BioDATA - is an international project on developing skills in biodiversity data management and data publishing. Undergraduate and postgraduate students from Tajikistan, Belarus, Ukraine, and Armenia will have an opportunity to take part in the intensive courses, gain practical skills and familiarize themselves with international research data infrastructures such as Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), international data standards (Darwin Core), software on data improvement, data publishing with the Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT), and preparation of data papers. Working with databases, creating datasets, managing data for statistical analyses and for publishing research papers are the everyday tasks of a modern biologist. At the same time, these skills are rarely taught in higher education. Most of the contemporary professionals in biodiversity have to gain these skills independently, through colleagues, or through supervision. In 2018-2021, BioDATA offers to undergraduate and postgraduate students from Tajikistan, Belarus, Ukraine, and Armenia, a unique opportunity to take part in the intensive courses (2 ECTS) to become certified professionals in biodiversity data management. The project is coordinated by the University of Oslo (Norway) and supported by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The project is funded by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU).
BioDATA - международный проект по обмену опытом и наращиванию навыков в управлении и публикации данных по биоразнообразию. Магистранты и аспиранты из Таджикистана, Беларуси, Украины и Армении смогут принять участие в интенсивных курсах и получить представление о международных инфраструктурах, таких как Глобальная Информационная Система по Биоразнообразию (GBIF), международные стандарты данных (Darwin Core). Студенты получат практические навыки в использовании программного обеспечения по повышению качества данных и по публикации данных Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT), а также навыки в подготовке статьей о данных (data papers). Работа с базами данных, создание датасетов, подготовка данных для статистического анализа и публикации научных статей - повседневные задачи современного биолога, в то же время эти навыки редко преподаются в ВУЗах. Большинство современных профессионалов в области изучения биоразнообразия вынуждены осваивать эти навыки самостоятельно, через коллег или научных руководителей. В 2018-2021 гг., BioDATA предлагает магистрантам и аспирантам Таджикистана, Беларуси, Украины и Армении уникальную возможность принять участие в интенсивных курсах (2 ECTS кредита) и стать сертифицированными специалистами в области управления данными по биоразнообразию. Проект координируется Университетом Осло и Научной школой по Биосистематике ForBio (Норвегия) при поддержке Глобальной Информационной Системы по Биоразнообразию (GBIF) и финансовой поддержке Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU).
Planned activities
- February 2019 – Train-the-mentors workshop in Minsk, Belarus – week 8 (18-22 Feb).
- June 2019 – Course Data skills in biodiversity education and research in Dushanbe, Tajikistan – week 23 (3-7 June).
- November 2019 – Course Data skills in biodiversity education and research in Minsk, Belarus – week 46 (11-15 November).
- April 2020 – Course Data skills in biodiversity education and research in Yerevan, Armenia – week 14 (March 30 – April 3).
- October 2020 – Course Data skills in biodiversity education and research in Kiev, Ukraine – week 41 (5-9 October).
- Spring 2021 – Closing seminar in Oslo, Norway.
Partners
- University of Oslo, Natural History Museum, Department of Research and Collections, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology and Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- State Scientific Institution, Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of the Ecological Genetics and Biotechnology and National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources, Minsk, Belarus
- State Scientific and Production Amalgamation, The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Biological Resources, Laboratory of terrestrial invertebrates, Minsk, Belarus
- Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU), Department of Science, Yerevan, Armenia
- V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Mycology and Plant Resistance, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Financing
BioDATA - Biodiversity Data for Internationalisation in Higher Education (DIKU project CPEA-LT-2017/10049) is funded by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU).
