29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties

22 to 23 June 2021, videoconference

Guatemala City / San José:
1st Session: 22 June, 11:00 – 14:00 
(CST) / 2nd Session: 23 June, 8:00 – 11:00 (CST)
Bogotá Kingston / Lima / Mexico City / Panama City / Quito: 
1st Session: 22 June, 12:00 – 15:00 
(EST) / 2nd Session: 23 June, 9:00 – 12:00 (EST)
Asunción / La Paz / Ottawa / Santiago / Santo Domingo / Washington, DC:
1st Session: 22 June, 13:00 – 16:00
 (EDT) / 2nd Session: 23 June, 10:00 – 13:00 (EDT)
Brasilia Buenos Aires / Montevideo:
1st Session: 22 June, 14:00 – 17:00 (UYT) / 2nd Session: 23 June, 11:00 – 14:00 (UYT)

Agenda and working documents

Agenda itemDocument
1st session, 14:00 – 17:00 UYT
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Opening of the meeting
Opening remarks of the Chair, IAI Executive Council
Opening remarks of the Executive Director
Administrative and financial matters
1Approval of the agendaIAI/COP/29/1 English – Spanish
2Approval of the Report of the 28th meeting of the Conference of the PartiesIAI/COP/29/2 English – Spanish
3Report of the Standing Committee for Rules and ProceduresIAI/COP/29/3 English – Spanish
4Report of the Credentials CommitteeNo document
5Financial and Budgetary matters
a. Annex 1: Overview of the Financial Status for FY 2020-2021IAI/COP/29/5a English – Spanish
b. Annex 2: Core Budget and Country Contributions for FY 2021-2022 and Preliminary request 2022-2024IAI/COP/29/5b English – Spanish
c. Annex 3: Auditors ReportIAI/COP/29/5c  English – Spanish
d. Annex 4: Report of the Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC)IAI/COP/29/5d  English – Spanish
6Decision XXVIII/4: Annual Performance Evaluation of the IAI Executive DirectorIAI/COP/29/6  English – Spanish
7Decision  XXVIII/5: Whistleblower PolicyIAI/COP/29/7 English – Spanish
8Decision XXVIII/6: Gender Policy on IAI Projects and ActivitiesIAI/COP/29/8 English – Spanish
Executive Council
9Report from the Executive Council a. Standing rules of the Executive Council (EC) of the Inter‐American Institute for Global Change ResearchIAI/COP/29/9 English – Spanish IAI/COP/29/9/a English – Spanish 
2nd session, 11:00-14:00 UYT
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Science Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)
10Election of SAC membersNo document
11Joint Report of the SAC/SPAC IAI/COP/29/11 English – Spanish
12Decision XXVII/5: Recommendations by the Parties and the SAC and SPAC on revisions to the IAI Scientific AgendaIAI/COP/29/12 English – Spanish
Associates of the IAI
13Decisions XXVIII/7 and XXVIII/8: Invitation to Mitacs to become an Associate of the IAIIAI/COP/29/13 English – Spanish
Report of the IAI Directorate
14Summary report of activities by the IAI Directorate a) Science b) Capacity Building c) Science – Policy d) Data and informationIAI/COP/29/14 English – Spanish
e) Report on implementation of the IAI Strategic PlanIAI/COP/29/14(e) English – Spanish
Outstanding items and conclusion of meeting
15Determination of the time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties, 2022 and offers from Parties to host the meetingNo document
16Closing remarks (Parties, Observers, IAI Directorate)No document

Information documents

IAI/COP/INFO/1: Concept Note: IAI Regional Assessment

IAI/COP/INFO/2: Special issue on the IAI in a peer reviewed journal

IAI/COP/INFO/3:  Predatory journals and conferences (inglés) 

IAI/COP/INFO/4:  Rules of the Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research English – Spanish

IAI/COP/INFO/4:  STeP English – Spanish

IAI/COP/INFO/5:  Strategic Plan Metrics and Indicators inglés

Decisions of CoP-29 

English– Spanish 

Notifications

Information on using Zoom to participate in the 51th meeting of the Executive Council (EC-51) and the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-29) 
Ref: IAIUYDIR/2021/013  – English – Spanish / Annex English – Annex Spanish 

SAC nominations received and elections procedures
Ref: IAIUYDIR/2021/012  – English – Spanish 

CoP-29 and EC-51 official documents available
Ref: IAIUYDIR/2021/011  – English – Spanish 

REMINDER: Parties to submit nominations for representatives to the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
Ref: IAIUYDIR/2021/007  – English – Spanish 

Invitation to Parties to submit nominations for representatives to the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) 
Ref: IAIUYDIR/2021/004  – English – Spanish – Annex Eng – Annex Sp

Updating National Focal Point information for the issuance of invitations to CoP-29 (Videoconference)
Ref: IAIUYDIR/2021/003  – English – Spanish – Annex

The 51st meeting of the Executive Council and the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held via video conferencing on 22 to 23 June 2021
Ref: IAIUYDIR/2021/002 English – Spanish 

Presentations

Science Program

SAC and SPAC

Capacity Builiding

Strategic Plan updates

Gender Policy

GovernAgua: Transforming water governance in South America: from reaction to adaptation and anticipation (SGP-HW 056) 

Incorporating Local and Traditional Knowledge Systems: New Insights for Ecosystem Services and Transdisciplinary Collaborations (SGP-HW 072)

MAP-FIRE: Multi-Actor Adaptation Plan to cope with Forests under Increasing Risk of Extensive fires (SGP-HW 016)

Participants

List of participants of the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
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Final report

English – Spanish

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