26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI

20-21 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala

Agenda & working documents

Meeting report

English – Spanish

Provisional Agenda

26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-26) to the IAI
20-21 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala

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Agenda item			Document (PDF)
Wednesday 20 June, morning 1st session (8:00-9:30)
		Welcome by Guatemala and cultural event Opening remarks of the National Secretary for Science and Technology (SENACYT), Dr. Oscar Cobar Opening remarks of the Vice-President of Guatemala, Dr. Jafeth Cabrera	No document
		Opening remarks of the Chair of the Executive Council	No document
		Opening remarks of the Executive Director	No document
Wednesday 20 June, morning 2nd session (9:30-1:00)
Joint Session: Report of the SAC and SPAC on the Science-Policy Workshop Case presentation by SENACYT, Guatemala
Presentation of the recommendations from the Science-Policy Workshop – Dr. Edwin Castellanos Presentation of Science and Technology impact projects Coffee break Mayan science: Cultural evolution of science in Guatemala
Wednesday 20 June, afternoon 1st session (1:45-2:30)
		Administrative and financial matters
1.		Election of the CoP Bureau	No document
2.		Approval of the agenda	IAI/COP/26/2 English – Spanish
3.		Approval of the Minutes of the 25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties	IAI/COP/26/3 English – Spanish
4.		Credentials Committee and Standing Committee for Rules and Procedures
	a.	Report of the Credentials Committee	No document
	b.	Report of the Standing Committee for Rules and Procedures	IAI/COP/26/4b English – Spanish
Wednesday 20 June, afternoon 2nd session (2:45-5:30)
5.		Financial and Budgetary matters	IAI/COP/26/5
	a.	Annex 1: Overview of the Financial Status for FY 2017-2018	Annex 1 English – Spanish
	b.	Annex 2: Core Budget and Country Contributions for FY 2018-2019 and Preliminary request 2019-2021	Annex 2 English – Spanish
	c.	Annex 3: Auditors Report	Annex 3 English – Spanish
	d.	Annex 4: Report of the Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC)	Annex 4 English – Spanish
6.		Decision XXV/20: Membership of the Financial and Administration Committee (FAC)	IAI/COP/26/6 English – Spanish
		Welcome reception at (venue TBC), 7pm
AGENDA ITEM			DOCUMENT (PDF)
Thursday 21 June, morning 1st session (9:00-10:15)
		Executive Council
7.		Report from the Executive Council a. EC activities, actions and decisions b. Issues from the 45th meeting of the EC	IAI/COP/26/7 English – Spanish
Thursday 21 June, morning 2nd session (10:30-12:00)
		The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Science Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)
8.		Report of the SAC	IAI/COP/26/8 English – Spanish
9.		Report of the SPAC	IAI/COP/26/9 English – Spanish
	a.	Decision XXV/19: Joint SAC, SPAC and EC-CoP meetings	IAI/COP/26/9a English – Spanish
10.		Report of the Committee to recommend candidates for the election of SAC members	No document
11.		Report of the committee to recommend candidates for the election of SPAC members	No document
Thursday 21 June, afternoon 1st session (1:00-3:45)
		Ad hoc committee reports (1:00-1:45)
12.		Ad hoc committee report on Decision XXV/25: Enhancing activity of IAI Member Country representatives	IAI/COP/26/12 English – Spanish
	a.	Article XI: Associates of the Institute (Rede Clima)	IAI/COP/26/12a English – Spanish Document submitted by Brazil
	b.	Article XI: Associates of the Institute (AAAS)	IAI/COP/26/12b English – Spanish Document submitted by the United States
	c.	Article XI: Associates of the Institute (Future Earth)	IAI/COP/26/12c English – Spanish Document submitted by the United States
13.		Decision XXV/30: Implementation Committee for the Tripartite Structure of the IAI	IAI/COP/26/13 English – Spanish Document submitted by the United States
		Report of the IAI Directorate (1:45-3:30)
14.		Science report	IAI/COP/26/14 English – Spanish
15.		Capacity building report	IAI/COP/26/15 English – Spanish
16.		Global outreach and cooperation	IAI/COP/26/16 English – Spanish
17.		Science-Policy	IAI/COP/26/17 English – Spanish
18.		Communications and outreach
	a.	Decision XXV/23: IAI long-term communication strategy and plan	IAI/COP/26/18a English – Spanish
	b.	Decision XXV/26: Outreach brochure of the IAI	IAI/COP/26/18b English – Spanish
	c.	Decision XXV/28: Augmenting science communication capacities in IAI research projects	IAI/COP/26/18c English – Spanish
	d.	Decision XXV/29: 25th anniversary publication	IAI/COP/26/18d English – Spanish
19.		Fundraising
	a.	Decision XXV/24: IAI long-term funding strategy	IAI/COP/26/19a English – Spanish
	b.	Decision XXV/27: Participation in the Belmont Forum Americas Information Days	IAI/COP/26/19b English – Spanish
	c.	Decision XXV/31: Reporting to CoP on fundraising activities by the Executive Director	IAI/COP/26/19c English – Spanish
	d.	Donors’ session and Party contributions (Program and Project Activities, Core Budget, International collaboration)	IAI/COP/26/19d English – Spanish
20.		Data and information	IAI/COP/26/20 English – Spanish
	a.	Decision XXV/6: Open data policy and principles	IAI/COP/26/20a English – Spanish
	b.	Decision XXV/21: Member Country data-sheets	IAI/COP/26/20b English – Spanish
	c.	Decision XXV/22: Access to official IAI documents	IAI/COP/26/20c English – Spanish
Thursday 21 June, afternoon 2nd session (3:45-5:00)
		Elections
21.		Election of EC members	IAI/COP/26/21 English – Spanish Document submitted by the Chair of the EC
22.		Election of SAC members	IAI/COP/26/22 English – Spanish Document submitted by the Chair of the SAC
23.		Election of SPAC members	IAI/COP/26/23 English – Spanish Document submitted by the Chair of the SPAC
		Outstanding items and conclusion of meeting
24.		Approval of recommendations made by EC-45	IAI/COP/26/Conf1
25.		Approval of the Core Budget and Country Contribution for FY 2018-2019	IAI/COP/26/Conf2
26.		Determination of the time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties	No document
27.		Approval of Decisions day 1 and day 2	IAI/COP/26/Conf3
28.		Closing remarks (Host Government, Parties, Observers, IAI Directorate)	No document

Information docs

Document title	Number
– Data Policy Statements IAI CoP-2	IAI/COP/26/Info.1	English – Spanish
– Belmont Forum Data Policy and Principles	IAI/COP/26/Info.2	English
– Open Data Policy (Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University)	IAI/COP/26/Info.3	English
– UNFCCC COP-23 Social Media Report	IAI/COP/26/Info.4	English
– Standing rules of the IAI Conference of the Parties	IAI/COP/26/Info.5	English – Spanish
– Call for pre-proposals for the Co-funded Small Grants Program: The role of ecosystem services in adaptation to global change for human wellbeing (SGP-HW)	IAI/COP/26/Info.6	English – Spanish
– IAI open online course on the Impacts of Climate Change in Latin America	IAI/COP/26/Info.7	Spanish
– Charter of the Financial and Administrative Committee	IAI/COP/26/Info.8	English – Spanish
– CRN3 special issue in peer reviewed journal: Draft plan	IAI/COP/26/Info.9	English
– Seed projects on transdisciplinary approaches	IAI/COP/26/Info.10	English
– UNFCCC SBSTA 48th session, Research and systematic observation, Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair	IAI/COP/26/Info.11	English – Spanish
– Report of the CRN3 Researchers Meeting: Results and outcomes	IAI/COP/26/Info.12	English – Spanish
– Call for extended abstracts	IAI/COP/26/Info.13	English
– Climate change, weather and air quality in Santiago, Buenos Aires and São Paulo	IAI/COP/26/Info.14	English
– Consolidated Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties	IAI/COP/26/Info.15	English – Spanish
– Submission from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay on possible topics and considerations for the tenth meeting of the Research Dialogue to be held in conjunction with SBSTA 48	IAI/COP/26/Info.16	English

Decisions

Decisions adopted at the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

English – Spanish

Notifications

Results of the 26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI English – Spanish, NT2018/012, 26 June 2018 //Decisions of the 26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, English – Spanish

26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties and tragic events in Guatemala English – Spanish, NT2018/011, 5 June 2018

Venue of the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties and 45th and 46th meetings of the IAI Executive Council English – Spanish, NT2018/010, 31 May 2018

Nominations to the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) English – Spanish, NT2018/008, 23 May 2018

26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties 2018 and 45th and 46th Meetings of the Executive Council English – Spanish, NT 2018/007, 16 May 2018

Invitation to Parties to submit nominations for representatives to the Standing Committee for Rules and Procedures English – Spanish, NT 2018/003, 9 February 2018

Invitation to Parties to submit nominations for representatives to the Financial and Administrative Committee English – Spanish, NT 2018/002, 29 January 2018

Date and venue of the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties 2018 and the 45th and 46th meetings of the Executive Council English – Spanish, NT 2018/001, 18 January 2018

IAI Directorate to host the Belmont Forum Secretariat in Montevideo English – Spanish, NT 2017/003, 8 November 2017

Press

Press release: GLOBAL CHANGE INVESTIGATION KEY FOR RISK PREPAREDNESS IN THE REGION
English – Spanish

Press release: GUATEMALA CONVENES OVER 50 CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS AND SCIENTISTS
English – Spanish

Logistics

LOGISTICAL INFORMATION

The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP-26) and the meetings of the IAI Executive Council will be held from 19 to 22 June 2018, in La Antigua Guatemala at the Hotel Soleil La Antigua, Zunil Meeting Room.

The hotel is located on 9 Calle Poniente, Carretera a Ciudad Vieja.

This document provides information on accommodation, transportation and other information useful to assist you in preparing for your trip to Antigua.

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Participants

List of participants of the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
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Final report

Report of the 26th meeting of the Conference to the Parties to the
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (no. IAI/COP/26/FNRPT)

Belmont Forum, SAC/SPAC, EC, CoP-26
Antigua, Guatemala 18 to 22 June 2018