Meeting goals
The Africa nodes meeting aims to:
- Strengthen the GBIF Africa community
- Provide a forum for GBIF nodes in Africa and the GBIF Secretariat to share latest updates and best practices
- Showcase the relevance of GBIF data across a broad range of use cases
- Identify key regional capacity and information needs to inform the development of the upcoming Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) call for proposals in the region
- Identify and explore opportunities for synergies between BID and any existing or upcoming regional-scale initiatives related to biodiversity data training, mobilization or other activities
- Encourage participation in the calls for proposals by project applicants and reviewers, mentors, trainers and other partners
Audience
This event will be attended by representatives of:
- GBIF nodes in Africa
- Relevant regional initiatives and networks
- Selected institutions previously involved in the BID programme
Contact Jean Paul Kubwimana Nodes regional representative for Africa for any further information on the agenda.
Questions on the logistics please contact Luke Jimu
This programme is funded by the European Union.
