The document discusses CIARD (Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development), a global initiative to make agricultural research information widely accessible. It outlines CIARD's vision of open sharing of public agricultural research. CIARD works to coordinate partners' efforts, promote common standards, and create a global network of information collections. The document provides details on CIARD's activities, including its task forces, checklist of best practices, advocacy efforts, and RING registry of information sources. It emphasizes that CIARD aims to enhance agricultural innovation and knowledge exchange.

1. CIARD Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for developmentDr. Johannes KeizerOffice ofKnowledge Exchange, Research and ExtensionFood andAgricultureOrganizationofthe UNTalk atthe AGNIC meeting, 2011, May 18

2. Contribution and Participation in ScienceTerritory size shows proportion of scientific papers published in 2001 by authors living there. Copyright SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

3. RING - Charts and numbersThe CIARD RING

4. The CommunityFounding Partnersand growing…..

5. Why is coherence in agricultural information so important?Why enhance access to agricultural information?Innovation systems in agriculture are critical to the fight against hunger & sustainable use of natural resourcesRapid agricultural innovation is knowledge-intensive and depends on access to informationCoherence in information management will increase efficiency of knowledge sharing/exchange and reduce duplication Most public domain agricultural information not yet widely accessible

6. New types of research, organisations, and collaboration create new demands

7. Improving the way the partners work together requires greater information and information flow systems The Vision and Manifesto“To make public domain agricultural research information and knowledge truly accessible to all”All organizations that create and possess public agricultural research information disseminate and share it more widely

8. CIARD partners will (a) coordinate their efforts, (b) promote common formats, (c) adopt open systems

9. Create a global network of public collections of informationGlobal and Local Challenges in Research CommunicationCapacities

10. Lack of institutional policies to enable research communication

11. Lack of specialized skills in complex digital technologies

12. Diversity of Responses

13. Customized Information/Knowledge Systems

14. In-house IKM Programmes

15. Institutional Networks

16. National Initiatives

17. R&D Community Forums/Platforms

18. Virtual and Web2.0 tools for Participation/InteractionChecklist of Good PracticesDeveloping Institutional ReadinessIntroduce and gain support for the CIARD Manifesto and Values in your institutionHave your institution recognised as a CIARD partnerAdopt a formal institutional information/ communication strategy Develop the capacities of your institution to achieve the CIARD ChecklistDevelop national/local partner networks to share resources and skillsIncreasing the Availability, Accessibility and Applicability of Research OutputsEnsure your research outputs are available digitally. Develop institutional or thematic information repositories of your outputs as open archives.Use international metadata standards, data exchange protocols, and agricultural vocabularies and thesauri. Develop a clearly defined licensing policy for your outputs. Optimize the structure and the content of web sites for search engines.Share metadata by participating in international information systems.Use ‘social’ Web 2.0 media and applications to share your outputs.Build formal and informal networks to to repackage your outputs.www.ciard.net

19. Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for DevelopmentA new global movement to provide a platform for coherence between information-related initiatives to make public domain agricultural research information and knowledge truly accessible to all 20092007200820052010201220111st IISAST Consultation TASK FORCESCIARD Initiative launched (15 founding partners)Regional Consultations70 countries 150 info prof.GCARD 20122nd IISAST Consultatione-Consultation & Beijing Consultation+ Regional WorkshopsCIARD endorsed (GCARD and FARA)+112 partners and growing…

20. Endorsement of 1st Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), March 2010 Recommended that: Stakeholders use the potential of multi-partner initiatives such as CIARD to facilitate availability and access to information and knowledge in innovative ways.5th General Assembly of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), July 2010Recommended that CIARD should: advocate for more coherent approaches to knowledge sharing and communication of the outputs of agricultural research support development of national capacities for all types of stakeholders

21. CIARD: Benefits to InstitutionsCIARD: Institutions’ Contributionsincreased national/international visibility and use of their research output and content services increased exchange of information content between their system(s) and others increased awareness of other research outputs through information content and services increased access to specialised expertise and knowledge and other partners’ proven solutionspromote and implement the CIARD vision and objectives

22. register products and services on research outputs through the CIARD RING

23. adopt/promote international standards related to digital research outputs

24. register institutional profile on Checklist

25. share lessons learned and experienceshttp://www.ciard.net

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27. Advocacy Task ForceCapacity Building Task ForceContent Management Task Force

28. Routemap to Information Nodes and Gatewayshttp://ring.ciard.net/Global registry of information sources and services in agricultureinformation providers register their services in various categories – e.g.103 document repositories with 4 million accessions, and 750,00 full text documentsRSS feeds – news & events: 18

29. RING – Numbershttp://ring.ciard.net/totalsNumber of documents potentially reachable through the services registered in the RING.Types of service considered: document repositories and bibliographic databases.