Belgium: view from a mentor

Presentation of my experience as mentor within GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Program.
GBIF Public Symposium 2016

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1. 16 FEB 2015 Belgium: view from a mentor André Heughebaert Belgian Biodiversity Platform
2. A BRIEF HISTORY 2008 with France and the Netherlands Joined training on Data Quality (by Arthur Chapman) 2010 Mentoring with Mauritania Setting up a Node 2013 Mentoring Mauritania and Togo Strengthening Node and BIF Data Publishers 2015 Encounter Bay with France, Portugal and Spain Key Documentation of ALA framework in 4 languages 2016 BIFA Data Publication Workshop Tagaytay, Philippines
3. BIFA PHILIPPINES, JUNE 2016
4. BIFA PHILIPPINES, JUNE 2016 Data Transformation and Publication training 5 days Train the Trainers workshop, 2 Belgian trainers Efficient local support from PH Node (organization) and ACB (IPT hosting) Participants were invited to work on their own data Recycled materials from GB22 Nodes Training event Binomial team of participants : Scientist + IT Post workshop peer reviews of published datasets
5. MOTIVATIONS FOR AND BENEFITS Discover new perspectives, new actors, new aspects Exchange ideas, concerns, tips and solutions Feel part of the GBIF family “Ensure that we all take responsibility and carry part of the load” (Peter Schalk) Increase your node’s visibility both regionally and globally Give global dimension of your node activities Apply locally what you’ve seen/learn elsewhere
6. FUTURE ACTIVITIES BID Sub-Saharan African projects • Data Mobilization in eight African countries (regional)
 Facilitate data repatriation from Belgian Institutions • Strengthening BIF in Togo (national)
 Workshop end November in Lomé BID CoP with 5 Belgian mentors ( on a total of 17) André Heughebaert, Larissa Smirnova, Nicolas Noé, Patricia Mergen & Quentin Groom Interests for future calls: CESP, BID, BIFA Seeking synergies with countries that have long lasting institutional cooperation with Belgium