Inter-American Workshop on Access to Environmental Data
Details of the organization
Name *
CODATA
Organization country
International
Website (URL)
http://www.codata.org
Type *
Civil society entities
Information about the project
Project title *
Inter-American Workshop on Access to Environmental Data
Description *
This workshop provided a unique opportunity to bring together regional scientists, data managers, and representatives of funding institutions and the policy community to identify and discuss: 1)scientific, technical, and institutional aspects of environmental data access practices and policies; 2) opportunities and barriers for environmental data access; and 3) specific actions that can be taken to improve policies and regional cooperation, with regard to environmental data access.
Project website
http://www.cria.org.br/eventos/iaed/
Geographical coverage *
Regional implementation
None
Status *
Completed
from 03/03/04
to
03/06/04
Partners
Brazilian Reference Center on Environmental Information (CRIA); Brazilian Academy of Sciences, U.S. National Science Foundation, The State of São Paulo Research Foundation, International Council for Science, U.S. National Committee for CODATA
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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Access to information and knowledge
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Capacity building
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ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
Millenium Declaration Goals related to this project
Ensure environmental sustainability
Project type *
Conference
Connect the World Project *
The project is being considered as contributing to the objectives of the ITU Connect the World initiative?
No