<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#0000ff">This is a consequential article and we should be advocating for imbedded funding within the  overall research funding committed to any research project. Very pragmatic. Thanks for the leadership on this.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Best wishes<br>Joseph Mwelwa, PhD.<br></div><div>Founder & Senior Partner<br><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B_IRwruCtmKKV2oyYUZMd0czNlk&export=download" width="96" height="36"><br>Skype id. joseph.mwelwa1<br>+267 3931709 Fax: +267 3931706  Cell: +267 71381086 <br>128/8 First Floor,  Kgale Court, IFP  Gaborone   Website: <a href="http://www.jointmindsconsult.com" target="_blank">www.jointmindsconsult.com</a></div><div><br>- African Open Science Platform- <span style="font-size:12.8px">Technical Advisory Board Member  (AOSP-TAB)</span></div><div>"identifying technical priorities and processes to ensure success of the AOSP initiative on the African continent."<br>- Leading the Bangweulu University Development Initiative in Zambia - The SADC region.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 5:55 PM Asha CODATA <<a href="mailto:asha@codata.org">asha@codata.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#666666"><span style="height:auto;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><img src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screenshot-2020-02-27-at-15.11.20.png" alt="" width="1654" height="512" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; max-width: 100%; height: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></span></font><font color="#000000">CODATA President, Barend Mons, has authored a ‘World View’ Opinion Piece in Nature: ‘Invest 5% of research funds in ensuring data are reusable’<br> </font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#000000">Barend argues that ‘It is irresponsible to support research but not data stewardship’.<br> </font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#000000">‘Many of the world’s hardest problems can be tackled only with data-intensive, computer-assisted research. And I’d speculate that the vast majority of research data are never published. Huge sums of taxpayer funds go to waste because such data cannot be reused. Policies for data reuse are falling into place, but fixing the situation will require more resources than the scientific community is willing to face.’</font></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><font color="#000000">Read more at <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00505-7" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initia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