The National Focal Points are the appropriate contact points in each Member State for affairs regarding the implementation of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) at national and global levels.
Updated GOOS NFP Terms of Reference (approved by GOOS SC-12).
GOOS Focal Points are nominated via one of three channels: IOC National Focal Point, Head of UNESCO National Commission or Permanent Delegation to UNESCO. Scans of all nominations forms for focal points received to date can be found here.
| Member | Role | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angora Aman | Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Sana Ben Ismail
Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Salambo |
Tunisia | ||
| Ivica Vilibic
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Croatia |
Croatia | ||
| Cossi Georges Epiphane DEGBE
Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin |
Benin | ||
| Arulananthan Kanapathipilli | Sri Lanka | ||
| Cesar BORBA
Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation |
Brazil | ||
| Ibrahim Zia
National Institute of Oceanography, Karachi |
Pakistan | ||
| Chalermrat Sangmanee
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources |
Thailand | ||
| Solveig Olafsdottir
Hafrannsóknastofnun, rannsókna- og ráðgjafarstofnun hafs og vatna |
Iceland | ||
| Michelle Heupel
Integrated Marine Observing System |
Australia | ||
| Amr Hamouda
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Cairo |
Egypt | ||
| Pritha Tutasi
Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada |
Ecuador | ||
| Steffen Olsen
Danish Meteorological Institute |
Denmark | ||
| Laura Tuomi
Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Finland | ||
| Divine Hotor
CSIR- Water Research Institute |
Ghana | ||
| Tarron Lamont
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment : Oceans & Coasts Research |
South Africa | ||
| Vincent Amelie
Seychelles Meteorological Authority |
Seychelles | ||
| Matias Sifon
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada |
Chile | ||
| Cheryl Tan
Meteorological Service Singapore |
Singapore | ||
| LianXue Wei
National Ocean Technology Center |
Alternate National Focal Point | China | |
| Desiderius MASALU
University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Marine Sciences |
United Republic of Tanzania | ||
| Francisco Gavidia Medina
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de El Salvador (MARN) |
El Salvador | ||
| Pattabhi Rama Rao Eluri
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services |
India | ||
| Aldo Drago
Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology |
Malta | ||
| Atanas Palazov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology |
Bulgaria | ||
| Bambaye Ould Hamady
Institut Mauritanien de Recherche Océanographique et des Pêches |
Mauritania | ||
| Pessièzoum ADJOUSSI
Université de Lomé, Centre De Gestion Integrée du Littoral et de Environnement |
Togo | ||
| Patrick Gorringe
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut |
Sweden | ||
| Pierre Yves Le Traon
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne |
France | ||
| Abdulkarim Rabiu
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research |
Nigeria | ||
| Luminita Buga
National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” |
Romania | ||
| Sebastien Legrand
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre |
Belgium | ||
| Mohd Fadzil Mohd Akhir
Institute of Oceanography and Environment |
Malaysia | ||
| Nelly Riama
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA |
Indonesia | ||
| Tijani Bojang
Ministry of Fisheries & Water Resources. |
Gambia | ||
| Andriantsilavo Jean Michel Rabary
Ministere de la Pêche et de l'Economie Bleue |
Madagascar | ||
| Julio Castro
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada |
Alternate National Focal Point | Chile | |
| Henning Wehde
Institute of Marine Research |
Norway | ||
| Saliou Faye
Centre de Recherche Océanographique de Dakar Thiaroye (CRODT-ISRA)/ LPAOSF-ESP-UCAD |
Alternate National Focal Point | Senegal | |
| Md. Azizur RAHMAN
Bangladesh Meteorological Department |
Bangladesh | ||
| Rosalia Santoleri
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche |
Italy | ||
| Enrique Varea
Marina de Guerra del Perú, Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación |
Peru | ||
| Bope Bope Lapwong
Centre de Controle et Surveillance de la Pollution Marine |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Laura Lorenzoni
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science |
United States of America | ||
| Mahmood Rashid Al-Khayari
Public Authority of Civil Aviation |
Oman | ||
| José Domínguez Viloria
Servicio de Oceanografía, Hidrografía y Meteorología de la Armada |
Uruguay | ||
| Rahanna Juman
Institute of Marine Affairs |
Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Brice Koumba Mabert
Centre National des Données et de l'Information Océanographiques, Gabon |
Gabon | ||
| Juan Moreno Rincon
Dirección General Marítima Colombia |
Colombia | ||
| Daniel Hayes
Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute |
Cyprus |