Agricultural Information Systems Collaborative platform Maghreb Radia BERNAOUI 1 and Mohamed HASSOUN 2 1 Lecturer ENSV of Algiers Algiers, Algeria 2 Professor ENSSIB – ELICO Research center Lyon, France 1 radiabernaoui@yahoo.fr and 2 mohamed.hassoun@enssib.fr Abstract— Nowadays the control of the information becomes essential and so is consequently for the competitive factor advantage for the global knowledge-based economy. It is considered as a strategic raw material for companies, in order to take a competitive advantage of it. Regarding the field of agricultural research, we know and this is an achievement for all those involved in this sector, the research makes sense if it is related to the organization of the society and its economic and social development. To fall under this logic of value enhancing and production transfer, knowledge should become social shared and the researchers need to be equipped with tools of visibility and analysis of their activities. This requires propose a model of information system destined for meshing links between actors involved in research and development. The construction of an information system is a tool for development and transfer of research results to the destination sector of agricultural production. Because it is better for us to propose a model of information system capable of managing intellectual capital in the Algerian agricultural sector and generate value from intellectual assets. Then, the creation of a shared space should be considered. Such a space will provide an accurate visibility of information and knowledge, to strengthen the institutions, setting up networks of actors. The point is to establish closer links with people who share a similar interest (scientists, professionals, political leaders…). This project will take another aspect in the future in order to creat an agricultural information systems for a Collaborative platform Maghreb. Keywords - Information System, Agricultural Information System, Collaborative Platform, Multilingual Agricultural Information, Thesaurus Agrovoc, Algeria, Maghreb I. INTRODUCTION Information became a discriminating element among all the factors which contribute to the economic and cultural development of a country. It is a strategic resource and has a determining impact on the processes of decision-making aid, planning, management, and scientific research. Production, storage, diffusion, and exchange of information become major challenges for any organization. For this reason we speak now about “information society”. In this context, Ambrosi et al. state that “there is not just one information society but many societies, multiple, moving, emergent, changing. These societies, like the words which carry them, are not given to us to be consumed, or adapted but to be constructed, collectively and in an cumulative way. Information and its technologies are not just the same project. The project consists in what we will do with information, and its related risks and potentials. Let the creativity to be expressed by itself and increase it, circulate knowledge” (Ambrosi et al., 2005). We observe then the emergence of a company of knowledge within the company of information. Nonaka affirms that “n an economy where the only certainty is uncertainty, the single source of durable competitive advantage is knowledge” (Nonaka, 2000). The purpose of what is called the “knowledge management” is to preserve, transmit and develop knowledge while increasing an intellectual capital. This one acts on the one hand, like a stimulant for the innovation and a factor of productivity. It represents on the other hand a device of enhancing the value of knowledge and competence transfer. To create a decision-making tool to define or evaluate the situation of knowledge on a certain subject we are developing an observatory on the national level. This requires the definition of "targets" of observation, and the type of information we are searching for, once the objectives of the observatory are clearly expressed. So, the primary application for Local Information System is to provide a place-focused evidence base that is easily accessible to a wide range of users including data experts, managers, policy makers, front-line staff and citizens. They provide a wide range of statistics and reports allowing users to review the current evidence base and build a picture of localities and neighbourhoods for their area of interest (LIS). There are already some national experiments to create observatories intended for this mission. In France, the Observatory of Sciences and Technology (OST) was created in order to conceive and to produce quantitative indicators related to scientific and technological activities and innovation. 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