Update on funding programmes and otherengagement opportunities
Maheva Bagard Laursen & Mélianie Raymond
GBIF Secretariat

PILOTING GBIF HOSTED PORTALS WITHIN THE NODES COMMUNITYWHAT CAN HOSTED PORTALS OFFER?

A place for nodes and data
mobilization partners todescribe themselves, theirteam and activities

Ability to provide simple
branding (coloring scheme,font and logos, see also link
to work programme item onchild branding)Ability to change language ofthe user interface

Advanced occurrence data
search, browse, mapvisualization and image
gallery capabilities similar tothat of GBIF.org. The results
will be scoped to include arelevant defined subset ofGBIF-mediated data.

WHAT CAN HOSTED PORTALS OFFER?

A redirect from search
results, sending users toGBIF.org for data downloads,
ensuring that the downloads
receive DOIs linking back tothe datasets included

Fully hosted by theSecretariat

Fully integrated with the APIs
provided by GBIF

Can be linked to (hosted) IPT
installations

WHAT CAN’T THE HOSTED PORTALS
OFFER?

•Hosted portals do not yet:
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Allow users to discover checklist datasets
Allow administrators to restrict access to sensitive species
Support additional spatial layers
Offer species pages
Offer search by a national taxonomic backbone•

Not intended to become a community development•

The hosted portals will therefore not meet the needs of alluser communities, but do address the main common
denominator across nodes

FINAL SELECTION UNDERWAY• Selection process based on:• Level of commitment to continued data mobilization
throughout the pilot year, ensuring there will be growing
content available through the pilot portals.
• Strength of plans for promoting the pilot portal to acommunity of users, ensuring the pilot portals will be used
and we can collate feedback from users.
• Relevance, urgency and scale of need for support todevelop a portal, ensuring that we support those where thepilot phase timeline matches best with their community’sdevelopment plans.

WHAT WILL BE INVOLVED?

• Selected pilot teams will:• Join several calls with the Secretariat explaining the context
of the work, exploring the specific theme and data that you
would like for your portal, and explaining how you can use theportal• Contribute time to regularly updating the text available on
your portal, with an initial commitment of at least 1 year
• Contribute to translations for languages other than English• Promote your portal with a user community• Provide regular feedback, including from your usercommunity, to the Secretariat as we further develop this areaof work

EXPECTED TIMELINE

Nov 2020
Expressions ofinterest toparticipate in pilotphase

Dec 2020
Selection of pilot
phase participants

Jan-Mar 2021
Setting up ofportals

Apr 2021
Pilot portals readyto launch

Apr-Sep 2021
Regular updates ofportals andpromotion byparticipantsCollecting feedback from pilot teams, review of status, announcement of next steps for GB28

CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMMECESP 2020 PROJECTSCapacity building throughregional cooperation for data
mobilization in Belarus,
Latvia and Lithuania

Enhancing capacity tomobilize and use biodiversity
data to support sustainable
development in West Africa

Mobilizing endemic andeconomically useful species
data for policy and protection

From shared experiences toshared knowledge andcommon solutions:collaborating to improve
web-based tools in Latin
America and the Caribbean

Lead: GBIF Belarus

Lead: GBIF Ghana

Lead: GBIF Malawi

Lead: SiBBr (GBIF Brazil)

https://www.gbif.org/news/2nWVQiUX2yriWBl3oMC5Kq/gbif-nodes-collaborations-confirmed-forfunding-through-capacity-programme

2021 CALL FORPROPOSALS•

No international travel in 2021 – international travel allowed in 2022 butwith focus on mitigation plans•

Limited co-funding available for IT services required for virtual events•

Guidance video on tips for organizing virtual events:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/6800813•Maximum funding request will now be €15,000 per project

Pink water-lily (Nymphaea pubescens) observed in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia by David Thomas.
Photo via iNaturalist CC BY-NC 4.0)

THANK YOU!