GB26 Netherlands

The 26th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board and associated events
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
17-23 October 2019

The Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Netherlands Node of GBIF, on behalf of the Netherlands, hosted the 26th meeting (GB26) of the GBIF Governing Board at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden.

The official Governing Board meeting took place on 21-23 October 2019 with representation from 27 Voting Participants, 9 Associate Country Participants, 13 Other Associate Participants and one observer country. A total of 121 persons attended the meeting.

GB26 group photo by Henk Caspers, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Prior to the Governing Board meeting the GBIF nodes met: Global Nodes Training on 17-18 October 2019 and Global Nodes meeting on 19 October 2019.

The GBIF Governing Board meeting and associated events took place before and during the Biodiversity_Next Conference.