[Gbif-europe] Fwd: An invitation to participate in a COST Action involving European GBIF Nodes

[André Heughebaert]

Dear European Node Managers,

I'm forwarding Paco's invitation to participate to a COST Action.
***Please excuse the cross-posting***

Best wishes,
Andre Heughebaert

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Sujet : 	An invitation to participate in a COST Action involving 
European GBIF Nodes
Date : 	Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:39:24 +0100
De : 	Francisco Pando <pando at gbif.es>
Pour : 	nodes_Europe at cemail.gbif.org <nodes_Europe at cemail.gbif.org>



Dear Colleagues,

Recently a Call for COST Actions was issued:

http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call

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.

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”.

As usual with EC calls, documentation is not scanty, but as a start, the 
documents to focus upon are the following:

http://www.cost.eu/download/SESA_Guidelines

http://www.cost.eu/download/Technical_Annex

The call’s relevant parameters are:

                 Going for large networks,

Annual budget c. 100,000 €, for 4 years,

                 15 page max. application doc. (the technical annex)

                 First collecting date 24 march

I have created  a google doc to prepare the technical annex, and 
populated with my initial concept and some ideas for tasks/working groups:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MVPGxJMjcDizcgx790eLbODp4YQHB7YwiGrGulDdgno/edit?usp=sharing

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.

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.

It is not a lot of time, but application is short and we are a pretty 
consolidated community.

With all best wishes,

Paco

Francisco Pando

Responsable

GBIF.ES, Unidad de Coordinación Tel.+34 91 420 3017 x 274

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Plaza de Murillo, 2 pando at gbif.es <mailto:pando at gbif.es>

28014 Madrid, Spain www.gbif.es <http://www.gbif.es/>; datos.gbif.es 
<http://datos.gbif.es/>



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