International Evaluation of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

美国科学促进协会（AAAS）将对美洲全球变化研究所（IAI）及其活动进行评估，重点是IAI的机构和方案发展及其影响。审查将在IAI协议第二条规定的IAI目标的具体背景下进行，并在AAAS分析机构模式的总体背景下进行，该模式旨在将研究与可持续性目标联系起来，并改善社区的决策。审查将涵盖机构和方案发展，包括国际影响评估及其科学议程的演变、研究活动之间的联网与合作、与区域需求和全球方案的联系、建设科学能力和基础设施、支持研究和提高生产力的方法、成果交流、以及将研究与该区域紧迫的社会需求和决策联系起来的机制。审查将在12个月内进行，对研训所进行回顾性评估，并为今后提供指导。美国科学促进会分两个阶段进行评估：（1）由美国科学促进会工作人员和顾问组成的综合小组进行数据收集和研究，（2）由高级别国际评估委员会进行审查和评估。美国科学促进会管理评估委员会的工作，并通过其综合小组进行访谈，审查相关文件，编写工作摘要，安排会议，评估将对IAI的未来产生具体影响，并对全球变化研究计划和科学界组织起来应对气候变化的方式产生广泛影响。环境与发展的社会需求和挑战。该报告将被广泛传播，以吸引人们对IAI计划的兴趣，并支持NSF在推进科学以理解人类与自然的相互作用方面的兴趣，这些科学可以帮助社会追求发展目标，同时维持成功的长期发展所依赖的生态系统。

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will evaluate the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and its activities---focusing on the IAI's institutional and programmatic development and impacts. The review will be done in the specific context of the Objectives of the IAI, provided in Article II of the IAI Agreement, and the overall context of a AAAS analysis of institutional models designed to link research with goals for sustainability and improve decisionmaking of communities. The review will cover both institutional and programmatic development, including such areas as the evolution of the IAI and its science agenda, networking and cooperation among research activities, linkages with regional needs and global programs, building scientific capacities and infrastructure, methods for supporting research and improving productivity, communication of results, and mechanisms for linking research to pressing societal needs and decision-making in the region. The review will be conducted over a 12-month period and provide a retrospective assessment of the Institute as well as guidance for the future. The AAAS is conducting the evaluation in two phases: (1) data gathering and research by a Synthesis Team of AAAS staff and consultants, and (2) review and assessment by a high level international Assessment Committee. The AAAS administers the work of the Assessment Committee, and through its Synthesis Team, conducts interviews, reviews relevant documentation, prepares summaries of its work, arranges meetings, and assists the Assessment Committee in preparing its report.The evaluation will have specific impact on the future of the IAI and broad impact on the ways in which global change research programs and the scientific communities organize themselves to respond to societal needs and challenges of environment and development. The report will be widely disseminated to attract interest in IAI's programs and to support NSF's interests in advancing science for understanding human-nature interactions that can help societies to pursue goals for development while sustaining the ecosystems on which successful long-term development depends.