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In 2003, the IUSSP continued to advance its scientific agenda of fostering networks between persons engaged in the study of demography and disseminating scientific information to a wide audience, including its membership, governments, national and international organizations and scientific bodies. It did this by sponsoring four scientific seminars, one scientific workshop, and two cyber seminars; organizing special sessions and planning meetings at several national and international meetings; expanding the number of scientific papers and other material posted on its website; maintaining its publication and dissemination program; and moving forward on planning for its 25th International Population Conference to be held in Tours, France, in July 2005. In addition, with IUSSP support, thirteen scientific groups continued their scientific and dissemination work on a wide range of population issues.
Poverty reduction has always been one of the long-term underlying goals of international population efforts but this objective became even more important during the past decade after the United Nations set poverty reduction as a goal in the Millennium Development Plan. In order to contribute to this goal, the IUSSP received funding in 2002 from the UNFPA for a project on Population and Poverty. It subsequently directed all of its scientific groups to consider the interactions between poverty and the demographic issues they are addressing. In 2003, a Seminar on "Poverty, Programmes and Demographic Outcomes" was held in Mexico City to examine poverty issues in depth. The Population Environment Research Network (PERN) sponsored two cyber-seminars in 2003 on environmental problems in developing countries that are related to low incomes of poor households and their high fertility. Other groups examined the intersections between poverty, on the one hand, and HIV/AIDS, family planning, health or migration on the other The IUSSP collaborated with the Union for African Population Scholars (UAPS) in preparing its Fourth African Population Conference that focused on "Population and Poverty in Africa" and was held in Tunis in December 2003. The IUSSP took responsibility for organizing sessions on the theme of "Morbidity and Poverty" for the Tunis meeting.
The IUSSP continued to honour a senior scholar annually by nominating Paul Demeny, Distinguished Scholar at the Population Council, to receive its thirteenth Laureate Award. Outstanding contributions to the advancement of the population sciences and distinguished service rendered to the IUSSP and the profession are taken into consideration in making this award. IUSSP President, Jacques Vallin, presented the award to Paul Demeny at a special session at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America held in Minneapolis, USA in May 2003. In his tribute, the President cited Paul Demeny's numerous outstanding contributions to the field of demography which include the publication of the widely used Regional Model Life Tables and Stable Populations with Ansley Coale, his role as founding editor of Population and Development Review, his pioneering multidisciplinary approach to research which links demography, economics, and public policy, and his role in promoting population studies through his contributions to the work of numerous international scientific organizations (http://www.iussp.org/Awards-Grants/12-demeny.php).
One of the IUSSP's most important activities is its sponsorship of scientific seminars and workshops to advance knowledge on population issues. These meetings are organized by IUSSP scientific groups and provide a forum at which experts can critically discuss and debate research findings and developments. They facilitate discussion of population policy and program initiatives and allow cross-national networks to be forged. The IUSSP encourages broad participation in these meetings by providing travel subsidies to scholars from developing countries and elsewhere, funds permitting. It also selects a junior demographer to participate in each meeting in order to provide an opportunity for a young scholar just beginning his or her career to meet leading scholars in the field. The networks formed at IUSSP scientific meetings advance both the field of demography and the careers of individual demographers who participate in them. To reach a wide audience, seminar papers are posted on the member-restricted part of the IUSSP website and, following peer review, papers are revised for publication in the IUSSP publication series or in special issues of selected journals.
In 2003, the IUSSP sponsored seminars on several topics. On 13-17 July 2003, the Seminar on "Taking Stock of the Condom in the Era of HIV/AIDS", organized by the Scientific Committee on Reproductive Health and carried out in collaboration with the University of Botswana, was held in Gaborone, Botswana. From 7 to 9 August 2003, the Workshop on the "Transition to Adulthood in Industrialized Countries", organized by the Scientific Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developed Countries, took place in Calgary, Canada, with the support of the Sociology Department of the University of Calgary. The Scientific Committee on Longevity organized, in collaboration with Rockefeller University, a Seminar on "Increasing Longevity: Causes, Consequences and Prospects" held at Rockefeller University in New York City from 20 to 22 October 2003. The Seminar on "The Demography of Conflict and Violence", organized by the Working Group on the Demography of Conflict and Violence in collaboration with Statistics Norway, took place in Thorbjørnrud, Norway, from 8 to 11 November 2003. The Scientific Panel on Poverty and Population held a Seminar on "Poverty, Programmes and Demographic Outcomes" hosted by the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City from 21 to 22 November 2003. The programmes for each Seminar or workshop and a full summary of results of each of these activities are available on the IUSSP web site at this link.
In addition to scientific seminars, the IUSSP fosters scientific exchange among researchers, NGOs and policy makers interested in population and environment issues through cyber and the internet. The most active web site is run by the Population and Environment Research Network (PERN), a "cyber-Committee" of the IUSSP, funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. PERN maintains a website http://www.population environmentresearch.org on which it provides a number of services to scholars and others interested in population and environment linkages, including an e-library; a monthly newsletter (What's New) distributed to all PERN members; a conference calendar listing future meetings on population and environment; information on funding, study and work opportunities; and links to other sites focusing on population and environment issues. PERN has about 800 worldwide members currently. PERN is co-sponsored by the IUSSP and the International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP) on Global Environmental Change. PERN's administrative and computer operations are based at CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network, funded by NASA). PERN's scientific activities are guided by the Committee of Population and Environment, whose members exchange views using a list server and conduct telephone conferences regularly. In 2003, PERN hosted two cyber-seminars, one on "Population and Deforestation" and a second one on "Air Pollution and Health Linkages." It also organized a workshop on "Population, Consumption and Environment Dynamics: Theory and Methods" at the Open Meeting of Human Dimensions of Global Environment Change held in Montreal, Canada, on 19 October 2003.
More detailed information on each of these different activities sponsored by the IUSSP is presented below in chronological order.
Cyber-Seminar on Population and Deforestation 7-18 April 2003
In April 2003, PERN conducted a cyber-seminar on Population and Deforestation that facilitated a discussion of the impacts of population on tropical forests among 300 interested researchers and experts. The cyber-seminar featured a background paper on "Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Deforestation" prepared by Helmut Geist and Eric Lambin of the IHDP/IGBP Project on Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC). It also invited panel statements from a small group of experts. Participants focused the debate on the main forces driving deforestation and expressed different views on the relative importance of demographic and other factors in reducing forest cover. Given the variety of environmental, social and regional contexts in which deforestation is taking place, participants agreed that the factors causing deforestation were unlikely to be the same in all cases and, therefore, a general theory of deforestation was unlikely to emerge. A more promising approach would be to develop historically and locally grounded explanations of deforestation that could lead to mid-range theories. Also, because the relationship between population and deforestation is dependent on the level at which the process is studied, several panelists recommended that the field could advance through carefully designed empirical multilevel studies of multiple contexts. It was further suggested that the exchange of survey instruments be fostered by disseminating them through a website hosted by the East-West Institute in Hawaii. Persons wishing to consult past cyber-seminar discussions and associated papers or interested in participating actively in future PERN activities can obtain information at http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/
Seminar on Taking Stock of the Condom in the Era of HIV/AIDS Gaborone, Botswana 13-17 July 2003
The IUSSP Committee on Reproductive Health organized the Seminar on "Taking Stock of the Condom in the Era of HIV/AIDS" in collaboration with the University of Botswana. The Seminar was funded by the IUSSP, the UNFPA, three departments of WHO (Reproductive Health and Research; HIV, and Child and Adolescent Health), Cornell University, and the University of Botswana. Its 37 participants included demographers, epidemiologists, service-providers, anthropologists, and policy analysts, coming from all world regions. The Seminar aimed to provide estimates of the extent of condom use for contraception and for disease prevention; to investigate the predictors of condom use and non-use; to identify barriers to condom use; and explore the implications of research findings for interventions. Both the papers presented at the Seminar and the discussion during it emphasized the multiplicity of barriers to condom use, the importance of promoting not just condom use but also their consistent use, and the need to collect blood samples from representative populations (through household surveys mainly) so as to ascertain the prevalence of infections, particularly HIV/AIDS. The Seminar also focused on the implications of findings for the development of effective interventions and on areas requiring further research. The full report and papers from the Seminar are available at http://www.iussp.org/Activities/scc-rep/rep-rep02.php .
Workshop on the Transition to Adulthood in Industrialized Countries, Calgary, Canada 7-9 August 2003
The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Transition to Adulthood in Developed Countries, with financial support from the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, organized a Workshop on "The Transition to Adulthood in Industrialized Countries". Nine Panel members attended and discussed methodological approaches to the analysis of the transition to adulthood in industrialized countries. The Panel developed plans to examine the influence of macro-level characteristics on transitions to adulthood at the individual level from a cross-national and a historical perspective. It also reviewed the strengths and limitations of analytical methods, including those focusing on single or multiple transitions to adulthood. For this purpose, the research team at the University of Calgary prepared a database containing macro-level indicators for OECD countries for the period 1970-1999, which is available at http://soci.ucalgary.ca/fypp.
Workshop on Population, Consumption and Environment Dynamics: Theory and Methods, Montreal, Canada 19 October 2003
PERN organized a workshop on "Population, Consumption and Environment Dynamics" at the Open Meeting of Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change held in Montreal, Canada. The Workshop discussed a research agenda and methodological approaches for studying the linkages between population, consumption and the environment in both developed and developing countries. It built upon earlier work by the National Research Council's Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions (Stern et al. 1997), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Programme on Sustainable Consumption (OECD 2002). The workshop featured expert presentations on the linkages between consumption and the environment, including those involving energy consumption, lifestyles and consumption patterns. Problems identified were: the methodological difficulties of isolating the effects of human activity and consumption; the paucity of research on these issues; and the importance of examining consumption patterns and poverty. Papers from this Workshop together with a summary of the discussions are available online at http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org:9080/workshops.jsp.
Seminar on Increasing Longevity: Causes, Consequences and Prospects, New York City, USA 20-22 October 2003
The IUSSP Committee on Longevity and Health in collaboration with the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller University organized a Seminar on "Increasing Longevity: Causes, Consequences and Prospects" with financial support from the U.S. National Institute on Ageing (NIA) and the IUSSP. Nearly 60 experts from various fields-demography, epidemiology, medicine, health, history, health economics, health policy, and biology-participated. The Seminar considered the causes and consequences of the improvement of old-age survival in developed countries during the third quarter of the twentieth century. Papers reviewed recent trends in morbidity and mortality; the causes and future prospects of longevity; and the increase in the well-being of the oldest old. It was concluded, among other things, that mortality declines at advanced ages will continue; that the number of persons aged 100 years or older will continue to increase; that old-age mortality will increasingly diverge among different groups of countries; that disability and severe cognitive impairment among the elderly will decline; and that improvements of health conditions in early life will impact on old-age mortality decline. The full report and papers of the Seminar will soon be available at http://www.iussp.org/members/restricted/publications/NewYork03/newyork03-list.php.
Seminar on the Demography of Conflict and Violence, Thorbjørnrud, Norway 8-11 November 2003
The IUSSP Working Group on the Demography of Conflict and Violence, with financial support from the IUSSP, the Research Council of Norway, the Mellon Foundation, Statistics Norway and the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in Oslo, organized this Seminar to consider the relations between the structure and dynamics of human populations and the incidence of violence. The papers presented at the Seminar dealt with the demographic causes of conflict and violence; the impact of conflict on mortality, fertility, reproductive health, or migration; questions of ethnicity and genocide; the demographic consequences of homicides and domestic violence. Also considered, were methods and data issues. Participants concluded that the linkages between human conflict and human population dynamics were neither simple nor consistent over time and space because cultural and political institutions shaped them in often surprising ways. It was thought that the study of conflict and strategies to address it would benefit from more interdisciplinary work on demography and conflict. Further work should focus on refining methodologies for the collection of data on mortality caused by conflict, developing clear concepts related to the study of violence in relation to conflict (only the term "genocide" is defined so far in international law), and ensuring that the analytical tools developed by demographers are brought to bear in understanding the causes and consequences of specific conflicts. Participants concurred on the necessity of widely disseminating findings to non-academic audiences, including government officials, non-governmental organizations, and policy-makers involved in foreign affairs. The full report of the Seminar and the papers are at http://www.iussp.org/Activities/con-index.php .
Seminar on Poverty, Programmes and Demographic Outcomes Mexico City, Mexico 21-22 November 2003
The IUSSP Committee on Poverty and Population sponsored this Seminar in collaboration with the Department of Economics of the Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico City. Financial support was provided by the IUSSP and UNFPA. Thirty-four participants from different disciplines (economists, demographers, sociologists) and different parts of the Americas and elsewhere gathered to discuss papers on the impact of social programmes on demographic outcomes. Programmes on health, family planning, schooling, food and land titling were examined to determine how their outcomes were mediated by poverty or by factors underlying poverty. Particular attention was given to the differential impacts of social programmes on demographic outcomes for the poor and non-poor. The demographic outcomes considered included fertility, marriage, health status and household composition. The papers and discussion at the Seminar showed that rigorous research was required to evaluate programme impact because the latter is often confounded with the impact of factors other than those on which programmes focus. Because of those factors, the intended effects of programmes do not always materialize and frequently are of a different magnitude than expected. Unintended effects on demographic processes are occasionally observed. The full report and papers of the Seminar are available on the IUSSP web site at http://www.iussp.org/Activities/pov-index.php .
Cyber-Seminar on Air Pollution and Health Linkages 1-15 December 2003
PERN hosted this cyber-seminar on "Air Pollution and Health Linkages" in order to identify the most pressing issues and topics for research and policy. More than 340 researchers subscribed to the Seminar's discussion list, 77 postings were made, and there were six panel statements by invited experts. Discussions ranged widely, covering the contribution of air pollution to the global burden of disease; linkages between particulate matter and the incidence of asthma; the impact of indoor air pollution; household survey techniques and new technologies for the monitoring of air pollution and for health monitoring. Many of the postings focused on issues of relevance to developing countries and especially urban areas in those countries, although there was acknowledgement that much of the research on the links between air pollution and health had been conducted in developed countries and that the findings of such research could not necessarily be generalized to the developing world. Participants cited recent studies in China, Mexico, and Viet Nam to show that the issue was of growing concern in the developing world. The background paper by Vinod Mishra (East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii), an archive of postings during the cyber-seminar, and a summary of the debate are at: http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/seminars.jsp .
Meeting Participation
During 2003, the IUSSP participated in a number of scientific and policy meetings organized by other institutions. Four of those meetings were held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
In January 2003, the IUSSP was invited to participate in a high level consultation to consider the convening of a United Nations meeting on population and development in 2004 to mark the anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. The IUSSP was the only professional and scientific institution represented at this meeting called by the Director of the United Nations Population Division and attended by the Chairman of the Commission on Population and Development of the United Nations and high-ranking officers of UNFPA and the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
In April 2003, the IUSSP representative to the United Nations delivered a statement
to the Commission on Population and Development on the topic of Population,
Education and Development. The statement highlighted major research findings
on the impact that education has on demographic processes and dynamics, many
of which stem from research activities sponsored by IUSSP. The full text of
the IUSSP statement to the Commission can be found at http://www.iussp.org/CPD03.pdf
. In October 2003 the IUSSP participated in the Second Coordination Meeting
on International Migration convened by the Population Division of the United
Nations in New York City. The meeting brought together representatives of all
the institutions of the United Nations system working on international migration
as well as representatives of selected international and national non-governmental
organizations working on the issue. Government representatives were also present.
By attending the meeting, the IUSSP had the opportunity to report on its activities
in the field of international migration while keeping abreast of the most important
international developments in the field.
The IUSSP statement can be viewed at http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/secoord2003.htm.
In August 2003, the IUSSP was invited by the International Statistical Institute (ISI) to prepare a special session for its biennial International Conference which was held in Berlin, Germany. The special IUSSP session examined the merits of probabilistic population projections and whether they offer an alternative to the non-probabilistic method which usually involves preparing a small number of variants based on alternative assumptions. The strengths and limitations of probabilistic methods were discussed by the speakers.
During 2002 and 2003 the IUSSP collaborated with the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) in planning the Fourth African Population Conference on "Population and Poverty in Africa," which took place in Tunis, Tunisia, from 8 to 12 December 2003. The Conference was organized by the UAPS and the Office National de la Famille et de la Population (ONFP) of Tunisia in collaboration with IUSSP and other international institutions. The IUSSP President represented the Union on the International Organizing Committee for the Conference and organized sessions on the topic of "Mortality and Poverty".
