EC progress report: EC Chair - Activities charged to the EC and the EC Bureau

The document details the transition of the IAI to a tripartite structure with directorates in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. It reports that the Science-Policy Liaison Directorate in Buenos Aires is operational, while the Integrated Operations and Finance Directorate in Montevideo awaits parliamentary ratification and the Science Development Directorate in Brazil is under review. Additionally, it notes a failed attempt at electronic voting for SAC vacancies due to lack of quorum and warns of a looming membership continuity crisis in the SAC. The report also mentions the IAI's participation in the ENSOCIO-LA project and the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean.

• The IAI is transitioning to a tripartite structure consisting of three specialized directorates: the Science-Policy Liaison Directorate in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Science Development Directorate in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil; and the Integrated Operations and Finance Directorate in Montevideo, Uruguay.
• The Science-Policy Liaison Directorate in Argentina is active following a host country Agreement signed on October 30, 2012, with Dr. Tomás Lindemann appointed as Director and Dr. Nicolás Lucas as Deputy Director.
• The Integrated Operations and Finance Directorate in Uruguay signed its host country agreement on November 13, 2012, but it requires ratification by Parliament, which received the treaty on April 2, 2013.
• An attempt to implement an electronic voting procedure for SAC vacancies in November 2012 failed because insufficient countries registered for the secret ballot to reach a quorum.
• The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) faces a critical lack of membership continuity, with two vacancies from 2012 still unfilled and four members ending their terms in June 2013, three of whom are reaching their final term limit.
• The IAI joined the ENSOCIO-LA international consortium, approved in March 2013 and starting in June 2013, to foster cooperation in research and innovation regarding climate change, resource efficiency, and raw materials among EU and Latin American countries.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2013). EC progress report: EC Chair - Activities charged to the EC and the EC Bureau. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-21-ec-report-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. EC progress report: EC Chair - Activities charged to the EC and the EC Bureau. 2013. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-21-ec-report-e.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2013progress, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{EC progress report: EC Chair - Activities charged to the EC and the EC Bureau}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2013}, month = jun, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-21-ec-report-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }