GBIF - Capacity Enhancement Support Programme

MID-TERM NARRATIVE REPORTContents
Project information

1

Executive summary

2

Progress against expected milestones

2

Activities

4

Deliverables

5

Events organized as part of the project7

Calendar of activities

9

Monitoring and evaluation

11

Project communications and visibility

11

Annex 1 – Additional sources of verification

11

1. Project information
Project title

Georeferencing training: tackling the spatial challenge in the Southern Cone

Project ID

CESP2019-014

Project period

Start date (dd/mm/yy):
01/06/19

End date (dd/mm/yy):
31/05/20

Start date (dd/mm/yy):
01/06/19

End date (dd/mm/yy):
30/01/20

Reporting period
Project lead
Name of the maincontact person

Anabela Plos

Name of institution

Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” MACN-CONICET

City and country

Buenos Aires, Argentina

GBIF Participant
represented

GBIF Argentina. Sistema Nacional de Datos Biológicos (SNDB)

Role(s) in this project

Main contact and activities coordination

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Name and institution of the representative

GBIF Participant
represented (ifapplicable)

Role(s) in the project

Anabela Plos, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales“Bernardino Rivadavia” MACN-CONICET,
plos@macn.gov.ar

GBIF Argentina

Co-organizer / Participant

Leisy Amaya Montano, Departamento deConservación de Especies División de Recursos
Naturales y Biodiversidad, Ministerio del Medio
Ambiente, LAmaya@mma.gob.cl // lamaya@uc.cl

GBIF Chile

Co-organizer / ParticipantPaula Zermoglio, VertNet, pzermoglio@vertnet.org

VertNet Argentina

Trainer / Participant

John Wieczorek, VertNet, tuco@berkeley.edu

VertNet Argentina

Trainer / Participant

David Bloom, VertNet USA, dbloom@vertnet.org

VertNet USA

Material development

Renato Mazzanti, CENPAT, Argentina,
renato@cenpat-conicet.gob.ar

GBIF Argentina

Trainer

Catalina Merino Yunnissi, Museo Nacional de Historia
Natural. Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural,
Chile, cmmerino@uc.cl

Trainer

2. Executive summary
The objective of this project is to improve the geographic data quality of Southern South America records, namely
records from Argentina and Chile. To achieve that, two regional georeferencing training workshops wereplanned, during and after which georeferencing 5000 most common localities from target countries would be
done. These localities will constitute the basis for a gazetteer of georeferenced localities that can be used by all
members of the community to improve already published data and newly published datasets.
During the first half of the project, theoretical and practical training materials were developed for theworkshops, including both online and onsite components. A georeferencing workshop was held in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, in December 2019, during which 38 students from all over the country were trained. Also,
during this period of the project Argentinian localities were extracted from GBIF and prioritized based on thenumber of occurrence records associated with them and the potential to repatriate georeferences back to therecords. During the workshop students began to georeference these localities. This is an ongoing activity, andcurrently around 700 localities have been georeferenced. Localities from Chile were also extracted and are
currently being prioritized. In the coming months the materials produced for the workshops will be revised andadjusted for the workshop to be held in Chile in April.
The indicators of success for this project include the availability of the training materials and the students’evaluation of the workshop, which has been very positive. The main lesson learnt, and which we would like topass along to the rest of the GBIF community, is that interaction of people from different regions contributes
local knowledge that is key to improving the georeferencing process and hence the quality of occurrence
records associated.

3. Progress against expected milestones
Expected milestones

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Kick-off virtual meeting held and meeting report available.
(Mid-term report milestone)

Yes

Workshop materials developed and available, and trainers confirmed.
(Mid-term report milestone)
Identification of local/national sources of localities and georeferences, to prioritize
georeferencing during the workshops complete and local localities list available.
(Mid-term report milestone)
Call and selection of Argentina workshop candidates complete and selection process documents
available.
(Mid-term report milestone)

Yes
Yes (andongoing)

Yes

Georeferencing workshop in Argentina completed, materials and report available.
(Final report milestone)

Yes

Self-assessment meetings held and meetings report available.
(Mid-term and Final report milestone)

Yes (andongoing)

Technical support for new incoming localities from regional participants in place.
(Final report milestone)

Yes (andongoing)

Call and selection of Chile workshop candidates complete and selection process documents
available.
(Final report milestone)

Yes

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4. Activities
Activity name

Status of activity at midterm:
Completed / On-track /DelayedExplanatory notes, including newplanned completion date if necessary

Source(s) of verification

Kick-off virtual
meeting

Completed

Kick-off meeting was held among project
participants to define administrative steps,
define the trainers for the workshops andplan on steps ahead. After the kick-off
meeting, several other remote meetings
were held. Supporting document is in
Spanish.

