GBIF WP consultation

Planning for 2014 and beyond

Olaf BánkiSenior Programme Officer for Participation

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) and Red Knot (Calidris canutus) , in Merimbula, NSW on 10/11/2010. The Red Knot was banded on 25/11/2006, age approximately 2, at Miranda, New Zealand and was sighted again on 23/05/2007 at Broome, WA and back in Miranda on 21/11/2009 (information from Birds Australia).

European Nodes Meeting 2013Wednesday 6 – 8 March Joensuu Finland

Strategic plan vision

VISION:A world in which biodiversity information is freely and universally available for science, society, and a sustainable future.

High-level vision - GBIF 2030CULTURE: A community of contributors from all

cultures, languages, and fields of biodiversity research collaborates to generate, curate, and use global knowledge of biodiversity

DATA: Scientific data are routinely and promptly made available in a persistent free and open accessible form

EVIDENCE: All available evidence for the distribution and abundance [, functions and processes] of biodiversity on earth through space and time is amassed and organized

UNDERSTANDING: All users have the capability to make use of the best evidence-based understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes

GBIF’s role in this vision

• Participants expect GBIF to deliver:1. Effective governance2. Global data publishing facility3. Established national ”BIFs”4. Supporting knowledge network5. Organised biodiversity information6. Online data discovery and access7. Science and policy relevance

• This is GBIF’s mission• This is GBIF’s value proposition• These are GBIF’s outputs

Mission and vision

EVIDENCE

UNDERSTANDING

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CULTUREGOVERNANCE

PUBLISHING FACILITY

NATIONAL BIFs

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION

DISCOVERY AND ACCESS

SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE

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GOVERNANCE

PUBLISHING FACILITY

NATIONAL BIFs

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION

DISCOVERY AND ACCESS

SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE

GOVERNANCE

PUBLISHING FACILITY

NATIONAL BIFs

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION

DISCOVERY AND ACCESS

SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE

GOVERNANCE

PUBLISHING FACILITY

NATIONAL BIFs

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION

DISCOVERY AND ACCESS

SCIENCE/POLICY RELEVANCE

Ultimate (2030)

Five essential questions:• What is the ultimate form that these outputs should take?• What is the current situation?• What needs to change to get to the ultimate form?• How can we measure progress towards the ultimate form?• How do we maximise progress in the right direction in 2014-2016?

Designing each output

Key attribute

Present state

Ultimate state Progress measure Steps in 2014-2016

Global X countries publishing

All countries publishing

1) Number of countries; 2) Taxa with published data per country; etc.

1) Change endorsement processes; 2) NLS support for IPT; etc.

Publishing facility

X data sets published

All legacy data published and all new data routinely published

1) Volumes of historical data; 2) Volumes of data from last 3 years; etc.

1) Establish IPT archival repositories; 2) sample-based data; etc.

Curatorial facility

N/A All aspects of mobilised data are overseen / curated by experts

1) Percentage of records with review assessment; 2) taxa fully reviewed; etc.

1) Develop model and mechanism for ”reference data sets”; 2) annotation tools; etc.

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Publishing facilityA global distributed and interoperable publishing and curatorial facility for

all streams of biodiversity data

Significance of this approach•Align GBIF with large-scale vision (GBIO)•Value proposition (elevator speech)

– GBIF outputs now – What GBIF will deliver – Basis for Participant/supplementary funding

•Long-term framework for GBIF planning– Annual work programmes move stepwise

towards vision– Basis for annual prioritisation– Progress metrics– Context/rationale for national/other projects

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Discovery

Comprehensive Knowledge

Access

Aggregated Species Trait

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Fitness-for-use & Annotations

Taxonomic Framework

Integrated Occurrence

Data

Knowledge Generation

Prioritising New Data Capture

Visualization & Dissemination

Multiscalar Spatial

Modelling

Trends & Predictions

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Data

Sequences & Genomes

Field Surveys & Observations

Published Materials

Collections & Specimens

Automated & Remote-sensed

Observations

Assessments and Indicators

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Roles and responsibilities• Secretariat role

– Coordinate governance– Coordinate content, informatics & engagement– Coordinate information resources– Coordinate capacity development– Clarify role as set of operational services

• Participant role– Engage national/organisational stakeholders– Deliver value to national/organisational interests– Align activities with global vision– Mobilize data for global use

• Regional role– Coordinate activities at regional level– ???

Relationship to focal areas• Candidate focal areas

– Large-scale data– Vegetation data– Invasive alien species– Support for taxonomy– Broader biodiversity informatics collaboration

• All supported by initial Participant responses• Role in 2014-2016 Work Programme

– Specific relevant enhancement activities• Standards• Informatics• Training/documentation

– Basis for progress metrics for content and relevance– Explore Participant-led activities in each area

Outputs & headline products• WP 2012-2013 headline products map to outputs

– Data publishing framework Publishing Facility– BIF-Building Package National BIFs– Global Collaboration Platform Knowledge Network– Discovery & Access Infrastructure Discovery & Access– Status of Biodiversity Information Science/Policy

Relevance

• Headline products less fully refined– Several defined more narrowly than outputs– Not clearly linked to key value propositions– Missing logic for prioritisation and progress

• Governance not included in headline products – Minimises relevance/value to Work Programme

• Biodiversity Information poorly reflected– Inadequate focus on core value proposition

Logical framework

Vision

Mission

Work Programme

Roles and Responsibilities

GBIO

Seven Outputs

Annual Deliverables

Service Definitions

How GBIF aligns with other activities

Why countries should engage

with GBIF

What progress is expected each

year

How GBIF works to achieve its

goals

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2015 WP

2014 WPGB20

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Committee input

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Approve2015 WP

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Committee input

2014Midterm

AnnualReport

2015Midterm

AnnualReport

Consultation and planningwith Participants

Consultation and planningwith Participants

Assessment

Assessment

• Consultation with Participants to prepare WP each year• Candidate activity spreadsheet circulated before mid-terms• Consultation continues to approximately 6 weeks before GB meeting – final draft

circulated for review and approval• WP focus on following year (but logical framework provides long view)• Increasing opportunity in subsequent years for Participants to propose aligned

activities