OPINEAR

Background and Objective

The Ocean Policy Institute Network in East Asia Region (OPINEAR) is a network of policy research institutes established by ocean policy research institutes in the East Asian region that participated in a meeting organized by the Ocean Policy Research Foundation in February 2008 in Tokyo. The main objective of OPINEAR is to encourage information sharing and collaboration among regional ocean policy research institutes.

Outline

As of September 2015, the following seven organizations are presently members (COMI joined in 2010; the other six members have been affiliated since the first assembly). Moreover, two organizations have joined as observers (PEMSEA since 2008 and ANCORS since 2011).

OPINEAR Members (in alphabetical order)

• China Institute for Marine Affairs (CIMA)
• Coastal and Ocean Management Institute (COMI) (Shenzhen University, China)
• Center for South East Asian Studies (CSEAS) (Indonesia)
• Korea Maritime Institute (KMI)
• Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA)
• Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI, SPF)
• S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

OPINEAR Observers (in alphabetical order)

• University of Wollongong, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS)
• Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)