ABOUT THE PROJECT
NECOBELAC stands for NEtwork of COllaboration Between Europe and Latin American Caribbean (LAC) countries.
This network is intended to spread know-how in:
• scientific writing
• open access publishing
among all the stakeholders in scientific communication for the safeguarding of
public health.
NECOBELAC aims to foster scientific and technical cooperation between Europe and LAC countries.
The project benefits from European and LAC experiences and take into account different socio-cultural scenarios. The health information needs of the areas involved contribute to stress the importance of creating awareness on document and data diffusion at different levels.
A network of institutions is being creating to collaborate in ad hoc training programmes in information production and dissemination, including technical and ethical issues.
NECOBELAC promotes the coordination and effectiveness of the existing health-related information infrastructures in Europe and LAC countries to achieve a wider scale uptake of community engagement, embedding the use of open access methods within accepted working practices.
Project coordinator
Paola De Castro: Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy)
Project duration:
Three years: February 2009 – January 2012
Project languages:
English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
EC contribution: 800,000 Euros
Project number: 230583
Project work packages
WP1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
| Lead Beneficiary: |
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS, Italy) |
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Elisabetta Poltronieri (elisabetta.poltronieri@iss.it) |
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Daniela Marsili (daniela.marsili@iss.it) |
| Mission: |
Implementation and administrative aspects of the project management directly associated with WPs development and
“rules and procedures” to be followed by project management. |
WP2 - PROJECT STRATEGY AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT
| Lead Beneficiary: |
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS, Italy) |
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Paola De Castro (paola.decastro@iss.it) |
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sub-contract to Key Perspectives Ltd – UK (Alma Swan) |
| Mission: |
Definition of appropriate strategies and networking EU-LAC within a shared operational plan,
as well as assessing the impact of the project activities as a whole. |
WP3 - CROSS-NATIONAL ADVOCACY INFRASTRUCTURE
| Lead Beneficiary: |
The University of Nottingham (UNOTT, UK) |
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Bill Hubbard (bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk) |
| Mission: |
Development of a cross-national advocacy infrastructure including a website
for all stakeholders within the network EU-LAC countries. |
WP4 - TRAINING ACTIVITIES
| Lead Beneficiary: |
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC, Spain) |
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Reme Melero (rmelero@iata.csic.es) |
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Third party: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia – Spain (Alicia López Medina) |
| Mission: |
Organization of training activities for trainers to spread know-how in health
information production, dissemination and use in EU-LAC countries. |
WP5 -PROMOTING THE PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE TO GUARANTEE ITS USAGE IN EU-LAC COUNTRIES
| Lead Beneficiary: |
Universidade do Minho (UMINHO, Portugal) |
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Eloy Rodrigues (eloy@sdum.uminho.pt) |
| Mission: |
Development of the most appropriate actions so that the new infrastructure is
fully utilized in EU-LAC countries and training activities fully developed. |
WP6 - NETWORKING LAC-EUROPE COUNTRIES
| Lead Beneficiary: |
Centro LatinoAmericano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciencias da Saude (BIREME, Brazil) |
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Pedro Urra (birdir@bireme.org) |
| Mission: |
Stimulation of the production of information tools and infrastructures on ongoing health activities in LAC and
EU countries. |
WP7 - FOCUS ON HEALTH-RELATED STRUCTURES IN LAC COUNTRIES
| Lead Beneficiary: |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ISP, Colombia) |
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Carlos Agudelo (caagudeloc@unal.edu.co) |
| Mission: |
Creation of awareness and collaboration among health-related structures in LAC countries to further increase the impact
of the project. |
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