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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear BID colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GBIF has just announced this morning that, thanks to additional funding from the European Union, we will extend the Biodiversity Information for Development
or BID programme to 2023, with new calls for proposals currently planned for June and September 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The upcoming calls will again target the mobilization and use of data for sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa, wider Caribbean and the Pacific,
this time in four grant categories:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regional biodiversity data mobilization grants<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National biodiversity data mobilization grants<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Institution-level biodiversity data mobilization grants<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data-use grants<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To learn more detailed information about the grant categories, eligible countries and other specifics for the planned calls for proposals, read the pre-announcement
in <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">English:
<a href="https://www.gbif.org/news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/">https://www.gbif.org/news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Español:
<a href="https://www.gbif.org/es/news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/">https://www.gbif.org/es/news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Français: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.gbif.org/fr/news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.gbif.org/</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">fr/</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Portugeûs:
<a href="https://www.gbif.org/pt/news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/">https://www.gbif.org/pt/news/2CWAyHikixiCKf7tjm5J28/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are subscribed to the BID regional mailing lists, you’ll have already received the announcement via email. If not, to ensure that you receive
the relevant call for proposals, sign up to your preferred mailing list here: <a href="https://eepurl.com/du73YP">
https://eepurl.com/du73YP</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kyle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">=====<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kyle Copas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ORCID:
<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-599X"><span style="color:#0563C1">0000-0002-6590-599X</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GBIF Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Universitetsparken 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">+45 35 32 14 75 | mobile +45 28 75 14 75 | Skype kylecopas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.gbif.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.gbif.org</span></a>
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