Report on implementation of the IAI Strategic Plan

The IAI Directorate reports on the implementation of its Strategic Plan, noting COVID-19 related delays and proposing a shift in the plan's revision cycle to 2023-2024. The report introduces a comprehensive system of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), leading metrics, and lagging metrics to measure organizational success and research impact in the Americas through 2044.

• The COVID-19 pandemic caused delays in several actions planned under the IAI Strategic Plan, specifically those that required international travel, although IAI activities remained aligned with the Plan.
• The IAI Directorate, with support from the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), developed a set of success indicators and metrics during the 2020-2021 intersessional period to measure the progress of the Strategic Plan's objectives.
• The IAI proposed delaying the triennial revision of the Strategic Plan—originally due in the 2022-2023 intersessional period—to the 2023-2024 period to align with the term of a new Executive Director.
• The IAI has established a framework of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to evaluate organizational performance across several categories, including fundraising (e.g., aiming for a 2% annual growth of the endowment fund), open data management, and capacity building for underrepresented groups.
• The IAI's monitoring framework distinguishes between 'leading metrics,' which measure actions that lead to results (such as website visitors), and 'lagging metrics,' which measure actual outputs or results (such as the number of STeP fellows gained).
• By 2044, the IAI aims to demonstrate measurable research impact on the region regarding specific challenges, including climate action, energy security, food security, water security, poverty and equality, human health and wellbeing, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and clean air, water and soil.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2021). Report on implementation of the IAI Strategic Plan. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/iai-cop-29-14e-en.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report on implementation of the IAI Strategic Plan. 2021. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/iai-cop-29-14e-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2021report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report on implementation of the IAI Strategic Plan}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/iai-cop-29-14e-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }