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Asunción, Paraguay. Hybrid. 29 and 30 May 2025
Registration for virtual participation only for CoP-33: here
For confirming in personal attendance, please contact: patricia.puertas@dir.iai.int


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 | |



