Report of the Directorate Capacity Building

The IAI Directorate implemented various capacity-building programs, including the São Paulo School of Advanced Science and science diplomacy workshops in partnership with AAAS. It established a Memorandum of Understanding with the Organization of American States (OAS) and is developing a Science, Technology, Policy (STeP) Fellowship Program. The report also outlines efforts to secure external funding for seed grants and territorial governance laboratories to support transdisciplinary research on global change.

• The IAI Directorate conducted the São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Ocean Interdisciplinary Research and Governance from 13 to 25 August 2018, which was funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) with approximately US$ 210,000. The event included 109 graduate students from 22 countries and 1106 webinar entries.
• A partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), formalized via a Memorandum of Understanding on 14 September 2018, led to several science diplomacy activities, including a workshop in Panama City (17-19 October 2018) that gathered over 30 scientists, diplomats, and policy makers from nine Latin American countries.
• The IAI and the Organization of American States (OAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 19 March 2019 to strengthen scientific contributions to policy and build institutional capacities for sustainable development in the Americas, with planned joint activities specifically targeting Central America and the Caribbean.
• The Directorate is developing the IAI Science, Technology, Policy (STeP) Fellowship Program with support from the US National Science Foundation and a working group including the AAAS, aimed at training early-career scientists from Latin America and the Caribbean.
• The IAI is collaborating with the University of Calgary and Fundación Dialogos para la Naturaleza to launch a Collaborative Territorial Governance Laboratory (CTGL) to address challenges such as food and water security and their relationship with extractive industries.
• The Directorate is pursuing various fundraising and project opportunities, including a $7 million euro proposal titled 'Socio-hydrOlogical soURCES of migration flows – SOURCES' submitted to the European Commission in February 2019, and a proposal for a Professional Development Seminar on Climate, Environment and Health in 2020 with the Belmont Forum.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2019). Report of the Directorate Capacity Building. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-27-17-en_0.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report of the Directorate Capacity Building. 2019. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-27-17-en_0.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2019report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report of the Directorate Capacity Building}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-27-17-en_0.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }