The Ocean Biogeographic InformationSystem (OBIS) is an open, online database and tool on the biodiversity, geographic distribution and abundance of marine life.
The UNESCO Moscow Office has initiated a high level round table "Creation of the system of open and universal access to public information in Bashkortostan" in Ufa, the capital of the Republic, 26 - 27th October 2006.
However, if the goal is to actually improve and save our deeply distressed health care system, one would hope that intelligent minds would stay open to the facts and information we have available to us.