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Siro Masinde, Programme Officer for Content Mobilisation Olaf Bnki, Senior Programme Officer for Participation Donald Hobern, GBIF Executive Secretary TDWG ANNUAL CONFERENCE, NAIROBI | 28 SEPT 2015 BID: BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FOR

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SLIDE 1 TDWG ANNUAL CONFERENCE, NAIROBI | 28 SEPT 2015 Siro Masinde, Programme Officer for Content Mobilisation Olaf Bánki, Senior Programme Officer for Participation Donald Hobern, GBIF Executive Secretary
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SLIDE 2 This programme is funded by the European Union http://www.gbif.org/bid Goal Improved management of natural capital for human well-being, through increased application of biodiversity information to support decision-making. Objectives
  • Improving the availability of biodiversity data
  • Capacity enhancement for biodiversity information
management
  • Integration of biodiversity information into policy
and decision-making processes

BID: BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

A multi-year EU-funded programme to increase the availability and use of biodiversity information in research and decision-making in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP Countries) - €3,900,000 total EU Funding
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SLIDE 3 This programme is funded by the European Union http://www.gbif.org/bid Progress
  • Multilingual surveys done to gain
understanding of biodiversity data needs and resources in Africa
  • First Africa call for project proposals imminent
Future
  • Subsequent calls in Caribbean and Pacific
(2016) and 2nd Africa call (2017)

BID LAUNCH AT AFRICA RISING CONFERENCE

BID Programme launched at Africa Rising Conference , 19-22 May 2015, in Cape Town; several milestones reached Photo by Gavin Withers
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PROJECT THEMES

  • Mobilize data about protected areas, threatened

species, and invasive alien species

  • Use and extend best practices for digitizing natural

history collections and mobilizing other biodiversity data

  • Applications in support of decision-making and

research

  • Develop lasting national, regional or thematic

networks to support ongoing data sharing and reuse

http://www.gbif.org/bid
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FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR AFRICA

  • 1. National biodiversity data mobilization grants:

≤ €60,000 per national grant; 2 years max. implementation

Objectives

  • Establish or strengthen national biodiversity information

facilities

  • Increase available biodiversity data, within and beyond

the grant period

  • Apply biodiversity data in response to national priorities

Three grant categories

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FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR AFRICA

  • 2. Regional biodiversity data mobilization grants: ≤

€20,000 per partner; 3 partners minimum; ≤ €10,000 for lead / coordinator; 2 years max implementation

Objectives

  • Establish or strengthen international collaborations to

mobilize biodiversity data

  • Increase available biodiversity data, within and beyond

the grant period

  • Apply biodiversity data in response to conservation

priorities

Three grant categories

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FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR AFRICA

  • 3. Small biodiversity data mobilization grants:

≤ €5,000 per grant, 1 year max. implementation

Objectives

  • Increase available biodiversity data, within and beyond

the grant period

  • Apply biodiversity data in response to conservation

priorities

Three grant categories

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SLIDE 8 http://www.gbif.org/publishingdata/summary
  • Occurrences: Records on presence of a

named organism at a specific place and time

  • Sample-based data: quantitative data

gathered using standard protocols to provide abundance/richness and sometimes time series

  • Checklists: lists of species recorded within a

region

  • Collection descriptions: basic details about

biological collections that have not yet been digitized - metadata only

DATA TYPES

Photo: www.naturekenya.org
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CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT Grantees will receive support to develop necessary skills and expertise

  • Remote helpdesk for

technical guidance

  • Capacity enhancement

workshops for national and regional grant recipients

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APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

 Legal entity located in an (African) ACP country  Non-private sector  Project co-funding and post- project sustainability plan  Support for staff time, travel, meetings and workshops  More limited support for IT services and equipment  Data licensing: CC-BY or CC0  etc

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PROCESS AND TIMELINE

GBIF will shortly issue a call for proposals Two-step application process

  • Initial concept note to allow

preliminary assessment

  • Full proposals requested for

selected activities Application templates and guidelines provided for each grant type with call for proposals

http://www.gbif.org/bid

Sign up to receive updates at http://www.gbif.org/bid General questions? Email BID@gbif.org