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European Network for Biodiversity Information
Why ENBI ?
ENBI major objectives
• European (EU/EC) contribution to GBIF.
• Open regional network of biodiversity information centers
and projects.
• Interaction with EU/CHM, EEA, EIONET, and EPBRS.
(Memorandum of Understanding with the European Environment
Agency).
What will ENBI do?
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ENBI is a network, not a single research project.
Obtain a picture of the future challenges and opportunities.
Identify current and planned activities, as well as gaps.
Agree on priorities and on options for future cooperation.
Define and implement a number of feasibility and pilot
projects.
• Interact with related information domains.
• ENBI will (presently) not act as the European GBIF node.
• Promote the continuity of ENBI.
Work plan
• The establishment of a strong Europe-wide biodiversity
information network.
• Common approaches for the maintenance and
enhancement of biodiversity databases.
• Integration and interoperability of large-scale distributed
database sites.
• Mechanisms to support the development of e-services and
products.
Project components
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Co-ordination
activities
II Maintenance and
enhancement of
databases
III Data integration,
interoperability, and
analysis
IV Products and
e-services
Sustainability &
continuity
Forum for GBIF
National nodes
Dissemination
IPR, Copyrights
& financial issues
Current Scope of ENBI
36 months, starting 1 January 2003
65 institutes, representing 24 countries.
- GBIF national nodes
- Co-ordinators of relevant EU projects
- Other stakeholders
13 work packages accommodated in 4 clusters.
Cluster I
Co-ordinating activities.
- Network co-ordination
- Co-ordination with GBIF
- Strategies for sustainability and continuity of
European activities
ENBI Forums & Inventory of state-of-art.
Dissemination.
IPR, copyrights & business issues.
Cluster II
Maintenance, enhancement and
presentation of bio-diversity
databases.
Co-operation of pan-European checklist and ‘Species
bank’ database projects.
Co-operation of pan-European databases on biological
collections and specimens.
Observational survey data.
Cluster III
Data integration,
interoperability and analysis.
Data management in large distributed biodiversity
database systems.
Interoperability and common access.
Generic analysis tools and data mining.
Cluster IV
Products and e-services.
Multi-lingual access.
Information services on European biodiversity data.
Making non-European biodiversity data in European
repositories globally available.
Management structure
Coordinator and
Management Committee
Steering Committee (WP leaders)
Links
Members
Advisory Groups
Interaction with GBIF
• ENBI members will promote that more European countries
will sign the GBIF Memorandum of Understanding.
• Transparency between the two communities of GBIF and
ENBI to avoid duplication of effort or competing models.
• Option that ENBI will represent the European Commission
in NODES (GBIF national nodes committee).
• Joint activities and sharing of budgets in common
activities.
• Exchange experiences and compare models and activities
with other regional networks (such as IABIN).
Looking ahead
• 6FP (ERA) initiatives
– Integrated project ‘European Virtual Biodiversity Laboratory’
– Integrated project ‘Assembling the Tree of Life’
– Network of Excellence ‘Biodiversity databases’
• ERANET
– Promote related national activities
– Multinational cooperation
• 7th Framework Programme
http://www.enbi.info/
Contact: [email protected]
The ENBI Coordinators:
Wouter Los & Cees Hof
University of Amsterdam
P.O. Box 94766
1090 GT Amsterdam
The Netherlands