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Open Access to Weather Data for International Development

21/05/2013

Farming communities in Africa and South Asia are becoming increasingly vulnerable to shock as the effects of climate change become a reality. This increased vulnerability, however, comes at a time when improved technology makes critical information more accessible than ever before. aWhere Weather, an online platform offering free weather data ...

Le projet FreeYourMetadata… avec OPen Refine

20/05/2013

Ce billet a également été publié dans l'Observatoire des technologies de l'IST - INRA Signalé par la page Facebook de la communauté AIMS de la FAO, FreeyourMetadata.org est un projet  du  Multimedia Lab (ELIS — Ghent University / iMinds) et du MaSTIC (Université Libre de Bruxelles). Ce projet montre des exemples, ...

"A review of the CIARD Movement" Its origins, activities, outcomes, issues & future steps

20/05/2013

We are pleased to inform that the report A review of the CIARD movement has been recently published on the CIARD website. The report was prepared in the context of the CIARD Global Consultation 2013 which took place in Ethiopia two weeks ago. It covers the following items: 1. CIARD origins and ...

Feedback needed on enhanced strategy for the conduction of the AIMS webinars

17/05/2013

The AIMS editorial team would like to consult you on an enhanced strategy for the conduction of the AIMS webinars: Last year, the AIMS team contributed to the 'Open Access Week 2012' with a series of webinars. In these online seminars our associated experts introduced the audience to the meaning ...

EIFL wins WSIS 2013 Project Prize for excellence

14/05/2013

EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) was awarded a WSIS Project Prize for excellence in implementation of World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) outcomes to achieve an inclusive and development-oriented information society. The award was presented by Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) during the opening ceremony ...