GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY Vishwas Chavan Senior Programme Officer for DIGIT 10 th Meeting of the GBIF Participant Node Managers Committee 3 – 5 October 2009 Data Mobilisation Strategy Sessions with Participants

Context….. l Ambitions of Work Programme l Concept paper on ‘data mobilisation strategy planning’ l discussion at the GBIF Science Committee in April 2009 l Assess realities, constraints and potentials l Communication by Executive Secretary to the Participants l Discussions with Participants l July – September 2009 l Nodes Manager, Heads of Delegations, and stakeholders l 25 Participants: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Columbia, Costa Rica, Denmark, DiscoverLife, EWT, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Japan, OBIS, Mexico, NatureServe, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, SCAR, Sweden, The Netherlands, and United Kingdom

Participants 1 – to – 1’s l Data Mobilisation: Linear Increase l Data Discovery: Early stages..... l Lack of - l Content Needs Assessments l Data Discovery and Mobilisation Strategies l Demand-driven, deterministic Action Plans for Data Discovery and Mobilisation l Data Publishing Framework Content Needs Assessment Content Needs Assessment Data Mobilisation Strategy Data Mobilisation Strategy Demand-driven Business Plans Demand-driven Business Plans Investment by Stakeholders Investment by Stakeholders Data Publishing Framework Data Publishing Framework

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