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European Nodes Meeting 2013
Wednesday 6 – 8 March Joensuu Finland
GBIF WP consultation
Planning for 2014 and beyond
Olaf Bánki
Senior Programme Officer for Participation
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) and Red Knot (Calidris canutus) , in Merimbula, NSW on 10/11/2010. The
Red Knot was banded on 25/11/2006, age approximately 2, at Miranda, New Zealand and was sighted again on
23/05/2007 at Broome, WA and back in Miranda on 21/11/2009 (information from Birds Australia).
Strategic plan vision
VISION:
A world in which biodiversity
information is freely and universally
available for science, society, and a
sustainable future.
High-level vision - GBIF 2030
CULTURE: A community of contributors from all
cultures, languages, and fields of biodiversity
research collaborates to generate, curate, and
use global knowledge of biodiversity
DATA: Scientific data are routinely and promptly
made available in a persistent free and open
accessible form
EVIDENCE: All available evidence for the
distribution and abundance [, functions and
processes] of biodiversity on earth through
space and time is amassed and organized
UNDERSTANDING: All users have the capability to
make use of the best evidence-based
understanding of biodiversity patterns and
processes
GBIF’s role in this vision
• Participants expect GBIF to deliver:
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Effective governance
Global data publishing facility
Established national ”BIFs”
Supporting knowledge network
Organised biodiversity information
Online data discovery and access
Science and policy relevance
• This is GBIF’s mission
• This is GBIF’s value proposition
• These are GBIF’s outputs
Mission and vision
VISION
GOVERNANCE
CULTURE
PUBLISHING FACILITY
GBIF OUTPUTS
PARTICIPANTS AND SECRETAIRAT
ENGAGEMENT, INFORMATICS, CONTENT
MISSION
NATIONAL BIFs
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
DATA
BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION
DISCOVERY AND ACCESS
EVIDENCE
SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE
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OTHER STAKEHOLDER OUTPUTS
UNDERSTANDING
Planning GBIF’s work
Today (2013)
WP focus (2016)
Ultimate (2030)
GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE
PUBLISHING FACILITY
PUBLISHING FACILITY
PUBLISHING FACILITY
NATIONAL BIFs
NATIONAL BIFs
NATIONAL BIFs
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION
BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION
BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION
DISCOVERY AND ACCESS
DISCOVERY AND ACCESS
DISCOVERY AND ACCESS
SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE
SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE
SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE
Five essential questions:
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What is the ultimate form that these outputs should take?
What is the current situation?
What needs to change to get to the ultimate form?
How can we measure progress towards the ultimate form?
How do we maximise progress in the right direction in 2014-2016?
Designing each output
Publishing facility
A global distributed and interoperable publishing and curatorial facility for
all streams of biodiversity data
Key
attribute
Present
state
Ultimate state
Progress measure
Steps in 2014-2016
Global
X countries
publishing
All countries
publishing
1) Number of
countries; 2) Taxa
with published data
per country; etc.
1) Change
endorsement
processes; 2) NLS
support for IPT; etc.
Publishing
facility
X data sets
published
All legacy data
published and
all new data
routinely
published
1) Volumes of
historical data; 2)
Volumes of data
from last 3 years;
etc.
1) Establish IPT
archival repositories;
2) sample-based data;
etc.
Curatorial
facility
N/A
All aspects of
mobilised data
are overseen /
curated by
experts
1) Percentage of
records with review
assessment; 2) taxa
fully reviewed; etc.
1) Develop model and
mechanism for
”reference data sets”;
2) annotation tools;
etc.
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Significance of this approach
• Align GBIF with large-scale vision (GBIO)
• Value proposition (elevator speech)
– GBIF outputs now
– What GBIF will deliver
– Basis for Participant/supplementary funding
• Long-term framework for GBIF planning
– Annual work programmes move stepwise
towards vision
– Basis for annual prioritisation
– Progress metrics
– Context/rationale for national/other projects
GBIO components
Multiscalar
Spatial
Modelling
Trends &
Predictions
Modelling
Biological
Systems
Visualization &
Dissemination
Prioritising
New Data
Capture
Fitness-for-use
& Annotations
Taxonomic
Framework
Integrated
Occurrence
Data
Aggregated
Species Trait
Data
Comprehensive
Knowledge
Access
Field Surveys &
Observations
Sequences &
Genomes
Discovery
Published
Materials
Collections &
Specimens
Automated &
Remote-sensed
Observations
Data
Data Standards
Persistent Storage & Archival
Policy Incentives
Open Access & Reuse Culture
Biodiversity Knowledge Network
Knowledge Generation
Foundations and Context
Environmental, Climatic and Sociological Data
Assessments and Indicators
GBIF 2030 and GBIO
Environmental, Climatic and Sociological Data
Assessments and Indicators
UNDERSTANDING
EVIDENCE
DATA
CULTURE
Roles and responsibilities
• Secretariat role
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Coordinate governance
Coordinate content, informatics & engagement
Coordinate information resources
Coordinate capacity development
Clarify role as set of operational services
• Participant role
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Engage national/organisational stakeholders
Deliver value to national/organisational interests
Align activities with global vision
Mobilize data for global use
• Regional role
– Coordinate activities at regional level
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Relationship to focal areas
• Candidate focal areas
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Large-scale data
Vegetation data
Invasive alien species
Support for taxonomy
Broader biodiversity informatics collaboration
• All supported by initial Participant responses
• Role in 2014-2016 Work Programme
– Specific relevant enhancement activities
• Standards
• Informatics
• Training/documentation
– Basis for progress metrics for content and relevance
– Explore Participant-led activities in each area
Outputs & headline products
• WP 2012-2013 headline products map to outputs
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Data publishing framework  Publishing Facility
BIF-Building Package  National BIFs
Global Collaboration Platform  Knowledge Network
Discovery & Access Infrastructure  Discovery & Access
Status of Biodiversity Information  Science/Policy
Relevance
• Headline products less fully refined
– Several defined more narrowly than outputs
– Not clearly linked to key value propositions
– Missing logic for prioritisation and progress
• Governance not included in headline products
– Minimises relevance/value to Work Programme
• Biodiversity Information poorly reflected
– Inadequate focus on core value proposition
Logical framework
GBIO
How GBIF aligns
with other
activities
Mission
Seven Outputs
Why countries
should engage
with GBIF
Work Programme
Annual
Deliverables
What progress is
expected each
year
Roles and
Responsibilities
Service Definitions
How GBIF works
to achieve its goals
Vision
Annual planning framework
2014
Midterm
2012-2013 WP
Annual
Report
Assessment
2013
Midterm
GB20
Committee
input
Approve
2014 WP
2015
Midterm
2014 WP
Annual
Report
Assessment
Consultation and planning
with Participants
2014
Midterm
GB21
Committee
input
Approve
2015 WP
2015 WP
Consultation and planning
with Participants
• Consultation with Participants to prepare WP each year
• Candidate activity spreadsheet circulated before mid-terms
• Consultation continues to approximately 6 weeks before GB meeting – final draft
circulated for review and approval
• WP focus on following year (but logical framework provides long view)
• Increasing opportunity in subsequent years for Participants to propose aligned
activities