Background
The Steering Committee is the Himalayan University Consortium’s (HUC) highest governing body. The committee’s meetings set the course of action for the consortium for the calendar year and track the progress of the implementation of HUC Strategy 2018–2025.
The 2023 meeting is critical for the committee to receive updates on ICIMOD’s Medium-Term Action Plan V (2023–2026) and the independent review commissioned by ICIMOD of its networks, including HUC. Apart from members’ business agenda items, the HUC Steering Committee will deliberate possible pathways for the sustainability of the consortium from 2025 onwards. This meeting will amplify across the HUC community the consortium’s vibrance and increased ownership.
The committee met in New Delhi in 2016, Canberra in 2017, and New York City in 2018. Following the key principle of HUC operation, all of the consortium’s activities will only take place on a resource-sharing basis. Lanzhou University has offered to host this Steering Committee meeting in April 2023, in conjunction with the International Forum of the Belt and Road University Alliance.
Objectives
- HUC Steering Committee members will provide updates on the state of higher education for sustainability and the HUC Country Chapter formation process in their home country and post-COVID 19 challenges and opportunities for education for sustainable development
- The HUC Secretariat will provide updates on the consortium’s collaborative capacity building, research, and publication
- ICIMOD will provide updates on its Medium-Term Action Plan V (2023–2026) and the independent review it has commissioned of its networks
- The Steering Committee will discuss major directions for the remaining two years of the HUC Strategy 2018–2025 and the pathway towards HUC’s sustainability from 2025 onwards
Proposed agenda
All timings are in China Standard Time (CST).
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Chair: Pema Gyamtsho, Director General, ICIMOD
Rapporteur: Achala Sharma, Programme Associate, ICIMOD