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SUMMARY:HUC’s Transition: From ICIMOD to Kathmandu University
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) will celebrate the relaunch and handover of the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) to the Kathmandu University (KU) and the announcement and presentation of the Dr. Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025. This celebration is a dedicated event marking the International Mountain Day 2025. \nBackground\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) was established by ICIMOD in 2007 as a collaborative network of universities and academic institutions across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region to strengthen research\, education\, and knowledge exchange and lead sustainable mountain development in this unique yet fragile region. Since its inception\, ICIMOD has hosted the HUC Secretariat and funded its activities\, helping the consortium grow into a network of over 100 universities from within and outside the HKH region. \nOver the past two and a half decades\, HUC has made significant strides in fostering academic partnerships\, supporting early and mid-career researchers\, and advancing mountain-focused research and education. However\, an independent evaluation of HUC and SANDEE\, in 2023\, strongly recommended realigning HUC governance\, communication\, and accountability with ICIMOD goals. Following this\, the ICIMOD’s Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) recommended in December 2024 that HUC transition to an autonomous network and collaborate as a partner with ICIMOD and provided a clear roadmap for HUC’s transition. \nKathmandu University (KU) expressed its willingness to host the HUC Secretariat\, reinforcing its long-term commitment to advancing regional academic collaboration as was originally envisaged in HUC’s ideation. ICIMOD and KU have agreed to transfer the HUC Secretariat from ICIMOD to KU to support its continued growth and impact. \nTherefore\, ICIMOD\, have planned to celebrate this momentous occasion by organising a Relaunch and Handover Ceremony of the HUC Secretariat at ICIMOD Headquarters on 10 December 2025\, to reaffirm our shared commitment to HUC’s future as a self-sustaining\, regionally owned\, and globally connected Knowledge Consortium for the people of the HKH region. \nThis event will also mark the International Mountain Day with the announcement and presentation of the Dr. Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025. The mountain prize is an annual flagship ICIMOD award\, which seeks to find champions of nature in our region\, reward their work\, and accelerate their impact by raising their profile. \nObjectives\nThis event aims to: \n\nCommemorate HUC’s journey towards its envisaged vision of an independent knowledge network for the HKH region\,\nAcknowledge and appreciate those who contributed their time\, knowledge and wisdom to HUC\,\nReaffirm our shared commitments to further strengthen HUC’s knowledge contributions to the mountain people and the environment\,\nInk an MOU between ICIMOD and KU for the formal transfer of the HUC Secretariat from ICIMOD to KU\, and future collaboration\, and\nAppreciate the individuals who dedicated their work in mountain development through the announcement and presentation of the Dr. Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025.\n\nParticipants\nSome 40-50 participants\, including KU and ICIMOD leadership\, Vice Chancellors of the HUC member universities from the region\, members of the former HUC Steering Committee\, Chair and members of the ICIMOD Programme Advisory Committee\, ISG Chair and Co-chair\, donors (i.e.\, World Bank\, SDC\, and NORHED\, etc)\, PAC\, winners of the Dr. Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025\, jury\, SMC and regional media representatives will be invited to this event. \nProgramme Agenda
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/hucs-transition-from-icimod-to-kathmandu-university/
LOCATION:ICIMOD Headquarters\, Kathmandu\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:Climate change and migration
DESCRIPTION:The HUC Academy is one of HUC’s flagship programs that provides opportunities for researchers to engage in interdisciplinary and complex mountain challenges. The HUC Academy aims to strengthen the capacities of researchers\, scholars\, and mid-career faculty to better understand the interlinkages between climate change and migration in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It seeks to foster a new generation of transformational leaders committed to mountain research\, capable of producing consequential and innovative knowledge\, evidence to support mountain policies\, and practices to address mountain challenges in the HKH. The Academy will also create space for collaborative research development\, peer learning\, and navigating international and interdisciplinary research partnerships. The HUC engagement will help ensure that research and education frameworks are both robust and responsive to the present and future challenges of climate and migration in the HKH region.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/climate-change-and-migration/
LOCATION:Dhulikhel\, Nepal\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:Regional collaboration for sustainable mountain tourism: policy and knowledge exchange field school and writeshop
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URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/regional-collaboration-for-sustainable-mountain-tourism-policy-and-knowledge-exchange-field-school-and-writeshop/
LOCATION:Kagbeni\, Mustang and Pokhara\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:HUC virtual session at Oxford-UNHR Global Climate Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Himalayan University Consortium is proud to be a partner in a worldwide education coalition in support of the Right Here\, Right Now Global Climate Summit. \nThe 4 – 7 June Right Here\, Right Now Global Climate Summit hosted by United Nations Human Rights and the University of Oxford will take place virtually and in person in selected locations. The cornerstone of the summit is a 24-hour global plenary\, which will be co-delivered by universities and partners across the world and broadcast live across time zones on 5 June. The summit will bring together thought leaders\,communities\, youth activists\, Indigenous Peoples\, and scientific\, political\, educational\, cultural and industry experts from around the world for keynote addresses and panels exploring how climate change impacts fundamental rights\, including the right to food\, safe water\, housing and health. \nScientific data about the Hindu Kush Himalaya and advanced technology-enabled methodologies and tools are increasingly available\, local communities have documented and communicated their climate change-induced experience and adaptation practices\, and more policies have been formulated based on scientific evidence. Nonetheless\, the effectiveness of climate action remains limited and decisions continue to be made elsewhere outside of the local communities without the best available science. \nIn a HUC-led virtual session titled Engaging Community\, Science\, and Decisionmakers in Human Rights-Based Climate Action – a Himalayan Experience\, four panelists – a community-based practitioner\, a scientist\, an Indigenous knowledge-holder-cum-advocate\, and a scientist-cum-policymaker from Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, India and Nepal will share the best practice of their work and how it is aligned with the rights-based responses to climate change. Each panelist will pose a thought-provoking question for their peer\, aiming to identify the conceptual and practice gaps that need to be bridged to ensure risk-informed decision-making and meaningful climate action. \nThe session will feature a four-way conversation among speakers to reflect on what works and what doesn’t to ensure that climate action is informed by human rights\, including the right to benefit from scientific progress and its applications and serves those most affected by climate change. It raises questions beyond access to information and the best available science. By pointing to the need to invert the construction of climate information through bottom-up\, community-led knowledge co-production and solution co-design\, the session seeks to emphasize the importance of anchoring science in society and the role of stakeholders in setting the research agenda. A genuine and productive partnership between the community\, academia\, and policymakers is key to ensuring risk-informed decision-making for meaningful climate action. \nLearners and educators of all ages\, from primary school classrooms to university research labs\, are invited to engage in this event through the Right Here\, Right Now Education Coalition. Registration is open to all. \nSpeakers\n\n\nGitanjali Angmo\nSonam Wangchuk\nShohel Chandra Hajang\nArchana Shrestha\n\n\n    X \n\n\n            \n        \n\nGitanjali Angmo\nFounder and CEO\, Himalayan Institute of Alternative\, Leh Ladakh\, India \nAn entrepreneur turned educator\, Gitenjali is passionate about creating an environment that empowers learners and facilitators to become the best versions of themselves. Gifted in multiple disciplines such as business\, education\, performing and martial arts\, she believes that human beings can contribute to grow into multi-faceted individuals throughout their lives\, and the aim of education is to instill this lifelong quest for learning and progressing. \n \n \n\n\n    X \n\n\n            \n        \n\nSonam Wangchuk\nCryosphere Specialist\, ICIMOD \nSonam Wangchuk is a Cryosphere Specialist at ICIMOD\, with extensive experience in satellite and field-based cryosphere research\, particularly in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and Arctic regions. Before joining ICIMOD\, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Sonam holds a PhD through a joint program between the University of St Andrews\, UK\, and the University of Zurich\, Switzerland. He also earned an MSc from Warsaw University of Technology\, Poland\, and a BSc from the Royal University of Bhutan. His research focuses on understanding the dynamics of permafrost\, glaciers\, and the broader cryosphere to support sustainable mountain development and climate resilience in the HKH.\n                 \n \n \n\n\n    X \n\n\n            \n        \n\nShohel Chandra Hajang\nHuman Rights Programme Officer\, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) \nShohel Chandra Hajang is the Human Rights Programme Officer at the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP). He belongs to the Hajong Indigenous community in Bangladesh and is an Executive Member of the Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum.\n                Shohel holds a Master of Development Practice from James Cook University in Australia and has over 10 years of experience in human rights advocacy for Indigenous Peoples at the national\, regional\, and international levels.\n                 \nHe is also actively involved in strengthening the Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders (IPHRDs) network in Asia and works to enhance the solidarity\, cooperation\, and capacities of Indigenous Peoples across the region. His efforts focus on promoting their rights\, cultures\, identities\, and sustainable resource management systems. \n \n \n\n\n    X \n\n\n            \n        \n\nArchana Shrestha\nDeputy Director General\, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology\,  Ministry of Energy\, Water Resources and Irrigation\, Government of Nepal \nDr. Archana Shrestha is Deputy Director General at Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) of Nepal. As a head of Climate Division\, she is responsible in leading scientific analysis of state of the climate and climate change and in delivering seasonal prediction and climate services of Nepal. She also worked as a focal person for the Adaptation to Climate Change for the Ministry of Population and Environment\, a focal point of UNFCCC and IPCC. She was a technical coordinator of study on “Observed Climate Trends of Nepal (2017) and Climate Change Scenarios of Nepal (2018) as a part of National Adaptation Plan. She also participated in the Sagarmatha National Sambaad 2020 as a panelist in the Panel Discussion titled “ Ambition for 1.5 degree Celsius: Urgency for Action for Action in Mountains and Beyond:  Way Forward for the Future of Humanity”. \nUnder her leadership\, DHM is transforming traditional weather forecast and climate products to user friendly climate services for anticipatory actions for weather hazards and climate resilient Nepal. She has coordinated with National Emergency Operation Center and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority of Ministry of Home Affairs and other Ministries and their departments in providing weather forecasting and warning services in addition to public weather service for the Anticipatory Actions in the country. As a Chief of Agrometeorology she played a lead role starting weekly weather information and weekly weather forecast and weekly Agrometeorological Advisory for Farmers Nepal in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture Development and National Agriculture Research Center (NARC). She was a coordinator of field study team and one the editors and lead authors of the First recorded Bara-Parsa Tornado Study. She also led a number of community-based weather-related disaster management and climate modelling research projects\, of Asia Pacific Network (APN)\, United Nations Institute for Training And Research (UNITAR). She also worked as a Junior Associate on regional climate modeling in the Abdus Salam International Center of Theoretical Physics\, Italy and conducted research on Regional Climate Modeling for South Asia. \nShe completed her PhD in Atmospheric Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, USA under the Fulbright International Science and Technology PhD Program. She did Masters in Science from University of Guelph\, Canada and Tribhuvan University\, Nepal in Hydrology and Meteorology. \nCurrently\, she a Board member of the Fulbright Commission\, Nepal and life member of Society of Hydrologist and Meteorologists\, Nepal. She is also a founding Member of the South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA) and South Asian Forum of Agriculture Meteorology (SAFOM) and a nominated member (Nepal) of the Scientific Advisory Committee\, BIMSTEC Center for Weather and Climate. She has contributed to the number of joint papers and chapters in books related to weather and climate sciences. In addition\, she is a recipient of academic awards: Crown Prince Youth Science and Technology Award-2005/06\, Mahendra Bidhya Bhushan Award\, 1998\, Nepal Bidhya Bhushan Award-2018.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/huc-virtual-session-at-oxford-unhr-global-climate-summit/
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SUMMARY:Lumbini to Lo Manthang (L2L): Planetary health across the Himalaya
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe 2025 Fieldschool\, titled Lumbini to Lo Manthang (L2L): Planetary health across the Himalaya caters to a diverse group of undergraduate students from environment\, engineering\, the humanities and health of Duke University\, Duke Kushan\, and member universities of the HUC aiming to examine how global change is impacting human health and well-being. The fieldschool highlights the critical need for this diverse set of stakeholders – students\, faculty members and policymakers – to understand the acute impacts of climate change on health and environmental and socio-economic well-being and the diverse climate zones of Nepal provide an excellent natural laboratory. \n \nThe three-week field-based programme will begin in the Terai region (100 above sea level) and end at the Tibetan Plateau (4\,000 masl)\, involve two domestic flights\, many hours on coaches and in Jeeps\, with an average 2-4hour field visit each day. The starting point of the journey is Lumbini\, the birthplace of The Buddha\, in the hot\, flood-prone Terai to participate in a NGO- run health camp near the epicenter of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake (1\,000 masl)\, then take a new road into the heart of the Himalaya to learn how global change is impacting biodiversity in this home of blue sheep\, pallas cats and the elusive snow leopard (3\,500 masl). Students and faculty members will then trek to a storied Hindu pilgrimage site (3\,800 masl) and ending at the Tibetan Plateau in the rainshadow of the Annapurna range where 3\,000 year old villages (Dhye and Sam Dzong) are being relocated due to climate change. At each stop\, fieldschool members will examine climate data\, meet with local officials and gain insights from Nepali and foreign researchers and experts on the nexus of global change (climate + land use/land cover)\, development and human health and well-being. Fieldschool participants will also learn how locals are navigating more sustainable solutions to their challenges in the Planetary Health framework. \nObjectives\nEach stop along the Climate & Health+ transect will consider how global change is impacting the health and well-being of communities in these broad geographic regions. Students in the first iteration will help us design a course where participants will be better equipped to \n\nUnderstand the complex interactions between communities and environmental changes in geology\, water resources\, atmosphere and biodiversity.\nWhat are the factors that contribute to climate disaster risk and response\, and how this understanding informs more sustainable solutions for resilience building.\nHow the environmental determinants of health and well-being can be attributed to the various aspects of these rapidly changing systems.\nDocument examples of sustainable land restoration practices that support the natural systems that provide much-needed ecosystem services to communities.\nBetter understand the trends around development\, human migration\, tourism\, urbanization\, transportation and food systems.\nHow Indigenous knowledge\, religion and ethnicity impact people’s understanding of disasters and how these views impact sustainable solutions.\nEngaging with community stakeholders including youth groups\, women’s groups\, religious leaders\, business leaders/entrepreneurs\, politicians and policymakers.\n\n \nExpected outcomes\n\nParticipants’ first-hand field-based experience and knowledge of the intricate interdependency and complex interactions between communities and environmental changes in geology\, water resources\, atmosphere and biodiversity\, environmental determinants of health and well-being\, factors that contribute to climate disaster risk and response\, and how Indigenous knowledge\, religion and ethnicity impact people’s understanding of risks.\nParticipants’ firm grasp of key concepts and methods of stakeholder engagement\, documentation\, and storytelling as part of the co-production of knowledge and co- design of sustainable solutions in land restoration practices\, natural and cultural heritage conservation\, and climate resilience building.\n\nExpected participants\nParticipants are 18 undergraduate students\, enrolled from Duke University and Duke Kunshan (DKU) Environment\, Engineering and Global Health\, Yunnan University (China)\, and Nepal-based institutions. Faculty members from Duke and its partners\, HUC members (Himalayan Institute for Alternative\, Ladakh)\, and Nepal’s hosting institutions\, the Institute of Himalayan Risk Reduction\, Forum for Energy and Environment Development\, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC)\, and Varagung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality (VMRM). Invited speakers come from various institutions in Nepal\, especially in the localities along the fieldschool’s route\, and the International Centre for Intergrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). \nBackground\nThe Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region\, known also as the Third Pole\, is one of the largest mountain systems in the world\, extending from Hindu Kush in Afghanistan to hills and mountain systems of Myanmar. With 18.23% of its landmass under snow cover\, the HKH has the largest reserves of ice outside the polar regions. The HKH region is home to 240 million people\, with a further 1.65 billion people that reside along the river valley downstream. The region provides significant economic benefits to the 8 regional member countries (RMCs)\, through ecosystem services and livelihood opportunities. Its potential to bring prosperity and address sustainable development goals (SDGs) is very high. \nHowever\, the HKH region is facing major sustainability challenges from socio-economic and climate change impacts. To the vulnerable stakeholders (local communities\, government\, business and service providers)\, the impacts are real and devastating. The long-term impacts of such challenges are not only overheating atmosphere beyond 1.5 degree\, but are also undermining development progress and exacerbating climate injustice. There’s an urgent need for global-regional-local collaboration to restore and protect ecosystems and services\, alongside safeguarding biodiversity and mountain economy\, along with enhancing the capacity of the stakeholders to respond to risks. However\, there’s a huge gap in terms of understanding the emerging risks and availability of the relevant knowledge to take climate actions. \nThe Himalayan University Consortium Student Mobility and Faculty Exchange (SMFE) Task Force was established in April 2024 and met in the Royal Thimphu College\, Thimphu\, in November 2024. A Concept Note on Eco-Leadership Field School (ELFS): Advancing Resilient Practices in the HKH was endorsed by the HUC Steering Committee at its e- meeting in December 2024. The primary objective of ELFS is to empower local leaders\, youth\, and professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement environmentally responsive practices and policies\, ensuring the ecological and social resilience of the HKH region. The ELFS has the following specific objectives: \n\nExposure to critical Planetary issues\nBridging technical knowledge with human experience\nEncourage interdisciplinary exchange\nForster mutual respect and understanding\, and\nAddress climate change impacts\n\nThe ELFS is structured to provide dynamic\, hands-on\, and interdisciplinary learning experience. It will collaborate with universities and research institutes within each field school host country to ensure alignment with local expertise\, scientific resources\, and academic network. EFLS will be hosted in rotating locations across selected transects within the HKH region\, enabling participants to explore diverse ecosystems\, cultural practices\, and climate challenges. \nAbout the organisers\nDuke University is the premier institution that integrates environmental science\, engineering and health (along with policy\, business\, law and even divinity) to address the problems associated with complex global changes. The topographic\, climatic\, ecologic\, economic and cultural diversity of Nepal offers a singular living laboratory for students from Duke and the Himalayan region to see these intersections in all real-world messiness. Under the auspices of Duke’s Climate Commitment\, a Climate & Health+ project aims to benefit Environment and Global Health students at Duke and Duke Kunshan\, as well as students of public policy\, engineering\, and biology and pre-med students from across various majors of these institutions. \nForum for Energy and Environment Development (FEED) P. Ltd. is one of the leading consulting companies in Nepal initiated by the Engineers’ and development planners’ with a vision of providing the best research and consulting services in developing the risk- informed societies. FEED is driven by strong and diverse professionals with proven expertise and experience in handling large and complex projects across sectors. \nA Research Institute established with an objective of assessing and understanding the risk to contribute to sustainability. Complying with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR)\, the Institute of Himalayan Risk Reduction envisions understanding the risk and application of interdisciplinary knowledge with technologies to contribute to risk reduction and bridging between academic research with professionals and policymakers for sustainability. Team IHRR believes in coupling the enthusiasm and ambition of youth\, with its lack of fear and innovative techniques\, with the gardened knowledge of experience to work for the change. The team consists of professionals with expertise and experiences in the field of disaster risk management in understanding the risk\, conducting academic research\, and field-level implementations in Nepal and different parts of the world. \nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) is a network of universities\, research institutions\, and researchers and scholars in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) and outside the region. The HUC’s mandates are to enable regional academic collaboration and nurture generations of scholar-leaders for sustainable mountain futures. The Consortium works to strengthen the connection between knowledge-generating and decision-making institutions\, creating new opportunities for inter- and trans-disciplinary and transboundary research collaboration and enhancing mountain-specific research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme Details
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/duke-huc-eco-leadership-fieldschool-2025/
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SUMMARY:Remote sensing for hazard monitoring and modelling in High Mountain Asia
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URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/remote-sensing-for-hazard-monitoring-and-modelling-in-high-mountain-asia/
LOCATION:ICIMOD Headquarters\, Kathmandu\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:Meeting between HUC leadership and APAARI Secretariat
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe meeting between the Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) and the leadership of the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) will focus on exchanging knowledge and experience in institution-building\, governance\, and strategies for organizational transformation toward greater independence and sustainability.  \nObjectives\n\nIdentify potential areas of synergy and discuss collaborative modalities that align with the missions and visions of both APAARI and HUC.\nStrengthen professional ties and build a foundation for future cooperation to address common challenges and opportunities in agricultural research and development.\n\nExpected outcomes\n\nMutual learnings on institution building\, governance\, and strategies for organizational transformation toward greater independence and sustainability.\nConcrete pathways and modalities for cooperation between APAARI and HUC.\n\nExpected participants\nHUC Delegation \n\nProfessor Dr. Attaullah Shah\, Vice Chancellor Karakoram International University\, Gilgit Baltistan\, Pakistan\, Chairperson\, HUC Steering Committee\nProfessor Dr. Sara Nowreen\, Institute of Water and Flood Management\, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology\, Dhaka\, Member representing Bangladesh\, HUC Steering Committee\nDr. Chi Huyen Truong\, Executive Officer\, HUC Secretariat\, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)\n\n \nAPAARI Secretariat \n\nDr. Ravi Khetarpal\, Executive Director\nDr. Margaret Yoovatana\, Advisor\nMr. Manish Rai\, Head of Operations\nMs. Samitha Manohar\, Partnership and Membership Manager\nHomaira Jahan Sonam\, Technical Officer\nSokharath Samnang\, Executive Assistant\nThansita Tanaphatrujira[Possibility of 2-3 Online (Members/Partners)]\n\nBackground\nThe Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) was established in 1990 as an initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Since the mid-2000s\, APAARI embarked on a journey of transition to autonomy in both legal status and financial independence. The transition period (2017-2023) took numerous and intensive deliberations within APAARI membership and between APAARI leadership and FAO. In 2024\, after 4 years since FAO discontinued its financial support\, APAARI has transformed into an autonomous organization – with the pipeline legal status (Q-IGO) registered with the Government of Thailand – and financial independence. In 2023\, APAARI gross revenue stood at USD1\,253\,000\, 19% of which came from membership subscriptions\, 75% from invoiced project income\, and 5% from grants and donations. Between July 2023 and June 2024\, APAARI organized 61 technical and stakeholder engagement events\, co-organized 16\, and attended 112 key regional and global meetings. \nAPAARI maintains its core values of being apolitical\, membership-based\, and multi-stakeholder engaging. Its Executive Committee consists of 12 Members. The Secretariat Office\, located in Bangkok\, consists of 7 staff members and 3 consultants. APAARI’s 10th Constitution revised membership categories to include UN Member States and Associate Members (both Inter-governmental organizations and international organizations). ICIMOD is a good-standing member of APAARI and pays its membership due regularly.  \nAt the virtual presentation delivered to the JTF on Tuesday 10 September\, Dr. Ravi Khetarpal\, Executive Director of APAARI\, suggested HUC’s and ICIMOD’s leadership\, if interested\, to define the mechanism for the HUC benefits from the same legal status as APAARI. The HUC can consider joining APAARI as an Associate Member or an Alliance. Another possible option is to sign a tripartite agreement between APAARI\, ICIMOD\, and the HUC. Through the agreed mechanism\, the HUC can continue its branding while participating in APAARI activities and projects and jointly mobilize resources. Other operational matters of hosting the Secretariat and financial management will need to be discussed between the two organizations.  \nAbout the organisers\nThe HUC Secretariat coordinates the visit\, which is graciously financed by ICIMOD and hosted by the APAARI Secretariat. \nAgenda\nRapporteurs: Chi Huyen (Shachi) Truong & an APAARI colleague \n\n\n\nTime\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n11:00–11:30\nCoffee and Informal Welcome– APAARI Secretariat\n\n\n11:30– 11:45\nIntroduction and Purpose of the Meeting–APAARI and HUC\n\n\n11:45–12:45\nSession 1: Activities of APAARI (Followed by Q&A) \n\nMembership & Partnership\nRole in Asia Pacific\nOngoing Activities\nChallenges of APAARI\n\n\n\n\n12:45-13:45\nGroup Photo & Lunch\n\n\n13:45-14:45\nSession 2: Activities of HUC (Followed by Q&A) \n\nMembership – institutional & individual\nCommunities of Practice (Thematic & Cross-cutting Workgroups)\nCapacity development\nMode of operations\nProcess of transition to autonomy/ independence\n\n\n\n\n14:45-15:45\nSession 3: Collaboration modalities & pathway (Moderated by both HUC & APAARI)\n                Open discussion on matching mandates\, institutional partnerships\, a strategy of collaboration\n            \n\n\n15:45-16:00\nComfort Break\n\n\n16:00-16:30\nWay Forward & Closing Remarks (Dr. Attaullah Shah & Dr. Ravi Khetarpal)
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/meeting-between-huc-leadership-and-apaari-secretariat/
LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand\, Thailand
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SUMMARY:Multispecies Migration in the Climate Changed Himalayas
DESCRIPTION:The symposium takes the form of a two-year project that encompasses capacity-building\, a workshop/ conference\, field-research\, and collective publication. A key-event is a multiple-days\, in-person workshop in Thimphu\, Bhutan that will consist of technical sessions\, methodological discussions\, guest-lectures\, and the streamlining and planning of publication goals. The symposium is open to scholars working in the HKH region. Scholars from or based in the HKH region will be given first priority in terms of travel and research funding. Selection will take place through a competitive process. In the selection process\, priority will be allotted to indigenous\, female\, early career scholars\, and to applicants applying from institutions that are members of the HUC network. \nThe direct outputs are: \n\nA high-quality collective publication (i.e. special journal issue\, book-publication\, policy brief)\,\nGenerating interdisciplinary alliances  across the HKH around the theme of climateinduced migration\nDeveloping a curriculum on climate migration that can be shared across the HUC network\, and\nCapacity-building of Himalayan and early  career scholars through\, variously\, conferencing\, individual supervision\, substantive feedback\, and language enhancement.\n\nPublic Keynote Lecture\nAs part of this symposium\, the globally acclaimed Professor Willem van Schendel\, University of Amsterdam\, will deliver a key-note address titled: ‘Sapiens and Others: A Multitude of Mobilities’ on Tuesday 12 November\, 9.30AM in the auditorium of RTC.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/multispecies-migration-in-the-climate-changed-himalayas/
LOCATION:Bhutan\, Bhutan
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241031
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SUMMARY:Inception Meeting of Thematic Working Group on Sustainable Mountain Settlement
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nAn inception meeting of a new Thematic Working Group on Sustainable Mountain Settlement of the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) is being organized in Yunan\, China aligning closely with the ICIMOD’s intervention on Sustainable Mountain Settlement. The event will gather altogether 20 academia and researchers in the fields of spatial planning\, architecture\, landscaping\, ecotourism and natural resource management from Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, India\, Myanmar\, Nepal\, and Pakistan in a three-day field-based learning and sharing with the Chinese experts. The participants will visit a range of settlements of different altitudes\, population sizes and geological and socio-cultural characteristics in Yunnan (China) to learn of the best practices for a sustainable mountain settlement. The deliberation during the excursion will serve as a foundation to co-develop a context specific work plan for the next two years in the selected countries that contributes to develop sustainable and resilient mountain settlements. \nObjectives\n\nMutual Knowledge Sharing and Experience Exchange: The event aims to create a two-way exchange of knowledge\, and experiences related to sustainable mountain settlements. Participants from both Yunnan\, China\, and the Hindu Kush Himalayan countries will share best practices\, lessons learned\, and innovative approaches. This collaboration will enrich the collective understanding of sustainable settlement strategies across diverse geographical and socio-cultural contexts.\nBenchmarking for Future Field-Based Learning Programs: The event will establish benchmarks for best practices that will guide future Field-Based Learning programs aimed at government officials and practitioners. These benchmarks will help ensure that sustainable mountain settlement practices are both context-specific and adaptable across regions\, laying the groundwork for practical applications in different countries.\nPlatform for Identifying Needs and Developing a Collaborative Work Plan: The event will provide an inclusive platform where stakeholders from all participating countries can identify gaps in knowledge\, skills\, and practices in sustainable mountain settlement. Through this collaborative process\, participants will discuss the potential formation of a Thematic Working Group (TWG). If established\, the TWG will develop a work plan for 2025-2026\, aligning closely with ICIMOD’s Mid Term Action Plan V (MTAPV) result framework and addressing the specific needs of sustainable mountain settlements in the region.\n\nExpected outcome\n\nCo-developed Inter-regional Collaboration Proposal with joint workplan (2025-2026) and clear collaboration opportunities among academic institutions\, experts\, and practitioners aimed at sustainable mountain settlement development outcomes closely aligning to ICIMOD’s MTAPV result framework. This can be achieved through functional TWG and cross-border collaborative projects or regional initiatives too.\n\nExpected participants\nFifteen participants from Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, India\, Myanmar\, Nepal\, and Pakistan are nominated from HUC university members. ICIMOD’s Intervention on Sustainable Mountain Settlement under the Strategic Group 2 “Resilient Mountain Economies and Landscapes” and HUC team will provide regional facilitation and a team of experts from the Yunnan University will provide country-based support. \nBackground\nGlobally\, urban populations grew by more than 397 million people between 2015 and 2020\, with more than 90% of this growth taking place in less developed regions (IPCCC AR6 report). In Hindu Kush Himalaya\, the rate of built-up area expansion is 1.7 times higher than the population growth rate between 2000 and 2020 (ICIMOD\, unpublished). Rapid urbanization\, along with increasing population\, demands systemic transitions to climate-resilient sustainable development. However\, current resources are substantially insufficient to support the timely action needed. Mountain settlements\, characterised by unique geographies and environments are particularly vulnerable\, facing the severe impacts from climate change and other socioeconomic and environmental changes. These settlements vary greatly in cultural heritage\, size and population\, ranging from small villages or hamlets to large towns and cities. \nUnplanned urbanization in mountain settlements have led to loss of vernacular architecture and traditional skill set\, increased waste and pollution\, overextraction of resources\, and heightened pressure on biodiversity\, water\, energy supplies\, as well as access to critical services and sanitation systems. Additionally\, the exposure to climatic hazards and disaster incidents are increasing due to unplanned urbanization and socioeconomic development trends\, such as rural-urban migration and growing inequality\, leaving mountain communities and settlements continually vulnerable and at risks. \nNevertheless\, mountain urban spaces are critical to meet the development aspirations\, while also presenting opportunities for achieving deep emissions reductions and advancing climate resilient development when well planned and executed. Several adaptation and mitigation strategies could be considered in settlement development\, focusing on climate change impacts and risks (e.g.\, integrating climate services in settlement design and planning)\, compact urban forms\, co-location of jobs and housing\, public transport\, active mobility (e.g.\, walking and cycling)\, and the efficient design\, construction\, retrofit\, and use of buildings. Other strategies include reducing and changing energy and material consumption; material substitution; and electrification in combination with low emissions sources (IPCCC\, AR6 report). Green/natural and blue and grey infrastructure\, either independently or combined\, can supports carbon uptake and storage\, reduce risks from extreme events such as heatwaves\, flooding\, heavy precipitation and droughts\, and generate co-benefits for health\, well-being and livelihoods. \nThe Thematic Working Group on Sustainable Mountain Settlements will develop a joint work plan (2025–2026)\, aligned with ICIMOD’s AA-C3 intervention\, focusing on the integration of climate-resilient planning in mountain settlement development. The group aims to understand the complex interactions between built up environments\, human system\, and climate impacts in the HKH region. A key emphasis will be on the rural-urban connection and planned urbanization in peri-urban and rural mountain settlements to support sustainable and resilient infrastructure (particularly buildings) development. Additionally\, the group will work towards identifying collaboration opportunities through the Interregional Collaboration Proposal\, bringing together academic institutions\, experts\, and practitioners to enhance knowledge exchange that enables cross-border collaborative projects and regional initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable outcomes without compromising development aspirations of the mountain people. \nAGENDA
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/inception-meeting-of-thematic-working-group-on-sustainable-mountain-settlement/
LOCATION:Yunnan\, China\, China
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240920
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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SUMMARY:Himalayan University Consortium Steering Committee Second Meeting of 2024
DESCRIPTION:Background\nThe 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. \nThe second meeting of HUC SC for 2024\, convened on an exceptional basis\, is critical for an update of the progress made by the ICIMOD-HUC Joint Task Force (JTF) on HUC’s Management Structure and Secretariat’s Hosting Arrangements. SC will review and comment on the Working Draft of the HUC Transition Roadmap drafted by the JTF. \nIn addition to important decisions to be made regarding the governance of the Consortium (amendments to the Bylaws 2018)\, the implementation of the transition to autonomy (2025-2026)\, and resource mobilization during the transition period\, the SC will review the candidacy of nominations from Bangladesh (2) and Pakistan (1) and make recommendation for incoming SC Members representing Bangladesh and Pakistan (one each)\, starting in January 2025. \n  \nObjectives\n\nHUC Steering Committee members will review and provide comments and input on the Working Draft of the HUC’s Transition Roadmap Position Paper\, prepared by the ICIMOD-HUC Joint Task Force on HUC’s Management Structure and Secretariat’s Hosting Arrangements.\nSCM will discuss the implementation of the Transition Roadmap and assign specific roles to SCMs:\n\nA member of the selection panel for recruitment of HUC Secretariat staff;\nLead of governance consolidation group: consolidate membership\, draft amendment to Bylaws 2018\, HUC Strategy 2018-2025 review and stakeholder consultation process for post-transition Strategy (2028 onward);\nLead of resource mobilisation group;\nLead of communication strategy group\, including review of HUC website and portal.\n\n\nSCM will discuss members’ business items:\n\nConsolidation of SC governance by selecting upcoming SC Members representing Bangladesh and Pakistan\, starting January 2025\nMaintenance of momentum and boosting membership quality among country-based hubs in Nepal\, Pakistan\, and China and refreshing membership in India and amongst associate members in Europe/North America and Asia Pacific.\n\n\nSCM will discuss scheduling of quarterly e-meetings of SC and schedule of key activities in 2025.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/himalayan-university-consortium-steering-committee-second-meeting-of-2024/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240912
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
CREATED:20250123T063636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T063636Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of ICIMOD-HUC Joint Task Force on HUC Management Structure and Secretariat Hosting Arrangements
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Meeting in Kathmandu on 8-11 September is the only in-person meeting of the Joint Task Force (JTF)\, aiming to produce the first draft of the four documents as key JTF deliverables\, to be reviewed by the HUC Steering Committee in its second (e)-Meeting in 19-20 September. \n  \nObjectives\n\nDiscuss and draft four documents as the deliverables of the JTF\nInteract with ICIMOD’s senior management and professionals to evaluate the feasibility of collaboration\nInteract with HUC’s key stakeholders in Nepal to understand members’ needs and expectations and gauge resource mobilizing potential in the country\n\n  \nExpected outcomes\n\nThe first draft of four documents\, to be submitted to the HUC Steering Committee for review at its e-meeting\, 19 September 2024.\nUnderstanding of the potential for and practicalities of collaboration between HUC and ICIMOD\nPreliminary assessment of the potential for resource mobilization in one of the Hindu Kush Himalayan countries\, Nepal\n\n  \nExpected participants\nOn-site participants are the six JTF members\, including the two Co-Chairs\, and the HUC Secretariat Lead\, plus the Chairperson of the HUC Steering Committee (ICIMOD DG\, for Opening and possibly Closing). On-line participants are invited speakers from global partners of the HUC. \n\nMr. Shekhar Ghimire\, Director of Administration\, Finance and Operations\, ICIMOD\, Co-Chair\nProfessor Dr. Rosalind Cornforth\, Director\, The Walker Institute\, University of Reading\, Steering Committee Member\, Associate Members – North America/Europe\, Co-Chair\nMs. Izabella Koziell\, Deputy Director General\, ICIMOD\, Member\nProfessor Dr. Attaullah Shah\, Vice Chancellor\, Karakoram International University\, Pakistan\, Member\nDr. Wang Wenling\, Assistant Professor\, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security\, Yunnan University\, China\, Co-Lead of Water Thematic Working Group\, Member\nDr. Jakob F. Steiner\, University of Graz\, Austria\, Co-Lead of High Mountain Data Crosscutting Work Group\, Member\nDr Chi H Truong (Shachi)\, HUC Secretariat Lead\nDr Pema Gyamtsho\, Director General\, ICIMOD\, HUC Steering Committee Chairperson\n\nSelective guests from HUC members and fellows in Nepal will be invited to a roundtable discussion\, followed by a Reception Dinner. \n  \nBackground\nThe ICIMOD HUC Joint Task Force on HUC’s Management Structure and Secretariat’s Hosting Arrangements (JTF) was established following one of the key decisions made by the HUC Steering Committee at its meeting on 18 April 2024 in Kathmandu. The purpose of the JTF is to define what autonomy means for the Himalayan University Consortium in the context when its Secretariat is hosted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and operationalize autonomy by several measures as follows: \n\na detailed guideline that will include measures for establishing an autonomous human resource and financial management system\, a separate bank account\, and a separate working space for the HUC\, based on the ICIMOD’s existing management framework;\na roadmap for HUC’s transitions toward being an autonomous entity;\na draft of an institutional agreement between ICIMOD and the HUC regarding hosting arrangements of the HUC Secretariat;\nan outline for HUC resource mobilization with a specific timeline.\n\n  \nAbout the organisers\nThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development hosts the Meeting\, facilitated by the HUC Secretariat. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPROPOSED AGENDA
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/meeting-of-icimod-huc-joint-task-force-on-huc-management-structure-and-secretariat-hosting-arrangements/
LOCATION:Kathmandu\, Nepal\, Nepal
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DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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SUMMARY:Developing a road map for an Asian Highland Pastoralist Network and for a working group on rangelands
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)\, under the aegis of the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) and Rangeland Management Intervention\, is working with Lanzhou University and the Chengdu Institute of Biology\, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)\, to organise a series of activities in the rangeland and pastoral areas of China as part of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026. Among them is the workshop on ‘Developing a road map to establish an Asian Highland Pastoralist Network for resilient pastoralism and sustainable rangeland management’ to be held in Sichuan from 1–7 September 2024. It will bring together academia\, decision-makers\, practitioners\, and entrepreneurs related to pastoral development in Bhutan\, Nepal\, India\, China\, and Pakistan. This will also feature learnings from the recent technological innovations in China’s yak industry.\n  \nObjectives\n\nTo establish a HUC thematic working group on rangelands.\nTo develop a road map for an Asian Highland Pastoralist Network to be launched in IYRP 2026.\nTo promote regional exchange of knowledge\, experiences\, and best practices related to rangelands and pastoralism (involving pastoral cultures\, rangeland management\, yak herding\, yak value chain development\, etc.).\n\n  \nExpected outcomes\n\nFormation of a HUC thematic working group by outlining its functional modality and work plan for the period of 2024-2026.\nDrawing up of a road map for an Asian Highland Pastoralist Network by IYRP 2026.\nFacilitation of capacity building and exposure of policymakers\, scientists\, and entrepreneurs from Bhutan\, Nepal\, India\, and Pakistan on yak value chain development in China for advocacy and uptake in their respective countries.\n\n  \nBackground\nThe rangelands make up 60 per cent of the 4.3 million square kilometres of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). They play a vital role in the livelihoods of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists; but unfortunately\, many of them live in absolute poverty. Yak herding is one of the primary production systems that makes the best use of these rangelands. However\, over the past decade\, there has been a drastic decline in yak population across the HKH. This has been due to difficult and fragile terrains\, impacts of climate change\, and socio-economic drivers – all limiting the competitiveness of the yak systems. Besides\, yak herders are a marginalised and neglected section with no concrete policy reaching out to them; nor are they targets of investment. And there is no dedicated institution to develop yak keeping as an industry. Moreover\, these problems are not well-voiced at local\, national\, regional\, and international forums. Groupings such as federations\, associations\, cooperatives\, and networks are known to provide platforms for collective actions and negotiations. So\, learning from some of the successful global forums such as the World Reindeer Herders\, ICIMOD set up yak herders’ networks in Nepal and Bhutan\, and discussions are under way to initiate the same in India and Pakistan. The aims of the networks are to: preserve\, protect\, and promote yak farming and yak genetic resources in the HKH; exchange knowledge and experience on yak value chains and relevant technologies across the HKH; address the common issues and challenges faced by the herding communities and represent them at the national\, regional\, and global platforms; provide voice and platform for yak farming communities for policy support\, investments\, and engagement with multiple stakeholders; and promote mutual understanding and friendship\, as well as celebrate the rich pastoral culture and tradition among yak herding communities across the region. Moving forward\, as we approach the year 2026\, the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists\, we intend to incorporate additional dimensions into the yak networks\, including forging a community of practitioners dedicated to advancing the cause of rangeland- and pastoralism-based enterprises in the Himalaya. We also expect the proposed an umbrella organisation of the Asian Highland Pastoralist Network to be formed from the HKH yak networks\, HKH rangeland societies\, and HKH pastoralist entrepreneurs’ networks. This larger network will be a platform to exchange ideas\, knowledge\, and technologies\, and will also help in product development\, standard setting\, branding\, and aggregation of resources and products. At the same time\, Lanzhou University\, an active member of HUC\, along with ICIMOD\, is planning for a thematic working group meeting on the rangelands in China. The spotlight of the meeting will be on the pastoral regions of Hongyuan country in north-west Sichuan province. The region has developed robust pastoral/rangeland economy that has successfully integrated into the globalised world. These areas have extensive experience in managing and restoring rangelands by leveraging a blend of traditional knowledge and modern technology.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/developing-a-road-map-for-an-asian-highland-pastoralist-network-and-for-a-working-group-on-rangelands/
LOCATION:Sichuan\, China\, China
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240614
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SUMMARY:Promoting sustainable mountain tourism for climate–resilient future and green circular economy
DESCRIPTION:About the writeshop\nThis policy writeshop brings together relevant stakeholders representing governments\, private sectors\, researchers\, civil society organisations\, and community members from Pakistan\, China\, and Nepal to brainstorm and formulate policy briefs. This activity builds on the 2023 stock take exercise on mountain tourism and climate change\, (aligned with the UNFCCC’s 2023 Synthesis Report on GST and TPCC’s Tourism and Climate Change Stocktake 2023) conducted by in Nepal and Pakistan by ICIMOD. \nICIMOD is also collaborating with country–based partners in translating research findings on mountain tourism and climate change into information/documents relevant to decision–makers. In line with this\, the writeshop will engage in a focused yet interactively designed consultation\, discussion\, and writing process to come up with relevant policy documents. \nThe policy writeshop will also focus on these key questions: \n\nWhat is mountain tourism and what sensitivities does it carry to climate change?\nWhat is green tourism and how does it respond to climate change impacts\, the net carbon emissions and resilience building agenda? What policies can promote it?\nWhat characterises the circular economy and what policy measures should be implemented to encourage its adoption?\nWhat are the essential guidelines for promoting climate–resilient and low–carbon mountain tourism?\n\n \nThese questions were derived from a review of mountain tourism in the policy documents of the federal and regional governments of the HKH countries and Pakistan specifically\, which highlighted a significant gap in areas related to mountain tourism and its interface with climate resilience\, low carbon tourism and circular economy.\n  \nObjectives\n\nBuild the capacity of selected country representatives to develop concrete\, policymaker–focused recommendations relevant to the national or sub–national contexts\nProvide support to develop policy briefs highlighting policy\, research\, and knowledge gaps\, as well as barriers and bottlenecks to promote mountain destination sites that are climate–resilient and low carbon in their footprint\nBring together academics\, policymakers\, and relevant stakeholders to facilitate knowledge exchange\, establish a common understanding around climate change and mountain tourism and circular mountain economies\, and produce sector–specific\, regional–specific\, and destination–specific policy briefs\nBuild political awareness on the importance of sustainable mountain tourism that is green\, inclusive\, and climate–resilient and sensitize relevant stakeholders for effective policy brief design and their implementation.\n\n  \nExpected outcomes\n\nEstablishment and capacity building of the core team on green\, inclusive\, and climate–resilient mountain tourism\nProvision of policy guidelines for different regions of Pakistan (Gilgit Baltistan\, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province\, and Punjab Province) and Nepal – for sustainable mountain tourism. All regions are autonomous in policymaking and implementation.\nThree region–specific\, concise\, and action–oriented policy briefs for Pakistan\n\n  \nBackground\nWhile tourism suffers from and contributes to climate change\, accounting for 8–10% of global emissions. In HKH region\, countries such as Pakistan and Nepal\, are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts\, faces challenges with hazards and increased carbon emissions from its tourism\, particularly in mountain regions. In Pakistan\, despite government’s commitments to international agreements\, tourism lacks priority in climate action plans. There is a huge gap in tourism planning and policy\, and effective implementation mechanisms to make mountain tourism green\, inclusive\, and climate resilient. This calls for urgent action by key mountain tourism stakeholders at all levels of decision–making – regional\, provincial\, and national levels. Creating an enabling environment\, especially through the provision of need based\, contextualized and collaborative policy decisions is an important step in this direction.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/promoting-sustainable-mountain-tourism-for-climate-resilient-future-and-green-circular-economy/
LOCATION:Kohsar University Murree\, Pakistan\, Pakistan
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240607
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
CREATED:20240910T084628Z
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SUMMARY:Inception meeting of the HUC Thematic Working Group on Mountain Food Systems
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe inception meeting will identify priority areas of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on on Mountain Food Systems and will develop a work plan for the TWG.\n  \nBackground\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)  Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) are member-led\, self-funded and self-organising clusters working on specific thematic areas that are significant in the region. The TWGs work together to promote regional collaboration in research and training for sustainable mountain development by enhancing the networking and partnership amongst institutions and providing the opportunity for joint research activities\, curriculum development\, training\, and capacity building. \nIn the Himalayan region\, food production and consumption are intertwined with culture\, livelihood and the environment. Local food systems are critical in sustaining the communities in the region due to poor mobility and limited market access arising from topographic limitations. Studies have shown that the region faces food insecurity. Further\, the difficult mountainous terrain and poor access to basic amenities make the food system vulnerable to natural hazards and climate change. Research and development on agriculture and the entire food system in the region are often based on the mainstream knowledge which is often built upon experience from the plains. Thus\, there is a need to develop the knowledge base on mountain food systems and develop curriculum in higher studies that is sensitive to the needs of the mountain food system. \nMountain Food Systems is one of the newest TWG of the HUC is set up to serve as a platform for collaborating on research\, capacity building and training on food systems in the region.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/inception-meeting-of-the-huc-thematic-working-group-on-mountain-food-systems/
LOCATION:BRAC\, Savar\, Bangladesh\, Bangladesh
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240604
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
CREATED:20240815T054257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T094649Z
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SUMMARY:HUC Members’ Day in Bangladesh
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) is organising an HUC Members’ Day in Bangladesh\, with the aim of enhancing HUC membership in the country by: \n\nApprising the leadership of current HUC members about the development of the HUC\, its Thematic and Cross-cutting Workgroups\, and soliciting their input on regional and international cooperation in research and education on mountain and upstream-downstream climate\, environmental\, and socio-economic issues in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH)\nReconnecting with HUC fellows\, updating them about innovative modalities for individual researchers and scholars to lead HUC activities\, understanding their capacity needs\, and scoping the resources they can contribute to building the network\nReviewing the implementation status of the HUC Strategy 2018-2025 and preparing for the transition to the 2026-2030 period\nDiscussing practical pathways to expand membership\, enhance its quality membership\, and mobilise in-country\, regional\, and international resources for scientific cooperation and education collaboration\n\n  \nThe HUC Members’ Day will be hosted by the University of Chittagong and chaired by Professor Md Rezaur Rahman\, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)\, who is also the HUC Steering Committee Member representing Bangladesh. \n  \nBackground\nAmong the 163 universities in Bangladesh\, seven are HUC members\, with BUET and Chittagong University being the most active. Meanwhile\, approximately 30 Bangladeshi fellows have been grant recipients and participants in HUC capacity-building activities to date. Some of the fellows\, such as Dr Sara Nowreen (BUET)\, have played leading roles in HUC activities and represented the HKH community in global forums. Active Thematic and Cross-cutting Working Groups involve Bangladesh-based scholars and conduct activities in Bangladesh-based platforms\, such as the Gobeshona Conference. However\, the impact of these activities on the membership in the country remains limited. The most recent member engagement mission of the then HUC Steering Group and Secretariat took place at Chittagong University in April 2017. \nOn average\, the Secretariat receives one or two applications for full membership from Bangladesh annually\, mostly recommended by the HUC Steering Committee Member representing or the focal person for Bangladesh at ICIMOD. Individual responses to HUC open calls for participation remain from medium to high as a result of the extensive mailing list the Secretariat maintains. Overall\, knowledge about HUC\, its mandates\, activities\, and mode of operation\, and the impact and outreach of the HUC activities\, among higher education institutions in Bangladesh remain limited. \nThe current size of the HUC membership is disproportionate to the scale of climate change\, environmental\, and socio-economic issues faced by the upstream and downstream communities in Bangladesh and the potential of research expertise and resources the country can offer. Furthermore\, the country hosts important regional and international high-level bodies on climate change such as the Climate Vulnerable Forum. It is a home of significant south-led initiatives\, most notably the International Centre for Climate Change and Development and BRAC. These organizations and societal forces in Bangladesh present an important opportunity for the HUC community to learn from and build on for its productivity and sustainability.\n \nPROPOSED AGENDA\nSPEAKER PROFILE
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/huc-members-day-in-bangladesh/
LOCATION:University of Chittagong\, Bangladesh\, Bangladesh
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240521
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
CREATED:20240719T043535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T060125Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting between the USDA delegation from Michigan State University and the HUC at the ICIMOD
DESCRIPTION:About the meeting\nA delegation of four distinguished scholars in the fields of agriculture sciences from Michigan State University (MSU) and Kathmandu University (KU) colleagues will meet with colleagues from the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to understand the mutual interests\, strengths\, and needs in capacity development and bridging science-policy-practice for climate resilient agriculture and water-energy-food-ecology nexus in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH). It is part of an exploration of the potential to host a Node in Bhutan and Nepal of the USDA Asia Hub\, or to collaborate with the Node. \nObjectives\n\nBuild mutual understanding of common interests\, strengths\, and needs in capacity development and bridging science-policy-practice for climate-resilient agriculture and water-energy-food-ecology nexus in the HKH.\nIt is part of an exploration of the potential to host a Node in Bhutan and Nepal of the USDA Asia Hub or to collaborate with that Node.\n\nParticipants\nUSDA Michigan State University \n\nDr Yadu Pokhrel\, Associate Professor\, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nDr Steven Pueppke\, Professor and Senior Scientist\, Asia Hub\nDr Jiaguo Qi\, Professor and Director\, Asia Hub\nTitus Awokuse\, Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships\, International Studies and Programs\n\nKathmandu University \n\nProfessor Dr Bim Prasad Shrestha\, Department of Mechanical Engineering\, School of Engineering\n\nHimalayan University Consortium \n\nDr Chi H Truong (Shachi)\, Secretariat Lead\, Ex-officio Steering Committee Member\nDr Chubbamenla Jamir\, Co-Lead\, Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture (virtual participation)\nDr Graham (Grady) Walker\, University of Reading\, Co-Lead\, TWG on Mountain Agriculture (virtual participation)\nDr Christina Justice\, University of Maryland\, Understanding Risk Himalayan Climate Data Field Lab\, Kathmandu\, 13 May – 7 June\n\nInternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development \n\nDr Pema Gyamtsho\, Director General\, ICIMOD\nDr Babar Khan\, Action Area Coordinator\, Building Institutions for Regional Cooperation and Collaboration\nDr Rajesh Bahadur Thapa\, Senior Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Specialist\, SERVIR\, ICIMOD\nSravan Shrestha\, Senior Associate\, SERVIR\, ICIMOD\n\nBackground\nThis meeting is a follow-up to a meeting on 14 February 2024\, when a delegation of three USDA fellows and other KU colleagues\, headed by the Chief of Scientific advisory committee to the Prime Minister of Nepal\, visited ICIMOD. \nAbout the organiser\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (est. 2007) has its mandate to develop an effective\, sustainable network of universities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya\, in collaboration with academic research and knowledge-generating and exchange institutions both within and outside the region.  This network engages top-notch professional women and men capable of undertaking high-quality research\, education\, teaching\, and knowledge dissemination in service of a mountain-specific\, sustainable\, fair and inclusive development for HKH communities and adjoining mountainous areas. The Consortium’s eleven-member Steering Committee and a Secretariat coordinate with member institutions in network building\, partnership enhancing\, collaboration promoting\, resource sharing and fundraising activities.  The Secretariat is hosted by the ICIMOD and funded through the generous support of ICIMOD’s core donors: the Governments of Afghanistan\, Australia\, Austria\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, China\, India\, Myanmar\, Nepal\, Norway\, Pakistan\, Switzerland\, and the United Kingdom.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/meeting-between-the-usda-delegation-from-michigan-state-university-and-the-huc-at-the-icimod/
LOCATION:Kathmandu\, Nepal\, Nepal
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240608
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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SUMMARY:UR Field Lab on Himalayan Climate Data
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) Academy is tying up with the Himalayan Climate Data Field Lab\,  ‘UR Field Lab’ \, for a month-long\, participant-led unconference bringing together scholars\, practitioners\, activists\, and storytellers to collaboratively examine and remake the ways climate change data is used in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. The Field Lab organising team includes researchers and practitioners affiliated with the Toronto Climate Observatory at the University of Toronto\, the University of Michigan\, the United Nations University\, and Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore working in coordination with collaborators from the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) and Social Science Baha in Kathmandu. \nOver 120 participants from 17 different countries will be participating in this conference. Organising their work around a set of key themes\, Field Lab participants will co-design\, test and produce new ideas\, analytic tools\, maps and models\, sensing technologies\, syllabi and training materials\, data protocols\, artistic pieces and communication products that address climate change and its impacts. The unconference aims to develop new and effective ways of working with climate change data\, while also working to create a more equitable and pluralistic data landscape in the Himalayan region. \nTo introduce the HKH region and ICIMOD to the global participants of the Field Lab\, HUC is hosting an ICIMOD Day on 17 May 2024. \n  \nObjectives\n\nDesign and co-create new approaches to data and information management that improve processes of decision-making and policy formation in the region\nShare knowledge about the diverse ways people make\, use\, and mobilise climate change data in the Himalayan region\nCreate resources\, curricula\, and training materials that will help create more space for critical and pluralistic studies of data within institutions across the Himalayan region\nEncourage new forms of collaboration across disciplines\, sectors\, and geographies focused on exploring new practices and processes of working with climate change data\nDevelop and test new methods for engaging differently positioned groups in the co-production of climate change data and knowledge\nBuild an international interdisciplinary network of scholars and practitioners that can facilitate long-term dialogue\, knowledge exchange\, and collaboration to support future climate change-oriented projects\, research\, or advocacy efforts.\n\n  \nBackground\nThe HUC enables young researchers to engage in cross-disciplinary scholarships to foster a new generation of transformational leaders committed to mountain research capable of producing consequential knowledge\, innovate and effective policies\, and environmentally responsible business practices to address mountain challenges in the HKH from transboundary perspectives. HUC’s Academies extend this commitment through four signature features: mountain focus\, inter- and trans-disciplinarity\, field research\, and leadership. \nThe HUC Academy\, the Consortium’s flagship programme\, caters to early- and mid-career researchers\, practitioners\, and government officials\, aiming to impart an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach to research mountain issues and co-create solutions. The Academy is making transition toward a collaborative learning space where members shape and lead the process to achieve individual and collective learning outcomes. The HUC community embraces digital learning as a powerful pathway to equitable and inclusive capacity development for all. From 2017-2019\, the HUC Academies have focused on varying aspects of research in the HKH from disaster risk and water management to economic opportunities for transformative change and climate science and adaptation. In 2018\, we conducted a ‘HUC – IHCAP glacier monitoring training’\, and ‘Regional training on springshed management for socio-ecological resilience in the HKH’ in 2019. During the mobility restrictions imposed by the Covid-19\, the HUC embraced e-learning as an opportunity to continue capacity development and engagement with fellows in the region. An online course on Water–energy–food nexus\, led by Prof Dr Christopher A Scott\, catered to 25 synchronous and 107 asynchronous participants from across the Hindu Kush Himalaya and outside of the region. Another intensive virtual programme\, ‘Teaching sustainability and localising the Sustainable Development Goals in the Hindu Kush Himalaya’ was organised in collaboration with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Hybrid courses include ‘Bringing meaning to statistical practice in climate science using R’ by Prof Theodore G Shepherd and a masterclass on food security assessment\, by Dr Chubbamenla Jamir.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/ur-field-lab-on-himalayan-climate-data/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240420
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
CREATED:20240719T042517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T095137Z
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SUMMARY:Himalayan University Consortium Steering Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:About the meeting\nThe Steering Committee is the HUC’s 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 the HUC Strategy 2018–2025. \nThe committee will discuss the Evaluation Report of the HUC by an independent reviewing team\, commissioned by ICIMOD and the draft of the Position Paper on the HUC Governance prepared by the HUC Task Force on Sustainability and Resource Mobilization. Apart from members’ business agenda items and welcoming a new member representing China\, the Committee will discuss HUC-specific queries raised by the ICIMOD Programme Advisory Committee at the network-focused session during its meeting in Kathmandu on 19 January 2024. \nObjectives\n\nHUC Steering Committee members to provide updates on the state of higher education for sustainability and the HUC Country Chapter formation process in their home country\nThe HUC Secretariat will provide updates on the Consortium’s collaborative capacity building\, research\, publication\, as well as budget and staffing of the Secretariat and member-led resource mobilization in 2023\nThe Steering Committee will discuss the independent evaluation report\nThe Steering Committee  will discuss the draft of the Position Paper on HUC Governance\n\n  \nKEYNOTE AND PANEL DISCUSSION I\nThe role of higher education institutions in climate decision-making in the Hindu Kush Himalaya\n18 April 2024 | 11:00–12:30 (NPT) | Kailash Hall\, ICIMOD and online \nPANELLISTS PROFILE \n  \nICIMOD Keynote Address\n\n\n\nAranico Kumar Panday\nHonourable Member of National Planning Commission\, Government of Nepal \nDr Arnico Panday’s portfolio at the Government of Nepal’s National Planning Commission include the Ministry of Forest and Environment\, the Ministry of Culture\, Tourism and Civil Aviation\, as well as disaster risk reduction\, climate change\, climate finance\, SDG’s 13 and 15. \nHis expertise and experiences include atmospheric science research\, air pollution and climate policy\, sustainable development planning\, institution building\, cross-border collaborations\, as well as teaching and mentoring. He has previously served in pivotal positions in local to international bodies\, including here at ICIMOD! \n\n\n\n\nPANEL DISCUSSION II\nFrom policy translation and science-policy dialogue to evidence-informed policy formulation for climate change mitigation and adaptation\n19 April 2024 | 09:30–10:30 (NPT) | Online and Kailash Hall\, ICIMOD \nPANELLISTS PROFILE \n  \nFacilitator: Babar Khan\, Enabling Regional and Global Mechanisms for Sustainable Action ICIMOD \n\nPolicy pathway in ICIMOD’s Strategy 2030 and Medium-Term Action Plan V 2023-2026 – Izabella Koziell\, Deputy Director General\, ICIMOD\nRosalind Cornforth\, the Walker Institute\, University of Reading (pre-recorded video)\nChristopher A Scott\, Pennsylvania State University\, ICIMOD Mountain Chair 2020-2022 (pre-recorded video)\nGuy Howard\, Cabot Institute of Environment\, Bristol University (pre-recorded video)
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/himalayan-university-consortium-steering-committee-meeting/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231228
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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SUMMARY:Himalayan University Consortium Pakistan Members’ Meet
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by: The Higher Education Commission – Pakistan (HEC) \nCo-organised by: Karakorum International University\, PARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture\, and HUC-ICIMOD \n  \nAbout the meeting\nKarakorum International University and Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) are organising a two-day meeting to bring together the Consortium’s members from across the country and update and deliberate on its activities for 2022–2023 and plans for 2024–2025. HUC members\, Thematic Working Groups\, Cross-cutting Workgroups\, and fellows in Pakistan will debrief the HUC leadership on current activities during the event. It will also feature a debriefing of the work of the HUC Task Force on Sustainability and Resource Mobilization and a visioning exercise for the post-2025 outlook of the Consortium upon the completion of the HUC Strategy 2018-2025. Vice Chancellors of two new member universities will sign the HUC Charter\, and another eleven universities will refresh their HUC membership at the event. \n  \nBackground\nOn 30 December 2021\, the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) and ICIMOD jointly organised a member meet in Pakistan\, which was attended by the Vice Chancellors and senior representatives from 12 universities and research institutes representing the mountain areas. Participants in this meeting reviewed mid-term implementation of the HUC Strategy and Plan of Action 2018-2025 and welcomed Dr Tahira Yasmin (Crop Diseases Research Institute) as a new HUC Steering Committee Member. \nOut of the Consortium’s 91 members\, eleven are from Pakistan. The number of grantees from Pakistan and fellows participating in HUC institutional grants and intensive training programmes has increased over the past five years. Fellows from Pakistan take a leading role in some of the most productive Thematic or Cross-cutting Working Groups and the HUC Sustainability and Resource Mobilization Task Force. There remains an opportunity to boost HUC’s engagement in Pakistan at both institutional and scholarly levels to promote in-country and regional collaboration in research and training for sustainable futures of mountain and downstream communities. \n  \nObjectives\n\nDebrief members’ leadership of current activities by HUC members\, Thematic and Cross-Cutting Working Groups\, and fellows in Pakistan and the progress of the HUC Sustainability and Resource Mobilization Task Force\nDebrief a digitalisation and e-learning opportunity for HUC members to be facilitated by ICIMOD and supported by GIZ\nVisioning exercise for post-2025 development of the Consortium upon the completion of its 2018-2025 Strategy and Plan for Action\n\n  \nExpected participants\n\nVice Chancellors of HUC members and incoming members\nFocal persons at the Dean/Head of Department levels in the sciences and social sciences from HUC member institutions\nRepresentatives of HUC Thematic and Cross-Cutting Working Groups\, Sustainability and Resource Mobilization Task Force\, and fellows\nDignitaries from the Higher Education Commission\, Aga Khan Foundation\, government offices\, and other international organizations
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/himalayan-university-consortium-pakistan-members-meet/
LOCATION:Islamabad\, Pakistan\, Pakistan
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231217
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
CREATED:20240721T040309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T095212Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Futures of Mountains and Uplands Chapter of the SSE ASIAN UN
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) Secretariat is facilitating a stakeholder consultation meeting as a side event of the South and Southeast Asian University Network (SSE ASIAN UN) Third President Forum in Kunming. This meeting aims to discuss and prepare for the establishment of the Sustainable Futures of Mountains and Uplands Chapter of the SSE ASIAN UN. The mountain chapter aims to promote knowledge exchange and cooperation in research and training on the most acute environmental and pressing socio-economic issues faced by upland communities in South and Southeast Asia amongst SSE ASIAN UN members. \nThe Third President Forum of the SSE ASIAN UN in Kunming will focus on food security\, which is among the key challenges in the uplands and mountains. Vice Chancellors of 12-15 universities in Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, Nepal\, Myanmar\, and Pakistan will attend the forum. The occasion is also an opportune time to touch base with Presidents and Vice Presidents of HUC members in China as part of the effort to refresh the China HUC cluster since the last General Assembly in Kathmandu (2018). \nExpected output\nThe HUC Secretariat will facilitate a follow-up amongst the SSE ASIAN UN members within and outside of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and prepare a proposal and a draft of the Charter to be submitted to SSE ASIAN UN Representative Council. The mountain chapter is expected to be launched in 2024. \nBackground\nThe SSE ASIAN UN was established in 2018 as an initiative by Yunnan University and endorsed by the Ministry of Education\, People’s Republic of China. Its mandate is to serve as a regional platform for higher education cooperation to enhance people-to-people exchanges and bonds amongst South and Southeast Asian countries. 75 out of 120 university members of SSE ASIAN UN come from South and Southeast Asian countries\, including HKH countries Bangladesh\, Nepal\, Myanmar\, and Pakistan. \nYunnan University is a good-standing HUC member. It hosted the first meeting of the HUC Thematic Working Group on Trans-Himalayan Environmental Humanities in 2019. Its Institute for International Rivers and Eco-Security is one of ICIMOD’s strategic knowledge partners. Dr Wenling Wang serves as one of the Co-Leads of the HUC Thematic Working Group on Water and a member of the HUC Sustainability and Resource Mobilization Task Force. She has also contributed to ICIMOD’s work on the Upper Indus River Basin Network China Country Chapter.
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/sustainable-futures-of-mountains-and-uplands-chapter-of-the-sse-asian-un/
LOCATION:Kunming\, China\, China
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231206
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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SUMMARY:Enhancing graduate competencies and employability for the hydropower sector in Nepal
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)\, as part of the project ‘Research Based Education for Development of Hydropower Professionals for the Himalayan Region’ (Hydro-Himalaya\, HHP)\, is organising a two-day leadership and partnership-building workshop for MSc and PhD students\, faculty members\, and stakeholders of HHP. \nObjectives\n\nLaunch the HHP Mentorship programme and provide orientation to both mentors and mentees\nFacilitate experience sharing and team building among faculty members researchers\, students\, mentors\, and other stakeholders of HHP\nImpart essential leadership and partnership-building skills to participants\n\nParticipants\nParticipants include MSc and PhD students of all three batches of the HHP project\, faculty members\, researchers\, project staff (including the ICIMOD-HUC team)\, mentors\, and keynote speakers will attend the workshop. Staff from Tangent Waves\, a Nepal-based consulting firm specialising in entrepreneurship development will be facilitating the workshop. Four keynote speakers from India\, Nepal\, and Europe (virtual) will speak on competence requirements for the renewable energy sector in South Asia and Europe. \nBackground\nThe project ‘Research Based Education for Development of Hydropower Professionals for the Himalayan Region’ (Hydro-Himalaya\, HHP) (2021-2026) is funded by Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NOHRED-II) and implemented by the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) Secretariat\, Kathmandu University\, the Norwegian University for Science and Technology\, University of South-Eastern Norway and Wuhan University. The HHP aims to develop sustainable and resilient technologies in the hydropower sector in Nepal by strengthening the capacity of higher education institutions in Nepal and other Hindu Kush Himalaya countries to produce higher-quality graduates\, more and higher-quality research\, and more inclusive higher education. \nDuring the first three years of the project’s duration\, 18 MScs and 12 PhD students were selected through an open and competitive process. The year 2023 marked the final enrolment batch and mid-point of the project. \nAs part of the efforts to enhance the competencies and employability of graduates in the fields of hydropower engineering\, the HHP is launching a mentorship program for 30 PhD and Master students (HHP fellows)\, starting in 2024. The mentors will come from the private sector\, development practice\, and government or policy-making bodies in Nepal and will support\, guide\, and advise mentees to achieve their educational and personal goals. \nThe objectives of the mentorship programme are: \n\nEngage experts and inspiring individuals to leverage their knowledge and experience to enhance the personal and educational careers of the selected candidates\nCreate a network of strong and motivated young professionals to contribute to the HKH region in a more meaningful way\nSupport and advise candidates to further improve their knowledge\, reaching their full potential and keeping them motivated and active throughout the project period\nAdvise the Mentoring Coordinator from the HUC on the completion of the mentoring programme provide feedback where appropriate and help further improve future mentorship programme
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/enhancing-graduate-competencies-and-employability-for-the-hydropower-sector-in-nepal/
LOCATION:Nagarkot\, Nepal\, Nepal
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231119
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T095331Z
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SUMMARY:Cross-cutting workgroup on open geospatial and community-led mapping for sustainable and resilient HKH
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nHimalayan University Consortium(HUC) fellows will be showcasing their mountain-focused work at the Open Geospatial Conference and State of the Map Asia 2023\, in Bangkok. The theme for this year’s conference is urban resilience. The meeting will also gather HUC-supported mappers\, researchers\, and practitioners in the fields of open geospatial and community-led mapping from Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) countries. \nObjectives\n\nShowcase mountain-focused\, HKH-specific work of HUC-supported mappers as part of the HOTOSM community\nDiscuss the possibility of establishing a cross-cutting workgroup on open geospatial technologies and community-led mapping for sustainable and resilient Hindu Kush Himalaya\nThe expected outcome is a concrete action plan for the cross-cutting workgroup for the year 2024.\n\n  \nBackground\nOpen geospatial tools and technologies are free and accessible to the public. Community-led mapping is a method of participatory approach that engages stakeholders in generating geospatial data based on their needs for socio-economic development and resilience building in the face of climate change and other uncertainties. The use of open geospatial tools and technologies through community-led participatory mapping approach is highly effective for first response and relief operation in extremely challenging circumstances of disruptions in critical infrastructure during cascading and compound disasters. They are also an effective communication tool in resilience and community building\, especially for mapping tangible and intangible heritage that matters to local communities. \nMembers and partners of HUC have been active in promoting the development\, application\, and refinement of open geospatial tools and technologies for research and practice in the HKH. Since 2021\, HUC has collaborated closely with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Asia Pacific (HOTOSM) to train young female community members in Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, and northeast India as part of She Leads and She Inspires programme. In March 2023\, HUC collaborated with the University of Innsbruck and University of Bremen in hosting a Training on Glacier Modelling: Practical applications with the Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM). These capacity-building activities generated a cohort of young professionals\, many of them women\, making use of open geospatial tools in their local context and addressing local concerns. \nAgenda\nWednesday\, 15 November\n\n\n\nTime\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n17:00\nArrival\n\n\n17:30 – 18:30\nIntroduction\n\n\n18:30 – 20:00\nWorking dinner \n\nDiscussion on a road map toward the formation of a Cross-cutting Workgroup on Open Geospatial Technologies and Community-led Mapping for Sustainable and Resilient Hindu Kush Himalaya\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, 16 November\n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n8:00 onwards\nFull day engagement at the Open Geospatial Conference and State of the Map Asia 2023\n\n\n18:00 – 20:00\nReception dinner\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, 17 November\n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n8:00 onwards\nOpen talks: Engaging the Open GeoCommunity and civic partners in Asia \nHUC presenters will make three collective lightning talks during this session \n\nStrengthening resilience through mapping emergency response routes and health care facilities – Chimi Dema (Bhutan) and Nusrat Jahan Nilima (Bangladesh)\,\nFrom crisis to resilience: geospatial solutions for climate change and disaster resilience in the HKH region – Sameera Noori (Afghanistan) and Dilshad Bano (Pakistan)\nWe Can Show and We Can Tell: Narratives of mapping local and indigenous knowledge with community and youths in Lower Eastern Himalayas – Harshit Sosan Lakra (India)\n\n\n\n\n17:00 onwards\nGala dinner\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/cross-cutting-workgroup-on-open-geospatial-and-community-led-mapping-for-sustainable-and-resilient-hkh/
LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand\, Thailand
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231104
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T095400Z
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SUMMARY:Risk data of the High Mountains of Asia: stakeholder mapping and framework development
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nHUC\, with partners\, is poised to launch the Cross-cutting Workgroup on High Mountain Data. This meeting will bring together practitioners from the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region with expertise on the curation\, production\, or use of risk data. Professionals from different domains of risk data use will also clarify its different uses and applications globally. \nThe HiRISK project\, funded by Mountain Research Initiative\, is designed to consolidate regional knowledge on required and available data on risks in mountain contexts. The project aims to establish a comprehensive dashboard (hirisk.org) that will ideally serve as the primary platform for mountain risk data\, its use and best practices in sharing and application in the region. Practitioners will also help identify the needs of all stakeholders towards the establishment of this dashboard. \nWe anticipate that the HiRISK project will lead to the development of draft guidelines on available and necessary risk data in High-Mountain Asia (HMA)\, carry out stakeholder mapping for risk data\, and develop the dashboard to communicate risk data in HMA. This project and proposed data portal are being initiated based on the collective request from regional and international stakeholders\, ranging from both academia\, government\, and non-government organisations responsible for hazard and risk management\, insurance companies and media personalities. \n  \nObjectives\n\nDevelop the first draft on guidelines for mountain risk data in the HKH region\nDraft a framework for the data portal to be developed in 2024\n\n  \nAgenda\nDay 1: Tuesday\, 02 November 2023\n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n10:00 – 12:00\nIntroduction of all participants and their experiences on needs related to risk data in High-Mountain Asia\n\n\n12:00 – 12:30\nPresentation by a global reinsurance company – Chandan Verma\, SwissRe\, India\n\n\n12:30 – 13:30\nLunch\n\n\n13:30 – 15:00\nBrief presentation of available datasets and models (EMDAT\, CLIMADA\, OASIS)\n                \n                Group work to define risk data\, current gaps and potential\n\n\n15:00 – 15:15\nTea break\n\n\n15:15 – 15:45\nPresentation by a global risk modeler – FATHOM\, UK\n\n\n15:45 – 18:00\nGroup work to characterize relevant stakeholders/potential users and their capacities in data use\, production and willingness to share and apply\n\n\n18:00 – 20:00\nWorking dinner\n\n\n\nDay 2: Friday\, 3 November 2023\n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n09:00 – 10:30\nInternal presentations on available datasets and data initiatives in HMA\n\n\n10:30 – 11:00\nIn person presentation on data needs for global communication of risk – CarbonBrief\, UK\n\n\n11:00 – 11:10\nTea break\n\n\n11:10 – 12:00\nIn person presentation on Oasis Loss Modelling Framework – Claire Souch\, RMS\, UK\n\n\n12:00 – 13:00\nLunch\n\n\n13:00 – 14:50\nGroup discussion and sketching on visualisation of risk data\, metadata\, and related issues in an interactive dashboard\n\n\n14:50 – 15:00\nTea break\n\n\n15:00 – 16:00\nPresentation by a mountain risk expert – Holger Frey\, GAPHAZ\, Switzerland\n\n\n16:00 – 17:30\nSteps ahead for production of dashboard and stakeholder interaction (clear tasks and timelines of team members)
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/risk-data-of-the-high-mountains-of-asia-stakeholder-mapping-and-framework-development/
LOCATION:Dhulikhel\, Nepal\, Nepal
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230930
DTSTAMP:20260430T161918
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SUMMARY:How to strengthen the HUC Network for safeguarding Hill Heritage?
DESCRIPTION:About the meeting\nThe HUC Thematic Working Group on DRR and Resilience is supporting a youth–focused special session as part of the 13th International Conference of the International Society for the Integrated Disaster Risk Management on 29 September 2023. \nHeritage plays a crucial role in encouraging societal cohesion and sustainable development. We are suffering from the progressive loss of heritage due to natural disasters such floods\, landslides\, fires\, earthquakes\, as well as human activity insufficient conservation measures\, heritage places are at risk of disaster man–made activities\, and other dangers. There are several ways that cultural and natural heritage can mitigate or lessen the effects of disasters. One way is historical conservation\, through which local communities are encouraged to take ownership of and take part in the creation and upkeep of their history. \nDisaster preparedness and response in India is a relatively new subject\, especially for museums and other cultural heritage sites. The relief\, recovery\, and rehabilitation efforts following a disaster were the main objectives of disaster management. Museums in Delhi\, Srinagar\, Jaipur\, and other towns have sustained serious and irreparable damage as a result of disasters. In order to deal with these disasters\, it is essential to equip young professionals working in museum and historic site management with the skills necessary to establish their own disaster management strategies. \n  \nObjectives\nThis session aims to: \n\nBring together different stakeholders\, young researchers\, academicians\, policymakers\, practitioners working in or interested to work in the field of DRR initiatives\, especially in the context of hill heritage at risk\nDevelop a roadmap on how and in what ways we can strengthen the HUC Network that can enable the partnering institutions and associated partners and stakeholders to come together and work for safeguarding hill heritage\n\n  \nBackground\nThe HUC Thematic Working Groups are clusters of individual scholars who are affiliated with HUC as full or associate members\, operating on a resource sharing basis. The Thematic Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience group has been active since 2018\, under the leadership of Co–Leads in China\, India\, and Thailand. \n  \nAgenda\nTuesday\, 26 September 2023\nAll timings are in India Standard Time (IST). \n\n\n\nTime\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n10:00–10:30\nBriefing session: \n\nIntroduction to hill heritage at risk\nIntroduction to HUC \n\n\n\n\n10:30–10:45\nKey issues and challenges\n                The role of HUC in safeguarding Hill heritage\n                Identifying key questions and thematic clusters for discussion\n                Tentative thematic clusters: \n\nHill museums safety and disaster management\nPlanning for safe pilgrimage routes in hilly areas\nIntegrating traditional knowledge systems in DRR\nSafeguarding intangible heritage for DRR\nProtection of cultural and religious buildings in hilly areas\nClimate change risks on cultural heritage \n\n\n\n\n10:45–11:35\nGuided deliberation across different participant groups \n\nHow to identify risks?\nHow to mitigate and manage disaster risks?\nHow to develop effective risk communication?\n\n                Presentation by each group (3 min)\n            \n\n\n11:35–12:20 \nGuided deliberation \n\nWhat is the role of HUC?\nHow to strengthen HUC Network for safeguarding Hill Heritage?\nPreparing a roadmap for strengthening HUC–Hill Heritage Network\n\n\n\n\n12:20–12:30\nConcluding remarks
