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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#222222">If you are interested in this opportunity, please read the message below from Ana Casino, of CETAF:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#222222">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#222222">In the frame of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between CETAF and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) that you chair, I
am very excited to announce that DiSSCo has now issued an open </span><span lang="EN-GB">call for expressions of interest
<span style="color:#222222">for the selection of individuals to two crucial advisory boards for the future of the Research Infrastructure DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections) built on top of our collections research-based community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;font-weight:normal">Those Boards are the</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#222222"> and the
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Technical Advisory Board (TAB)</span></strong>. Their mission is to provide expert consultation services in all areas related to the scientific objectives and the technical sphere of DiSSCo, thus shaping
DiSSCo and its portfolio of services based on geological and biological diversity data as well as its implementation to the benefit of the scientific community and the society at large.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#222222">We look for motivated, creative people that believe in the value of DiSSCo and share our aims. Therefore, we open the
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5597">Calls for Expression of Interest</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5597">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#222222">to all levels of seniority, domains, and geographical areas, including non-Europeans and representatives from non-scientific societal domains (such as science-policy bodies or the industry.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Please find below the links to the two Calls
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<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#818181"><a href="https://dissco.eu/content/scientific-advisory-board-call-expression-interest"><span style="color:#0C86C6;text-decoration:none">Expression
of Interest - Scientific Advisory Board</span></a> (SAB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#818181"><a href="https://dissco.eu/content/technical-advisory-board-call-expression-interest"><span style="color:#0C86C6;text-decoration:none">Expression
of Interest - Technical Advisory Board</span></a> (TAB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Deadline for applications is
<b>16 September 2019.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">We would much appreciate that you distribute widely the above announcement throughout the SPNHC community, your networks and your colleagues,
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">and we look forward to collaborate closely with you in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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