With the objective of helping Participants to advance towards GBIF's mission and the execution of its work programmes, GBIF's training work programme focuses in the following topics:

• Biodiversity Informatics
  • Introduction to basic concepts
  • The GBIF informatics infrastructure
• Biodiversity data mobilization
  • Data need assessments
  • Developing and executing strategies and action plans
• Biodiversity data capture & digitization
  • Data capture in the field (including collection of specimens, direct observation, survey data, tracking, etc)
  • Digitization software
  • Imaging natural history collection specimens
  • Automated approaches in digitization
  • Digitization of checklist and names information
• Biodiversity data curation
  • Assessing and increasing data quality (taxonomically and spatially)
  • Sensitive data
  • Metadata (at record and dataset levels)
• Biodiversity data publishing
  • Data publishing framework
  • Protocols and standards
  • Publication software
  • Persistent identifiers
  • Impact (citation, repatriation improvements, annotations)
  • Geospatial web services
• Biodiversity data indexing
  • Indexing software
• Biodiversity data retrieval
  • The GBIF data portal and other related resources
  • Connecting GBIF mediated data to external systems
• Biodiversity data analysis and interpretation
  • Gap analysis
  • Ecological niche modelling / species distribution models
• Biodiversity data use
  • Science oriented
  • Policy and application oriented
  • Education oriented
• Biodiversity Information Networks
  • The GBIF initiative
  • Node management
  • Financial, legal and governance issues
  • Social dynamics and barriers
  • How to develop effective training programs
  • Communication, PR and outreach