matire de dveloppement des capacits. Par cette lettre le secrtariat invite les reprsentants
des Etats membres et toutes les personnes concernes par le dveloppement des capacits dans votre pays rpondre au questionnaire en ligne avant le 1<sup>e</sup> fvrier 2021. Le Secrtariat sollicite aussi la nomination de points focaux nationaux et souhaite
largir le champ des groupes de rfrence dans ce domaine dans chacun des pays. Une premire analyse des rponses reues en septembre sera porte l’analyse du Groupe d’experts de la COI sur le dveloppement des capacits le 15 octobre prochain. Le questionnaire
est disponible </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KN885MK" title="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KN885MK"><span lang="FR">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KN885MK</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">.
L’enqute peut tre complte en approximativement 20-30 minutes</span><span lang="FR" style="layout-grid-mode:line">.</span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IOC Circular Letter No 2803</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
IOC/PP/pp <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">(Available in English, French and Spanish) 1<sup>st</sup> September 2020
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">To: IOC National Official Coordinating Bodies for Liaison with IOC<br>
IOC Capacity Development National Focal Points <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="a" align="left" style="margin-left:42.55pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-42.55pt">
<span lang="EN-GB">cc.: Permanent Delegates / Observer Missions to UNESCO of IOC Member States<br>
National Commissions for UNESCO of IOC Member States<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Subject: Launch of the second IOC Capacity Development Needs
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Assessment Survey<br>
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<p class="Marge"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This letter is pursuant to
<a href="http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=24911">
decision IOC-XXX/11.1</a> of the IOC Assembly in June 2019 to invite the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development to continue its work on regularly assessing the capacity development requirements of Member States.
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<p class="Marge"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Launched in October 2018 through
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Circular Letter 2738</a>, the first survey developed by the Group of Experts focussed largely on regional needs and those of Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries. The results of the survey (Annex VI of
<a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000368748.locale=fr">IOC/GE-CD-I/3</a>) also assessed the functional needs of a Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) as a tool ‘to provide interested users in Member States with direct and rapid access to relevant
sources of information, practical expertise in the Transfer of Marine Technology (TMT), as well as to facilitate scientific, technical and financial cooperation to that end’. This finding materialized in April 2020 as the IOC Ocean InfoHub Project that focusses
on the development of the CHM/TMT in Latin America and Caribbean region, Africa and Pacific SIDS (see Executive Council document
<a href="http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=26745">
IOC/EC-53/4.3.Doc</a> for detail). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Marge" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Through the revised 2020 survey, the IOC also reiterates its call on all Member States to designate a national CD focal point (only
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32</a> of them are recorded to date) and wishes to expand overall the scope of CD stakeholder groups as follows:
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1. IOC contacts (IOC focal points, IOC CD focal points)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2. Ocean researchers and research service providers (including heads of institution, data centre staff)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3. Academic staff (Higher Education Institution lecturers as well as Learning Services Provider staff)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4. Students (at Higher Education Institution)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Marge"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line">5. Local government official (including councils, national park authorities)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Access the list of IOC circular letters and languages versions at
<a href="http://www.ioc-unesco.org/circularletters">http://www.ioc-unesco.org/circularletters</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO<br>
7, Place de Fontenoy<br>
75352 Paris Cedex 07 SP<br>
France</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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