The Blue Economy in Cities and Regions

Annex A. List of respondents to the OECD Global Survey on Localising the Blue Economy

 

Country	Name of the city/basin/region	Principal respondent	Scale
Belgium	Antwerp	Marijke De Roeck, Communication and Participation Manager, Urban Development, City of Antwerp	City
Brazil	Pelotas	Gilmar Tadeu Bazanella, Municipal Secretary, Secretariat of Development, Tourism and Innovation, Pelotas City Council	City
	Piracicaba-Capivari-Jundiaí Basin	Sergio Razera, CEO, Piracicaba-Capivari-Jundiaí Basin Committee	Basin
	Rio Grande	Werner Hartmann Spotorno, Assistant Secretary, Municipal Secretariat for the Environment, City of Rio Grande	City
	Rio Grande do Sul	Giovani Trindade, Port Planning Coordinator, Ports RS	Region
	Rio Pardo Basin	Valéria Borges Vaz, President, Rio Pardo Basin Committee	Basin
	São José do Norte	Fabiany Zogbi Roig, Mayor, City of São José do Norte	City
	Salvador	Franklin Gomes, Economic Development Director, Salvador City Hall	City
Cambodia	Tonle Sap	Puy Lim, Vice-President, Tonle Sap Lake Authority	Basin
Canada	Nova Scotia	Greg Landry, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, Office of Priorities and Planning, Government of Nova Scotia	Region
Comoros	Moroni	Fouad Issoufa Ali, Head of Environment, Climatology and Oceanography, National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Comoros	SIDS
Chile	La Araucanía	Marjorie Schwartz, Assessor, Environmental Assessment Service, Regional Government of La Araucanía	Region
	Los Lagos	Patricio Vallespín López, Regional Governor of Los Lagos	Region
	Quillota	Francisco Marchant, Manager, Local Economic Development Unit, Municipality of Quillota	City
China (People’s Republic of)	Haihe	Jie Kang, Deputy Division Chief, Haihe River Water Conservancy Commission	Basin
Colombia	Barranquilla	Diana Mantilla Parra, Secretary of Planning, Mayor’s Office, City of Barranquilla	City
	Nuquí	Jhordyn Mosquera Nique, Secretary for Planning and Infrastructure, Mayor’s Office, Municipality of Nuquí	City
	Puerto Escondido	Gabriel Antonio Vega Franco, Support for the Secretariat of Planning and Public Works, Municipality of Puerto Escondido	City
	Sitionuevo	Eva Luna Cañas, Head of Office, Secretariat for Sustainable Economic Development, Municipality of Sitionuevo	City
	Tumaco	Zulma Bibiana Rojas Prieto, Advisor for Special Projects, Municipality of Tumaco	City
Congo	Congo-Ubangi-Sangha	Georges Gulemvuga, Director, Water Resources, International Commission of the Congo-Ubangi-Sangha Basin	Basin
Côte d’Ivoire	Assinie-Mafia	Hippolyte Ebagnitchie, Mayor, Municipality of Assinie-Mafia	City
Croatia	Dubrovnik	Marko Miljanic, Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning, Administrative Department for European Funds, Regional and International Co-operation, City of Dubrovnik	City
Estonia	Saaremaa	Jaanika Tiitson, Development Advisor, Municipality of Saaremaa	Region
Finland	Lappeenranta	Ilkka Rasanen, Environmental Director, City of Lappeenranta	City
	North Karelia	Jukka Nykänen, Environment Specialist, Regional Council of North Karelia	Region
France	Dunkerque	Jean-François Vereecke, Deputy General Director, Urban Planning and Development Agency of the Flanders-Dunkerque Region	City
	Guadeloupe	Nicolas Diaz, Head of the Blue Strategy and Maritime Activities Department, Regional Council of Guadeloupe	Region
	Le Port	Aude Quidbeuf Cousin, Deputy Director, General Planning and Local Development, Municipality of Le Port, Reunion Island	Region
	Marseille	Bertrand Righo, Project Manager, City-Port Relation, Sea-based Economy and Sustainable Tourism, Economic Projects Department, City of Marseille	City
	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Laura Chiron, Policy Officer, Atlantic Maritime Co-operation, Region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Region
	Seine-Normandie	Christophe Poupard, Director of Knowledge and Planning, Seine-Normandie Water Agency	Basin
	Sète	Jean-Guy Majourel, Vice-President, Inter-municipal government of Sète (Sète agglopôle méditerranée)	City
Ghana	Cape Coast Metropolitan District	Richmond Yeboah, Deputy Director, Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly	City
	Korle Klottey Municipal District	Emmanuel Baisie, Municipal Coordinating Director, Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly	City
Indonesia	Tanjungpinang	Heni Ari Putranti, Head of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, Planning and Development Board, Tanjungpinang City Government	City
Japan	Kumamoto	Hirano Takahiro, Section Chief, Water Conservation Division, Kumamoto City Council	City
Kenya	Kilifi	Zeina Mohammed, Director, Environment Department, City Government of Kilifi	City
	Kisii	Edwin Muga, County Director of Fisheries, Agriculture, Livestock, and Cooperative Development, County Government of Kisii	Region
	Marsabit	Omar Aga, Director of Fisheries, County Government of Marsabit	Region
	Narok	Vincent Kinyua, Director of Fisheries, County Government of Narok	Region
