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The Second Workshop on the Caucasus Environmental Outlook
On the 10th of November when the world celebrates International Science Day, the second workshop on the Caucasus Environmental Outlook has taken place with the participation of national and international scientists and practitioners from around the world.
Teacher Coaching Programme Workshop #2: Social Aspects of Disaster Risk Management
On the 9th of November, a second virtual webinar on Social Aspects of Disaster Risk Management took place with the participation of higher education institution representatives from the countries of the Caucasus region.
There is plenty of reading to catch up on from this month on SNC-mt website. Check out our list of new publications relevant to the Caucasus region updated for you bi-weekly.
The Caucasus and Carpathian scientific networks signed an agreement this June, to collaborate on sustainable development of these unique and threatened mountain regions.
In both Carpathian and Caucasus regions scientific networks have been created, with the contribution to the regional sustainable development among their objectives:
• Science for the Carpathians (S4C) network has been established in 2008, connecting international researchers and those from the Carpathian countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine)
• In 2014, representatives of the six Caucasus countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, the Russian Federation, and Turkey) formally created the Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain Region (SNC-mt).
Teacher Coaching Programme Workshop #1: Learning-Centered Teaching
Teacher Coaching Programme Workshop #1: Learning-Centered Teaching
Colleagues from the University of Geneva together with Sustainable Caucasus hold a second regional workshop on teaching-learning practice improvement to respond to the growing demand for qualified teaching in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and hazard mapping (DRM-HM) and to contribute to capacity building for instructors in higher education institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia within the project Strengthening the Climate Adaptation Capacities in the South Caucasus: Enhancing regional cooperative action for the benefit of the Caucasus mountain region (SCAC), financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Are you looking for some weekend reading on? We've got you covered! Check out our list of new publications relevant to the Caucasus region updated for you bi-weekly.
New Publications September 2021
Plenty to catch up on in our round-up of new publications on the SNC-mt platform, constantly updated with scientific articles, chapters, books, researches relevant to the Caucasus region.
On the 30th of September 2021, a virtual workshop took place aiming to identify the needs of diverse users of data and information pertaining to the Caucasus region. It is hoped that through time, it will be possible to meet these needs by making relevant data freely discoverable, accessible, and usable.
Sustainable Caucasus team members visit Tusheti Protected Areas to collect the best climate adaptation solutions.
In partnership with UNEP Sustainable Caucasus is implementing SDC's funded global programme "Adaptation at Altitude: Taking Action in the Mountains" in the South Caucasus region. The program's overall objective is to increase knowledge on climate change and appropriate adaptation solutions in the mountains and feed it into science-policy platforms for informed decision-making in national, regional, and global policy processes that will increase mountain communities' and ecosystems' resilience to climate change.
New Publications September 2021
Catch up on some of the latest research this weekend by browsing our list of new publications from the SNC-mt platform constantly updated with scientific publications, articles, chapters, books relevant to the Caucasus Region.