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CETAF Information and Press
CETAF and the Institutions of our network, are active taxonomic scientists, publishers, curators and policy advocates. Sharing the results of our research and the relevant information we use, make the collaborative work increasingly visible and more widely spread. The dissemination actions underpin our efforts for enhancing the societal involvement in science and the social awareness of the importance of taxonomy for the sustainability of our planet.
Below, the most relevant set of News concerning CETAF, its Members and other related agents of our scientific community.
Highlights
A truly special week in Leiden: CETAF46 and Biodiversity_Next
A very special week is behind us, with the CETAF46 Governing Board Meeting and the huge conference Biodiversity_Next taking place back-to-back from 20 to 25 October in Leiden, NL, hosted
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29th Nov, 2019
The CETAF community has since years been working to realise the DiSSCo research infrastructure. Today, it opened the call for applications to become a member of its General Assembly, a major milestone for DiSSCo and shows its maturity, a direct consequence of the maturity of the underpinning community.
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18th Nov, 2019
On 13 and 14 November, Biodiversa and the European Commission (DG Research & Innovation; DG Environment) jointly organised a strategic workshop to discuss a potential European co-funded Partnership on Biodiversity under Horizon Europe. The event took place in Brussels at the Palais des Académies. Being in proximity to our offices, CETAF took the opportunity and participated in this strategically important event.
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12th Nov, 2019
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31st Oct, 2019
A very special week is behind us, with the CETAF46 Governing Board Meeting and the huge conference Biodiversity_Next taking place back-to-back from 20 to 25 October in Leiden, NL, hosted by the Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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18th Oct, 2019
For the first time, leading international parties unite for a global biodiversity information strategy
Now more important than ever
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14th Aug, 2019
On Tuesday 30 July 2019, the BIOTALENT project held its final EU Conference titled:
"The BIOTALENT project: Innovative Education, the Best Investment to Increase Engagement in Science".This conference was a full day event prepared by project coordinator Isabella Van de Velde and hosted by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) at Brussels.
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19th Jul, 2019
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09th Jul, 2019
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18th Jun, 2019
The Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) - in which CETAF plays an important role - is looking to fill two very crucial advisory boards that will help driving and guiding the Research Infrastructure going forward:
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07th Jun, 2019
We have the pleasure to announce that on May 16th, 2019 at the CETAF45 Governing Board Meeting hosted by the University of Tartu, CETAF’s members elected Leif Schulman as Chair of the Executive Committee
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A warm welcome to our new Chair who succeeds Michelle Price who served as Chair over two mandates.