AIMS

New Webinar@AIMS: AKstem service: supporting AGRIS data providers in publishing their content to AGRIS

03/09/2015

The AIMS team is pleased to announce the webinar “AKstem service: supporting AGRIS data providers in publishing their content to AGRIS”.The webinar will present the AKstem service, developed by Agro-Know. While this webinar especially addresses both new and old AGRIS data providers, it is also open for information management ...

Open Data for Sustainable Development: New World Bank Policy Note

01/09/2015

The World Bank has published a new policy note on how Open Data can support development in areas that relate to the Sustainable Development Goals. The publication emphazises especially the benefits of Open Data in the areas of economic growth, improved public services and increased transparency as well as for ...

ECVET-STEP: Developing a Model of European-Wide Learning Mobility in Agri-Food VET

28/08/2015

The European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) is a powerful tool of the strategic framework for European cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020) for increasing cross-border cooperation in education and training. ECVET aims to lead to portable qualifications and transferable learning outcomes, thereby making learning mobility and ...

PASTEUR4OA ROARMAP data visualisations

27/08/2015

Have you ever wondered:How many Open Access policies are there worldwide?Does mandating result in more deposits in institutional repositories?When are Open Access Policies deposited?Thanks to PASTEUR4OA Visualisations these questions can be answered with data from ROARMAP and other data sources.As part of the work ...

Access to ICT during training workshops, a lesson from AGORA/TEEAL workshop in Nigeria

27/08/2015

On 18 August 2015, I walked into a meeting room at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The room was to be the venue for The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) / Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) Training-of-Trainers Workshop, 18 – 20 August 2015, which required the ...