Closing #CETAF49 with a big smile after these 2 days of intense & insightful discussions - thanks to the participants from the broader Natural Science Community for joining & a big special thanks to Michael Creek from @stickydoteu for supporting the smooth running of our event!

#CETAF49: valorizing #research, #opendata & #science-based support to reinforce #biodiversityprotection & transformative change - engaged discussion with our panel of guests speakers Josefina Enfedaque @EUScienceInnov, Vujadin Kovacevic, @EU_ENV & Hilde Eggermont @BiodivERsA3

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#CETAF49: 🐝As a first talk, we are thrilled to listen to guest speaker Vujadin Kovacevic, Policy Officer from @EU_ENV, presenting the #EUPollinators initiative & calling for action to raise capacity & awareness in #Biodiversity monitoring. more:

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#CETAF49 live: closing the 1st day of our meeting with a #virtualtour of the renewed @africamuseumbe guided by Dirk Van Roy- thanks to the conveners, facilitators, partners & all participants for making this day a fantastic moment of rich discussions! #naturalsciencecollections

#CETAF49: biodiversity data life - liberating data and making them Findable Accessible Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR): that’s the objective of @Bicikl_H2020 project & key concern of @DiSSCoEU. 2 partner projects in which CETAF is highly engaged!

GeoCASe GeoCASe is a data network and web portal designed to make collections of minerals, rocks, meteorites and fossils held in museums and research institutions universally available online.

#CETAF49 live: #Earth Science Group - now listening to Rachel Walcott from @NtlMuseumsScot sharing the exciting developments of GeoCASe data portal that fosters scientific research and collaboration internationally. That rocks!

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#CETAF49 live CETAF e-Publishing group: many interesting perspectives highlighted to make research papers & data - more accessible and manageable through databases & online publishing platforms.
#openscience @plazi_ch @ejtaxonomy

#CETAF49 live: collections, collections, we are all about collections! what does that mean terms of engagement for the scientific community? Meet Luc Willemse, coordinator of the CETAF Collections group and get to know more!

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#CETAF49 live: one thing is sure when taking the pulse of conversations: #biodiversity is at the horizon of very promising European initiatives undertaken transversally within CETAF working groups and partners. @BioscanEurope

#CETAF49 live: catching-up with the CETAF Legislation and Regulations working group on the relevance of taxonomy in the post-2020 Global #Biodiversity Framework. @cbd

#CETAF49 live: we are delighted to have with us @Gillesdoignon, a taxonomist at heart and the enthusiast initiator of the @EC Global Coalition #UnitedBiodiversity: we are a piece of the puzzle of life🌍 🪲

#CETAF49 live: we are happy to have 'virtually' with us Suzanne Sharrock from @bgci, thank you for joining and we look forward to expanding our collaboration at the European-level and globally!

#CETAF49 live - on the spot now: #RedListTaxonomists project: the @EUfunded initiative aiming to capture the trends in available #expertise & inform policy-makers on how to secure the future of taxonomy as a basis for protecting European #biodiversity and beyond!

#CETAF49 live: discussing together @DiSSCoEU legal framework and how to ensure #eurotaxonomy institutions engagement in the RI governance model.

#CETAF49 live: enhancing outreach beyond our community, this is a vital strategy CETAF has at heart - towards stakeholders, policymakers, private sector, citizen science - where natural science collections play a key role!

#CETAF49 live: and you, which 3 words come to your mind when thinking of #taxonomy-related initiatives?