	Samburu	Simon Rapunye Lepakiyo, Director of Fisheries, County Government of Samburu	Region
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	Mekong River Basin	Ly Thim, Chief River Basin Planner, Mekong River Commission Secretariat	Basin
Malaysia	Melaka City	Zuhaila Ahmad Zubel, Director of Town Planning, Melaka Historic City Council	City
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Saleck Moulaye Ahmed Cherif, Director of Studies, Projects and Co-operation, Region of Nouakchott	Region
Mauritius	Port Louis	Jogeeswar Seewoobaduth, Director of the Environment Department, Ministry of the Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mauritius	SIDS
Morocco	Rabat	Mustapha Benbouya, Environmental Officer, City of Rabat	City
	Souss-Massa	Abdelhamid Aslikh, Secretary-General, Souss-Massa Basin Agency	Basin
Netherlands	Rotterdam	Thuy Do, Senior Advisor, Water, Soil and Climate, City of Rotterdam	City
	The Hague	Martijn van Weert, Policy Officer, Economic Development, Urban Development Department (DSO), Municipality of The Hague	City
Nigeria	Cross River State	Sonigitu Asibong Ekpe, Director, Environmental Multilateral Support and Co‑operation, Ministry of Environment, Cross River State	Region
Panama	Panama City	Jannia Samuels, Deputy Director, Resilience, City of Panama	City
Philippines	Calabarzon	William Esguerra, Ecosystems Management Specialist, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Regional Office of Calabarzon	Region
	Guimaras	Leonard Pasiderio, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (ENR) Guimaras ENR Office, Provincial Government of Guimaras	Region
	Ivisan	Lorna Bernales, Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator, Local Government Unit of Ivisan	City
	Laguna de Bay	Marilyn Apacionado, Community Development Officer, Laguna Lake Development Authority	Basin
	Sebaste	Leonaris Dionela, Local Planning Officer, Municipal Hall of Sebaste, Antique	City
Portugal	Faro	Joao Correia Vargues, Division of Economic Development, Studies and Community Finance, Municipality of Faro	City
	Lisbon	Ana Sofia Aníbal, Director, Department of Innovation and Strategic Sectors, City of Lisbon	City
	Matosinhos	Susana Sousa Gonçalves, Head of Department, Civil Protection, Matosinhos City Council	City
	Porto	Ruben Fernandes, Executive Director, Water and Energy of Porto	City
Senegal	Dakar	Abdou Birahim Diop, Director of Urban Development, City of Dakar	City
	Pikine	Ndiaga Fall, Coordinator, Programme of the Covenant of Mayors on Climate and Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, City of Pikine	City
Seychelles	Victoria	Elna Etienne, Principal Information and Communication Officer, Department of Blue Economy, Seychelles	SIDS
Slovenia	Soča Valley	Miro Kristan, Head of Department, Environment and Spatial Planning, Soča Valley Development Centre	Basin
South Africa	Cape Town	Gareth Morgan, Executive Director, Future Planning and Resilience, City of Cape Town	City
	eThekwini	Nomalanga Sokhela, Programme Manager, Economic Development Unit, eThekwini Municipality	City
Spain	Barcelona	Anna Majo Crespo, Director, Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects, Barcelona Activa	City
	Canary Islands	Ramón Aymerich de Vega, Coordinator, Canary Islands Blue Economy Strategy, Vice-Ministry of Economy and Internationalisation, Regional Government of the Canary Islands	Region
	Gijón	Luis Díaz Gutierrez, Managing Director, Gijón City Council	City
	Júcar Basin	Maria Inmaculada, Head of Human Resources and Services Area, Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar	Basin
	San Sebastián (Donostia)	Judith Moreno Zumalde, Senior Technician, Management Assistance, Strategy Office, San Sebastián City Council Asier Goya Urigain, Environmental Planning and Climate Change Technician, Department of Health and Environment, San Sebastián City Council	City
	Tagus Basin	Mercedes Echegaray Giménez, Head of Public Participation, Hydrographic Confederation of Tagus	Basin
	Vigo	Carlos Botana Lagarón, Head of the Sustainability Department, Port of Vigo	City
Switzerland	Geneva	Gilles Mulhauser, Director-General, Cantonal Water Office, Geneva	City
United States	Los Angeles	Aaron Gross, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Los Angeles	City
	New Orleans	Zach Monroe, External Affairs Manager, Office of Resilience and Sustainability, City of New Orleans	City
	Philadelphia	Abby Sullivan, Interim Chief Resilience Officer, Philadelphia Office of Sustainability	City
	Sausalito	Janelle Kellman, Mayor, City of Sausalito	City
	Seattle	Ashima Sukhdev, Climate Mitigation and Circular Economy Policy Advisor, Seattle Public Utilities, City of Seattle	City
Uruguay	Montevideo	Andrea De Nigris, Chief Resilience Officer, Planning Department, City of Montevideo	City

Note: The names of survey respondents, their respective titles and organisations were correct at the time of collecting the survey responses and may have changed since then.