The IUSSP participated in a Workshop on "Social Science Perspectives on Sustainable Development" held in Cuernavaca, Mexico, from 1 to 2 December 2003. The International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the International Human Dimensions Programme for Global Environmental Change (IHDP) co-organized the Workshop which was hosted by the Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias (CRIM). The IUSSP, as member of the ISSC, sent a representative to the meeting who participated along with 48 other social scientists from a broad range of disciplines representing other ISSC constituencies. (see http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/papers/ISSC-IHDP_wkshp_report.pdf for further details).
In addition to organising a "member-initiated" session during the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in May, where the President of the IUSSP presented the IUSSP Laureate Award, the IUSSP sent representatives to the European Population Conference held in Warsaw in August 2003 and participated in several other regional and national population conferences and seminars in 2003.
The IUSSP has a policy of promoting the participation of junior demographers in its activities by sponsoring open competitions for a junior demographer to attend IUSSP seminars. The IUSSP Junior Demographer Travel Grant enables young scholars and professionals who are just beginning their careers in the population field to participate in IUSSP seminars by providing them with a grant that covers travel and accommodation costs. These small grants give young scholars an ideal opportunity to meet and discuss recent population research with the leading scholars in the field and form lasting professional contacts and networks that help them further their careers in the field of population. The IUSSP solicits applications from junior scholars with recent PhDs (obtained within 5 years of application) or who are enrolled in and nearing completion of their PhD program. Candidates are reviewed competitively and selected based on the merits of their proposal and relevance of their work or study programme to the topic of the Seminar. Preference is given to candidates from developing countries.
In 2003, the IUSSP awarded four Junior Demographer Grants. They were: Agbessi Amazou (Togo, advanced PhD student) to attend the Seminar on "Taking Stock of the Condom in the Era of HIV" in Gaborone, Botswana, July 2003; Dr. Karen Siu Lan Cheung (Hong Kong) to attend the Seminar on "Increasing Longevity: Causes, Consequences and Prospects" in New York City, October 2003; Dr. Rania Roushdy (Egypt) to attend the IUSSP Seminar on "Poverty, Programmes and Demographic Outcomes" in Mexico City in November 2003; and Macoumba Thiam (Senegal, advanced PhD student) who will attend the Seminar on "HIV, Resurgent Infections, and Population Change in Africa" to be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in February 2004.
In addition to continuing to post papers presented at IUSSP seminars and workshops on its website, the results of IUSSP activities are often published elsewhere. Released by Oxford University Press (OUP under the IUSSP International Studies in Demography Series was a volume on Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic Issues, edited by Brígida García, Richard Anker and Antonella Pinnelli (2003). A decision was taken in 2003 to discontinue its publication series with OUP and the IUSSP is currently seeking another publisher. IUSSP seminar proceedings are often published elsewhere. Thus, the volume on Socio-Cultural and Political Aspects of Abortion in a Changing World, edited by Alaka Basu and released by Greenwood Press in 2003, represents one such publication.
The IUSSP already has planned a number of scientific activities for 2004 and 2005. In February 2004, the Committee on Emerging Health Threats will be holding a Seminar on "HIV, Resurgent Infections, and Population Change in Africa" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, thanks to generous support from UNFPA, the Wellcome Trust, UNAIDS, WHO and the IUSSP itself. Participants in that meeting will review critically the concept of the global health transition, according to which continued reductions of mortality levels were expected to occur in all regions over the foreseeable future.
In May 2004, the Committee on Longevity and the Committee on Age Structure and Policy are jointly sponsoring a Seminar on the "Demographic Window and Healthy Aging: Socioeconomic Challenges and Opportunities" to be held in Beijing in collaboration with the Center for Healthy Aging and Family Studies, Peking University, with support from the IUSSP and the Asian MetaCentre. This Seminar will focus on the implications of changes in the population age structure associated with the demographic transition for social and economic development planning. The Seminar will be hosted by the Center for Healthy Aging and Family Studies at Peking University with a grant from Wellcome Trust .
The Committee on Reproductive Health is planning a Seminar on "Reproductive Health Issues in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union" to be held in Bucharest, Romania, in September 2004. At this Seminar, participants will consider how the transition to market economies in Eastern Europe has affected reproductive health and reproductive health care in the region.
