Work package 1. Network co-ordination / Co-ordination with GBIF / Sustainability and continuity of European activities.

General objectives:

1. Optimising of the network functioning and management, monitoring of progress.
2. Communication between the different European biodiversity information projects, and with GBIF, EC CHM, EPBRS and other adjacent services.
3. Securing the continuity of the network by the identification of realistic mechanisms.
4. Arrangement of financial and other administration to support communication and reporting.
   

Work package leader: Universiteit van Amsterdam (Zoological Museum) (P1)
Other partners involved: All
Components:
	ENBI site: http://www.enbi.info/

Work package 2. ENBI Forums & Inventory of state-of-art.

The role of ENBI Forums is to organize general meetings to discuss and promote the exchange of opinions on issues of general concern to all ENBI work packages. These meetings also provide a platform for the national GBIF nodes and other stakeholders for the discussion of common issues. Input comes necessarily from all other WPs in ENBI.

To develop a common ENBI Forum space, it is necessary to provide a frequently updated on-line service on all existing related activities and initiatives in Europe, including the co-ordinates with respect to contact persons, etc., as well as an insight on the state of activities in Europe. WP 2 is an instrumental package inside of ENBI in charge of providing such a common space. WP 2 consolidates the outcomes of the communication and offers this information as a resource open to everybody.

Work package leader: CSIC (Spanish Scientific Research Council), Real Jardín Botánico and Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (P2)
Other partners involved: Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (P66) and Verlag fuer interactive Medien (V.I.M.) (P12)
Components:
	ENBI Forums web site: http://www.enbi.info/forums/
	First ENBI e-conference: http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/enbi/econ1/home
	Second ENBI e-conference: http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/enbi/econ2/home
	First ENBI Workshop: http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/enbi/ws1/home
	ENBI-CIRCA virtual community: http://circa.gbif.net/enbi/
	State-of-the-art database: http://www.s2you.com/platform/projects/enbi/index.do
	Online database of ENBI stakeholders: http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/enbi/Home/central_dir_admin?fn=roles&v=enbi&rd=1&ud=1&od=0

Work package 3. Dissemination

General objectives:

1. Coordination with the other work packages producing the source information
2. Providing the co-ordinating framework for organising the dissemination mechanisms
3. Production, either directly or by subcontracting, of the literature (both hard copy text and on line via the web) that is produced to this end
4. Engendering public awareness
   

Work package leader: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh) (P3)
Other partners involved: Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam (P1), CSIC, Real Jardín Botánico and Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (P2), Verlag fuer interactive Medien (V.I.M.) (P12) and Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (P14).
Components:
	ENBI brochure: http://www.enbi.info/
	ENBI Newsletter: http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/enbi/comm/library?l=/enbi_newsletters/enbi_newsletter/_EN_1.0_&a=i
	ENBI Glossary of terms, acronyms and organizations: http://www.s2you.com/platform/projects/enbi/glossary/index.do
	First Specialist Workshop: "Making Species Databases Interoperable": http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/enbi/comm/library?l=/enbi_workshops/interoperability/_EN_1.0_&a=i

Work package 4. IPR, copyrights & financial issues

The collation and analysis of IPR and financial data through meetings with partners, through CETAF and GBIF and specifically through 3 workshops will be used to build the framework of a model contract for partners especially in relation to data sharing with third parties.

Work package leader: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (P4)
Other partners involved: Universiteit van Amsterdam (Zoological Museum) (P1), CSIC, Real Jardín Botánico and Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (P2), The Natural History Museum, London (P6), Verlag fuer interactive Medien (V.I.M.) (P12) and Kobenhavns Universitet (Zoological Museum) (P10).
Results:
	Workshop WP-4 and WP-12: http://circa.gbif.net/Members/irc/enbi/wp12/library?l=/workshop_gardens&vm=detailed&sb=Title (Restricted access. Login needed)