International Workshop on Open Data for Science and Sustainability in Developing Countries — ICSU

" ... The International Workshop on Open Data for Science and Sustainability in Developing Countries commenced at the United Nations Office in Gigiri, Nairobi and will end on 8 August 2014. It was preceded by a very successful training workshop on the use of open data for science and sustainabillity on 4-5 August 2014 at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya (JKUAT) located in Juja, Nairobi. The workshop was made possible by the CODATA Task Group on Preservation of and Access to Scientific and Technical Data in Developing Countries (CODATA PASTD）headed by Professor Liu Chuang of the Institute for Geographic Sciences and Natural Resource Research (IGSNRR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the Communication and Information Committee, World Federation of Engineering Organization (WFEO-CIC), the Ministry of Communication and Information of Kenya (MCIK), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)."