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The '''Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities''' (CETAF) is a taxonomic [[research network]] formed by scientific institutions in [[Europe]]. It was formed in December 1996<ref name=whatcetaf>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cetaf.org/about-us/what-cetaf |title=CETAF – What is CETAF |access-date=2017-12-26 |archive-date=2018-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132007/https://www.cetaf.org/about-us/what-cetaf |url-status=dead }}</ref> by ten of the largest European [[natural history museum]]s and [[botanical garden]]s to be a voice for [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] and systematic biology in Europe, to promote scientific research and access to European natural history collections, and to exploit European funding opportunities. Since then, CETAF has served as a meeting point for major European natural history museums and botanical gardens, and has initiated and played an important role in a number of projects (see [[#Initiatives and related projects|''Initiatives and related projects'']] section below).
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Currently, CETAF has 37 members, which constitute a total of 63 institutions spanning 22 European countries (see [[#Members|''Members'']] section below). One of these members, the [[Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences]], also hosts CETAF's General Secretariat.<ref name=whatcetaf /> Together, CETAF institutions hold a large fraction (''c''. 500 million objects) of the world’s most important natural history collections.
The '''Consortium of European Taxonomy Facilities''' (CETAF) was formed in December 1996<ref>[https://www.cetaf.org/about-us/what-cetaf CETAF – What is CETAF]</ref> by ten of the largest European natural history museums and botanic gardens to be a voice for [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] and systematic biology in Europe, to promote scientific research and access to European natural history collections, and to exploit European funding opportunities. Since then CETAF has served as a meeting point for major European natural history museums and botanical gardens, and initiated and played an important role in a number of projects (see links below).

Currently, CETAF has 33 members, which constitute a total of 58 institutions spanning 20 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the UK).
Together, CETAF institutions hold a large fraction (''c''. 500 million objects) of the world’s most important natural history collections, and the scientific staff have unique expertise in taxonomy and [[systematics]]. [[Biodiversity loss]], [[global warming]] and other environmental issues need natural history collections and related expertise as sources of knowledge and for reference. The increasing political and public awareness of environmental questions and their importance for society provide both challenges and opportunities for taxonomic facilities.

CETAF strives to represent the interests of its member institutions, to enhance the visibility of its members, and to be a powerful voice for natural history collections and collections-based research in Europe.


==General Meetings==
==General Meetings==
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===CETAF initiatives===
===CETAF initiatives===
*Synthesis of Systematic Resources,[http://www.synthesys.info SYNTHESYS], a CETAF Integrated Infrastructure Initiative in EU FPVI and FPVII
*[http://www.synthesys.info SYNTHESYS] (Synthesis of Systematic Resources) – A CETAF Integrated Infrastructure Initiative in EU FPVI and FPVII
*The European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy, [http://www.e-taxonomy.eu EDIT]. A CETAF network of Excellence in Taxonomy for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, EU FPVI, which started 1 March 2006.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130127043214/http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/ European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)] – A CETAF network of Excellence in Taxonomy for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, EU FPVI, which started 1 March 2006. The project ended in 2011.<ref>[http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/79790_en.html CORDIS – Projects and Results – Toward the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy]</ref>
*[[European Journal of Taxonomy]] (EJT) – A peer-reviewed international journal in descriptive taxonomy, covering the eukaryotic world. ({{ISSN|2118-9773}})
*[http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/ Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST)] – Established by EDIT


===CETAF related research projects===
===CETAF related research projects===
*European Network for Biodiversity Information, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040615170731/http://www.enbi.info/ ENBI]. This was the European contribution to the [[Global Biodiversity Information Facility]] (GBIF). The project was coordinated by the [[Zoological Museum Amsterdam]]<ref>[http://bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl/binaries/content/assets/projectsites/bijzondere-collecties/algemeen/zma-annual_report_2005.pdf?1345452563932 Zoological Museum Amsterdam – Annual Report 2005]</ref>, and ended in 2015.<ref>[http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/67726_en.html CORDIS – Projects and Results – European network for biodiversity information]</ref>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040615170731/http://www.enbi.info/ European Network for Biodiversity Information (ENBI)] – This was the European contribution to the [[Global Biodiversity Information Facility]] (GBIF). The project was coordinated by the [[Zoological Museum Amsterdam]],<ref>[http://bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl/binaries/content/assets/projectsites/bijzondere-collecties/algemeen/zma-annual_report_2005.pdf?1345452563932 Zoological Museum Amsterdam – Annual Report 2005]</ref> and ended in 2015.<ref>[http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/67726_en.html CORDIS – Projects and Results – European network for biodiversity information]</ref>
*[http://www.biocase.org Biological Collection Access Service (BioCASe)] – Historically, this was known as the Biological Collection Access Service for Europe (BioCASE).
*The Biological Collection Access Service, [http://www.biocase.org BioCASE] and [http://search.biocase.org/europe BioCASE Portal]
*[[Fauna Europaea]]
*[[Fauna Europaea]]
*[https://www.icedig.eu/ ICEDIG] (Innovation and consolidation for large scale digitisation of natural heritage)
*[http://www.eubon.eu/ EU BON] (European Biodiversity Observation Network)
*[http://biotalent.myspecies.info/ BIOTALENT] – a blended e-learning biodiversity training programme


==Members==
==Members==
The following is a list of members, the nations in which these members are situated, and associated institutions:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cetaf.org/community/our-members/|title=Our members|access-date=2023-12-15|website=Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities}}</ref>
<ref>[https://www.cetaf.org/members/cetaf-members CETAF – CETAF Members]</ref>
*Austria
[http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en?null Natural History Museum of Vienna]<br />
[http://www.landesmuseum.at/en/location/biologiezentrum-linz.html Upper Austria State Museums - Biology Centre]
*Belgium
[http://www.br.fgov.be/ National Botanic Garden of Belgium]<br />
[http://www.naturalsciences.be/ Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences] - hosts CETAF’s General Secretariat<br />
[http://www.africamuseum.be/home Royal Museum for Central Africa]
*Bulgaria
[http://www.iber.bas.bg/ Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research]<br />
[http://www.nmnhs.com/ National Museum of Natural History]<br />
*Czech Republic
[http://www.nm.cz/Natural-History-Museum/ National Natural History Museum]
*Denmark
[http://snm.ku.dk/english/ Natural History Museum of Denmark]
*Estonia
[http://www.akadeemia.ee/en/ Estonian Academy of Sciences]
*Finland
[http://www.luomus.fi/english/ Finnish Museum of Natural History]
*France
[http://www.mnhn.fr/le-museum/en/home National Natural History Museum]
*Germany
[http://www.snsb.mwn.de/index.php/en Bavarian Natural History Museum]<br />
[http://www.bgbm.org/default_e.htm Botanic Garden and Botanic Museum]<br />
[http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/ Natural History Museum]<br />
[http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=71&PHPSESSID=l41bat9lpe6ma90jtqp6d146tlpmrhr4 Senckenberg Natural History Museum]<br />
[http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/ State Museum of Natural History]<br />
[http://www.museumkoenig.de/index.en.html Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig]
*Greece
[http://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/en Natural History Museum Of Crete]
*Hungary
[http://www.nhmus.hu/en Hungarian Natural History Museum]
*Italy
Consortium of Italian Museums of Natural History:<br />
[http://www.msn.unifi.it/changelang-eng.html Natural History Museum]<br />
[http://www.museidigenova.it/spip.php?rubrique264 Natural History Museum of Genova]<br />
[http://www.comune.milano.it/dseserver/webcity/Documenti.nsf/webHomePage?OpenForm&settore=MCOI-6C5J9V_HP Natural History Museum of Milan]
*Norway
[http://www.nhm.uio.no/english/ Natural History Museum]
*Poland
[http://www.miiz.waw.pl/en/ Museum Institute for Zoology-PAN]
*Slovakia
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070612044915/http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/nataf/Default.htm Slovak National Taxonomic Facility - NaTAF ]
*Spain
[http://www.csic.es/web/guest/home Spanish National Research Council - CSIC]
*Sweden
Gothenburg Consortium of Taxonomic Facilities:<br />
[http://gnm.se/sv/Vastarvet/Verksamheter/Goteborgs-Naturhistoriska-museum/ Gothenburg Natural History Museum]<br />
[https://archive.is/20121205062331/http://www.gotbot.se/Kultur_Default.aspx?id=54674 Gothenburg Botanic Garden]<br />
[http://www.nrm.se/english.16_en.html Swedish Museum of Natural History]
*Switzerland
Geneva Consortium:<br />
[http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/index_en.php Botanical Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of the city of Geneva]<br />
[http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/ Natural History Museum of Geneva]
*The Netherlands
[http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/ CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre]<br />
[http://www.naturalis.nl/en/ Naturalis Biodiversity Center]
*UK
[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ Natural History Museum]<br />
[http://www.rbge.org.uk/ Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh]<br />
[http://www.kew.org/ Royal Botanic Garden of Kew]


