The GBIF Africa Support Team is organizing a data mobilization workshop to address capacity needs and to promote data publication in the region.
This course will be based on the GBIF Biodiversity Data Mobilization curriculum and will be conducted in English.
Schedule
This workshop has three phases of activities:
- 26 May to 4 June: Preparatory course activities (online self-paced)
- 9 to 13 June: Virtual workshop (Zoom sessions and online self-paced, estimated 4 hours per day)
- 16 June to 7 July: Certification exercises (online self-paced)
Application
Due to limited training personnel, we will only be able to accommodate 30 participants in this workshop. We hope all participants will become trainers or mentors for future workshops.
If we receive over 30 applications to participate in the training, we will select participants based on the following criteria (not in specific order):
- Applicants that have already identified dataset(s) that they intend to publish and have cleared licensing requirements.
- Applicants that represent data holding institutions planning to publish data.
- Applicants that have plans to hold replication workshops.
- Applicants that intend to become mentors to support future workshops (advanced badge needed).
The selection process will also consider geographic and thematic balance in the workshop participants.
If you have any questions please email them to africa_support@gbif.org
The application will close at 23:59 UTC on the 6 May 2025. The result will be announced on the 13th of May.