Report of the Working Group for Increasing Country Commitment to the IAI

The report identifies a significant decline in financial contributions and institutional participation among IAI member countries since 1997. While 19 American countries have joined, only a few maintain consistent funding, with the USA providing the vast majority of programmatic support. The Working Group analyzed data on voluntary contributions, institutional meeting attendance, and scientific program participation to diagnose the lack of interest, concluding that further analysis is required to develop effective recovery strategies.

• Financial contributions to the IAI Core Budget have seen a progressive decrease since 1998, reaching a low in the 2000/2001 fiscal year where only two countries paid their full annual contribution.
• Programmatic funding is heavily skewed toward a single member, with the USA providing 79.2% of country contributions to programs, followed by Brazil at 17.2% and Argentina at 3.6%.
• Institutional participation is uneven; while Executive Council (EC) member countries show significant attendance at meetings, non-EC member countries participate only occasionally, and non-IAI full members have minimal involvement.
• As of June 2001, 19 American countries had joined the IAI, but no new members had joined since 1997. Bolivia is noted as having signed the agreement but never ratified its membership.
• The IAI has implemented various training and education initiatives to build scientific capacity, including a 1996 climate modeling workshop for 20 participants from 10 countries and GIS training for approximately 250 students between 1995 and 1998.
• The IAI Directorate reports inconsistent communication with member country representatives, which hinders the institute's ability to maintain institutional linkages and increase member involvement.
• Scientific participation in IAI programs is uneven across countries, with the USA having the highest number of investigators (114) and others, such as Colombia and Costa Rica, having no Principal Investigators (PIs).

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2001). Report of the Working Group for Increasing Country Commitment to the IAI. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/12_ICCwg.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report of the Working Group for Increasing Country Commitment to the IAI. 2001. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/12_ICCwg.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |title=Report of the Working Group for Increasing Country Commitment to the IAI |date=25 November 2001 |url=https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/12_ICCwg.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2001report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report of the Working Group for Increasing Country Commitment to the IAI}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2001}, month = nov, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/12_ICCwg.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }