Informe del SAC-XXII

The 22nd SAC meeting, held in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil, in July 2005, primarily focused on reviewing proposals for the second round of the Cooperative Research Networks (CRN II) program. The committee recommended 10 proposals for funding, while noting a thematic imbalance, specifically a lack of projects addressing human dimensions and certain scientific themes. The meeting also addressed the need for the IAI to strengthen its capacity-building efforts, ensure the institutional sustainability of its networks, and better connect scientific discoveries with societal applications and policy-making.

• The SAC recommended 10 proposals from the second round of the Cooperative Research Networks (CRN II) program for funding by the IAI Executive Committee, with a mandate for the Executive Director to use 10% of the budget strategically for 'seed' projects.
• The committee identified a significant thematic imbalance in the CRN II proposals, noting that most recommended projects fell under 'theme 2' and there was an 'almost absolute absence' of projects for themes 3 and 4, as well as a need to strengthen the 'human dimensions' component.
• The IAI Executive Director, Holm Tiessen, emphasized that the Institute must evolve to ensure its survival by demonstrating a specific purpose that member countries can identify with, while balancing scientific excellence with capacity development.
• The SAC discussed the importance of ensuring that research networks are institutionalized and sustainable beyond the duration of a specific project, noting that some previous CRN I projects lacked a sufficiently firm institutional foundation.
• A planned IAI SCOPE meeting in Ubatuba, Brazil, intended to synthesize the results of CRN I, aimed to highlight the integration of natural and social sciences and the communication of results to policy-makers.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2006). Informe del SAC-XXII. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-22-sac-22-report-s.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Informe del SAC-XXII. 2006. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-22-sac-22-report-s.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2006informe, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Informe del SAC-XXII}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2006}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-ec-22-sac-22-report-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }