Informe del Comité de Administración y Finanzas (FAC)

This report details the activities and findings of the Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) following a meeting in September 2007. The document covers audit expectations, member country contributions, personnel contracts, budget planning, and financial reporting to the US National Science Foundation (NSF).

• The FAC met with auditors from BDO Trevisan in September 2007 to ensure a more detailed Letter of Recommendations and to prevent auditors from relying on IAI staff for translations. A 'clean' audit report was contingent on receiving information from two banks, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
• The IAI faces challenges with member country representation at institutional meetings, noting that quorums are sometimes barely met and some embassy representatives lack the necessary information to participate effectively.
• The IAI is seeking to diversify its research funding by approaching corporations and organizations, including a potential agreement with a large Brazilian company and a proposal currently being evaluated by the MacArthur Foundation.
• There is a dispute regarding local personnel contracts managed by INPE. A recent tender resulted in reduced salaries for four IAI positions because job descriptions did not fully reflect required qualifications, such as being trilingual. The current contract expires in 2009.
• The FAC recommends returning to a triennial budget proposal starting with the 2008/09 fiscal year, moving away from the single-year proposals used during the transition to Director Holm Tiessen's tenure.
• The IAI resolved a reporting discrepancy with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) regarding the Federal Cash Transaction Report. Previous reports showed high balances of NSF funds 'on hand,' which is generally prohibited; a new reporting methodology was approved in October 2007.
• The IAI is on track to accumulate a cash balance (including accounts receivable) of approximately USD 1 million for its Operating Budget. The FAC expressed concern that this could lead to questions about why the US continues to fund the majority of expenses.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2007). Informe del Comité de Administración y Finanzas (FAC). https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-25-fac-report-s.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Informe del Comité de Administración y Finanzas (FAC). 2007. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-25-fac-report-s.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2007informe, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Informe del Comité de Administración y Finanzas (FAC)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2007}, month = oct, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-25-fac-report-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }