ViBRANT Strategic board

Strategic Board advisory group: objectives and role Vince Smith Natural History Museum, London [email_address] Workpackage 1 Management ViBRANT Virtual Biodiversity

Who we are & what we do 5 Dave Roberts Vince Smith Donat Agosti Rod Page Christine Hine Gregor Hagedorn

What we will do in ViBRANT
Strategic board definition
“ A collective of interested individuals who identify with the vision, mission and values of ViBRANT, and who provide insight into the needs of the communities served by ViBRANT to all other the governing bodies” i.e. provide contextual vision
Advocacy, influencing policy and resource allocation decisions of the management committee (directional advice)
Feedback on workprogram activities & outputs
Outreach, open & honest promotion of ViBRANT activities
Identify opportunities for including ViBRANT activities in the fabric of global biodiversity research
Conflict resolution, for deadlocked issues in the management committee (last resort)
Roles 5

How we are doing it
Outreach through IT Tools
Vbrant.eu forum, Twitter (@vbrant), mailing lists, blogs
Raising awareness at committees, conference & workshops
Various EU & global events over the next 3 years
Reports
D 1.1 Management reports
Strategic Board Meetings
Physical (annual) & virtual (6th monthly & informal comm.)
VS & DR interaction with management team
EXTERNALLY INTERNALLY 5

Who are our users & how will they engage?
Success Metrics
“ Sustainability” by being useful. Evidence might include:
ViBRANT products & services integrated into the broader field
ViBRANT 2 initiative for some (or all) or the work programme
Management Committee (Primarily via VS, DR, and GM)
EU Project Reviews
Feedback & engagement from project participants
INTERNALLY
Engagement with related initiatives (CBOL, EOL, BHL, GBIF etc)
Feedback from outreach activities
EXTERNALLY Talk to the strategic board, they are not shy! 5

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