The Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme

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The Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme Tim Hirsch, Deputy Director, GBIF Secretariat Side event on mobilizing biodiversity data for policy making in africa, cbd cop13, cancún, 6th december 2016

What is the bid programme? Four-year programme, 2015-2018 Funded by EU, run by Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Aims to increase biodiversity information available in Africa, Caribbean, Pacific Supports capacity enhancement, mobilization of data, strengthening networks Focus on data to support policy needs (invasives, protected areas, threatened species) www.gbif.org/bid

‘africa rising’ conference Launch event for BID Africa, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, May 2015 Nearly 100 delegates from national agencies, research institutions, international organizations Joint funding from JRS Biodiversity Foundation, SANBI, UNEP-WCMC ‘Declaration on biodiversity information for sustainable development in Africa’ http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/news/idb-2015

Bid programme timetable Three project call periods First Africa call (Sep 2015-June 2016) Parallel calls in Caribbean and Pacific (under way) Second Africa call (February 2017) http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/news/idb-2015

Three types of project supported by programme Bid grant types Three types of project supported by programme Small data mobilization projects (single institutions) National grants (establish/strengthen national biodiversity information facilities) Regional consortia (three or more ACP countries), collaborations to increase biodiversity data mobilization http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/news/idb-2015

Bid africa phase 1 Great response! 143 concept notes submitted from 34 African countries Tough 2-stage selection procedure http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/news/idb-2015

Bid africa phase 1 23 projects covering 20 sub-Saharan African countries 10 small grants, 10 national projects, three regional consortia Total grant value €972k www.gbif.org/bid

Bid africa phase 1: National projects www.gbif.org/bid

Bid africa phase 1: National projects www.gbif.org/bid

Bid africa phase 1: regional projects www.gbif.org/bid

Building a community of practice Training workshop for funded projects, Kigali, Rwanda, August 2016 Trainers and mentors from Colombia, Costa Rica, Belgium, United States Multilingual re-usable materials available for future training Online edition for small grants www.gbif.org/bid

Data already flowing! www.gbif.org/bid

Data already flowing! http://www.gbif.org/dataset/025769ee-df28-40de-bead-69fe1259bbad

Expanding the network http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/news/niger-joins-gbif-network

Next steps Selection of projects in Caribbean, Pacific Launch of Africa 2nd call, Feb 2017 http://www.gbif.org/dataset/025769ee-df28-40de-bead-69fe1259bbad

Thank you! thirsch@gbif.org Sign up to BID mailing list: http://bid.gbif.org/