BID Caribbean regional meeting and nodes training

This regional meeting concludes the first phase of the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme in the region and aims to identify regional priorities and actions to sustain the mobilization of biodiversity data for science and policy.

The University of the West Indies hosted the event at the Department of Life Sciences in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Regional priorities

• Shared statement on achievements and needs in the Caribbean

Programme

BID impacts in the region

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

• Welcome and introduction
  Mélianie Raymond, GBIF Secretariat
• Welcome
  Dr. Brian Cockburn, Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West Indies St. Augustine
• Welcome
  Dr.Judith Gobin, Head of Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies St. Augustine
• Workshop introduction
  Maheva Bagard Laursen, GBIF Secretariat
• BID impact on data mobilization
  Maheva Bagard Laursen, GBIF Secretariat
• Data mobilization in Belize
  Ivanna Waight-Cho, University of Belize Environmental Research Center
• BID impact on data use
  Maheva Bagard Laursen, GBIF Secretariat
• Biodiversity data for decision-making in Suriname
  Eliza Zschuschen, The National Herbarium of Suriname, Anton de Kom University of Suriname
• BID impact on capacity enhancement
  Maheva Bagard Laursen, GBIF Secretariat
• Toward a regional hub: the Atlas of Living Caribbean
  Vanessa Kadosoe, National Zoological Collection of Suriname (NZCS), and Dimitri Ouboter, Institute for Neotropical Wildlife & Environmental Studies (NeoWild)

26 June 2019: Planning for the Future

• Understanding the regional biodiversity informatics landscape: developing a regional perspective of existing initiatives
• Understanding the demand for biodiversity data at a regional level: where do regional priorities lie?
• Planning for the future

27 June 2019: Excursion and Bioblitz

• Networking opportunity between project teams and regional partners
• Data mobilization through citizen science

28 June 2019: Training in Node management - Setting up a national or regional biodiversity information facility

• The GBIF network and community structure
• Making the case for Participation in GBIF
• Roles and functions of GBIF Participant nodes
• Governance models
• Strategic, implementation and communication plans for nodes