Sustainable Futures of Mountains and Uplands Chapter of the SSE ASIAN UN

Kunming, China , China

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 […]

Enhancing graduate competencies and employability for the hydropower sector in Nepal

Nagarkot, Nepal , Nepal

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 […]

Cross-cutting workgroup on open geospatial and community-led mapping for sustainable and resilient HKH

Bangkok, Thailand , Thailand

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 […]

Risk data of the High Mountains of Asia: stakeholder mapping and framework development

Dhulikhel, Nepal , Nepal

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 […]

How to strengthen the HUC Network for safeguarding Hill Heritage?

IIT–Roorkee, Roorkee, India , India

About the meeting The 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. Heritage plays a crucial role in encouraging societal cohesion and sustainable development. We are suffering from the progressive loss […]

Himalayan University Consortium India Country Chapter

IIT–Roorkee, Roorkee, India , India

About the meeting This 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.   Objectives The proposed action points for these meetings are: Reconvene under the leadership of Prof Dr Kamal Kishore Pant, Director of […]

HUC Task Force on Sustainability and Resource Mobilisation

Kathmandu, Nepal , Nepal

Background HUC 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. One of the key decisions of the HUC Steering Committee Meeting in Lanzhou in April 2023 […]

Mainstreaming indigenous and local knowledge systems into adaptation communication for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region

ICIMOD, Kathmandu University , Nepal

About the workshop Indigenous, 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 […]

Participatory visual methods for grassroots policy advocacy

ICIMOD headquarters, Kathmandu , Nepal

About the workshop This 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 […]

Meeting of HUC Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture

Dhulikhel, Nepal , Nepal

About Representatives 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 […]

Himalayan policy writeshop

Dhulikhel, Nepal , Nepal

About the event Communities 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 […]

Masterclass on food security assessment

Online and in-person

About the masterclass HUC is organising a masterclass on Food Security Assessment (FSA) with experts from the HKH region. This masterclass will introduce early career researchers and development workers from Bhutan, Nepal, and Northeast India to the concept and types of FSAs, equip them to develop and implement purposeful assessments, and communicate this effectively to […]