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Streamlining IIASA reporting: Scientific Update and Annual Report

Iain Stewart and Philippa Baumgartner

External Relations, Communications, and Library Department

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th

IIASA Council

7-8 November 2016Slide2

CONTENTS

IIASA Annual Report

IIASA Scientific Update

Feedback on Annual Report

Why merge the Annual Report and Scientific Update?

A new Annual ReportSlide3

IIASA Annual Report

Research highlights

IIASA international scope

Capacity building activities

Info on programs

, staff members, and publicationsInfo on NMOs and council membersFinancials – overview, donations, list of contracts and grants

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IIASA Progress Report / Scientific Update

Yearly update of IIASA activities

Previously 200

page

pdf / Interactive

version from 2013 (250 web pages)Research highlights in more depth, searchable by research area, research program and regionLists of staff, publications, awards, lectures, editorships.

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Council requested a static document (PDF) that can be approvedFeedback from NMOs: Include information to help their governance and assurance processesHealth and safety policiesEquality and diversity

Open Access policy

Scientific Conduct policy

New research framework as part of

2016-2020

research planTarget audience for reports – Readership survey

Feedback on IIASA Annual ReportSlide6

Why merge the Annual Report and Scientific Update?

Overlap of information between reports: scientific achievements, capacity building activities, publications and staff information

Repetition of information provided to Council via Council papers: Staff lists, externally funded projects

Information provided via other means: Info Sheets, IIASA website (e.g. YSSP and Postdoc sections)

One summarized report is more user friendlySlide7

Proposed New Annual Report

Presented as online publication/website, with a pdf that will be approved at Council

Publication to provide update on IIASA progress, highlight major achievements, and link to further information so users can find as much or as little as they are looking for

Include extra content requested by the NMOs on IIASA policies and procedures such as:

code

of conduct, diversity and equality, health and safety policy, open access policy, scientific publications policy, scientific conduct, environmental policy People: organizational structure, committees, NMOs / council members, researchers.

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Proposed Annual Reporting

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LEADERSHIP IN

APPLIED SYSTEMS

ANALYSIS

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

SCIENCE INTO POLICY

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

GLOBAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL

NETWORK AND COLLABORATORS

IIASA PEOPLE

DOWNLOAD

PDF

FINANCES

IIASA BY PROGRAM

PUBLICATIONS

IIASA THE INSTITUTE

IN THIS

REPORTSlide9

IIASA THE INSTITUTE

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FINANCIALS

KEY POLICIES

PUBLICATIONS

PEOPLESlide10

New Annual Report

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New Annual Report

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RECOMMENDATION

Continue to produce the Annual report each year as both an electronic publication, and a downloadable/printable pdf

Include additional governance / IIASA institutional information and other feedback from NMOs at this Council meeting

Provide more in-depth coverage

of selected

scientific highlights and achievementsDiscontinue the yearly Scientific UpdateSeparate IIASA management report to council on key indicators

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