In October 2004 the Committee on Historical Demography will hold a Seminar on the "New History of Kinship"in Paris in collaboration with INED and the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). This Seminar will consider how understanding of the effects of historical kinship structures on demographic and social behaviour can be advanced by drawing on new methods and theories.
The Scientific Panel on Population and Poverty has started planning a Seminar on "Poverty and HIV/AIDS" to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in early 2005. The goal of the Seminar will be to strengthen the scientific basis for drawing conclusions about the association between poverty and HIV/AIDS in order to develop appropriate policy and programmatic initiatives. The Seminar will focus on two major themes:
(a) the impact of HIV/AIDS on the well-being of households and individuals.
(b) the role of poverty in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
The Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developed Countries plans to carry forward a number of research projects in 2004 and 2005. The Panel plans to undertake at least five core research projects and a number of satellite research projects, funding permitting. Several topics will be examined, including: the behaviour and values of university students; financial self-sufficiency as an indicator of the transition to adulthood; cross-national patterns in the norms and values of family, marriage, parenthood and children; and evidence for the transition to adulthood based on the Fertility and Family Surveys (FFS).
The IUSSP is also planning its 25th International Population Conference that is to take place in Tours, France from 18 to 23 July 2005. This silver anniversary Conference will be a major international event celebrated over the course of five days. The Conference will be open to all members of the population community and is expected to bring together 1500 to 1700 population experts working in research, teaching, government, non-governmental organizations, publishing companies, and the press. There will be 162 scientific and policy sessions at the Conference, plenary debates, poster sessions, side meetings, and a general assembly of the IUSSP membership. To assure wide dissemination of information about the Conference to the population community and the public, a special Conference web site has already been set up on the IUSSP server (http://www.iussp.org/France2005). Work is under way to enhance the site as the organization of the Conference advances.
The IUSSP underwent an external review in 2003 which provided a good opportunity to assess directions since the IUSSP moved in late 2000 from Liege to Paris, where it is based at the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED). A number of changes have occurred at the IUSSP since its move to Paris, including reductions in the size of its Secretariat and operating budget. Nonetheless the IUSSP sponsored more scientific activities in 2003 than it did annually in the 1990s, has a more active membership, and offers more services to its members. In order to make the transition to a more streamlined organization, the IUSSP has decentralized responsibility for organizing meetings, seminars and workshops to its scientific groups, improved its financial and membership systems, provided clear guidelines to its scientific groups, and is carrying out more of its communications and activities by internet and email. While great progress has been made on accomplishing these changes, further steps are needed before the transition can be considered complete. Particularly important are goals set by Council to increase IUSSP membership, increase further the participation of members in IUSSP activities, and build a Reserve Fund for the IUSSP.
The IUSSP is governed by an elected Council of twelve members. The Council did not meet in 2003 but communicated regularly by email and took some votes by email. At a Council meeting in Paris on 4-5 February 2004, Council reviewed IUSSP finances and approved an addition of Euro 80,538 for specific and general reserves. The net assets of the IUSSP at the end of 2003 were 947,940. Council has set Euro 1.5 million as the target for its net assets. Council decisions are recorded in minutes that are approved by Council. The Executive Committee, which includes the President, Vice President and Secretary-General and Treasurer guide the work of the Union between Council meetings and consult regularly with Council on decisions requiring Council approval. The Secretary General and Treasurer provides oversight of the Union's Paris Secretariat and financial operations.
The 2003 IUSSP audited accounts were prepared by the accounting firm, ARICE, and approved by its auditors, Ernst and Young. For details on IUSSP revenue and expenses in 2003, please download the report (PDF format) "Statement of Activities and Change in Net Assets for the Year Ended 31 December 2003". Comparable data for 2002 and 2001 are shown in that statement.
The "Statement of Financial Position as of 31 December 2003" shows IUSSP total assets and liabilities at the end of 2003 and how those compare with the financial situation at the end of 2001 and 2002.
In 2003 the Union received generous support from a number of governments, foundations and other agencies in 2002. That group includes the Governments of Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Norway, the UNFPA, the WHO, UNAIDS, the Hewlett Foundation, the Mac Arthur Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust. The Institut national d'étude de population (INED) provides office space and numerous services to the IUSSP. The IUSSP gratefully acknowledges the support of these institutions. Full details of these fundings are available in this report.
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