Report of the Directorate Capacity Building

The IAI Directorate implemented several capacity-building initiatives between 2017 and 2018, focusing on transdisciplinary research, science diplomacy, and science communication. Key activities included the São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change, which trained 119 graduate students from 30 countries, and the Professional Development Seminar (PDS) on Transdisciplinary Approaches to Integrating Policy and Science for Sustainability held in the Dominican Republic and Canada. The Directorate also engaged in science-policy collaboration through events in Mexico and the USA. To expand these efforts, the IAI proposes the creation of a Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program and a Research Internship Program, alongside a new Seed Grant Program for 2019-2020.

• The IAI conducted the "São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change: Scientific basis, adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation" from 3-15 July 2017, which provided an overview of IPCC reports to 119 graduate students from 30 countries.
• The Professional Development Seminar (PDS) on Transdisciplinary Approaches to Integrating Policy and Science for Sustainability, held in November 2016 (Dominican Republic) and October 2017 (Canada), led to the establishment of four transdisciplinary collaborative networks focusing on water governance, cocoa producer resilience, and native grassland sustainability.
• The IAI is expanding its science diplomacy training with a course for scientists and policy makers from Central America in October 2018, and a similar course for English-speaking Caribbean countries and Suriname in Jamaica in 2019.
• The Directorate is planning a seminar for November 2018 in Santa Fe, Argentina, focusing on interdisciplinary curriculum development for master and doctoral programs regarding the impacts of climate change and variability on water resources in the MERCOSUR region.
• Digital outreach for capacity building has seen significant engagement, with over 10,666 people accessing training announcements on social media and 8,259 people accessing webinars in 2017.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2018). Report of the Directorate Capacity Building. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-15-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report of the Directorate Capacity Building. 2018. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-15-e.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2018report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report of the Directorate Capacity Building}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2018}, month = apr, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-15-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }