28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting WP8 TRAINING and PUBLIC AWARENESS

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Philosophy In WP8 EDIT will stimulate the provision of more integrated courses and research training opportunities that bring together :  traditional taxonomy  molecular approaches  informatics  biodiversity  conservation management

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Objectives  ensure the transfer of knowledge between current and future generations of taxonomists  spread this knowledge by :  identifying, analysing and streamlining the training offer in Europe,  establishing an integrated training programme (European School of Taxonomy or EST)

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting WP Leadership Consortium of Belgian Taxonomic Facilities BE-TAF  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences  Royal Museum for Central Africa  National Botanic Garden of Belgium

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting BE-TAF  research  curation  expertise  public education RBINS RMCA Belgium’s National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative the largest herbarium collection from Central Africa leading research institute and knowledge centre on sub-saharan Africa NBGB

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting BE-TAF : Management structure NBGB Jan Rammeloo Jérôme Degreef RBINS Camille Pisani Olivier Retout Board of Directors RMCA Guido Gryseels Michel Louette Patricia Mergen Substitutes Network Steering Committee WP Leader Jackie Van Goethem Substitutes Anne Franklin Isabella Van de Velde NBGB Elmar Robbrecht Jérôme Degreef Patricia Mergen RBINS Isabella Van de Velde Support Anne Franklin Team Leaders RMCA Michel Louette Patricia Mergen

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Partners of BE-TAF in WP8 Main partners  CSIC-MNCN : 2 PM  CUB & IBSAS : 6 PM  relay institutions for their geographic area  collection of information, provision of expertise, redaction of reports Other partners : about 12 PM  MNHN, UKBH, NL-TAF, FUB-BGBM, RBGK, INRA, BINRAS, ZINRAS, USNM  collection of information, provision of expertise

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Activities for the 5 year plan 8.1.Assessment of training resources for taxonomy in Europe 8.2.Mobilisation of European training providers into EST 8.5.Public Awareness and Public Relations for the Promotion of Taxonomy 8.4.Implementation of EDIT’s School of Taxonomy 8.3.Establishment of pilot schemes for integration

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Activities for first 18 months 8.1.Assessment of training resources for taxonomy in Europe Listing of training resources provided by EDIT partners and non-EDIT partners Evaluation of gaps and needs for training, including short-term priorities

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Activities for first 18 months 8.2.Mobilisation of European training providers into EST  Establishment of a strategy for mobilising training providers into EST  Identification of training providers interested in participating in the EST  Establishment of committee of training providers  Identification of ways and means for integration  Organisation of the meeting of the committee of training providers to adopt general principles of integration and establish a draft model course prospectus

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Activities for first 18 months 8.3.Establishment of pilot schemes for integration Taxon-oriented pilot course Pilot ‘expert-in-training’ programme

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Major Milestones  Inventory of training and gap analysis finalised M 15  Two operational pilot training schemes completed M 18  Network for public awareness in taxonomy created M 23  Model curriculum of EST agreed upon M 35  Curriculum of EST is a reference across EuropeM 59  New funding sources for training secured M 60  Taxonomy accepted as one of the ‘big sciences’M 60 over full project duration

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Ongoing activities 8.1.Assessment of training resources for taxonomy in Europe  Listing of existing training resources from EDIT partners  preliminary list established  reviews of existing training resources gathered  Erasmus course in systematic biology under evaluation  contact with Synthesys (Network Activity C - Collection Standards)  Draft questionnaire elaborated for detailed gap analysis  will be submitted to EDIT partners for advice  Final questionnaire will be put online on EDIT website  Collected information will serve for gap analysis

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting and much more … a lot of brainstorming already done on the content of the pilot courses 8.3. Establishment of pilot schemes for integration

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting We invite you to participate !  List of training resources  Existing reports on reviews or gap analysis  Feedback on draft questionnaire  Completion of final questionnaire contact for these activities:

28/06/06 Kickoff Meeting Thank you Any questions ?