Approved Minutes of the Twenty-Eight Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC)

The document contains the minutes and action list from the Twenty-Eight Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC), held on May 21, 2009, in Bogotá, Colombia. The meeting focused on strategies to improve member country engagement, the review of the Host Country Agreement with Brazil, and the synthesis of science from the Climate Research Network (CRN) programs.

• The IAI Directorate expressed concern over a lack of quorum at the Conference of Parties (CoP), noting that such instability "endangers the functioning of IAI as a whole" and could jeopardize the approval of budgets and country contributions.
• To strengthen relations with less active member countries, the EC identified eight specific nations for targeted outreach: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, and Guatemala.
• The EC agreed to several initiatives to improve member engagement, including creating a document to define the roles and responsibilities of IAI representatives, using a Twiki site to track bilateral meetings for outreach, and disseminating IAI information to non-environmental institutions.
• The IAI Director requested a review of the Host Country Agreement with Brazil to address three main areas: updating the Preamble to reflect current scientific capacity, resolving temporary staffing issues to maintain high-level support, and updating the agreement to align with changes in Brazilian legislation regarding taxation and immunities for international organizations.
• The IAI is implementing a science synthesis process for the Climate Research Network (CRN) to make research more accessible to decision-makers and civil society, moving beyond simple funding management to provide "informed action".

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2010). Approved Minutes of the Twenty-Eight Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC). http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-28-report-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Approved Minutes of the Twenty-Eight Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC). 2010. http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-28-report-e.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2010approved, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Approved Minutes of the Twenty-Eight Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2010}, month = may, url = {http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-28-report-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }