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VII IABIN Council Meeting
Organization of American States September 28-30, 2011 Washington DC
This meeting served as a capstone to the broader IABIN program and examined the progress, challenges, lessons learned and current status of the network. Participants briefly reviewed completed activities, including Component 1: Interoperability and Access to Data, Component 2: Data Content Creation and Component 3: Tools for Decision Making. IABIN Council Members and Coordinating Institutions strategized how to best utilize and plan future development of the tools and products of the project, underwent demonstrations on the use of Component 3 tools, continued the ongoing discussion on IABIN’s sustainability and future, and worked on a vision statement for the period 2012-2015. Specific Goals for the meeting: · Participants shown examples of Value-added Tools for Decision Making, able to promote them as needed in their countries, international meetings, etc. · Ensuring linkages with global, national level conservation strategies · Coordination on fundraising and production of a vision statement 2012-2015
IABIN Focal Point get together for the picture! Presentations:
Next Steps:
On day 2, the following
questions were discussed in the breakout groups. The summary can be found in
the following document
Group Questions 1. What are our objectives for IABIN Phase II -- what difference do we want to make? 1. What are the key questions that IABIN can help answer by providing data and tools to decision-makers? 2. Who are the most important audiences – users of the data – that we should be working closely with? 3. What are the best opportunities, environmental decision-making processes, and existing initiatives that we should become involved with to meet our objectives? 4. How should IABIN be structured and governed to be successful in Phase II?
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