Approved Minutes of the Sixteenth Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC)

The document contains the approved minutes of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Executive Council (EC), held on December 2-3, 2002, in Panama City, Panama. The meeting focused on the transition to a new Director, financial audits, the restructuring of working groups, and strategies to increase member country commitment and scientific capacity building in the Americas.

• The Executive Council (EC) formally introduced Dr. Gustavo Necco as the new Director of the IAI, following his election on June 28, 2002. His three-year contract became effective on November 1, 2002.
• The IAI's financial statements as of June 30, 2002, were approved, showing total incomes of 1,628,154 and total expenses of 1,042,171. Member country contributions increased significantly to 1,368,549 compared to 502,732 in 2001.
• The Core Research Network (CRN) program faced a deficit of approximately US$ 465,000 due to the suspension of the agreement with Argentina. To manage this, the IAI reduced all CRN budgets by 9% for year 3 of the program.
• The EC approved the dissolution of several working groups that primarily provided advice to the Directorate, including the Communications, Country Contributions, Data Policy, Fund Raising, and Training and Education groups, to reduce staff burden and overlap.
• The Working Group for Increasing Country Commitment to the IAI recommended several strategies to improve member engagement, including using diplomatic channels via embassies in Brazil to collect debts and providing countries with detailed information on the specific benefits they received from IAI.
• The IAI proposed several capacity-building courses for 2003, including a course on "Vulnerability Associated to Climate Variability in Central America and the Caribbean" in the Dominican Republic, and two courses in Brazil focusing on sustainable land-use and carbon sequestration in the Amazon.
• The IAI Director reported a proposal from the Director of INPE to donate a building to be shared by the IAI and the UN Regional Center for Education in Space Science and Technology for Latin America and the Caribbean, with an initial investment of BR$ 1.5 million from the INPE budget.
• The EC discussed the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, noting the need to reconcile the world agenda with the IAI agenda and emphasizing that regional networks are the appropriate scale for implementing concrete actions.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2003). Approved Minutes of the Sixteenth Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC). https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/3_EC16_Ap.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Approved Minutes of the Sixteenth Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC). 2003. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/3_EC16_Ap.pdf.

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@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2003approved, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Approved Minutes of the Sixteenth Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2003}, month = apr, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/3_EC16_Ap.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }