Joint GODAN-CIARD Consultation on Open Agricultural Knowledge for Development
The CIARD (www.ciard.net) partners and the GODAN (www.godan.info) partners met in a joint GODAN-CIARD Consultation on Open Agricultural Knowledge for Development, taking place in Rome between 22nd and 24th April.
More information here: http://www.ciard.net/1st-godan-ciard-consultation
The objectives of the consultation were:
- review progress, achievements and future prospects of all international initiatives related to open data and knowledge in agriculture, including especially CIARD and GODAN
- consider experiences of selected national systems and international/regional agencies in development of effective policies and practices in opening agricultural knowledge and data
- discuss and agree structure and governance for CIARD and GODAN
- define a programme of action for the next 2 years in relation to strengthening advocacy, policy frameworks and mandates, and institutional/human capacities.
The programme and list of conference participants are available here http://www.ciard.net/1st-godan-ciard-consultation/agenda.