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Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa: Focus on Health and Environmental Information for Sustainable Development An International Workshop WORKSHOP REPORT Editors: Robyn Arnold William Anderson Paul Uhlir 5–7 September 2005 CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa Jointly organised by: CODATA Task Group on the Preservation of and Access to ST Data in Developing Countries and South African National Committee for CODATA and United States National Committee for CODATA and with support of South African National Research Foundation Publication date: April 17, 2006TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES AND REPORT 1 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKSHOP 2 SESSION 1: OPENING 8 Presentations/ Papers presented 8 What are the challenges and barriers? 8 What are the existing resources and mechanisms? 9 What are some potential realistic projects or collaborations to help address the challenges and barriers that have been identified? How can the new or improved initiatives specifically be implemented? 9 SESSION 2: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PERMANENT ACCESS TO PUBLIC SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION 10 Papers presented 10 What are the challenges and barriers? 10 Scientific data and information 10 Accessing scientific and communication information 11 What are the existing resources and mechanisms? 11 ICSU 11 Scientific data and information 12 Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) 12 What are some potential realistic projects or collaborations to help address the challenges and barriers that have been identified? How can the new or improved initiatives specifically be implemented? 13 ICSU 13 GEOSS and the South African Earth Observation System (SAEOS) 13 SESSION 3: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PERMANENT ACCESS 14 Papers presented 14 What are the challenges and barriers? 14 Scholarly publishing 14 Status of environmental data and information in the SADC region 15 What are the exis