Paola De Castro, Daniela Marsili, Elisabetta Poltronieri Istituto Superiore di Sanità – Italia Paola De Castro, Daniela Marsili, Elisabetta Poltronieri Istituto Superiore di Sanità – Italia NECOBELAC Project NECOBELAC Project A network of collaboration between Europe and Latin America to increase awarenewss in scientific writing and open access to scholarly output RIBDA 2009 Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

NE twork of CO llaboration B etween E urope and L atin A merican C aribbean countries to spread know-how in: is a three years project (2009 – 2012) to develop a public health and health-related disciplines AIM All stakeholders in scientific communication NECOBELAC TARGET AREA scientific writing open access publishing 2 RIBDA 2009 Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

Project Partners Centro Latino Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciencias da Saude Sao Paulo, Brazil The University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Madrid, Spain Universidad Nacional de Colombia Instituto de Salud Pública Bogotá, Colombia Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal Istituto Superiore di Sanità Rome, Italy PROJECT COORDINATOR 3 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

4 the project background experiences and skills different socio-cultural scenarios different methodological and technical approaches from Europe and Latin American Caribbean countries based on: DIFFERENT ONEgoal RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

5 the project strength COLLABORATING ON PROMOTING CREATING AWARENESS cultural change bidirectional approach Europe - Latin American Caribbean countries on document production and diffusion at different levels RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

the project foreground training programmes in information production and dissemination (including technical and ethical issues) networks of existing health-related information infrastructures in Europe and in Latin America and Caribbean countries PARTECIPATED and SHARED FRAMEWORK for the development of: 6 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

the project approach IMPLEMENTATION of training local activities involving local staff KEY POINTS SHARED strategy and continuous evaluation of its efficacy CONSTRUCTION of a flexible training programme prototype for trainers WEBSITE as a portal for information and communication to users 4 languages: Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

the project overview 8 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

Project characteristics IMMEDIATE PROGRESS Thanks to the working area: HEALTH is a global issue interconnecting many others FOCUSED ACTIVITY FIELD Thanks to the use of existing technologies and infrastructures Thanks to the continuous exchange among partners having different language backgrounds NO LANGUAGE BARRIERS Thanks to collaborations with international institutions interested in the project (FAO and WHO) OPEN APPROACH 9 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

The implementation of a training course prototype is conceived in terms of adaptability and flexibility to different settings A survey, through a questionnaire, has been performed in order to obtain an initial scenario of all the institutions that might be potentially involved in Latin America, Caribbean countries and in Europe According to the specific needs revealed by Project partners as well as also by the survey, training courses will be addressed to teaching staff of specific interest groups: IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRAINING COURSE PROTOTYPE EDITORS, STUDENTS, LIBRARIANS, ADMINISTRATORS, etc. 10 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

In the subsequent phases of the project, the trained teacher staff will adopt the prototype courses to train the involved groups NECOBELAC training materials will be available and accessible in: - the NECOBELAC Project website ( - the SCIELO/NECOBELAC web site IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRAINING COURSE PROTOTYPE at local level 11 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

NECOBELAC TRAINING PROGRAM The NECOBELAC project is committed to develop an effective training program: in compliance with international standards accessible and adaptable to local needs sustainable, applicable after the conclusion of the project 12 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

NECOBELAC international collaborations The project has been promoting the launch of international collaborations through a training program on scientific writings and OA models to reach scientific information a network of institutions working on health and health-relate disciplines and relying on common goals 13 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

NECOBELAC interconnected areas In this framework, a common plan of health information spreading is required to the benefit of operators and society Agricultural Activities fields of interest and intervention within Public Health sector Living Environment Production, dissemination, retrieval and use of scientific information focused on health issues concerning agriculture and environment are of great relevance for both Europe and Latin America 14 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

NECOBELAC international collaboration The project is committed to favor the collaboration with FAO regarding to the training programs and their application in areas related to public health, such as agriculture and environment in the framework of an increasing cooperation between Europe and Latin America 15 RIBDA Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental – Lima Octubre 2009

New collaborations are being developed between Europe (Italy) and LAC Please contact us if you wish to be involved! THANK YOU RIBDA 2009 Innovación en el Acceso Abierto a la Información Agrícola y Ambiental Lima Octubre 2009