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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Adesina Adegbie
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research |
Nigeria | ||
| Faiza Al-Yamani
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) |
Kuwait | ||
| Pattabhi Rama Rao Eluri
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services |
India | ||
| Angora Aman | Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ivica Vilibic
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Croatia |
Croatia | ||
| Nelly Riama
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA |
Indonesia | ||
| Tijani Bojang
Ministry of Fisheries & Water Resources. |
Gambia | ||
| Cossi Georges Epiphane DEGBE
Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin |
Benin | ||
| Amon Kimeli
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquarter & Mombasa Station |
Kenya | ||
| Andriantsilavo Rabary
Ministere de la Pêche et de l'Economie Bleue |
Madagascar | ||
| Henning Wehde
Institute of Marine Research |
Norway | ||
| Md. Azizur RAHMAN
Bangladesh Meteorological Department |
Bangladesh | ||
| Rosalia Santoleri
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche |
Italy | ||
| Arulananthan Kanapathipilli | Sri Lanka | ||
| Bope Bope Lapwong
Centre de Controle et Surveillance de la Pollution Marine |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Tarek El-Geziry
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria |
Alternate National Focal Point | Egypt | |
| 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 | ||
| Carlos Zuniga
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada |
Chile | ||
| Juan Moreno Rincon
Dirección General Marítima Colombia |
Colombia | ||
| Daniel Hayes
Oceanography Centre, University of Cyprus |
Cyprus | ||
| Leonidas Perivoliotis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture |
Greece | ||
| Sieuwnath Naipal
Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname |
Suriname | ||
| Wenyan Shang
State Oceanic Administration |
China | ||
| Arona Ngari
Meteorological Service |
Cook Islands | ||
| Zurab Savaneli
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University |
Georgia | ||
| Keith Lennon
Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS), Oceans Science Branch (DFO - OSB), Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
Canada | ||
| Karim Hilmi
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Centre Régional de Casablanca |
Morocco | ||
| Alvaro Scardilli
Servicio de Hdrografía Naval |
Argentina | ||
| Caroline Cusack
Marine Institute Headquarters, Galway |
Ireland | ||
| Kandè Bangoura
Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè |
Guinea | ||
| Cesar BORBA
Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation |
Brazil | ||
| Viktor Komorin
Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea |
Ukraine | ||
| Leonid OSTROUMOV
State Oceanographic Institute |
Russian Federation | ||
| João Vitorino | Portugal | ||
| Dhifaf Abdulelah Mahdi Al-Khafaji
Ministry of Water Resources |
Iraq | ||
| Ettahiri Omar
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique - Centre Régional de Dakhla |
Alternate National Focal Point | Morocco | |
| Kees Borst
Rijkswaterstaat Centrale Informatievoorziening |
Netherlands | ||
| Antonio Miguel Piecho-Santos
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. |
Alternate National Focal Point | Portugal | |
| Octavio Gómez-Ramos
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
Mexico | ||
| Kerstin Jochumsen
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) |
Germany | ||
| Penny Holliday
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Marios Josephides
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Department of Meteorology |
Alternate National Focal Point | Cyprus | |
| Ibrahim Zia
National Institute of Oceanography, Karachi |
Pakistan | ||
| Chalermrat Sangmanee
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources |
Thailand | ||
| Daniela Turk
Slovenian Environment Agency |
Slovenia | ||
| Than Naing
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Nay Pyi Taw |
Myanmar | ||
| Abdulla Wahid
Maldives Meteorological Service |
Maldives | ||
| Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller
Polish Academy of Sciences – Institute of Oceanology |
Poland | ||
| Badal Rezah
Prime Minister's Office |
Mauritius | ||
| Solveig Olafsdottir
Hafrannsóknastofnun, rannsókna- og ráðgjafarstofnun hafs og vatna |
Iceland | ||
| Peter Tiangco
National Mapping and Resource Information Authority |
Philippines | ||
| 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 | ||
| Manuel Ruiz Villarreal
Instituto Español de Oceanografía – Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña |
Spain | ||
| Steffen Olsen
Danish Meteorological Institute |
Denmark | ||
| Laura Tuomi
Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Finland | ||
| Divine Hotor
CSIR- Water Research Institute |
Ghana | ||
| AbdouLHamid Swedan
المركز الوطني للأرصاد الجوية |
Libya | ||
| Tarron Lamont
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment : Oceans & Coasts Research |
South Africa | ||
| Katsumasa Yagi
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo |
Japan | ||
| Vincent Amelie
Seychelles Meteorological Authority |
Seychelles | ||
| Matias Sifon
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada |
Chile | ||
| Sungsan Park
Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency |
Republic of Korea | ||
| Furkan Yaman
Turkish Naval Forces, Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography |
Türkiye | ||
| Manfred Zeiler
Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) |
Alternate National Focal Point | Germany |