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</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">(15 September 2020)
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<h2>Survey: IOC Capacity Development Needs Assessment <o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">Help in contributing to assessing your country\u2019s capacity development needs in ocean science related issues by filling in the
<a href="https://ioc-goos.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=16036ef572b0c3aef59a0699e&id=351af5b0fd&e=1a68f969d8" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#6DC6DD">IOC Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey</span></a>.<br>
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Capacity Development (CD) is an essential tenet of IOC\u2019s mission. It enables all Member States to participate in and benefit from ocean research and services that are vital to sustainable development and human welfare on the planet. The vision contained in
the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2015-2021 identifies capacity development as the primary catalyst through which IOC will achieve its four high level objectives in the current 2014\u20132021 IOC Medium-Term Strategy.<br>
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This Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey is organised by the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development and is designed to assess the capacity development requirements of member countries, specifically Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least
Developed Countries (LDCs), in order to contribute to the implementation plan (under development) of the
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<span style="color:#6DC6DD">IOC CD Strategy, 2015-2021</span></a>. <br>
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By completing this survey you will be contributing to assessing your country\u2019s capacity development needs in ocean science related issues. In addition, the information gathered by this survey will contribute to addressing capacity needs related to the UN Decade
of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.<br>
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This survey is open to all national stakeholders in ocean research, observation, data/information management, coastal area-based management and policy including private sector. In particular:<br>
1. IOC contacts (IOC focal point, IOC CD focal point)<br>
2. Ocean researchers and research service providers (including heads of institution, data centre staff)<br>
3. Academic staff (Higher Education Institution lecturers as well as Learning Services Provider staff)<br>
4. Students (at Higher Education Institution)<br>
5. Local Government officials (including councils, national park authorities)<br>
6. National Government officials<br>
7. Policy makers (senior government officials)<br>
8. Industry (using, extracting and/or developing ocean resources)<br>
9. Private sector operating in coastal zone (e.g. hoteliers, developers)<br>
10. NGOs (environmental)<br>
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You can fill the survey either as an individual (reflecting your views) or as a representative of your institution/organization/company. You will be asked to indicate this.<br>
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Please feel free to inform colleagues within or outside your institution (members of the above stakeholder groups) on the survey and invite them to complete it. The more responses received, the more objective and representative picture will be obtained regarding
needs in ocean related capacity development in IOC Member States.<br>
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The survey should be filled online but you can download the survey as a PDF in order to consult with colleagues if you are planning to respond as a representative of your institution or country.<br>
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The survey is composed of 5 sections:<br>
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Section 1: Information on the person who filled the survey: to be complted by all<br>
Section 2-5: Capacity development needs assessment: for each stakeholder group specific questions will be asked<br>
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For any additional questions or guidance please contact Mr Peter Pissierssens (<a href="mailto:p.pissierssens@unesco.org">p.pissierssens@unesco.org</a>) or Ms Johanna Diwa (<a href="mailto:jp.diwa@unesco.org">jp.diwa@unesco.org</a>).<br>
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<h2>Survey: 2020 Capacity Development Needs Assessment<o:p></o:p></h2>
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Help in contributing to assessing your country\u2019s capacity development needs in ocean science related issues by filling out the
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Capacity Development (CD) is an essential tenet of the mission of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.<br>
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Capacity Development enables all IOC Member States to participate in, and benefit from, ocean research and services that are vital to sustainable development and human welfare on the planet. The vision contained in the
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<span style="color:#6DC6DD">IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2015-2021</span></a> identifies capacity development as the primary catalyst through which IOC will achieve its four high level objectives in the current 2014\u20132021 IOC Medium-Term Strategy. National
ocean related capacity is also essential to build the required national expertise to fully participate in, and benefit from the Sustainable Ocean Economy. <br>
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The 2020 Capacity Development Needs Assessment Survey is organised by the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development (<a href="http://www.ioc-cd.org/gecd">http://www.ioc-cd.org/gecd</a>) and is designed to assess the capacity development requirements of member
countries, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">This survey is open to all national stakeholders in ocean research, observation, data/information management, coastal area-based management and policy including
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In particular: <br>
1. IOC contacts (IOC focal point, IOC CD focal point)<br>
2. Ocean researchers and research service providers (including heads of institution, data centre staff)<br>
3. Academic staff (Higher Education Institution lecturers as well as Learning Services Provider staff)<br>
4. Students (at Higher Education Institution)<br>
5. Local Government officials (including councils, national park authorities)<br>
6. National Government officials<br>
7. Policy makers (senior government officials)<br>
8. Industry (using, extracting and/or developing ocean resources)<br>
9. Private sector operating in coastal zone (e.g. hoteliers, developers)<br>
10. NGOs (environmental)<br>
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As a member of one or more of the above mentioned stakeholder groups we wish to invite you to fill the survey. <br>
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You can fill the survey either as an individual (reflecting your views) or as a representative of your institution/organization/company. If you need a PDF version of the survey to consult with colleagues within your institution then please contact Ms Johanna
Diwa (<a href="mailto:jp.diwa@unesco.org">jp.diwa@unesco.org</a>) or Mr Peter Pissierssens (<a href="mailto:p.pissierssens@unesco.org">p.pissierssens@unesco.org</a>), indicating the stakeholder group to which you belong (there are different question sets for
each of the stakeholder groups). A Spanish language version of the PDF will become available in approx. 2 weeks. If you require this version then please contact Ms Diwa or Mr Pissierssens.<br>
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All responses and personal information will be anonymized and will not be published for general access nor disclosed or sold to third parties. The information collected through this survey will be used for statistical analysis to enable the publication of the
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Filling the survey will take between 20-30 min. We will appreciate if you can fill the survey by 1 October 2020. <br>
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