CETAF aims to promote research in systematic biology and palaeobiology as well as access to the information and expertise of its member institutions, by improving the efficiency of their taxonomic facilities through co-operation. In support of its aims, CETAF will act as a forum for the exchange of information and policies, working towards co-ordinated activities. The objectives for co-operation cover the following areas:

• Digitisation of collections and associated information, in line with agreed priorities.
• Development of information services for scientific, commercial and public use.
• Promotion of training for systematists, both at the academic and at the technical levels.
• Improvement of curation and conservation of collections.
• Improvement of access to collections for visiting researchers and other workers through common procedures and assistance routines at each of the members' facilities.
• Co-ordination of those scientific policies and other initiatives that will benefit from a common approach.
• Submission of joint funding proposals that will contribute to the previous objectives.

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