{| class="sortable wikitable"
==External links==
! Country
*[http://www.cetaf.org CETAF official website]
! Member
|-
|{{ALB}}
|[[University of Tirana]], Albania Collections based at the Research Center of Flora and Fauna
|-
|rowspan=2|{{AUT}}
|[http://www.landesmuseum.at/en/location/biologiezentrum-linz.html Biology Centre of Upper Austria State Museums]
|-
|[[Natural History Museum, Vienna]]
|-
|rowspan=3|{{BEL}}
|[[Meise Botanic Garden]]
|-
|[[Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences]]
|-
|[[Royal Museum for Central Africa]]
|-
|{{BGR}}
|Bulgarian Consortium:
* [[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]], [http://www.iber.bas.bg/ Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research]
* [[National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria)|National Museum of Natural History]]
|-
|{{CZE}}
|Czech Consortium:
* [https://www.natur.cuni.cz/eng Faculty of Science], [[Charles University in Prague]]
* [http://www.ibot.cas.cz/en/ Institute of Botany], The [[Czech Academy of Sciences]]
* [[National Museum (Prague)|National Museum, Prague]] – [https://web.archive.org/web/20150904040618/http://www.nm.cz/Natural-History-Museum/ Natural History Museum]
|-
|{{DNK}}
|[[Natural History Museum of Denmark]]
|-
|{{EST}}
|Estonian Consortium: [[Estonian Academy of Sciences]]:
* [[Estonian Museum of Natural History]]
* [[Estonian University of Life Sciences]]
* [[Tallinn University of Technology]]
* [[University of Tartu]] [http://www.natmuseum.ut.ee/en Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden]
|-
|{{FIN}}
|[[Finnish Museum of Natural History]]
|-
|{{FRA}}
|[[National Museum of Natural History, France|National Museum of Natural History]]
|-
|rowspan=7|{{DEU}}
|[http://www.snsb.mwn.de/index.php/en/ Bavarian Natural History Collections]
|-
|[[Natural History Museum, Berlin|Berlin Natural History Museum]]
|-
|[[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin]]
|-
|[[:de:Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels|Leibniz Institute for Analysis of Biodiversity Change]]
|-
|[[Senckenberg Nature Research Society|Senckenberg Society for Nature Research]]
|-
|[[State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart|Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History]]
|-
|[http://www.nore-museen.de/index.php NORe e. V. Association of German Natural History Museums in the North Sea and Baltic Sea Region]:
* [[German Oceanographic Museum|German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund]]
* [[:de:Haus der Natur Cismar|Haus der Natur Cismar]]
* [[Müritzeum]]
* [[:de:Museum für Natur und Umwelt Lübeck|Museum of Nature and Environment Lübeck]]
* [[Natural History Museum, Bielefeld]]
* [[State Natural History Museum, Braunschweig]]
* [[State Museum for Nature and Man|State Museum of Nature and Men Oldenburg]]
* [[Overseas Museum, Bremen|Übersee-Museum of Bremen]]
* [[Zoological Collection Rostock|Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock]]
* [https://zoologie.uni-greifswald.de/en/ Zoological Institute and Museum Greifswald]
* [[Zoological Museum of Kiel University]]
|-
|{{GRC}}
|[[Natural History Museum of Crete]]
|-
|{{HUN}}
|[[Hungarian Natural History Museum]]
|-
|{{ISL}}
|Natural Science Museum of Iceland
|-
|rowspan=2|{{ISR}}
|[[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, National Natural History Collections]]
|-
