Report of the 50th meeting of the IAI Executive Council

The report details the proceedings of the 50th meeting of the Executive Council (EC) of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, held via videoconference on 19 August 2020. The meeting focused on implementing decisions from the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-28) and discussing the feasibility of virtual meetings.

• The 50th meeting of the Executive Council was held via videoconference on 19 August 2020, chaired by the United States of America and attended by representatives from Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, the United States of America, and Uruguay.
• The Executive Council is tasked with implementing three specific decisions from the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-28): conducting an annual performance evaluation of the Executive Director, revising the IAI employee handbook to incorporate a whistleblower mechanism, and creating a policy regarding gender in IAI projects and activities.
• The IAI Directorate observed that while videoconferencing is viable for Conference of the Parties meetings, it is most effective for limited administrative topics. Consequently, the Directorate proposed a biennial cycle alternating between physical and virtual meetings, with a formal report on this possibility to be presented at CoP-29.
• The IAI Directorate indicated that the 51st meeting of the Executive Council (EC-51) could be organized via videoconferencing in late February or early March 2021.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2020). Report of the 50th meeting of the IAI Executive Council. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/EC-50-report-en.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report of the 50th meeting of the IAI Executive Council. 2020. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/EC-50-report-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2020report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report of the 50th meeting of the IAI Executive Council}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/EC-50-report-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }