[Sdi-latinamericacaribbean] Institute on Information Management: free and open access to, and use of data and information

[Kate Lance]

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Institute on Information Management: free and open access to, and use of data and information
24 February - 1 March 2008
Panama City, Panama

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) will carry out the first institute on data and information management in Panama City, Panama, that will be hosted by The Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC). 

The principal goals of the institute are: 1) to provide recommendations to help IAI develop its data and information policy as part of its IAI strategic planning; and 2) to encourage IAI supported projects (CRN II, SGP-HD) to make data available and expand international and interdisciplinary scientific interactions through improved information management. Besides these goals, the institute aims to promote discussion on institutional and policy aspects of information sharing, management and access; foster scientific and technical discussions on information analysis and meta-analysis to inform decision makers and policy; Identify opportunities and constraints for open access, data storage and preservation of data, as well as share information, access practices and policies; show existing data consortia and identify how they are dealing with this matter and who are their target audience and users; and Identify mechanisms to synthesize data for policy
 through a meta analysis process.


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