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<p lang="en-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; MARGIN: 0in">Dear colleagues in COST,</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; MARGIN: 0in"> </p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; MARGIN: 0in">This week I am on travel, and seeing how it goes I do not think I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>am going able to make any significant progress<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>on our COST Action.</p>
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<p lang="en-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; MARGIN: 0in">I did make an inquire about participation of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>international organizations, and this is the answer I got from the call's helpdesk:</p>
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Dear Francisco,</p>
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International Organisations are welcome to participate in an Action at their own expenses and based on mutual benefit.</p>
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There are no exceptions.</p>
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Kind regards,</p>
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The COST Association</p>
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<p lang="en-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; MARGIN: 0in">Next week I will put this on track</p>
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<p lang="en-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; MARGIN: 0in">Best wishes,</p>
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<p lang="en-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; MARGIN: 0in">Paco</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Francisco Pando
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Responsable</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">GBIF.ES, Unidad de Coordinación Tel.+34 91 420 3017 x 274</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC Fax +34 91 429 2405</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Plaza de Murillo, 2
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="mailto:pando@gbif.es"><span lang="ES-TRAD">pando@gbif.es</span></a></span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">28014 Madrid, Spain
<a href="http://www.gbif.es" target="_blank">www.gbif.es</a></span></p>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Francisco Pando<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 12, 2015 3:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nodes_Europe@cemail.gbif.org; gbif-europe@biodiversity.be<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Remider: An invitation to participate in a COST Action involving European GBIF Nodes<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #376092"><span style="COLOR: windowtext">Dear Colleagues,</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">This is a friendly reminder of the invitation I sent earlier this week. The idea is to have a core partnership to prepare the proposal by COB tomorrow. So far I have collected positive answers from Poland, Ireland,
France, Portugal, Norway and Belgium (and PESI), so we are seven countries already involved; COST actions require a minimum of 5 so that is a go, but COST actions are intended to be very inclusive (=extensive), there is room for everyone.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Questions, suggestions, and specially “expressions of interest”, still welcome; at this stage, until COB tomorrow. Nevertheless, COST actions include a mechanism to accept additional members after they have
started.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">With all best wishes,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Paco</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Francisco Pando
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Responsable</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">GBIF.ES, Unidad de Coordinación Tel.+34 91 420 3017 x 274</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC
</span><span lang="ES" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #0106bf"><a href="https://twitter.com/GbifEs" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #0106bf">twitter.com/GbifEs</span></a></span><span lang="ES" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #595959">
</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Plaza de Murillo, 2
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="mailto:pando@gbif.es"><span lang="ES-TRAD">pando@gbif.es</span></a></span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">28014 Madrid, Spain
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://www.gbif.es/" target="_blank"><span lang="ES">www.gbif.es</span></a></span><span lang="ES" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">;
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://datos.gbif.es/" target="_blank"><span lang="ES">datos.gbif.es</span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES">Le 10/02/15 18:39, Francisco Pando a écrit :</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Recently a Call for COST Actions was issued:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call" target="_blank">http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having gone through the documentation and contacting colleagues and COST Helpdesk. I believe we have an opportunity here to carry out many of the things we talk every time we get together but then struggle do due to time and resource constrains.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have also gone through the ongoing COST Actions (c.30 around “biodiversity”) and identified a niche for us that fits the “COST spirit” and I believe is understandable: “Integrating the integrations for biodiversity information”.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As usual with EC calls, documentation is not scanty, but as a start, the documents to focus upon are the following:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cost.eu/download/SESA_Guidelines" target="_blank">http://www.cost.eu/download/SESA_Guidelines</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cost.eu/download/Technical_Annex" target="_blank">http://www.cost.eu/download/Technical_Annex</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The call’s relevant parameters are: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Going for large networks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Annual budget c. 100,000 €, for 4 years,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 15 page max. application doc. (the technical annex)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> First collecting date 24 march</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have created a google doc to prepare the technical annex, and populated with my initial concept and some ideas for tasks/working groups:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MVPGxJMjcDizcgx790eLbODp4YQHB7YwiGrGulDdgno/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MVPGxJMjcDizcgx790eLbODp4YQHB7YwiGrGulDdgno/edit?usp=sharing</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Before jumping to the documents and add text, please let me know if you are willing to be part of this application, your ideas for the general concept/challenge and if you think you could lead a particular set of activities /working group.
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<p class="MsoNormal">With your input I will create a Google group to handle communications regarding the preparation of this COST action. We will see by Friday COB if we have critical mass to go ahead.
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is not a lot of time, but application is short and we are a pretty consolidated community.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With all best wishes,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paco</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Francisco Pando
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Responsable</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">GBIF.ES, Unidad de Coordinación Tel.+34 91 420 3017 x 274</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC
</span><span lang="ES" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #0106bf"><a href="https://twitter.com/GbifEs" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #0106bf">twitter.com/GbifEs</span></a></span><span lang="ES" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #595959">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; COLOR: #1f497d">28014 Madrid, Spain
<a href="http://www.gbif.es/" target="_blank">www.gbif.es</a>; <a href="http://datos.gbif.es/" target="_blank">
datos.gbif.es</a> </span></p>
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