Ongoing Events
Reconciling human-wildlife interface in Kangchenjunga Landscape: A Regional Dialogue for Action
04 Dec, 2018 - 13 Dec, 2018, North Bengal, IndiaThe Kangchenjunga Landscape is a transboundary landscape where three countries – Bhutan, India and Nepal – are working together through a Regional Cooperation Framework to ensure the social and economic well-being of local communities while maintaining ecological and cultural integrity.
READ MORE36th Biannual Research and Training Workshop, SANDEE
10 Dec, 2018 - 13 Dec, 2018, Kathmandu, NepalSANDEE will hold its 36th Biannual Research and Training (R&T) Workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal. Selected researchers, whose proposals have gone through peer review, will present to peers and SANDEE faculty advisors and defend their proposals for SANDEE research grants. The workshop will also review the progress of research under past SANDEE–ICIMOD grants.
READ MORESANDEE–ICIMOD Lecture Series 2018
10 Dec, 2018, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, NepalLecture Series on Air Pollution and Climate: Traditional and Modern Risks in Asia by Kirk R Smith and Development Challenges of Asia: The Asian Century and the Middle Income Trap by HM Gunatilake
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Celebrating International Mountain Day
11 Dec, 2018, ICIMODInternational Mountain Day presents an opportunity to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints related to mountain development, and to build partnerships that will bring positive change to the world’s mountains and highlands. The theme this year is 'Mountains Matter'.
READ MOREInception Workshop Koshi Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Knowledge Hub
11 Dec, 2018 - 12 Dec, 2018The Koshi Basin Initiative (KBI) at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) works with partners to increase understanding of disasters in the basin and to enhance preparedness for disaster risk reduction. The networks created in this process and through ICIMOD partners could be leveraged to identify areas for collaboration and knowledge sharing between institutions and stakeholders in the basin.
READ MORESANDEE Advanced Course on Programme Evaluation for Natural Resource and Environmental Economists
14 Dec, 2018 - 15 Dec, 2018, Kathmandu, NepalThis short course will expose participants to impact evaluation (IE) of programmes, projects, and policies (using econometric methods) in the environmental and development economics arena. Evaluation of programmes – be it before programmes and projects are designed, or after they are implemented – is increasingly viewed as critical for learning about what works and what does not, and for raising overall accountability in public policy.
READ MOREFourth Partnership Certified Training
11 Feb, 2019 - 14 Feb, 2019, Norkhil Boutique Hotel and Spa, Thimphu, BhutanThe Fourth Partnership Certified Training is scheduled to be held from 11 to 14 February 2019 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The Partnership Brokers Association (PBA) is delivering the training in partnership with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
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International Consultative Workshop Bridging Boundaries: Strengthening Regional Cooperation Across Transboundary River Basins and Landscapes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH Transboundary Cooperation – 2018)
15 Nov, 2018 - 16 Nov, 2018, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, NepalThe Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is a region of rich cultural, aesthetic, biological, and geo-hydrological value. Some of the tallest peaks in the world are found here. Researchers and scientists have measured around 60,000 km2 of glaciers and 760,000 km2 of snow cover in the HKH, making it a massive store of freshwater.
READ MOREFirst Hindu Kush Himalaya Science-Policy Forum: Actions to Sustain a Global Asset
13 Nov, 2018 - 14 Nov, 2018, ICIMOD Headquarters, Kathmandu, NepalThe Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) is a long-term, integrated science-policy initiative coordinated by ICIMOD that aims to support enabling policies and sustainable solutions, and promote regional cooperation to address some of the region’s most immediate challenges.
READ MOREHUC - IHCAP Glacier Monitoring Training 2018
12 Nov, 2018 - 05 Dec, 2018, NepalICIMOD has collaborated with partners to build capacity and establish glacier mass balance programmes in the HKH since 2011. The Universities of Fribourg and Zurich, Switzerland, maintain multiple monitoring programmes in the Alps. As a core competence, they have built capacity in Switzerland, and internationally with partners in India and several countries in the Andean and Central Asian region.
READ MORE2018 International Workshop for Young Scientists of the Hindu Kush Himalaya
05 Nov, 2018 - 06 Nov, 2018, Yanqihu Campus, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaThe Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) was established with a mandate to develop an effective, sustainable network of universities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). The initiative is part of the regional programme on Mountain Knowledge and Action Networks (MKAN) at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
READ MOREREDD+ Himalaya: Final Progress Synthesis Meeting
31 Oct, 2018 - 02 Nov, 2018, MyanmarAs a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge institution, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) implemented its REDD+ Himalaya project from 2014 to 2018 in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal to support ongoing REDD+ readiness through the Regional REDD+ Initiative.
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