Aprobadas Minutas de la Vigésima Octava Reunión del Consejo Ejecutivo del IAI (CE)

The minutes of the 28th Executive Council (EC) meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), held on May 21, 2009, in Bogotá, Colombia, detail strategies to improve member country engagement, the revision of the Host Country Agreement with Brazil, and the synthesis of scientific research from the CRN program.

• The IAI Executive Director expressed concern over a lack of quorum at the Conference of Parties (CoP), noting that such instability threatens the institute's overall functioning, specifically the approval of budgets and country contributions.
• To strengthen relations with less active member countries—specifically Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, and Guatemala—the EC agreed to several outreach strategies. These include using a Twiki site to coordinate bilateral meetings, leveraging the Central American Integration System (SICA) via Costa Rica, and utilizing US scientific agencies and the Department of State for diplomatic outreach.
• The EC decided to formalize the expectations for IAI representatives by creating a document that defines their roles, responsibilities, and activities, with the representative from Costa Rica tasked with drafting the initial outline.
• The IAI is seeking to revise its Host Country Agreement with Brazil to reflect Brazil's increased scientific capacity over the last 20 years, resolve temporary staffing arrangements, and update the agreement to align with current Brazilian legislation regarding international organizations' taxes and immunities.
• The IAI is implementing a process to synthesize scientific research from the CRN program into formats accessible to decision-makers and civil society. This includes creating summaries for politicians and focusing on regional themes such as the integrated management of the La Plata Basin.
• The Executive Director encouraged the promotion of free data exchange, citing the example of Brazil's INPE, which provides free access to information, as a model that provides considerable economic benefits to the country.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2010). Aprobadas Minutas de la Vigésima Octava Reunión del Consejo Ejecutivo del IAI (CE). http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-28-report-s.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Aprobadas Minutas de la Vigésima Octava Reunión del Consejo Ejecutivo del IAI (CE). 2010. http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-28-report-s.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2010aprobadas, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Aprobadas Minutas de la Vigésima Octava Reunión del Consejo Ejecutivo del IAI (CE)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2010}, month = may, url = {http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-28-report-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }