[Belgianbif] Fwd: GBIF's BID programme: 2020 call for proposals from Sub-Saharan Africa

[Belgian GBIF Contact Group]

Dear GBIF friends,

Please be aware of and forward to your network:
GBIF's BID programme: 2020 call for proposals from Sub-Saharan Africa(see
below)
So that nobody misses this funding opportunity.
Stay safe and enjoy the day

*Ir Andre Heughebaert*
GBIF Node Manager at Belgian Biodiversity Platform
<http://www.biodiversity.be>
+32(0)2238 3796
WTC III, 30 Bld Simon Bolivarlaan; B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
ORCID 0000-0002-7839-5300 <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-5300>


---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Kyle Copas <kcopas at gbif.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 10:24
Subject: GBIF's BID programme: 2020 call for proposals from Sub-Saharan
Africa
To: communication <communication at gbif.org>


Dear GBIF colleagues,



GBIF is pleased to invite the submission of concept notes
<https://www.gbif.org/article/6YMaBaQKPDDfBSGTO6jvg5/> for project funding
from sub-Saharan Africa through Biodiversity Information for Development
(BID), a programme funded by the Directorate-General for International
Partnerships <https://ec.europa.eu/international-partnerships/> of the
European Union. The call for proposals is also available in French
<https://www.gbif.org/fr/article/6YMaBaQKPDDfBSGTO6jvg5>, Portuguese
<https://www.gbif.org/pt/article/6YMaBaQKPDDfBSGTO6jvg5> and Spanish
<https://www.gbif.org/es/article/6YMaBaQKPDDfBSGTO6jvg5>.



The BID programme <https://www.gbif.org/bid> aims to enhance capacity for
effective mobilization and use of biodiversity data in support of decision-
and policymaking for sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa, the
Caribbean and the Pacific. The total funding assigned to this call is
approximately €600,000.



This call seeks to support projects from sub-Saharan Africa that:

   - Mobilize biodiversity data relevant to decisions supporting
   sustainable development
   - Use and extend best practices for digitizing natural history
   collections and mobilizing other biodiversity data
   - Apply biodiversity data in support of decision-making and research
   - Develop lasting national, regional or thematic networks to support
   ongoing data sharing and reuse



The call offers support for four grant types:

   - Regional biodiversity data mobilization grants
   <https://www.gbif.org/article/5TOFC84d5cGgE32vSBW5EI/> that establish or
   strengthen international collaborations to increase biodiversity data
   mobilization for research and policy addressing regional sustainable
   development needs
   - National biodiversity data mobilization grants
   <https://www.gbif.org/article/1YK0cSSJYJZkaUiKvyUwJp/> that establish or
   strengthen national biodiversity information facilities and increase
   biodiversity data mobilization to respond to national priorities
   - Institution-level biodiversity data mobilization grants
   <https://www.gbif.org/article/6URo8ZAfFXzu3dA9uZH0sZ/> that mobilize
   biodiversity data relevant for sustainable development
   - Data-use grants <https://www.gbif.org/article/1as2BEBQfm6itaHkBIsRuQ/>
   that build on existing relationships between biodiversity data-holding
   institutions and decision-makers to provide data solutions that respond to
   a specific policy need



These grants are open to institutions based in eligible countries in
sub-Saharan Africa
<https://www.gbif.org/article/y4yos8JwOVccTRuS1kYRD#africa>. *Concept notes
must be submitted by 27 August 2020* through the GBIF Grant Portal
<https://gbif.fluxx.io/>. Following evaluation of the concept notes, GBIF
will invite applicants successful in this round to submit a full proposal.



This call aims to build on the impact of BID’s first phase
<https://assets.ctfassets.net/uo17ejk9rkwj/7ezmj33g285s8mRb1HTpE/36359b4b635e64f28a6ce3ff2b50fd89/191127-BID-Impact-Summary.pdf>,
in which 63 BID-funded projects
<https://www.gbif.org/programme/82243/bid-biodiversity-information-for-development#projects>
mobilized 535 biodiversity datasets containing more than 1.3 million
records relevant to the regions’ priority policy needs
<https://downloads.ctfassets.net/uo17ejk9rkwj/4gmZ9Hz9egtxJIuXKlW7SW/003fef24c10c69b730b8c92c4e22f326/191125-BID-Best-Practices.pdf>.
The programme's rigorous training and e-learning curricula
<https://www.gbif.org/article/2IE7tH4dlcik1BnmniIPAc/> have also helped
improve biodiversity data skills and establish regional communities of
practice for hundreds of professionals across sub-Saharan Africa, the
Caribbean and Pacific.



If you have questions about the programme or call for proposals, please
contact us at BID at gbif.org.



Best regards,

Kyle

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*Kyle Copas*

Communications Manager

ORCID: 0000-0002-6590-599X <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-599X>



*GBIF Secretariat*

Universitetsparken 15

DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø

Denmark

+45 35 32 14 75 | mobile +45 28 75 14 75 | Skype kylecopas

https://www.gbif.org
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