|[[Steinhardt Museum of Natural History|The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies]]
|-
|rowspan=2|{{ITA}}
|Museum and Botanical Garden of the [[University of Pisa]]
|-
|Italian Consortium:
* [[Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria|Natural History Museum of Genova]]
* [[Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze|Natural History Museum – Florence University Museum System]]
|-
|{{LVA}}
|[[University of Daugavpils]]
|-
|{{LUX}}
|[[National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg]]
|-
|{{NLD}}
|[[Naturalis Biodiversity Center]]
|-
|{{NOR}}
|[[Natural History Museum, University of Oslo]]
|-
|{{POL}}
|[[Museum and Institute of Zoology|Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences]]
|-
|{{SVK}}
|Slovak Consortium: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612044915/http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/nataf/Default.htm Slovak National Taxonomic Facility (NaTAF)]:
* [[Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences]] – [https://fns.uniba.sk/kbo/ Botany]
* Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences – [https://fns.uniba.sk/kzo/ Zoology]
* [[Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice]] – [https://www.upjs.sk/en/faculty-of-science/ Faculty of Science]
* [[Slovak Academy of Sciences]] – [http://ibot.sav.sk/?lng=en Institute of Botany]
* Slovak Academy of Sciences – [http://www.zoo.sav.sk/ Institute of Zoology]
* [[Slovak National Museum]] – Museum of National History
|-
|{{ESP}}
|Spanish Consortium:
* [[Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales|CSIC. National Museum of Natural Sciences]]
* [[Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid|CSIC. Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid]]
|-
|rowspan=2|{{SWE}}
|[[Swedish Museum of Natural History]]
|-
|Gothenburg Consortium:
* [http://www.bioenv.gu.se/english/ Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences], [[Gothenburg University]]
* [[Gothenburg Botanical Garden]]
* [[:de:Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum|Gothenburg Natural History Museum]]
|-
|rowspan=2|{{CHE}}
|[[Natural History Museum of Bern]]
|-
|Geneva Consortium:
* [[Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva]]
* [[Natural History Museum of Geneva]]
|-
|rowspan=12|{{GBR}}
|[[Bristol Museum & Art Gallery]]
|-
|[[London Natural History Museum]]
|-
|[[Manchester Museum]], The University of Manchester
|-
|National Geological Repository
|-
|[[National Museums Liverpool]]
|-
|[[National Museums Northern Ireland]]
|-
|[[National Museums Scotland]]
|-
|Natural History <nowiki>|</nowiki> [[National Museum Wales]]
|-
|[[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]]
|-
|[[Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh]]
|-
|[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]
|-
|[[Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery|The Hunterian]], University of Glasgow
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819235610/http://www.cetaf.org/Maramos.pdf CETAF position paper], Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) Madrid, Spain, 2004.
*[https://cetaf.org/sites/default/files/documents/cetaf_position_paper_2004._biodiversity_and_europe_the_contribution_of_taxonomy_and_the_european_taxonomic_facilities.pdf CETAF position paper], Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) Madrid, Spain, 2004.


