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GFW is seeking proposals to turn deforestation information into action!

14/03/2017

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 ...

RDA-IGAD Pre-Meeting Agenda released !

13/03/2017

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 ...

2017 LODLAM Technical Challenge is on !

13/03/2017

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 ...

2017-2018 RDA/US Call for Fellows

10/03/2017

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 ...

Data Sharing : towards real impact in agriculture and nutrition

10/03/2017

 (Photo credit: Exploring the impacts of open data in agriculture and nutrition, CTA)The third edition of the international workshop ‘Creating impacts with open data in agriculture and nutrition’ was held in The Hague, 13-15 February, 2017. The importance of developing frameworks and models to promote the benefits of data sharing ...