Draft IAI Strategic Plan

The Draft IAI Strategic Plan (2019–2044) outlines a 25-year roadmap for the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research to bridge the gap between science and policy in the Americas. The plan focuses on supporting science-based policies to address global change, enhancing institutional capacities, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the organization through diversified funding and expanded membership.

• The IAI Strategic Plan covers a 25-year period from 2019 to 2044, with individual actions planned on three- to six-year timeframes to align with the tenure of the Executive Director.
• The organization's vision is to enable a sustainable, inclusive, and well-informed Americas that uses flexible, science-based policies to meet global change challenges.
• The strategic plan is organized into three primary themes: meeting the needs of Parties to address global environmental change, science for the sustainability of the Americas, and the sustainability of the IAI itself.
• The IAI Science Agenda (Theme II) identifies seven priority goals for research and action: Poverty & Equality, Food security, Water security, Climate action, Energy security, Health and wellbeing, and Biodiversity and ecosystem services.
• To ensure the sustainability of the organization, the IAI aims to attract new Parties, specifically targeting the Caribbean Islands, and seeks to diversify funding beyond the NSF, including the establishment of an endowment.
• The IAI emphasizes 'transdisciplinarity' and 'open science,' requiring that sponsored research adhere to open data policies to ensure equitable access to information for governments and communities.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2018). Draft IAI Strategic Plan. http://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/notificaciones/nt-2018-22-en.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Draft IAI Strategic Plan. 2018. http://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/notificaciones/nt-2018-22-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2018draft, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Draft IAI Strategic Plan}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2018}, month = nov, url = {http://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/notificaciones/nt-2018-22-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }