1. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Sustainable capacity building in plant biodiversity in Africa, Asia and Indian ocean Objective

2. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Biodiversity hotspots Biodiversity high information concentration Motivation

3. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Enhance scientific skills ; Communication scientists <> policy makers ; Better participate in main international initiatives. Needs

4. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Training & exchange workshops Support to institutions Research projects Organisation

5. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Geographical scope

6. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Management, sharing and use of biodiversity data Impediment = lack or scarcity of –awareness, –technical skills, –know-how, –Internet access. TDWG related issues

7. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier 4 regional sessions, 200 staff trained Collection management & digitisation Use of common data models : RIHA, Brahms Advice re connection to GBIF portal Examples of data use Training herbaria staff

8. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Data intellectual property, Endangered & invasive species, Data cleaning and reliability, Data use techniques, Scientific and socio-economic issues requiring biodiversity data National & regional workshops

9. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Networking the botanic community, Enhancing exchange & collaboration, –International Master degree, –New conference Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam –Regional networks, –Collaborative research projects Networking

10. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Support to herbaria & botanic gardens (20) Improve : –Collection organisation, –Specimens preparation & identification, –Collection digitisation & connection to GBIF. Support to institutions

11. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier Encourage SEP funded projects (30) to : –Provide herbaria with new specimens, –Digitise & share produced data, –Use data & information from GBIF portal. Research projects

12. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier GBIF member countries : –2 national meetings –Provider survey & needs analysis –Set up operational Node & connect > 5000 specimens / observations All countries : –4 regional training sessions on digitisation & connection –1 multi-regional training session on data use Results –2 news member countries –150 participants trained from 22 countries –Awareness raised & steps taken towards membership GBIF-SEP Work programme & results

13. SEP & CEPDEC TDWG 2009 Montpellier