Minutes of kick-off and following
meetings:

Material for the workshop (presentations,documents, exercises, etc.) were developed,
reviewed and checked for consistency by all
trainers. For details on these materials see
Section 5. All supporting material is in
Spanish.

Workshop presentations:

Development ofworkshopmaterials

Completedhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4
J7NlFN6p3PTFlKeIe16suK_11zkUn/edit?dls=true

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ox
ZCccp5z_snbdpXClwxC71f0NmN3ui5.

Workshop exercises:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OS
DaEBXcD4Z4pApV9JZPnq1NLrzTFAmv

Argentinian e-learning Workshop site:
https://formacion.ssnn.mincyt.gob.ar/cours
e/15/about

Identification of
local/nationalsources of
localities andgeoreferences, toprioritize
georeferencing
during theworkshops

Completed / On-Track

Call and selectionof Argentina
workshopcandidates

Completed

It was decided that the source of localities
and georeferences be the localities alreadyavailable through the GBIF network (seerationale below, section 5). All localities from
Argentina and Chile were extracted from a
GBIF snapshot and prioritization was
performed for Argentinian localities (seedetails below, section 5). Prioritization for
Chilean localities is currently in progress.

Localities assigned to students:

144 registration requests. 35 students
originally selected, 38 final attendees. See
details on the call and selection below,
sections 5 and 6.
All supporting documents are in Spanish.

Workshop call:https://drive.google.com/file/d/12bGOgyru
cbObPLJUlPY4mNfBTDZJeUg/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JL7Dk
4mTqlk5Fm4CYg4Utsyc8-cL3sbT

Workshop program:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CX7VL
hOtOsboXbh8Mh8Ktb8ZEmyXIHxv

Registration form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Cot6erz
2iYUnsEFsxITi_47OYWxTia0WNKtXRhA8us/edit?
usp=drive_web

Students selection:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tXaA93-tDwk8xGN1396FnreUBbbHKYlP

Georeferencing
workshop in
Argentina

Completed

38 students trained in georeferencing. See
details below, section 6.
Localities georeferenced during and after theworkshop, still in progress. Trainers actively
following up with students activities in shared
online documents. Online meetings to beheld with students grouped by region in earlyFebruary to address questions and issues
encountered during georeferencing.
Students have until March 1st to complete

Argentinian e-learning Workshop site:
https://formacion.ssnn.mincyt.gob.ar/cours
e/15/about

Ongoing locality georeferencing by
students:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YT
g7VC3JY0p-sz0ugZSOIAVNLIS79aQA

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their respective locality georeferencing
assignments. Ongoing georeferences
gathered by student for the moment, until
completion, after which final data quality
check will be performed by trainers, prior to
integration of the localities into a common
repository. For more details see section 6.
Self-assessment
meetings

Completed / On-Track

Technical support
for new incoming
localities fromregional
participantsCompleted / On-Track

Call and selectionof Chile workshop
candidates

Completed

Several meetings were held. Next meeting
planned for first-second week of February.
Supporting material in Spanish.

Minutes:Ongoing (see above, Georeferencing
Workshop in Argentina).
Same support will be provided for and after
the workshop in Chile in April.

Ongoing locality georeferencing by
students:

238 registration requests. 40 students
selected. See details on the call andselection below, section 5.
All supporting documents are in Spanish.

Workshop call:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l_vnP
MdH2za_1Vo2V5w8WLr3NNDQf_D/view?usp=sharing
Workshop program:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4
J7NlFN6p3PTFlKeIe16suK_11zkUn/edit?dls=true

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YT
g7VC3JY0p-sz0ugZSOIAVNLIS79aQA

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T8pQWXkQtfOEcBxH6Zh8zqbtUrWQzbc/view?usp=
sharing

Registration Form:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mgYcE
ylz91YK4N7g5ip2wfJKvcIzByUhffChG0Q7E7s

Students selection:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18JvVR
3maJ8ZDnkDzUqcat5Io15PgiX_/view?usp=sharing

5. Deliverables

Deliverable
nameStatus ofdeliverable at midterm:
Completed / Ontrack / Delayed

Explanatory notes including newplanned completion date if
necessary

Virtual meeting
reportCompleted

Supporting document is in Spanish.

Workshopmaterials

Completed

Source(s) of verification

Minutes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4J7NlFN6p3PTFlKeIe16suK_11
z-kUn/edit?dls=true

Workshop materials consist of online
pre-course material and workshop
presentations and exercises, allavailable through the Argentinian elearning platform. In order to see thematerials through the platform, please
request access at the given link.
Presentations and exercises also

Workshop presentations:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder
s/1OxZCccp5z_snbdpXClwxC71f0N
mN3ui5.

Workshop exercises:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder
s/1OSDaEBXcD4Z4pApV9JZPnq1N
LrzTFAmv
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Candidates
selection process

Completedavailable on Google Drive. Materials will
be reviewed during February andMarch, prior to the workshop in Chile in
April, particularly to adjust thepresentations to show local examples.
All supporting materials are in Spanish.
The workshop materials included theGeoreferencing Best Practices(Chapman & Wieczorek), theGeoreferencing Quick Reference Guide(Zermoglio et al.) and theGeoreferencing Calculator Manual(Wieczorek & Bloom). These threedocuments are currently being revised
under a documentation project contract
with GBIF. Final versions will be
published in 2020. For the workshop, allauthors contributed to building draft
versions (properly identified as such)that could be momentarily released andused by the students. From theinteraction with the students and the useof these three documents by them,further refinement was made to the
documents.
Supporting documents are in Spanish.

Argentinian e-learning Workshop
site:

The selection process was carried onprioritizing their experience with dealing
with biodiversity data, their capacity forfurther training in the institutions, andgeographic spread of the candidates.
For this, a registration form wasdesigned to capture the necessary
information to decide upon the final
attendees list.
Supporting documentation is in Spanish.

Registration form for workshop in
Argentina:

https://formacion.ssnn.mincyt.gob.ar/course/15/about

Post- onsite workshop survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1
FAIpQLSff0yBKJSourBRyhjnL4ERb
9fbei0PCweZ2xZTwokDWueTWRQ/
viewform?usp=sf_link

Post- onsite workshop survey
results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadshee
ts/d/1oPgYUtQKxf9qJnfKafatiItQR_h
35d4wFbWJLJKoo5A/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C
ot6erz2iYUnsEFsxITi_47OYWxTia0WNKtXRhA8us

Registration form for workshop in
Chile:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1
FAIpQLSc85bJCPq7cJfXyphkNN2U
KU48zWvdrHf273s-5m5WyH05eQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Georeferencing
Workshops
Memoires

Completed

See Workshop materials above.

See Workshop materials above.

Local localities list

Completed

Please see Note 1 below for details.

Localities assigned to students:

On track

Localities georeferenced during andafter the workshop in Argentina, still inprogress. Students have until March 1st
to complete their respective localities
georeferencing. Around 700 localities
have been georeferenced and are beingvetted by the trainers so far. Ongoinggeoreferences gathered by student forthe moment, until completion, after
which final data quality check will be
performed by trainers, prior to
integration of the localities into acommon repository.

Regional
Georeferenced
Localities
Gazetteerhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/12bG
OgyrucbObPLJUlPY4mNfBTDZJeUg/view?usp=sharing

Ongoing localities
georeferencing by students:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder
s/1YTg7VC3JY0psz0ugZSOIAVNLIS79aQA

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Note 1. It was decided that the source of localities and georeferences be the localities already available through the GBIF
network. The rationale behind this was that those are localities already published, and that therefore a georeference could
directly have an effect on enhancing data quality of records that are already available (as opposed to taking localities fromother sources, whose publication in uncertain). All localities from Argentina and Chile were extracted from a GBIF
occurrence snapshot from 2019-04-15 and loaded into BigQuery. A location table was built including all distinct
combinations of fields in the Darwin Core Location class, where countryCode=AR or CL (for Argentinian or Chilean
locations, respectively). Each locality was then assigned a UUID as its localityID, and these were also added to thecorresponding Occurrence records, so that georeferences of the distinct localities could be reassociated with theoccurrence records. (If needed, these intermediate working tables can be provided, please contact John Wieczorek). In
order to prioritize the localities, a first criterion was that the occurrences associated with the localities be from Argentinianor Chilean data providers. This criterion was adopted so that the repatriation of the georeferenced data could be moreeasily achieved. In order to filter by provider, a secondary table was built with distinct combinations of institutionCode collectionCode associated with the occurrences that had countryCode=AR or CL.This list was manually processed todetermine which institutions belonged to the target countries. Data from some providers were purposely left out given
that: a) it is known that they publish records from other local institutions that also publish, b) difficulty was identified inrepatriating enhanced data further along the line, e.g., data coming from eBird, c) it was impossible to easily determine
the origin of the data from institution and collection codes (e.g., two letter codes). Aside from eBird data, the rest did not
represent a large proportion of localities nor of occurrence records associated. With the information about providers, an
extract was obtained of the localities from Argentina or Chile associated with occurrence records published by institutionsin those countries. The next prioritization step was based on the number of occurrence records associated with each
locality, ordering from most to least represented locations. For Argentina, the first 5550 most represented locations were
distributed among the students for georeferencing (about 150 locations each). This number of localities greatly exceeds
the expected number of localities to be georeferenced during this project. The number was chosen contemplating that not
all students would finish their task and that there may be localities that cannot be georeferenced due to lack of sufficient
data or to internal inconsistencies. The distribution of localities among students was not random, it was prioritizedaccording to the regional provenance of each student and their knowledge of each region. Students were asked to tellwhich provinces they felt more comfortable working with, and hence selections by dwc:stateProvince were made as a firstpass to assign the localities. For those that had the field empty or not standardized, a pseudo-random assignment was
performed. Prioritization for Chilean localities is currently in progress and will follow the same criteria expressed above.

6. Events organized as part of the project
Event title

Taller:Georreferenciació
n de registros
biológicos: teoría
y práctica*.

Organizing
institution

Date held/ expected
dates

NumberofparticipantsExplanatory notes

Source(s) of verification

Museo
Argentino deCiencias
Naturales“Bernardino
Rivadavia”
MACNCONICET.
Argentina

0913/12/2019

38
participants

Please see Note 2
below for details. All
supporting documents
are in Spanish.

Workshop call:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JL7
Dk4mTqlk5Fm4CYg4Utsyc8-cL3sbT

Workshop program:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CX7
VLhOtOsboXbh8Mh8Ktb8ZEmyXIHxv

Registration form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Cot6
erz2iYUnsEFsxITi_47OYWxTia0WNKtXRhA8us/ed
it?usp=drive_web

Students selection:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tXa
A93-tDwk8xGN1396FnreUBbbHKYlP

Workshop pre-course activities(and course materials): Argentiniane-learning Workshop site:
https://formacion.ssnn.mincyt.gob.ar/course/15/about

Post- onsite workshop survey:
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI
pQLSff0yBKJSourBRyhjnL4ERb9fbei0
PCweZ2xZTwokDWueTWRQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Post- onsite workshop survey
results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
d/1oPgYUtQKxf9qJnfKafatiItQR_h35d4
wFbWJLJKoo5A/edit?usp=sharing

GBIF Chile

Taller:Georreferenciació
n de registros
biológicos: teoría
y práctica*.

April 2020

40
participants

Originally thought tobe for 20-25 students,
due to high demand, it
will be extended to 40
participants. The callfor applications is
closed and selectionsof participants has
been performed.

Workshop call:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l_vnPM
dH2za_1Vo2V5w8WLr3NNDQf_D/view?usp=
sharing

Workshop program:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T8pQW
XkQtfOEcBxH6Zh8zqbtUrWQzbc/view?usp=sharing

Registration Form:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mg
YcEylz91YK4N7g5ip2wfJKvcIzByUhffC
hG0Q7E7s

Students selection:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vCEXq_
DgbvSrwlaiKu_RN0hK9r0b1USx/view?
usp=sharing

Note 1. Originally thought to be for 20-25 students, due to high demand, the workshop was extended to 38 effective
participants. Regional and thematic representation: participants were from 17 different provinces representing all regionsin the country (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tXaA93-tDwk8xGN1396FnreUBbbHKYlP). Most participants were collection
managers, but there were also representatives from the National Parks Administration and the Environment National
Secretariat (Secretaría de Gobierno de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nación). Participants presented a wide
range of expertise regarding taxonomic groups (including terrestrial and marine taxa) and the characteristics of thelocations where those taxa are collected/observed, which represented added value to the group when it came tounderstanding the georeferencing process and implications. Both the trainers and the students recognized that theinteraction of people from different regions, contributing local knowledge, was key to improving the quality of thegeoreferences. Trainers: trainers were John Wieczorek, Paula Zermoglio, Renato Mazzanti and Catalina Merino.
Workshop development: the workshop consisted of three sections: 1) online pre-workshop (2 weeks), 2) onsite workshop(1 week), and 3) remote follow-up (2 months, ongoing). All three sections were mandatory for all students. Online preworkshop consisted of introductory reading materials and exercises, some of which had to be handed in and received
feedback from the trainers. The students mean progress in the lessons, as automatically recorded by the platform, was86%. Ninety percent (90%) of the students expressed that it was useful to have a pre-course, and 95% agreed that its
contents were appropriate. For the full students evaluation of the pre-course, please see
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oPgYUtQKxf9qJnfKafatiItQR_h35d4wFbWJLJKoo5A/edit?usp=sharing. The
onsite part of the workshop was held at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”. The activity
counted with the support of the Museum, and the Sistema Nacional de Datos Biológicos (SNDB), which aided with funds
for co-funding the workshop. The workshop activity consisted of two days of theory presentations and exercises, one dayof mixed content and discussion, in which students were asked to resolve and present a particular topic, and two full daysof onsite georeferencing. Students were each given a set of localities, which they started to georeference aided by thetrainers and they currently continue to georeference with remote guidance. The remote follow-up is ongoing, and online
meetings are planned to be held with students grouped by region in early February to attend questions and issues
encountered during georeferencing. Students were given up to March 1st to complete their respective localities
georeferencing. Ongoing georeferences are being gathered by student for the moment, until completion, after which final
data quality check will be performed by trainers, prior to integration of the localities into a common repository. Students
survey: after the onsite workshop was completed students were asked to fill in a survey assessing the quality of the precourse and the onsite workshop(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff0yBKJSourBRyhjnL4ERb9fbei0PCweZ2xZTwokDWueTWRQ/viewform?usp=sf_link).

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The survey included questions regarding the contents (both theoretical and practical) and the time allotted to them, thetrainer’s performance, and the interest in a complete or partial replica of the course, either onsite or virtually. Twenty (20)students have completed the survey so far. The general rating of the course was 9.15 out of 10. 75% of the students
expressed that the course should have lasted more days, dedicating more time to both the theoretical and the practicalparts. All students expressed that the theoretical and practical contents were appropriate, and the mean rating for trainer’s
performance was 8.7 out of 10. Ninety percent (90%) of the students expressed interest in replicating the course in their
institutions, while 80% said that would be interested and could attend virtual courses. For more detail on the survey
results, please see
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oPgYUtQKxf9qJnfKafatiItQR_h35d4wFbWJLJKoo5A/edit?usp=sharing.
Workshop outcomes: georeferenced localities: during and after the onsite workshop the students georeferenced localities
that were assigned to them according to the prioritization described above (see Section 5). As mentioned above, thisactivity is still in progress, and students were given two months to complete their task, ending March 1st. Currently, over
700 have been georeferenced and are being vetted by the trainers. Workshop outcomes: documentation refinement: theworkshop materials included the Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman & Wieczorek), the Georeferencing Quick
Reference Guide (Zermoglio et al.) and the Georeferencing Calculator Manual (Wieczorek & Bloom). These threedocuments are currently being revised under a Documentation project contract with GBIF. For the workshop, all authors
contributed to building draft versions (properly identified as such) that could be momentarily released and used by thestudents. From the interaction with the students and the use of these three documents by them, we took the opportunity
to further refine the documents based on the questions and doubts that arose during the workshop. Other opportunities:
the workshop represented a great opportunity to reinforce the regional community links and to engage participants inother biodiversity data initiatives. In particular, a local, informal, off-the-clock-meeting was held for ArgentiNat (the recently
launched Argentinian iNaturalist platform, https://www.argentinat.org/home), in which participants were introduced to theproject and the people involved.

7. Calendar of activities
Activity

2019
J

Activity: Kick-off virtual meeting
Lead partner: All partners

J

A

S

2020
O

N

D

J

F

Activity: Call and selection ofArgentina workshop candidates
Lead partner: GBIF Argentina

A

M

Notes

X

Activity: Development of workshop
materials
Lead partner: VertNet

Activity: Identification of
local/national sources of localities
and georeferences, to prioritize
georeferencing during theworkshops
Lead partner: All partners

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Deadline for mid-term reporting andmilestones
X

X

Materials are alreadydeveloped and used, as
planned, but will go
through a new review
process before theworkshop in Chile toadjust to local needs(blue Xs).

Mid-term report wasdelayed (originally Nov
2019). The reason for thedelay was to be able toinclude the results fromthe workshop in
Argentina in the report.
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Activity: Workshop in Argentina
Lead partner: GBIF Argentina,
VertNetActivity: Technical support for newincoming localities from regional
participants
Lead partner: VertNet
Activity: Call and selection of Chile
workshop candidates
Lead partner: GBIF Chile

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

The call and selection,
thought for being
developed in Jan andFeb was completed in
January.

-

Activity: Workshop in Chile
Lead partner: GBIF Chile, VertNet

Activity: Identify georeferencing
priorities within the region
Lead partner: All partners

Deadline for final reporting andcompletion of all activities anddeliverables.
Completion of final capacity selfassessment.

X

X

The workshop, originallyplanned for March 2020
was postponed to April
2020. The reason was tobe able to align dates
with another workshop in
Data Use that is going to
be held in Chile as partof another CESP project(CESP2019-005). Given
that some of theorganizers/trainers/ment
ors in both workshops
are the same people, thiswould enable us toachieve a better use ofresources.

X

Identification of priorities,
due to the delay in theworkshop in Chile, is
expected to extend into
the first part of May 2020
(blue X).

X

X

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8. Monitoring and evaluation
The impact of the project will be monitored and measured in the short and long-terms, using the following
indicators:---

Participant meeting minutes and reports. The project is on track, activities being developed asplanned.
Number of participants and institutions represented in the workshops and regional spread.
Participants in the Argentina workshop were almost double the original number planned. Mainlycollections were represented, but also other governmental participants, from all over the country. See
section 6 for details.
Satisfaction of the workshop participants measured through post-workshop evaluation forms.
Workshop participants expressed a high level of satisfaction with the workshop in Argentina,
evaluations were very positive. For details see section 6.
Number of localities georeferenced during and after workshops, and assessment of the learning
curve for different stakeholders and locality types. So far over 700 localities have beengeoreferenced. The activity is on track and proceeding successfully. This is an ongoing activity.
Learning curves will be included in the final report.
Number of occurrence data records in GBIF which quality has been improved as a result of thegeoreferencing of localities. This will be informed in the final report.
Number of partial or total replicates of the training sessions by the participants within their own
institutions, and number of trainers and trainees involved. No replicates have been completed so far,but there will be a small local replicate at the Instituto Miguel Lillo (Tucumán, Argentina) in March.
There are plans for a full replicate in Córdoba (Argentina) during 2020 and in Santiago (Chile)
between 2020 - 2021.

The main lesson learnt, and which we would like to pass along to the rest of the GBIF community, is thatinteraction of people from different regions contributes local knowledge that is key to improving thegeoreferencing process and hence the quality of occurrence records associated.

9. Project communications and visibility
Communications regarding the project have been spread in both target countries through official venues (i.e.,
governmental and ministries communication channels).
The training material generated through this project is and will be available for all the community to use. The
participants in the workshops have access to those materials and are encouraged to reuse them in their own
institutions, with no restrictions. Materials will also be shared and promoted through the larger Latin American
community by communications to the relevant GBIF Nodes during regional meetings.
Locality georeferences will also be freely available in the form of a gazetteer and through a Kurator workflow,which will be ready by the end of the project.
In the webpage of the project we would like to include the following links:-

10.

Workshop program: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CX7VLhOtOsboXbh8Mh8Ktb8ZEmyXIHxv
Argentinian e-learning Workshop site: https://formacion.ssnn.mincyt.gob.ar/course/15/about

Annex 1 – Additional sources of verification

All sources of verification provided in links in the report.

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