Decisión XXV/27: Participación en el evento “Belmont Forum Americas Information Days”

This briefing document, prepared by the Executive Directorate of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), reports on a meeting held in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 7, 2017, regarding the 'Belmont Forum Americas Information Days'. The meeting focused on establishing a flexible, cooperative financing mechanism to support scientific projects on global change in the Americas to reduce the IAI's dependence on a single donor and ensure long-term sustainability.

• The IAI and the Belmont Forum organized a meeting on November 7, 2017, in São Paulo, Brazil, to discuss the creation of a "mecanismo flexible dirigido a facilitar el financiamiento de proyectos científicos sobre cambio global en las Américas".
• The IAI Executive Directorate is pursuing alternative funding sources to support its strategic agenda, including engaging with the private sector and establishing an IAI Foundation Council to create an "endowment" (fondo de reserva).
• The IAI expressed concern over its current financial structure, stating that "La dependencia de un solo donador es preocupante y debe remediarse".
• Several options were proposed for a flexible financing mechanism: an ad hoc group of funding agencies meeting periodically, a separate mechanism parallel to the Belmont Forum, or a component within the IAI as an affiliated member.
• Participants agreed to use the IAI's Small Grants Program (Programa de Pequeños Subsidios) as a tool to promote co-financing among IAI Parties and to form an ad hoc group of interested agencies and donors.
• The meeting's recommendations include inviting Belmont Forum members to a meeting during the 26th Conference of the Parties (CoP 26) in Guatemala in 2018 to further discuss the cooperative financing mechanism.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2018). Decisión XXV/27: Participación en el evento “Belmont Forum Americas Information Days”. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-19b-s.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Decisión XXV/27: Participación en el evento “Belmont Forum Americas Information Days”. 2018. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-19b-s.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2018decisin, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Decisión XXV/27: Participación en el evento “Belmont Forum Americas Information Days”}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2018}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-19b-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }