Objectives of Talk

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Objectives of Talk

• Example of a Coordinating Institution that
  Manages a Thematic Network How the Protected
  Areas Thematic Network Functions
• IABIN Co-financing with Coordinating and Matching
  Grant Institutions

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IABIN PA TN Objectives

• The objective of the Protected Areas Thematic
  Network will be to promote the more effective
  sharing of information on protected areas within
  and between the countries of the region,
• build on existing global experience through close
  collaboration with the IUCN World Commission on
  Protected Areas and the UNEP World Conservation
  Monitoring Centre.

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Inter relationships between TNs
Tool development Training core
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INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY FOR DATA
SHARING AND INTEROPERABILITY
XML SCHEMA Design XSD
Remote Process
XML
XSL/XSLT
SOAP
PDF
?
RDBMS XM DB
HTML WML
?
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Procurement process for choosing the Coordinating
Institution

• The Secretariat with IEC input prepares TORs for
  the activities of a CI as approved in the PIP
  (9/04).
• TORs posted on DGMarket and iabin.net and note
  sent to IABINfriends that TORs posted with
  closing date
• Expression of Interest (letter) date given with
  closing date
• A Technical Selection Committee convened by the
  Secretariat, acceptable to the IEC and the
  Executing Agency will evaluate detailed
  proposals.  The Technical Selection Committee
  will be made up of 2 members of the executing
  agency, one technical and one procurement expert,
  up to two members of the IABIN Secretariat, a
  member of the IEC, and an outside expert.

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Procurement process for choosing the Coordinating
Institution

• Short list based on experience and quality of the
  consortium -- all about partnerships.
• Invite proposals
• Similar evaluation committee process reviews
  technical and financial quality of full proposal
  
• Cost sharing at 1 GEF 2 CONSORTIUM
• Experience, depth of the consortium, (next
  slide)
• The procurement process and final selection of a
  CI is subject to World Bank no-objection, as
  defined in the legal agreement.

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Experience of the Consortium

• ACTIONS- Policies
• KNOWLEDGE Prediction tools
• INFORMATION Decision making tools, indicators.
• METADATA Reference to datasets and knowledge
  objects (quality, availability, property,etc)
• DATA observations or measurements recorded and
  reported in a standard way

L E A R N I N G
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Does the Consortium understand Thematic Networks

• A thematic network will contain data and
  information on a specific theme or topic.
• The data and information could be physically
  centralized or distributed depending on
  efficiency, existing infrastructure and
  sustainability issues.
• In either case a Coordinating Institution will
  administer the thematic network.

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How well will the Consortium achieve the Thematic
Network

• 1. How will it assemble a Technical Advisory
  Group to evaluate protected area information.
• 2. Methodology Host workshop to analyze and
  prioritize protected areas information
  requirements from national protected areas
  systems.
• 3.What will be process to disseminate tools for
  analyses (e.g. compile baseline info, protected
  areas management effectiveness, support taxonomic
  programming within Pas?

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How well will the Consortium achieve the
Protected Areas Thematic Network

• 3. Process on how Internet databases will
  disseminate information and allow for specific
  queries.
• 4. How to achieve consensus on standards,
  protocols, information use policies
• 5. Will they develop Web services and user
  interfaces for integrated searches of protected
  areas information?
• 6. How will the Consortium coordinate
  communications with Network participants
  regarding advances and changes in protocols and
  tools
• 7. Method to create and maintain a protected
  areas expert database and directory

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Evaluation to Award Grants Procedure to evaluate
Proposals

• 1.37m in Matching Grants will be awarded to
  institutions with high quality data, to support
  their efforts to improve the availability of
  critical data and metadata through the network.
• Institutions with the highest scores will qualify
  to receive grants (next slide).
• subregional balance
• Grants will be in the range of 10-15k/year and
  may be multi-year to a maximum of 45k.  But can
  be smaller and only for one year.

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Criteria to Receive Matching Grants

• Commitment to IABIN standards and protocols
• Commitment to public access
• Relevance to multiple countries and Hemispheric
  IABIN initiatives
• Impact of filling data gaps
• Linkage to IABIN thematic priorities
• Availability of co-financing (beyond 11)
• Assignation of qualified personnel

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DESIGN OF co-financing VIRTUAL QUESTIONNAIRE

• Statement with instructions (example please
  provide information about the activities and
  expenses that your institution has funded as part
  of your co-financing commitment to the network.
• Country (drop-down list of 34 countries)
• Institution (drop down list of 75 institutions)
• Component (select one of the four project
  components) (Note at the end user will be able
  to return to this screen to provide information
  for additional components or to end session)

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Type of Co-financing (drop-down list)

• Personnel Costs (drop-down list for each one
  see chart of accounts)
• Travel
• Documents
• Equipment Supplies
• Building Maintenance
• External Service Contracts
• Other Costs

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TRACKING OF COUNTERPART FUNDING FOR EACH OF THE
COORDINATING INSTITUTIONS AND THE MATCHING GRANTS

• Institutions will have access to an Internet
  based questionnaire
• Most answers will be available as a drop-down
  list
• Users will submit form via the Internet directly
  to GS/OAS and IABIN Secretariat for review and
  input into an Access Database designed
  specifically to track co financing for the
  Project.

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Co-financing InstitutionsData providers in North
America

• CANADA
• Canadian Botanical Conservation Network
• Fowler Herbarium North America Database
• Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Royal Ontario Museum
• MEXICO
• Asociación Mexicana de Jardines Botánicos
• Herbarium of the Institute of Ecology
• Herbarium de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias
  Biológicas
• Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo
• UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN
• Instituto de Ecologia de la UNAM
• El Colegio de la Frontera Sur

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Data providers in North America

• North Carolina Botanical Garden
• The Morton Arboretum
• Fairchild Tropical Garden Botanical Resource
  Center (FSU)
• Florida Museum of Natural History
• Marion Ownbey Herbarium (Washington State Univ.)
• Oregon State University Herbarium
• University of California Museum of Paleontology
• University of Tennessee Herbarium
• University of Kansas Natural History Museum
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• The Illinois State Museum
• UC Davis Herbarium Database
• Texas AM University
• University of Michigan Herbarium

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Data providers in Central America

• Belize
• Herbarium,BRH (Ministry of National Resources)
• Guatemala
• FAUSAC/CEDIA (Centro de Investigaciones
  Agronómicas) U San Carlos. Herbario AGUAT
• Museo de Historia Natural, USAC
• Herbario UVAL, U del Valle
• El Salvador
• Universidad de El Salvador Escuela de Biología
  (UES)
• Asociación Jardín Botánico La Laguna (JBLL)
• Honduras
• Escuela Agrícola Panamericana. Herbario Paul C.
  Standley.
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras.
  Herbario TEFH

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Data providers in Central America

• Nicaragua
• Herbario Nacional de Nicaragua,HNMN - UCA
  (Universidad C.A)
• Centro de Malacología UCA
• Museo Entomológico de León
• Costa Rica
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad-INBio
• Herbario USJ, Escuela de Biología-UCR
• Museo de Zoología-Escuela Biología Universidad de
  Costa Rica-UCR
• Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
• Herbario Juvenal Valerio Rodríguez. Escuela
  Ciencias Ambientales-UNA
• Panamá
• Herbario PMA Universidad de Panamá. Departamento
  de Botánica
• Herbario Instituto Smithsonian SCZ

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Andean CountriesVenezuela, Suriname, Guyana,
Trinidad/Tobago

• Bolivia
• CBF Colleción Boliviana de Fauna
• LPB Herbario Nacional de Bolivia
• MHNNKM Museo de Historia Natural-Noel Kempf
  Mercado
• Colombia
• ICN Instituto de Ciencias Naturales
• Ecuador
• EPN -
• PUCE Museo de Historia Natural de la Pontificia
  Universidad Católica del Ecuador
• QCNE Herbario Nacional del Museo Ecuatoriano de
  Ciencias Naturales
• Perú
• MHSN -
• MHNURP Museo de Historia Natural Universidad
  Ricardo Palma

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Andean CountriesVenezuela, Suriname, Guyana,
Trinidad/Tobago

• Venezuela
• Vertebrate Collection Information Network,
• Phelps Ornithological Collection,
• Universidad Central Zoological Collections,
• La Salle Natural History Museum,
• Biocentro Fresh Water Fish Database,
• ONBIDIO- Rancho Grande Mammalian collection,
• Insect Collection at MIZA,
• Mammalian Collection Universidad de los Andes,
• National Herbarium,
• Herpetological Collection Universidad de los
  AndesGuyana
• Centre for Study of Biological Diversity and U.G
  Herbarium
• Suriname
• Zoological Collection, Herbarium
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Insect collection (CARINET), CAB International
  Arthropod Collection, National Herbarium, Orchid
  Society Collection