==External links==
[[Category:Scientific organisations based in Belgium]]
*[https://www.cetaf.org CETAF official website]
[[Category:Taxonomy organizations]]
*[http://search.biocase.org/europe BioCASE Portal]
*[https://cetaf.org/taxonomy/publications CETAF publications]
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[[Category:Biology in Europe]]
[[Category:Consortia in Europe|Taxonomy]]
[[Category:Museum associations and consortia]]
[[Category:Museum associations and consortia]]
[[Category:Scientific organisations based in Belgium]]
[[Category:Taxonomy (biology) organizations]]

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"CETAF" redirects here. For the Brazilian basketball team, see Centro de Treinamento Arremessando para o Futuro.
Introductory video about a CETAF project on data integration between botanical collections

The Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) is a taxonomic research network formed by scientific institutions in Europe. It was formed in December 1996[1] by ten of the largest European natural history museums and botanical gardens to be a voice for taxonomy and systematic biology in Europe, to promote scientific research and access to European natural history collections, and to exploit European funding opportunities. Since then, CETAF has served as a meeting point for major European natural history museums and botanical gardens, and has initiated and played an important role in a number of projects (see Initiatives and related projects section below).

Currently, CETAF has 37 members, which constitute a total of 63 institutions spanning 22 European countries (see Members section below). One of these members, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, also hosts CETAF's General Secretariat.[1] Together, CETAF institutions hold a large fraction (c. 500 million objects) of the world’s most important natural history collections.

General Meetings

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General Meetings with representatives of each member institution are held twice a year. The meetings are hosted by any of the member institutions and held at any of the European natural history museums or botanic gardens. Current business between the General Meetings are run by the Chair and the Steering Committee, assisted by the Secretariat.

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A number of CETAF members, or national consortia in which CETAF members play leading roles, have since 1998 received support through the European Commission's Framework Programmes to enhance transnational access to their collections, equipment and expertise.

CETAF initiatives

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  • SYNTHESYS (Synthesis of Systematic Resources) – A CETAF Integrated Infrastructure Initiative in EU FPVI and FPVII
  • European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) – A CETAF network of Excellence in Taxonomy for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, EU FPVI, which started 1 March 2006. The project ended in 2011.[2]
  • European Journal of Taxonomy (EJT) – A peer-reviewed international journal in descriptive taxonomy, covering the eukaryotic world. (ISSN 2118-9773)
  • Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST) – Established by EDIT
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Members

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The following is a list of members, the nations in which these members are situated, and associated institutions:[5]

Country Member
 Albania University of Tirana, Albania Collections based at the Research Center of Flora and Fauna
 Austria Biology Centre of Upper Austria State Museums
Natural History Museum, Vienna
 Belgium Meise Botanic Garden
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Royal Museum for Central Africa
 Bulgaria Bulgarian Consortium:
 Czech Republic Czech Consortium:
 Denmark Natural History Museum of Denmark
 Estonia Estonian Consortium: Estonian Academy of Sciences:
 Finland Finnish Museum of Natural History
 France National Museum of Natural History
 Germany Bavarian Natural History Collections
Berlin Natural History Museum
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
Leibniz Institute for Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History
NORe e. V. Association of German Natural History Museums in the North Sea and Baltic Sea Region:
 Greece Natural History Museum of Crete
 Hungary Hungarian Natural History Museum
 Iceland Natural Science Museum of Iceland
 Israel The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, National Natural History Collections
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies
 Italy Museum and Botanical Garden of the University of Pisa
Italian Consortium:
 Latvia University of Daugavpils
 Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg
 Netherlands Naturalis Biodiversity Center
 Norway Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
 Poland Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
 Slovakia Slovak Consortium: Slovak National Taxonomic Facility (NaTAF):
 Spain Spanish Consortium:
 Sweden Swedish Museum of Natural History
Gothenburg Consortium:
 Switzerland Natural History Museum of Bern
Geneva Consortium:
 United Kingdom Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
London Natural History Museum
Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester
National Geological Repository
National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Northern Ireland
National Museums Scotland
Natural History | National Museum Wales
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

References

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  1. ^ a b "CETAF – What is CETAF". Archived from the original on 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  2. ^ CORDIS – Projects and Results – Toward the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
  3. ^ Zoological Museum Amsterdam – Annual Report 2005
  4. ^ CORDIS – Projects and Results – European network for biodiversity information
  5. ^ "Our members". Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
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