Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov 2014, on behalf of the Group on Earth Observations’ Data Sharing Working Group (GEO DSWG), CODATA is organising a side event at the GEO XI Plenary in Geneva. Entitled ‘Open Data and the Developing World: The GEO Data Sharing and Data Management Principles in the context of the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development’, the programme is available here and on the GEO website.
We are particularly pleased that the event will be opened by a keynote from Claire Melamed from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and who headed the secretariat for the UN Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution. Claire’s presentation on the recently released report ‘A World That Counts: Mobilising The Data Revolution for Sustainable Development’ will provide an important context to discuss two key developments for GEO. These are:
1) the GEO Data Sharing Principles post-2015; and,
2) the GEO Data Management Principles.
These principles will be discussed in conjunction with ‘Nairobi Principles and Draft Guideline for Implementation of Principles of Preservation of and Open Access to Research Data in Developing Countries’ developed on behalf of CODATA. The side event will engage participants in constructive conversation on how the principles can contribute to increased data sharing and use in the developing world, and in particular seeking African perspectives on the use of GEOSS data.