33rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-33) to the IAI

November 6, 2025

Asunción, Paraguay. Hybrid. 29 and 30 May 2025

Provisional agenda

Agenda item		Document
Day 1, Thursday 29 May, 09:00 to 17:00 hs
Opening of the meeting 09:00 – 10:20
Opening remarks by the Government of Paraguay		Sin documento
Opening remarks by the Chair of the Executive Council		Sin documento
Opening remarks by the Executive Director		Sin documento
Election of the CoP-33 Bureau		Sin documento
Coffe Break 10:20 – 10:50
Administrative matters 10:50 – 11:30
1	Approval of the agenda	IAI/COP/33/1 English – Spanish
2	Approval of the Report of the 32nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties	IAI/COP/33/2 English – Spanish
3	Establishment of a committee to recommend candidates for the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) for the elections, on the second day of CoP-33	Sin documento
4	Financial Reports
	a. Annex 1: Overview of the Financial Status for FY 2024-2025	IAI/COP/33/4a English – Spanish
	b. Annex 2: Core Budget and Country Contributions for FY 2025-2026 and Preliminary request 2026-2028	IAI/COP/33/4b English – Spanish
	c. Annex 3: Auditors Report	IAI/COP/33/4c English – Spanish
	d. Annex 4: Report of the Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC)	IAI/COP/33/4d English – Spanish
Executive Council 11:30 – 12:30
5
	Headquarters of the Directorate	IAI/COP/33/5 English – Spanish
	Election of the new composition of the Executive Council 2025-2027 and its Bureau	No document
Lunch 12:30 – 13:45
13:45 – 17:00 Droughts in the Americas: the case of Paraguay and presentation of Declaration by CoP-33 13:45 – 15:15 Coffee break: 15:15 – 15:45 Launch of new products by the Directorate: 15:45 – 17:00
Dinner offered by the Government of Paraguay 19:30 – 21:00

Day 2, Friday, 30th May, 09:00 to 15:30 hs
The Indigenous People Advisory Committee (IPAC), the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) and the Advisory Board of the Science Diplomacy Center 09:00 – 10:40
6	Implementation of EDI decision and the new Indigenous People Advisory Committee (IPAC)	IAI/COP/33/6 English – Spanish and InfoDoc
7	The SAC and the SPAC-Election of SAC and SPAC members-Joint Report of the SAC/SPAC	IAI/COP/33/7 English – Spanish
8	Report of the Science Diplomacy Center Advisory Committee	IAI/COP/33/8 English – Spanish
Coffee Break 10:40 – 11:10
Report of the Directorate 11:10 – 12:15 / 13:30 – 15:00
9	New Associates – Article XI: Associates of the Institutea. World Meteorological Organization (WMO)b. American Geophysical Union(AGU)c. Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC)	IAI/COP/33/9 English – SpanishIAI/COP/33/9b English – SpanishIAI/COP/33/9c English – Spanish
10	Directorate summary report: Items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are contained in document IAI/COP/33/10. Item (e) also has a separate supplementary report.a) Overview of the IAI Strategic Plan: monitoring of the annual work plan’ objectives b) Science – Update on IAI Science program – Update on Belmont Forum and collaborative research actions (CRAs)	IAI/COP/33/10 English – Spanish
	Lunch 12:15 – 13:30
	c) Science Diplomacy – Update Science Diplomacy Center – Udpate STeP Program d) Communication, virtual campus, IT and websitee) Open data and open science IAI Policy	IAI/COP/33/10e English – Spanish
11	Formal procedures for granting Observer Status at the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research	IAI/COP/33/11 English – Spanish
12	Overview of provisional decisions for approval	No document
Outstanding items and conclusion of meeting 15:00 – 15:30
13	Time and venue of the next in-person meeting of the Conference of the Parties: offerings from Parties to host the in-person meeting in 2027	No document
14	Closing remarks (Parties, Associates, Observers, Directorate)	No document