BIF content mobilization: process for opportunity evaluation and strategy planning

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Reporter: ahahn
Assignee: mraymond
Type: Epic
Summary: BIF content mobilization: process for opportunity evaluation and strategy planning
Priority: Major
Status: ToDo
Created: 2013-11-27 16:55:48.815
Updated: 2014-04-30 15:51:13.088
DueDate: 2014-09-30 00:00:00.0
        
Description: The Secretariat will work with the Nodes Committee to develop guidance and planning materials and to establish processes for developing national implementation plans and for assessing progress. These guidance and planning materials will include a framework for exploring the relationship between a national biodiversity information facility and a range of stakeholder groups with which is may need to connect (e.g. data holding institutions, citizen science, research infrastructures, environment agencies, research users etc). Within this framework, materials will be organized to assist with communications and with planning engagement with each of these stakeholder groups. During 2014, the first focus will be on supporting engagement with data holding institutions. Subsequently, this model will be expanded (...)

*Guidance and planning materials for national biodiversity information facilities: First component delivered: process and resources for national review of content mobilization opportunities: milestone Sep 2014*

*Rationale*
National biodiversity information facilities (BIFs) are the means by which Participants deliver relevance at the national level (...). Progress in developing such BIFs varies significantly between Participants.

*Tasks*
- define product to be delivered for GB21: guidance document for Nodes (check on carryover contribution from 2013)

*Involvement*
OB, AGT

*Tracking sheet*
http://livelink.gbif.org/gbif/livelink/overview/4680507]]>