The European Network for Biodiversity Information (ENBI) had the objective to manage an open network of relevant biodiversity information center's in Europe and other countries of the western European Palaearctic region, and, in particular, included all European national nodes of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Its objective was to develop the structure of a strong network that is capable of organising the complementary activities of its members in order to add value to the contribution of the national nodes and other European contributions to  GBIF. ENBI was in charge to identify priorities that require a common approach at the European scale. ENBI was an EC supported Thematic Network accommodating 65 European institutes representing 24 countries. ENBI has been rewarded by the EC and was commenced in January 2003. The project got financial support for 3 years.

The work plan was focused on user needs. The users include government agencies, decision makers, legislators, scientists, companies, and citizens. Also non-European users are very dependent on access to European information, because many data in European repositories originate from non-European (often developing) countries. Understanding the needs of all these kinds of users is paramount for the dissemination of biodiversity knowledge resources.

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