US Support for the International START Secretariat

国际削减战略武器条约秘书处的目标是协调各项活动，主要目的是促进区域范围内的全球变化研究、观测、评估和能力建设，并将其纳入国际科学和政策努力。目标将是：(1)促进与美国全球变化研究计划(USGCRP)的战略研究问题直接相关的知识和观测信息，这些问题涉及区域和次区域范围内的全球环境变化原因、后果和应对战略，重点是发展中国家区域；(2)通过国家、区域和国际利益攸关方认为具有显着性、可信度和合法性的区域和次区域评估，加强对政策反应的科学投入；(3)促进发展中国家的研究、观察和评估与国际研究、观察和评估计划的整合；(4)促进上述所有方面的国际合作，包括增加美国科学家和机构的参与；以及(5)维持和提高上述所有方面的人力和机构能力，后一目标是所有其他目标不可或缺的一部分。秘书处为支持这些目标而开展的协调活动包括：(A)启动和提供科学管理支助：(A)涉及多个机构和国家并处理区域科学优先事项的现有协作研究和观察方案和项目；(B)区域评估，吸引科学、政策、民间社会和私营部门社区的利益攸关方参与，以解决区域政策优先事项；以及(C)以科学为导向的能力建设方案。后者将包括为早期职业科学家、博士后奖学金方案、会议、培训讲习班、研究生和本科生课程开发、参与研究、观察和评估方案以及加强和维护区域研究中心网络提供小额赠款；START还将在Start？S合作伙伴和发展中国家区域的参与者与参与美国全球变化研究计划的机构以及与地球系统科学伙伴关系、世界气候研究计划、国际地圈-生物圈计划、全球变化研究的人的因素国际计划之间发挥联络作用；DIVERSITAS，致力于生物多样性科学的全球变化计划；以及政府间气候变化计划(IPCC)。

The International START Secretariat will target its coordination of activities, targeted primarily to enable regional-scale global change research, observation, assessment, and capacity building, and their integration into international science and policy efforts. The objectives will be to: (1) advance knowledge and observational information that is directly relevant to strategic research questions of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) about global environmental change causes, consequences, and response strategies at regional and sub-regional scales, with an emphasis on developing country regions; (2) enhance scientific input to policy responses through regional and sub-regional assessments that are recognized by national, regional and international stakeholders as having salience, credibility, and legitimacy; (3) improve integration of developing country research, observation and assessment with international research, observation, and assessment programs; (4) promote international collaboration for all the above, including increasing the participation of U.S. scientists and institutions; and (5) sustain and increase human and institutional capacity for all the above, the latter objective being integral to all the others.The coordination activities to be performed by this Secretariat in support of these objectives include initiation and provision of scientific management support for: (a) existing collaborative research and observation programs and projects that engage multiple institutions and countries and address regional science priorities; (b) regional assessments that engage stakeholders from science, policy, civil society and private sector communities to address regional policy priorities; and (c) science-driven capacity building programs. The latter will encompass small grants for early career scientists, postdoctoral fellowship programs, conferences, training workshops, graduate and undergraduate curriculum development, participation in research, observation, and assessment programs, and enhancement and maintenance of a network of regional research centers;START will also act as a liaison between START?s partners and participants in developing country regions and the agencies that participate in the U.S. Global Change Research Program, well as with international programs and organizations such as the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP); the World Climate Research Program (WCRP); the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program; the International Program on the Human Dimensions of Global Change Research (IHDP); Diversitas, the global change program dedicated to biodiversity science; and the Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change (IPCC).