National Committee Meeting

IHDP- Spain

Dra. Ana Yábar SterlingPresident of the IHDP Spanish Committee

Bonn, 13 Oct. 2005

NC IHDP- Spain

Organ assigned to the IHDP

Constituted in the scope of the MEC (9 Members)

Location: IUCA (UCM); Madrid, Spain

Financed by: National program of International Cooperation in Science and Technology of the National Plan R+D+I (2004-07).

Aims of NC IHDP- Spain (1)

To disclose information relative to the IHDP in the national scientific community.

To spread the knowledge of the research activities of the Spanish scientific community, in the scope of IHDP.

To impel the participation of the national scientific community in the initiatives organized by the IHDP.

Aims of NC IHDP- Spain (2)

To promote initiatives that contribute to increase the

scientific research quality on the human, economic and

social dimensions of global change.

To represent the Spanish interests in the IHDP.

To integrate HDGEC research into and to coordinate them

with interdisciplinary GEC projects.

To collaborate and to advise the MEC authorities in the

matter of:

a. identification of national priorities of scientific policy; b.

international scientific cooperation policy.

Activities of NC IHDP- Spain: 2005-06

Development of its functions as:

- nexus with the IHDP, and

- National Focal Point.

Elaboration of a survey (Spanish scientists and research groups/Centers).

Elaboration of a data base.

Identification of high-priority areas of research.

Elaboration and update a WEB page.

Development of diffusion activities and exchange national and international information.

Setting up a network of Spanish scientists and research groups/Centers.

NC IHDP- Spain/CEICAGThe President of NC IHDP- Spain represents the

NC on CEICAG (Spanish Committee on Global

Change Research), which is integrated also with the

presidents of: IGBP, DIVERSITAS, SCOPE, SCOR,

WCRP, SCAR and IGBP National Committees .

Supported by the MEC, the CEICAG’s purpose is:

a. to improve interdisciplinary research on GEC;

b. to coordinate efforts; and

c. to optimize resources, in this matter.

Ana Yábar SterlingPresidenta del Comité Nacional IHDP- España

Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA)Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)

c/ Manuel Bartolomé Cossio s/n28040 Madrid, España

Tel./Fax: +34 91 5491459E-mail: ayabar@der.ucm.es

WEB: http://www.ucm.es/info/iuca/IHDP.htm