CORE BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009 AND PRELIMINARY REQUEST 2009/2011

The IAI is requesting a core budget of US$1,163,462 for FY 2008/2009, a 14.6% increase over the previous year, primarily driven by the devaluation of the US dollar against the Brazilian real and increased operational costs. The budget supports the management of the CRN II and SGP-HD programs, capacity building through training institutes, and strategic planning to strengthen links between science and policy. Key initiatives include a project on the hydroclimate of the La Plata Basin and a MacArthur Foundation-funded study on Andean biodiversity. Funding is sourced from member country contributions, with the United States providing the largest share.

• The proposed core budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 is US$1,163,462, representing a 14.6% increase from the US$1,014,931 budget of the previous fiscal year.
• The budget increase is largely attributed to the weakening of the US dollar, specifically a 37.4% loss of purchasing power against the Brazilian Real between 2005 and 2008.
• IAI is managing several scientific programs, including the CRN II and SGP-HD programs, and has approved a peer-reviewed project investigating the impact of land cover and land use changes on the hydroclimate of the La Plata Basin involving researchers from Argentina, Brazil, and the USA.
• A two-year project (2008-2009) funded by the MacArthur Foundation will assess climate change impacts on biodiversity in the Andean region, specifically covering Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
• The IAI is implementing capacity building through Training Institutes (TI), including a TI on Cities for policy makers and a TI on seasonality issues of climate change co-organized with NCAR in Mendoza, Argentina.
• The core budget is funded by member country contributions based on the OAS Schedule of Country Contributions; for FY 2008-2009, the United States is the largest contributor with a proposed amount of US$691,000.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2008). CORE BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009 AND PRELIMINARY REQUEST 2009/2011. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-15-budget-request-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. CORE BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009 AND PRELIMINARY REQUEST 2009/2011. 2008. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-15-budget-request-e.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2008core, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{CORE BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009 AND PRELIMINARY REQUEST 2009/2011}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2008}, month = jun, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-15-budget-request-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }