<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The invitation below may be of interest to the CODATA International Community. Please circulate widely.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With very best wishes,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Simon.<br class=""><div class="">
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letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Legal Interoperability of Research Data: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162241" class="">Principles and Implementation Guidelines</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">___________________________</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org" class="">http://www.codata.org</a><br class=""><br class="">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" class="">simon@codata.org</a> | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99<br class="">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59<br class=""><br class="">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Maureen BRENNAN <<a href="mailto:maureen@icsu.org" class="">maureen@icsu.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">IBs/SA: NMs:Call for nominations for the IRDR Programme</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">7 December 2016 at 11:09:54 CET<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Maureen BRENNAN <<a href="mailto:maureen@icsu.org" class="">maureen@icsu.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: GillSans; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 7.05pt 0.0001pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class="">To: National Member contact points<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 7.05pt 0.0001pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class=""> Presidents and Secretaries-General of International Scientific Unions<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 7.05pt 0.0001pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class=""> Interdisciplinary Body contact points<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 7.05pt 0.0001pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class=""> Chairpersons of Regional Committees and Regional Directors<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 7.05pt 0.0001pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class=""> Contact points of Scientific Associates<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class="">Dear Members,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class="">You will find attached a call for nominations for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class="">three<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class="">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">e</span>mb<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;" class="">e</span>rs of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>the Sci<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class="">e</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class="">i</span>fic<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Com<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class="">m</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class="">t</span>tee<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>of the<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class=""></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.irdrinternational.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;" class="">Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class="">P<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;" class="">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class="">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class="">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">a</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class="">m</span>e.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class="">Please note that the deadline for nominations is the 8 January 2017.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Swift Neue LT Pro', serif;" class="">Best wishes,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">_______________________________________________________________<b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Maureen</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><br class="">International Council for Science (ICSU)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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