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Dr. Matthews then explained the rationale behind the recommendations for funding
proposals short-listed at Stage 2 of the Proposals Process. The SPG members' ratings
for scientific excellence and average score were used as the main basis for the
funding recommendations. Other major factors included written reviews by the global
change international community, budgetary aspects and regional balance. Dr.
Matthews acknowledged the APN's appreciation to the international peer review
community for providing detailed comments on Stage 2 proposals. After detailed
discussion on the proposals being recommended, as well as the system used for
scoring and ranking the proposals, the IGM agreed on the funding recommendations
made by the SPG as follows:
• 5 continuing multi-year projects;
• 15 new projects;
• 4 projects to receive a seed grant;
• 1 project to be funded under CAPaBLE.
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The list of projects is provided as Attachment IV.
IGM and SPG Joint Session
17. CAPaBLE Programme Update
Dr. Amir Muhammed presented an update on the CAPaBLE Programme by giving a
brief history of CAPaBLE since its launch in March 2003. Dr Muhammed discussed the
formation of the CAPaBLE Standing Committee and that it reports to the IGM
annually and to the Steering Committee when acting on behalf of the IGM
intersessionally. Dr. Muhammed then discussed the first Call for Proposals for
Capacity Building that was distributed among member countries in December 2004.
Dr. Muhammed confirmed that US$ 105,000 from last year’s budget, i.e. the
2004/2005 fiscal budget, was available for funding projects under this call, in which
13 proposals were received. Dr Muhammed continued his presentation by making a
recommendation to the IGM that the first 4 proposals on the ranking list provided be
awarded for funding with the 2004/2005 unspent budget of US$ 105,000. Dr
Muhammed then presented the available budget for 2005/2006 activities as outlined
in the table below:
CAPaBLE Budget 2005/2006 Total: US$ 520,000
1. MY Projects: Comprehensive Research $180,000
CRP (Shukla) $90,000 (max. pending review)
CRP (Khan) $90,000 (max. pending review)
2. MY Projects: Capacity Building $275,000
Multi-Year Project (Koshy) $50,000 (max. pending review)
Multi-Year Project (Nakane) $40,000 (max. pending review)
3. New Capacity Building Projects $185,000
Dr. Muhammed explained that from the available US$ 520,000, US$ 180,000 was
allocated for two continuing multi-year comprehensive research projects and that
US$ 90, 000 was allocated for two continuing multi-year capacity building projects.
Therefore, US$ 185,000 is available for new capacity building activities in 2005/2006.
Recommendations were then made to the IGM that the remaining proposals, from
the original 13, are returned with feedback and comments from reviewers and that
the proponents are asked to rewrite and resubmit their proposals to compete for the
available US$ 185,000. It was clarified that only proposals considered suitable under
the CAPaBLE Programme would be asked to resubmit. A deadline was confirmed for
the end May 2005, with assurance from the Secretariat that all proponents would be
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