For the convenience of countries and people around the world whose official language is either French or Spanish, the Canadian and Spanish delegations to GBIF have provided translations of the MOU document. These are available through the Documents & History link on the GBIF Communications Portal.

It should be noted, however, that the official MOU is in English, and it is this version that must be signed to officially become a GBIF Participant.

See Governing Board Adopts Financial Model for a description of the principles behind the scale for contributions by Voting Participants that is included in the MOU (Annex 1).