BIDREX - Database managers day

Platform presentation at Database Managers day on 27th April 2018.

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1. BIDREX - Database Managers Day, Hotel de la Falnuée, 27th April 2018 Belgian Biodiversity Platform André Heughebaert GBIF Node Manager
2. Our Services ❖Knowledge Brokerage ❖Topical Knowledge Incubation ❖Forum IAS ❖BEES ❖Biodiversity & Health ❖Open Data http://www.biodiversity.be/4060/
3. Open Data ❖ Belgian GBIF Node since 2001 ❖ Coordinate the Belgian BIF ❖ Offer ICT support: ❖ Darwin Core Mapping ❖ Dedicated Data Portals ❖ Data Management ❖ Data Cleaning ❖ Data Papers ❖ Training on DB, GIS, DwC & IPT
4. Data published by Belgium 19 Data Publishers, 116 Datasets, 21.187.088 occurrence records
5. Taxonomical groups
6. a.heughebaert@biodiversity.be “enable users to navigate and put to use vast quantities of biodiversity information, advancing scientific research … serving the economic and quality-of-life interests of society, and providing a basis from which our knowledge of the natural world can grow rapidly and in a manner that avoids duplication of effort and expenditure.” – OECD recommendation endorsed by Science ministers in 2001