The GBIF nodes in Europe and Central Asia have maintained a series of annual (in-person) meetings since 2008. And a series of online monthly meetings since March 2022. The GBIF regional Nodes committee for Europe and Central Asia (ECA) includes all GBIF Node Managers in the region.
ECA Nodes meet at least once yearly, either as a side-event at the bi-annual Global Nodes Meeting (back-to-back with the GBIF Governing Board meetings) or in independent ECA Nodes meetings. All Node Managers are expected to attend the ECA meetings. ECA meetings are normally also open for node staff and interested observers from non-member countries or international organizations in the region. The purpose of the ECA Nodes meetings is coordination between ECA Nodes and the development of the strategic work plans. Normally one of the ECA Nodes will act as host for the meeting. ECA nodes will typically cover their own costs to attend the meetings.
- 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2010 Alicante, Spain
- 2011 Paris, France
- 2012 Berlin, Germany
- 2013 Joensuu, Finland
- 2014 Brussels, Belgium
- 2015 Paris, France
- 2016 Lisbon, Portugal
- 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
- 2018 Tallinn, Estonia
- 2019 Oslo, Norway
- 2020 Online on Zoom
- 2021 Online on Zoom
- 2022 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- 2023 Warsaw, Poland
- 2024 Zagreb, Croatia
Invitation for informal drop-in monthly virtual sessions for ECA nodes on the last Monday of each month. Zoom link on request, and in circulated calendar invitation.
Our monthly Zoom meetings are documented as issues here. Suggest topics for discussion as a ECA-meeting issue.
See also: WorkProgram issues and ECA help desk issues
Completely volunteer and informal opportunity to meet and work together on ECA node topics for 30-60 minutes depending on interest. Primarily for GBIF ECA participant node managers. Node staff and representatives of GBIF observers are also most welcome to join the virtual sessions.
