For the past five years, the website has attracted an increasing number of visitors as revealed in its annual hits: 83,329 (2002); 1,612,593 (2003); 2,240,968 (2004); 2,117,386 (2005), and 3,046,591 (2006). Visitors come mostly from East Asian countries yet countries from other regions such as Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and USA, have also registered frequent visits to the website.

To enhance the PEMSEA website into a more info-packed and functional online knowledge center for the region, PEMSEA invites its partners and stakeholders to participate in a short survey aimed at evaluating the website’s impact. The survey will assist to transform the PEMSEA website into a one-stop center for ICM exchange, multilevel and multisectoral partnerships and networking.

The survey will be vital in expanding the online services provided by PEMSEA and in making the PEMSEA website more responsive to the needs of the Regional Programme and its stakeholders, especially in the implementation of the SDS-SEA. The result of the survey will serve as a basis for the development of the new PEMSEA website and its continuous maintenance. Respondents will receive an electronic copy of the upcoming Tropical Coasts magazine “One People, One Vision,” which is also second of two special issues on the East Asian Seas Congress 2006. [Take the survey now.]