«Setting up a GBIF Node» Workshop
The main goal of this workshop is advising GBIF Node managers about how to settle up a GIBF Node: how to identify priorities and needs, how to serve them, what kind of activities should be established, how to create agreements and collaborations, how to implement a training plan, etc.
It is clear that despite the –in many cases– considerable differences among nodes and node managers in terms of expertise, resources available, and particular situation and priorities, there is still enough common ground to put in place a coherent and useful work program.
Agenda
Day 1
Welcome remarks and presentations.
Crash introduction to biodiversity information and biodiversity informatics - Francisco Pando ("Biodiversity information" file .pdf; 1,88 Mb).
Overview at GBIF (history, mission, organisation, current work plan) - Juan Bello.
Day 2
Morning talk. Making a difference with biodiversity data: impacts of Nodes on policy and decision making, conservation, and sustainable development.
Morning talk: National priorities and needs: How to identify them? How to serve them? What types of questions are relevant for Nodes? How to communicate the answers? How to engage national organisations and promote collaboration?
Day 3
Morning talk: What kind of activities is normally a fully established Node responsible for? - CONABIO, CBD.
If you –as a node manager— could only do one thing (or two, or three) what would it be? - Francisco Pando ("How to ask for help" file .pdf; 30 Kb)
Setting up a GBIF Node step by step: What is required? When? How? ("Setting up a GBIF Node" file .pdf; 37 Kb)
Building up a Node’s team: Ideas, tips, suggestions and examples from the network.
Day 4
Morning talk: What makes a successful proposal? ("How to write succesful proposals" file .pdf; 30 Kb).
Preparing and implementing strategic & work plans. Exmaple: Work plan for the Spanish GBIF Node (file .pdf; 242 Kb).
Node Sustainability: How to write successful proposals.
Day 5
Morning talk: Roles and importance of Nodes in GBIF as a distributed network.
Promoting Node-to-Node interactions and cooperation at the regional level: Importance of, ideas for, and some initial agreements among participants.
Nodes interacting at the Nodes Committee and with the Secretariat: Needs, responsibilities, and opportunities.