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/how-to-strengthen-the-huc-network-for-safeguarding-hill-heritage/
LOCATION:IIT–Roorkee\, Roorkee\, India\, India
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SUMMARY:Himalayan University Consortium India Country Chapter
DESCRIPTION:About the meeting\nThis meeting of the HUC India Country Chapter will put forth nominations for the HUC Steering Committee Member representing India\, to be endorsed by the Steering Committee and General Assembly. \n  \nObjectives\nThe proposed action points for these meetings are: \n\nReconvene under the leadership of Prof Dr Kamal Kishore Pant\, Director of IIT-Roorkee\, the HUC India Country Chapter to appraise vice chancellors of HUC members and VCs of potential members of the progress of the HUC community in India.\nMembers of the HUC India Country Chapter will deliberate on the sustainability pathways for the Consortium and chart out the way forward in fostering collaborations amongst HUC members in the country and with HUC members in the HKH region.\n\n  \nBackground\nThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) is a network of almost 90 member universities and higher education institutions in the eight Hindu Kush Himalaya countries – Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, China\, Myanmar\, Nepal\, and Pakistan – and other parts of the world. The HUC fosters regional and global cooperation in research and education of and for fair\, inclusive\, and sustainable development in the HKH mountains and adjunct areas. The network engages top-notch professional women and men capable of undertaking high-quality research\, education\, teaching\, and dissemination of mountain-focused\, HKH-specific knowledge. The Consortium’s elected ten-member Steering Committee and the Secretariat provide coordination in network building\, partnership strengthening\, resource sharing\, and resource mobilisation activities. The Secretariat is hosted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD\, Kathmandu). \n  \nThe process to establish the HUC Country Chapter in India\nSince 2016\, HUC members in India have tripled in number. In October 2016\, the G B Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) co-hosted an International Conference\, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the HUC General Assembly at the Indian Science National Academy\, gathering 25 Vice Chancellors/Rectors and 20 senior representatives of members from five Hindu Kush Himalaya countries and other regions. In 2018\, five (Pro-) Vice Chancellors/Directors of India’s HUC members met at TERI School of Advanced Studies to deliberate on the need for a country chapter of the Consortium to coordinate members and mobilise resources for inter-university collaboration in and for India’s Himalayan Region (IHR). In 2018\, a group of senior representatives visited the University Grants Commission (UGC) and met Dr D P Singh\, Honourable Chairperson\, drawing his attention to the importance of collaboration among IHR universities. At the High-Level Meeting of UGC/Higher Education Commission/National Education Planning Commission chairpersons\, in conjunction with the HUC Annual Meeting in Kathmandu\, in October 2018\, Dr D P Singh\, Honourable Chairperson of UGC India offered a strong endorsement for the HUC Country Chapter in India and confirmed UGC’s support for mountain-focused\, Himalayan-specific research and training and regional collaboration in UGC grant-making policy. In 2020\, 13 Vice Chancellors of Central Universities in 13 Himalayan States and Territories met under the auspices of NITI Aayog and arrived at a consensus on the importance of building an effective alliance for higher education for sustainable Himalayas. \n  \nAgenda\nTuesday\, 26 September 2023\nAll timings are in India Standard Time (IST). \n\n\n\nTime\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n17:30\nRegistration\n\n\n18:00–20:00\nWelcome remarks – Kamal Kishore Pant\, Director\, IIT-Roorkee\n                Introduction of Participants\n                Welcome dinner \n\n\n\nWednesday\, 27 September 2023 \n\n\n\nTime\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n08:00 sharp\nBus departing from Ambrosia Sarovar Portico\, Haridwar for IIT-Roorkee\n\n\n09:00–09:05\nOfficial group photo taking\n\n\n\nInaugural session\n                Facilitator: Harshit Sosan Lakra\, Professor\, IIT-Roorkee \n\nIIT-Roorkee Research\, Training\, and International Collaboration for Sustainability in the Indian\n                        Himalayan Region – Kamal Kishore Pant\, Director\, IIT-Roorkee\nAn overview of the Himalayan University Consortium and India Chapter – Chi H Truong (Shachi)\,\n                        HUC Secretariat Lead\, ICIMOD\n\n\n\n\n09:30–10:30\nPlenary session 1: Fostering in-country\, regional\, and international collaboration in research\n                    for sustainable Indian Himalayan Region\n                Facilitator: Sumit Sen\, Professor\, Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management\,\n                IIT-Roorkee\n                Panelists: \n\nKamal Kishore Pant\, Director\, IIT-Roorkee\nSudhir Kumar\, Director\, NIH\nShri Virendra R Tiwari\, Director\, WII\nJC Kuniyal\, Scientist G and Head – CEA&CC\, G B Pant NIHE\nSarala Khaling\, Regional Director\, ATREE\nGretchen Kalonji\, Director Dean of Institute\, Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR) of\n                        Sichuan University – Hong Kong Polytechnic\n\n\n\n\n10:30–10:45\nCoffee/Tea break\n\n\n10:45–11:45\nPlenary session 2: The role of higher education institutions in nurturing future leadership for\n                    a sustainable Himalaya\n                Facilitator: Shachi Truong\, HUC-ICIMOD\n                Panellists \n\nAnita Pandey\, Professor\, Graphic Era University\nProf. Saurabh Kulshrestha\, Dean\, Research and Development\, Shoolini University of Biotechnology\n                        & Management Science\nDeepak K Mishra\, Professor\, Jawaharlal Nehru University\nProf Irshad A Nawchoo\, Dean\, Research\, University of Kashmir\nM S Chauhan\, Vice Chancellor\, GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology\nRakesh K Maikhuri\, Head Department of Environmental Science\, H N B Garhwal University\nProf Prateek Sharma\, Act Vice Chancellor\, TERI School of Advanced Studies\nProf T K Kharbamon\, Vice Chancellor\, Martin Luther Christian University\n\n\n\n\n\nWord Cafe rotational group work: HUC Country Chapter in India Plan for Action 2023–2025\n                    Station 1. Collaboration in research\n                    Facilitator: Asst Prof Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti\, Professor\, IIT-Roorkee\n                    Station 2. Collaboration in capacity building\n                    Facilitator: Prof Roopam Shukla\, Professor\, IIT-Roorkee\n                    Station 3. Resource Mobilization\n                    Facilitator: Shachi Truong\, HUC-ICIMOD\n                    Participants group into clusters of 5-6 people and rotate across three stations\, discuss at each\n                    station for 10 minutes\n                    Facilitators summarise input\, 5 minutes each\n                    Open discussion\, 15 minutes\n                \n            \n\n\n12:45–13:00\nNomination of candidate(s) for Steering Committee Member representing India\n\n\n13:00\nClosing\n                Key decisions and action points\n                Votes of thanks\n                Lunch\n                END OF THE MEETING
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/himalayan-university-consortium-india-country-chapter/
LOCATION:IIT–Roorkee\, Roorkee\, India\, India
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SUMMARY:HUC Task Force on Sustainability and Resource Mobilisation
DESCRIPTION:Background\nHUC is a thriving network of over 90 universities in the eight Hindu Kush Himalaya countries and across the world. The Consortium’s driving force lies in its Thematic Working Groups and cross-cutting groups: member-led clusters operating on a resource-sharing basis. \nOne of the key decisions of the HUC Steering Committee Meeting in Lanzhou in April 2023 was to establish a Sustainability and Resource Mobilisation Task Force. The Sustainability Task Force (STF) will act as an advisory body to the HUC Steering Committee. The STF will commence in the third/last quarter of 2023 and complete its mandate by the end of the implementation of the HUC Strategy 2025. \nWithin 10 days of open solicitation in early August\, 12 Co-Leads of the HUC Thematic Working Groups\, cross-cutting workgroups\, and dedicated scholars signed up as members of the STF. Two Steering Committee members\, Prof Tri Ratna Bajracharya (Tribhuvan University\, Nepal) and Prof Nichole Georgeou (Western Sydney University\, Australia)\, will co-chair the STF. \n  \nObjectives\n\nDiscuss detailed work plan\, with clear priorities\, for the term of the STF\nAssign specific tasks to each member and clusters of members\nMap resources that can be mobilised for the STF activities during its term\n\n  \nPrevious HUC Task Forces\nThe Membership Policy Review Task Force (2017-2018) was co-led by two Steering Committee Members\, Prof Xu Jun (Sichuan University) and Prof Ashok Gurung (the India China Institute). Based on a thorough review of the quality of HUC membership and the key lessons learned from the exposure visit to the International Secretariat of the UArctic (Rovaniemi\, Finland\, July 2017)\, the Membership Task Force proposed: i) To devise a membership fee collection scheme\, to be discussed and endorsed by members; ii) the Consortium to consider expanding membership categories to include individual scholars\, policymakers and practitioners as well as like-minded consortia; iii) establish a cluster focusing on resource mobilisation for the Consortium’s short-term collaborative activities and medium-term sustainability. \nThe Education for Sustainable Mountain Futures Task Force (2019-2020) was led by Dr Phanchung\, ICIMOD Mountain Chair (2017–2019). It met in Lobesa\, Bhutan (June 2019) and Kathmandu (February 2020)\, resulting in a well-crafted Education for Sustainable Mountain Futures Strategy\, endorsed by the HUC Steering Committee and the General Assembly through e-voting. \n  \nAgenda\nWednesday\, 20 September  \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n17:00\nRegistration\n\n\n17:30–18:30\nIntroduction of co-chairs and members of the Sustainable and Resource Mobilisation Task Force\n\n\n18:00-20:00\nWelcome dinner at Hotel Himalaya\n\n\n\nThursday\, 21 September \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n17:00 sharp\nBus departing from ICIMOD (after the first day of 2nd HKH Science Policy Forum) for Hotel Himalaya\n\n\n18:00-20:00\nWorking dinner\n                Two writing groups \n\nMember Business\nResource Mobilisation\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, 22 September \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n17:00 sharp\nBus departing from ICIMOD (after the second and final day of 2nd HKH Science Policy Forum) for Dhokaima\n                Cafe\n\n\n18:00-20:00\nWorking dinner\n                Two writing groups \n\nMember Business\nResource Mobilisation\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, 23 September \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n09:00-12:00\nChair: Prof Tri Ratna Bajracharya\n                Plenary\n                Resource mapping for Task Force and Consortium activities 2023–2025\n                Closing\n            \n\n\n12:00-13:00\nLunch break\n                END OF THE MEETING\n            \n\n\n13:00\nDepart from Kathmandu
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/huc-task-force-on-sustainability-and-resource-mobilisation/
LOCATION:Kathmandu\, Nepal\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:Mainstreaming indigenous and local knowledge systems into adaptation communication for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region
DESCRIPTION:About the workshop\nIndigenous\, traditional\, and local knowledge (ITLK) systems are diverse forms of knowledge prevalent across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. ITLK systems are often integrated into livelihood strategies and coping strategies for climate change impacts. With the support of the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)\, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)\, and partners including ICIMOD-HUC\, HNV Garwal University\, AMARC-Asia Pacific (AP)\, Ministry of Climate Change – Pakistan\, Bhutan Himalayan Research Initiatives (BHRI)-Bhutan\, Royal University of Bhutan\, and Keio University\,  the CAPaBLE project “Development of adaptation communication framework mainstreaming indigenous and local knowledge for Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region” was developed. As a result\, various investigations\, capacity building\, and new initiatives have been started\, including a new HUC thematic working group on ILK and LLA. This workshop provides an ideal opportunity to share and showcase the findings of this initiative and discuss steps for follow-up. \nObjectives\nThe two-day workshop aims to: \n\nShare the activities and findings of the project\nShare the outcome and impacts of capacity building involving community radios\nDiscuss the framework for mainstreaming bottom-up adaptation communication of ITLK climate actions and initiatives\nDiscuss the way forward for promoting ITLK as a basis for locally-led climate action\n\n  \nAgenda\nDay 1: 10 August 2023 – Knowledge sharing day \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n09:30–10:00\nWelcome and opening remarks\n                Group photo\n            \nPema Gyamtsho\, Director General\, ICMOD\n                Osamu Mizuno\, Programme Director Water and Adaptation\, IGES\n                Yam Prasad Pokharel\, Director General\, Forest Research and Training Centre and Focal Person for Nepal\, APN\n            \n\n\n10:00–10:20\nProject introduction\nBinaya Raj Shivakoti\, Senior Policy Researcher (Water and Adaptation)\, IGES\n\n\n10:20–11:00\nProject activities and outcomes in India\n                Presentation 1: Climate change perception and adaptations of indigenous communities in central Himalayan\, Uttarakhand\, India\n                Presentation 2: Local Indigenous knowledge of ethnoveterinary and uses of medicinal plants in central Himalayan rural landscape\, Uttarakhand\, India\n                Presentation 3: ILK application for urban planning\n            \nRakesh Maikhuri\, Professor\, HNV Garwal University\n                Rakesh Maikhuri\, HNV Garwal University\n                Ravindra Singh\, Guest Faculty\, Department of Environmental Sciences\, HNV Garwal University\n                Harshit Sosan Lakra\, Professor\, IIT Rorkee\, India\n            \n\n\n11:00–11:40\nProject activities and outcomes in Bhutan\n                Call for regional investments and interventions in intangible cultural heritage research related to farming in the Bhutan Himalaya\n                Presentation 1: Connecting nature and farming through the traditional rice plantation ritual practice in the western region of Bhutan\n                Presentation 2: Cattle herds held at helm for sustaining livelihood by revering and propitiating in the southern communities of Bhutan by\n            \nPhanchung\, Executive Director\, Bhutan Himalayan Research Initiatives\n                Namgyel Wangmo\, Research Officer\, Bhutan Himalayan Research Initiatives\n                Yeshi Choden\, Bhutan Himalayan Research Initiatives\n            \n\n\n11:40–13:10\nLunch break\n\n\n13:10–13:40\nProject activities and outcomes in Pakistan\n                Special keynote: Current state of climate change impact and challenges for adaptation at the local level in Pakistan\n            \nHadika Jamshaid\, Advisor to Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination\, Pakistan\n                Saima Saifique\, Program Manager\, Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination\, Pakistan\n            \n\n\n13:40–14:00\nProject activities by HUC\nChi Huyen Truong (Shachi)\, Programme Coordinator\, HUC Secretariat\n\n\nCommunity Media Session\n\n\n14:00–14:30\nProject activities and outcomes by AMARC\n                Presentation 1: Capacity building of community radios in HKH\n                Presentation 2: Demonstration of radio programme\n            \nSuman Basnet\, Regional Director\, AMARC-AP\n\n\n14:30–15:00\nTea and refreshments\n\n\n15:00–16:30\nCommunity media discussion session\n                Moderated by: Suman Basnet\, AMARC-AP\n            \nRepresentatives from community media broadcasters\n\n\n\nDay 2: 11 August 2023 – Session on “Adaptation communication of Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) System” \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n09:30–10:30\nChallenges for identifying\, validating and documenting ILK\n                (Framing presentation followed by discussion)\n            \nBinaya Raj Shivakoti\, IGES\n\n\n10:30–12:00\nOpportunities for promoting and communicating ILK effectively \n\nResearch and education\nMedia and information technology\nYouth engagement\nRegional collaboration\n\n\nAll participants\n\n\n12:30–13:30\nLunch\n\n\n13:30–15:00\nDiscussion on establishing bottom-up approach of adaptation communication in relation to ILK \n\nApproaches of communication at the local level\nConnecting local and national levels\n\n\nAll participants\n\n\n15:00–15:30\nTea & refreshments\n\n\n15:30–16:30\nSummarising outcomes and impacts Way forward Closing\nAll participants
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/mainstreaming-indigenous-and-local-knowledge-systems-into-adaptation-communication-for-the-hindu-kush-himalaya-region/
LOCATION:ICIMOD\, Kathmandu University\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:Participatory visual methods for grassroots policy advocacy
DESCRIPTION:About the workshop\nThis workshop introduces the use of participatory visual methods as a tool for advocacy\, with an emphasis on bottom-up policy communications. Broadly\, visual methods involve the use of photography\, video\, artwork\, and other media in research and engagement activities. The emphasis of this session will be on the use of video. Using visual methods opens a space for creativity\, where new ideas\, interpretations\, and subjective knowledge can enter a discussion. Visual methods can be central to participant-led investigations of issues that are important to a particular group of people\, in a particular context\, and at a particular time. Participatory visual methods can also be integrated into a wide range of activities and projects\, including participatory action research\, that have been used to address unequal power relations and other ethical concerns and limitations. The workshop will bring media and other stakeholders engaged in advocacy from the HKH region. This workshop is part of HUC’s campaign to help bring wider awareness about millet production and its significance in addressing food security among policymakers\, the media and the wider public. We believe this will provide insights and guidance to policy makers\, development organisations\, and other relevant stakeholders in formulating millet-related policies\, initiatives\, and articulating the issues through the media and other platforms in the region. \nObjectives\nThe workshop will provide opportunities for participants to learn about participatory visual methods\, create a short film using a camera kit\, and develop a policy advocacy plan. \nExpected outcomes\nAt the end of this workshop\, the participants will: \n\nUnderstand the strengths\, weaknesses\, and possibilities for participatory visual methods in their projects and programmes\nGain a foundation for understanding participatory visual methods\, designing\, and facilitating participatory visual methods activities\, and developing grassroots policy/advocacy plans\n\n  \nAgenda\n10:30–16:30 (NPT) All sessions will be conducted by Grady Walker\, University of Reading and Co-lead\, Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture\, HUC \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n10:30–11:30\nWelcome Introductions Theoretical background\n\n\n11:30–12:30\nDeveloping stories with a storyboard\n\n\n12:30–13:30\nLunch\n\n\n13:30–14:30\nPractice with the camera Shooting the storyboards\n\n\n14:30–15:30\nShooting continued Screening of short movies\n\n\n15:30–16:30\nDeveloping policy advocacy plan Conclusions
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/participatory-visual-methods-for-grassroots-policy-advocacy/
LOCATION:ICIMOD Headquarters\, Kathmandu\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:Meeting of HUC Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:About\nRepresentatives from Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, China\, India\, Nepal\, Pakistan\, Australia\, and the UK from the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)’s Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Mountain Agriculture are coming together to attend this first in-person meeting post-Covid 19. HUC’s TWG on Mountain Agriculture has the distinction of being the very first as well as the longest-lasting TWG. This meeting will set priorities for research collaboration\, capacity building\, and curriculum uptake among HUC member universities in the region. \nObjectives\n\nDevelop the 2023 workplan for the TWG on Mountain Agriculture\n\n  \nExpected outcome\n\nEstablish better regional collaboration in research and training in mountain agriculture\n\n  \nBackground\nThe HUC TWGs promote regional collaboration in research and training for sustainable mountain development by enhancing the networking and partnership amongst institutions and providing the opportunity for joint research activities. The TWGs are designed to identify priorities for actions in their themes/areas; jointly develop research proposals to be submitted to donors; and collaborate in training and curriculum building/uptake from research in respective working areas: \n\nMountain Heritage and Tourism\nWorld Climate Research Programme (WCRP) My Climate Risk\nDisaster Risk Reduction and Resilience\nMountain Agriculture\nHimalayan Environmental Humanities\nCryosphere and Society\nRenewable Energy\nWater\n\n  \nAgenda\n25 May 2023: Meeting of the TWG on Mountain Agriculture (half day) \n\n\n\nTime (NPT)\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n\nHUC TWG members arrive\n\n\n13:00–14:00\nLunch (meet and greet with new arrivals for HUC TWG meeting)\n\n\n14:00–15:30\nIntroduction and welcome – HUC Secretariat Summary of the policy writeshop Updates on activities and research plans from TWG members \n\nOption for 10 min presentations from each TWG member on research/teaching/institution/etc\n\n\n\n\n15:30–16:00\nTea & coffee\n\n\n16:00–17:00\nSummary of activities from HUC TWG on Mountain Agriculture Open discussion: opportunities for collaboration\n\n\n17:00–18:00\nWork on action plans for TWGs moving forward Feedback from the Secretariat Discuss agenda for final day\n\n\n26 May 2023: Field visits\n\n\n09:30–19:30\nDepart venue in Dhulikhel in the morning and return by evening Detailed agenda of field visits to follow\n\n\n27 May 2023: Departures\n\n\n\nTransfer to airport for departures
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/meeting-of-huc-thematic-working-group-on-mountain-agriculture/
LOCATION:Dhulikhel\, Nepal\, Nepal
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SUMMARY:Himalayan policy writeshop
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nCommunities across the world have depended on millets\, a group of cereal grains\, as a source of nutrition and sustenance for generations. Despite the potential to address food and nutritional security\, millet growth and consumption have been declining. Of late\, the importance of millet has been recognised as critical in addressing food security\, especially under the current climate change scenarios. The UN FAO has designated 2023 as the International Year of Millets and various initiatives have been made by national governments and development organisations to promote this important crop. In this context\, the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) is spearheading a campaign to help bring wider awareness about millet production and its significance in addressing food security among policymakers\, the media\, and the wider public. This writeshop is a follow up to the recently conducted masterclass on food security assessment and will bring together senior-level policymakers\, academics\, and other stakeholders from the Eastern Himalayan region (Northeast India\, Bhutan\, and Nepal) to develop policy briefs on millets for each region. The writeshop will be held in Kathmandu in conjunction with the meeting of HUC’s Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture\, which will set priorities for research collaboration\, capacity building\, and curriculum uptake among HUC member universities in the region.\n  \nObjectives\n\nBuild the capacity of selected country representatives to make concrete\, policymaker-focused recommendations relevant to the national or sub-national contexts\nProvide support to develop policy briefs which highlight policy\, research\, and knowledge gaps\, as well as barriers and bottlenecks to millet revival and integration in Himalayan food systems\nBring together academics and policymakers to facilitate knowledge exchange\, establish common understanding around millet production\, and produce three country-specific national policy briefs\nBuild political awareness on the importance of millets from the perspective of food security and nutrition and indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage\n\nExpected outcomes\n\nParticipant understanding around millet production and marketing will be established\nThree country-specific policy briefs will be developed; the briefs will be concise and action oriented.\n\n  \nAbout the organisers\nThe Himalayan University Consortium is a network of 90 member universities in the eight Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) countries and outside of the HKH region. The Consortium aims to foster regional and international collaboration in innovative research and education for sustainable mountain futures in the region. Its Secretariat resides at the International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu. The University of Reading’s (UK) School of Agriculture\, Policy and Development\, founded in 1892\, has expertise spanning agriculture\, animal science\, international development\, environmental management\, food marketing and consumer behaviour. In the latest Research Excellence Framework\, the School’s research was internationally recognised\, with 91% of work in international development rated as internationally excellent\, along with 80% of work in agriculture and agri-food economics. As part of the Green Resilient Agricultural Productive Ecosystems (GRAPE) project\, ICIMOD is taking the lead in implementing GRAPE Field of Action (FA) 2 – action research – in Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces of Nepal. GRAPE is jointly planned and financed by the European Union\, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland\, and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).\n  \nAgenda\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\n\n\n\n\n22 May 2023\, Day 0 – Arrival\n\n\n\nParticipants arrive in Dhulikhel Meeting of organisers (16:00)\n\n\n23 May 2023\, Day 1 – Introduction\, context\, and preparation for the writeshop\n\n\n09:30–10:30\nFacilitator – Chi Huyen Truong (Shachi)\, Programme Coordinator\, HUC Remarks – Grady Walker\, University of Reading and Co-Lead\, Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture\, HUC Remarks – Prasant Kumar Swain\, Former Joint Secretary\, Department of Agriculture\, Cooperation & Farmer Welfare\, Government of India Overview of the writeshop – Chubamenla Jamir\, Co-Lead\, Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture\, HUC Introduction of participants\n\n\n10:30–10:45\nTea & coffee\n\n\n10:45–12:00\n	Remarks – Ken Shimizu\, FAO Representative for Nepal and Bhutan Introduction to the International Year of Millets\, FAO context – Arun G. C.\, Technical Expert\, FAO GRAPE’s alignment in conservation and promotion of future smart food crops in HKH – Abid Hussain\, Senior Economist and Food Systems Specialist\, ICIMOD Heritage dimension of agriculture and diet – Hayley Saul\, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director\, Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre\, Department of Archaeology\, University of York\n\n\n12:00–12:30	\nSharing expectations questions\n\n\n12:30–13:30\nLunch\n\n\n13:30–15:30\nFood Security Assessment tools – Chubamenla Jamir\n\n\n15:30–16:00\nTea & coffee\n\n\n16:00–17:30\nStakeholder mapping (country teams) using influence/interest matrix Identifying policy objectives/outcomes Identifying key stakeholders/policymakers/bottlenecks Preparation for working in country teams Non-core writing participants depart\n\n\n24 May 2023\, Day 2 – Writeshop\n\n\n09:30–10:45\nReview template for policy brief Edit introductory sections (plenary) Overview of writing in groups\n\n\n10:45–11:00\nTea & coffee\n\n\n11:00–13:00\nDivide into country teams and allocate sections based on mapping exercise\n\n\n13:00–14:00\nLunch\n\n\n14:00–15:30\nContinue writing in country teams\n\n\n15:30–16:00\nTea & coffee\n\n\n16:00–17:00\nContinue writing in country teams\n\n\n17:00–17:30\nFeedback to plenary on progress Questions Preparation for Day 3   Further team writing in the evening\, if required\n\n\n25 May 2023\, Day 3 – Writeshop (half day) and meeting of the TWG on Mountain Agriculture (half day)\n\n\n\nHUC TWG members arrive\n\n\n09:30–10:45\nFeedback on writing in groups and progress Country teams insert text into templates and revise\n\n\n10:45–11:00\nTea & coffee\n\n\n11:00–13:00\nReviewing the templates in plenary Crafting the conclusion and revisiting the introduction Final agreement on rough edit Responsibilities\, roles\, and feasibility to launch policy documents in respective countries Thank you and farewell to core writers who depart after lunch\n\n\n13:00–14:00\nLunch (meet and greet with new arrivals for HUC TWG meeting)\n\n\n14:00–15:30\nMeeting of the TWG on Mountain Agriculture Introduction and welcome – Chi Huyen Truong (Shachi)\, Programme Coordinator\, HUC – Grady Walker\, University of Reading and Co-Lead\, Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture\, HUC – Chubamenla Jamir\, Co-Lead\, Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture\, HUC Summary of the policy writeshop Updates on activities and research plans from TWG members – 10 min presentations on research\, teaching\, institution\, etc from each HKH country (Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, China\, India\, Nepal\, Pakistan)\n\n\n15:30–16:00\nTea & coffee\n\n\n16:00–17:00\nSummary of activities from HUC TWG on Mountain Agriculture Open discussion: opportunities for collaboration\n\n\n17:00–18:00\nWork on action plans for TWGs moving forward Feedback from the TWG co-leads Discuss agenda for final day\n\n\n26 May 2023\, Day 4 – Field visits\n\n\n09:30–19:30\nDepart venue in Dhulikhel in the morning and return by evening Detailed agenda of field visits to follow\n\n\n27 May 2023\, Day 5 – Departures\n\n\n\nTransfer to airport for departures
URL:https://huc-hkh.org/event/himalayan-policy-writeshop/
LOCATION:Dhulikhel\, Nepal\, Nepal
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