• GODAN Secretariat Partnerships Lead

• Background Molecular Biology• 25 years experience in data

management• Team Leader AIMS at FAO• Expert in Linked Open Data for

the EC SEMIC

Johannes Keizer, PhDThe Presenter

Johannes.keizer@fao.org

http://www.godan.info

History

2012 G-8 Summit

World leaders commit to “ .. share relevant agricultural data available from G-8 countries with African partners.”

• Convene a G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture April 2013

Led to the establishment of GODAN

• Launched at the Open Government Partnership meeting October 2013

• Secretariat launched late 2014 with 5 year timeline 2015-2019 - hosted by CAB International, UK

• 226+ partners and growing

●Doubling food production for feeding 9 billion

●Knowledge Economy●Data Intensive Science●Open Access

●Key words !!

Data Issues

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v43/n4/full/ng0411-281.html

The GODAN mission

• Advocacy • Think Tank• Knowledge Network

GODAN Paradigm on Open Data

● be accessible and curated

● be available in a machine-readable format

● have a licence that permits to access, use and share it

Core Activities

• Talking to governments and institutions

• National and international events and dialogues

• Address questions, research on impact

• Harmonize activities with others, share knowledge

●What kind of research data to make public?

●Incentives?●Responsibilities?●Data Rights?

Open Questions

GODAN Partners

http://www.godan.info/partners/current-partners/

● US Government (USDA)● UK Government (DFID)● Netherlands Government● FAO ● GFAR● CABI● CGIAR Consortium● CTA● ODI

Resourcing the Secretariat

US Partners

US Partners ctd.

ALL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES!!

But you are missing!We need

It is worthwhile to become GODAN partner !!!!!

We have to be thousands to make enough pressure on opening data!(list to be revised)● Participate to discuss and resolve open

questions● Learn from successes (and failures of others)● Bring your issues to the broader community● Become a GODAN champion and influence the

community● Use the GODAN context to find new Grants for

open data

Join GODAN!● Sign up means you agree to our principles in our

Statement of Purpose http://www.godan.info/about/statement-of-purpose/

●Easy to complete forms online http://www.godan.info/partners/become-a-godan-partner/

●Talk to us about how you can get involved in our events, publications and working groups