These institutions have been invited to participate in the process and we hope for their strong support:

• Census of Marine Life Secretariat
• European Commission (EC)
• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
• International environmental observing and assessment programmes (GOOS, GIWA, WWAP, MA, IPCC, including GPA)
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Ocean Institute (IOI)
• International Programme on the State of the Oceans (IPSO)
• International Whaling commission (IWC)
• Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of marine Environmental Protection (GESAPM)
• National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
• New Initiative on Worldwide marine census Sydney Feb. 2001
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Reef Check Foundation
• Regional Seas Organizations
• Specialized thematic centres (e.g. NOAA).
• The programme for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)