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Global Himalayan Expedition wins ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2018
05 Jun 2018
The ICIMOD Mountain Prize Commission today announced Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) – facilitator of access to education and clean energy, and promoter of sustainable tourism in remote Himalayan communities of India – the winner of the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2018. This is the first conferral of the prize, which will continue on an annual basis.
READ MOREForty-ninth ICIMOD Board of Governors Meeting
15 May 2018
Bhutan is hosting the forty-ninth Board of Governors (BoG) meeting of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Thimphu. The country is a founding member of ICIMOD and the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Dasho Rinzin Dorji, currently serves as its Board Chair. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) serves as the Centre’s focal agency in Bhutan.
READ MOREICIMOD and NMB Bank combine efforts to benefit mountain communities in Nepal
09 May 2018
On 9 May 2018, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and NMB Bank, Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide mountain communities in Nepal better access to finance. NMB and ICIMOD hope to build on each other’s network and strengths to foster cooperation and contribute to sustainable mountain and socio-economic development in Nepal through knowledge intervention and business promotion. The partnership focuses on achieving and delivering the shared values and goals of the organizations. The three broad focus areas of the collaboration are access to finance, impact investment, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities for the benefit of mountain communities.
READ MORERegional collaboration needed for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in the Koshi basin
27 Apr 2018
ICIMOD, IMHE, and their partners shared information on research work in DRR and livelihood adaptation in the Koshi basin. Participants deliberated upon past efforts, progress, gaps, and ways forward to strengthen regional collaboration on DRR and sustainable livelihoods. Basanta Raj Shrestha, Director of Strategic Cooperation at ICIMOD, reiterated the need to strengthen DRR in the basin by taking successful pilots to policy and implementation levels while leveraging institutional and governmental support from all three basin countries.
READ MOREEnhancing Science-Based Regional Cooperation through the Transboundary Upper Indus Basin Network
27 Apr 2018
A two-day workshop at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu consolidated efforts to strengthen research and knowledge generation through the Upper Indus Basin Network (UIB-N) across four riparian countries sharing the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) waters.
READ MOREGermany Supports Policy Dialogues for Transboundary Cooperation Across the HKH
22 Mar 2018
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in hosting policy dialogues to analyse both existing cooperation mechanisms in the HKH region and worldwide best practices, and to work towards a joint roadmap for transboundary cooperation in the HKH. The project will be jointly implemented by ICIMOD and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
READ MORENorway renews collaboration supporting sustainable mountain development across the HKH
19 Mar 2018
Achieving transformative change in the lives of mountain people across the eight countries sharing the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – is the shared aim of the Government of Norway and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
READ MORETackling poverty in a rapidly changing world: Experts recommend a collective response to common ecosystem risks
14 Mar 2018
All of us rely on the natural environment for our survival and billions of people still rely principally on the environment for their livelihoods and other aspects of wellbeing. The dependence of the world’s poorest people on the environment and their contribution to its stewardship are often ‘hidden’ in public debates and decision-making processes.
READ MOREZigzag Kilns Hold Promise for 'Greening' South Asia's Brick Sector
16 Feb 2018
The conference was organized as part of ICIMOD’s DFID-funded Brick Kiln Initiative to help rebuild Nepal’s brick sector after the earthquake of April 2015. Programme coordinator, Bidya Banmali, says the initiative has achieved much success in a short period: “We are encouraged to learn that progressive brick entrepreneurs in Nepal have converted their FCBTKs to zigzag kilns. As we want to see more and more brick entrepreneurs in South Asia follow suit, we've been working hard to spread the word about improved zigzag kiln designs and facilitating exposure visits for interested brick entrepreneurs from the region and beyond."
READ MOREICIMOD and Radiant.Earth Establish Strategic Cooperation to Advance Earth Observation Applications and SDG Progress
08 Dec 2017
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Radiant.Earth have signed a strategic partnership agreement for knowledge and technology transfer of Earth observation (EO).
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