INTERNATIONAL LAND COALITION (ILC) 2017-2018 MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION.  DEADLINE: 30 June 2017___________________________________________________________________________________________________WHO CAN APPLY?Given the extraordinary growth of the coalition in previous years, this opening will give priority to civil society and inter-governmental organisations:With specific political and technical expertise to realise people centred land governance of benefit to the network;...

Global Forest Watch (GFW) has announced the 2017 call for proposals for its Small Grants Fund. The Small Grants Fund supports non-governmental organizations by providing financial and technical support to optimize their use of GFW tools and data for better forest monitoring and management. GFW is seeking proposals to turn deforestation ...

The 2017 LODLAM Challenge highlights data visualisations, tools, mashups, meshups, and all types of use cases for Linked Open Data in libraries, archives, and museums. Challenge entries can be submitted from Wednesday 8th March to Friday 7th April 2017. Please fill out the challenge entry form. Entries will be featured on The ...

We are pleased to share with you the IGAD pre-conference meeting agenda and information on the venue.  The  IGAD pre-conference meeting will take place in Barcelona, April 3-4, 2017, before the 9th RDA Plenary Meeting, April 5-7, 2017. Please note that participation in the RDA conference requires a separate registration. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________CONTEXT The ...

The US region of the Research Data Alliance (RDA/US) invites applications for its Early Career Data Share fellowship program. The successful Fellows will engage with RDA through carrying out self-proposed projects with RDA groups and through extensive networking and communication with the RDA community. Applications from traditionally underserved populations ...