GTAP Events: 2001 Advisory Board Meeting

General Information
Date:	June 25-26, 2001
Location:	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.
Agenda:	2001 Agenda 2001 Issues Report 2001 Summary

Agency Reports and Representatives
Martina Brockmeier, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL) Nils-Axel Braathen, OECD Development Centre Mary Bohman (Agapi Somwaru), ERS/USDA Xiao-Guang Zhang (Philippa Dee), Productivity Commission Joseph Francois, Erasmus University Soren Frandsen, Danish Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Economics (SJFI) Mitsuo Hosen, Economic Planning Agency of Japan Robert Koopman, US International Trade Commission Ton Manders (Arjan LeJour), Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (Will Martin), The World Bank Alan A. Powell, Monash University John Reilly, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Sherman Robinson, IFPRI Fran Freeman (Karen Schneider), ABARE Alessandro Turrini (Suzanne Teltscher), Division for International Trade and Commerce (UNCTAD) Frank van Tongeren, Agricultural Economics Research Institute - LEI-DLO Larry J. Williams, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Liwayway Adkins, US Environmental Protection Agency Patrick Low, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Agency Reports and Representatives

Martina Brockmeier, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL)
Nils-Axel Braathen, OECD Development Centre
Mary Bohman (Agapi Somwaru), ERS/USDA
Xiao-Guang Zhang (Philippa Dee), Productivity Commission
Joseph Francois, Erasmus University
Soren Frandsen, Danish Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Economics (SJFI)
Mitsuo Hosen, Economic Planning Agency of Japan
Robert Koopman, US International Trade Commission
Ton Manders (Arjan LeJour), Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB)
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (Will Martin), The World Bank
Alan A. Powell, Monash University
John Reilly, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Sherman Robinson, IFPRI
Fran Freeman (Karen Schneider), ABARE
Alessandro Turrini (Suzanne Teltscher), Division for International Trade and Commerce (UNCTAD)
Frank van Tongeren, Agricultural Economics Research Institute - LEI-DLO
Larry J. Williams, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Liwayway Adkins, US Environmental Protection Agency
Patrick Low, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Goals for 2001/02
Approve dates and timing for next year's meeting Working Committees (see terms of reference below) GTAP-IFPRI collaboration on African data base Specifications for Version 6 Increased quality of national data bases Margins: begin development of a prototype data base/model with explicit incorporation of margins. Improve treatment of government and foreign accounts Increase attention to the proper citation of data base projects Data Base infrastructure Administrative tasks

Goals for 2001/02

Approve dates and timing for next year's meeting
Working Committees (see terms of reference below)
GTAP-IFPRI collaboration on African data base
Specifications for Version 6
Increased quality of national data bases
Margins: begin development of a prototype data base/model with explicit incorporation of margins.
Improve treatment of government and foreign accounts
Increase attention to the proper citation of data base projects
Data Base infrastructure
Administrative tasks

Working Committees
Nine Working Committees were appointed for one year. Each Committee is coordinated by a Chairperson, selected among GTAP Board Members, and a member of GTAP Staff. These Committees are expected to keep GTAP Director informed about progress and to submit a 1-2 pp summary a month prior to next year's meeting.

Alan A. Powell Award
Each year we acknowledge the contributions of one of the GTAP Current Advisory Board Representatives with the Alan A. Powell award. Alan Powell was the inspiration behind this project. He founded the IMPACT Project in Australia-and directed it for more than two decades. The GTAP effort drew heavily on the IMPACT philosophy. We are pleased to announce that the 2001 award recipient is a relative newcomer to the board -- John Reilly. John has extensive experience in directing research, writing grant proposals and linking research findings to key policy problems in the area of climate change. He joined the board in 1999/2000 and made his impact felt immediately by helping to shape the NSF proposal that was submitted last year. In fact, John was a co-PI on the proposal and he drafted significant sections of it. When that was not funded, he turned his attention to alternative funding sources for the climate change portion of the NSF proposal. Based on his recommendation and encouragement, we submitted a proposal to the DOE integrated assessment program this spring. In both cases, the proposal offered very little in the way of funding for MIT -- but John felt strongly that this work was needed and that it was the right thing to do. In short, he is reading a page from Alan Powell's own book -- and for that we would like to recognize him with the 2001 Alan A. Powell Award for outstanding service to the GTAP Advisory Board. Congratulations, John!

Alan A. Powell Award

Each year we acknowledge the contributions of one of the GTAP Current Advisory Board Representatives with the Alan A. Powell award. Alan Powell was the inspiration behind this project. He founded the IMPACT Project in Australia-and directed it for more than two decades. The GTAP effort drew heavily on the IMPACT philosophy.

We are pleased to announce that the 2001 award recipient is a relative newcomer to the board -- John Reilly.

John has extensive experience in directing research, writing grant proposals and linking research findings to key policy problems in the area of climate change. He joined the board in 1999/2000 and made his impact felt immediately by helping to shape the NSF proposal that was submitted last year. In fact, John was a co-PI on the proposal and he drafted significant sections of it. When that was not funded, he turned his attention to alternative funding sources for the climate change portion of the NSF proposal.

Based on his recommendation and encouragement, we submitted a proposal to the DOE integrated assessment program this spring. In both cases, the proposal offered very little in the way of funding for MIT -- but John felt strongly that this work was needed and that it was the right thing to do.

In short, he is reading a page from Alan Powell's own book -- and for that we would like to recognize him with the 2001 Alan A. Powell Award for outstanding service to the GTAP Advisory Board.

Congratulations, John!

Research Fellows
Each year, Members of the GTAP Consortium nominate new GTAP Research Fellows. This year's recipients are: Hans van Meijl In recognition for his role in the development and teaching of global general equilibrium analysis. Kevin Hanslow For his contributions to the development and use of the GTAP Model.