About the event The 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 […]

About the writeshop This 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 […]

About the event The 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.   Background The 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 […]

About the event The Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) is organising an HUC Members’ Day in Bangladesh, with the aim of enhancing HUC membership in the country by: Apprising 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 […]

About the meeting A 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 […]

About the event The 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 […]

About the meeting The 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. The committee will discuss the Evaluation Report of the HUC by an independent reviewing team, commissioned […]

Hosted by: The Higher Education Commission – Pakistan (HEC) Co-organised by: Karakorum International University, PARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, and HUC-ICIMOD   About the meeting Karakorum 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 […]

About the event The 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 […]

About the event The 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. Objectives Launch the HHP Mentorship programme and provide orientation […]

About the event Himalayan 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 […]

About the event HUC, 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 […]