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New Publications June 2021
Welcome to our June 2021 round-up of new publications! The online platform of SNC-mt is constantly updated with scientific publications, articles, chapters, books, relevant to the Caucasus region that you won’t want to miss this month.
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The First Workshop on the Caucasus Environmental Outlook
The Caucasus Environmental Outlook is part of the project Strengthening Adaptive Capacity in the Caucasus, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), which aims to enhance regional cooperative action for the benefit of the Caucasus mountain region. The project is centered around education, networking and knowledge generation. It builds on regional scientific cooperation developed and implemented since 2014 under the umbrella of the Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain Region (Its secretary Sustainable Caucasus), which brings together institutions from all six Caucasus countries.
The First Meeting of Regional Initiative Group
On the 28th of June 2021, an important first gathering of the Regional Initiative Group (RIG) has taken place. RIG is formed based on national alliances in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (National Initiative Groups — NIGs) comprised of scientific, civil, and private organisations interested and working in the fields of Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Sustainable Mountain Development (SMD), and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA).
The Science for the Carpathians Network (S4C) and the Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain Region (SNC-mt) joint hands to link scientists working in the Carpathians and Caucasus, empower academic and scientific institutions and establish prerequisite to level the playing field for research and development in these countries.
National Initiative Group Meeting in Azerbaijan
National Initiative Group of Azerbaijan gathered on June 23, 2021, the meeting's primary purpose was to discuss cooperation mechanisms and joint systemic actions to strengthen collaboration between the academics and practitioners to eliminate existing challenges for sustainable development of the Caucasus mountain region.
Welcome to our May 2021 round-up of new publications! The online platform of SNC-mt is constantly updated with scientific publications, articles, chapters, books, relevant to the Caucasus region that you won’t want to miss this month.
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On April 20, 2021, in Kutaisi, the Caucasus Network for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions (Sustainable Caucasus) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Akaki Tsereteli Kutaisi State University.
The purpose of this cooperation is to facilitate the involvement of various stakeholders in international scientific networks and to jointly organise the third Caucasus Mountain Forum. Held biannually, the forum is a scientific conference and gives Caucasian and international scientists and other stakeholders the opportunity to share experiences and knowledge, as well as assess the progress of Caucasian scientific research for the sustainable development of mountain regions over the past two years
On the 25th of February Scientific Steering Group of the Scientific Network for Caucasus Mountain Region and colleagues from the Science for the Carpathians met to discuss the joint plans in light of the signing of MoU for the following years.
The Science for the Carpathians Network (S4C) and the Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain Region (SNC-mt) constitute networks of researchers working on mountainous regions with similar aims. The research agendas of both S4C and SCN-mt contain many similar focus areas aimed at understanding the socio-ecological systems of the respective mountain regions and their transitions. Both networks are supported by and cooperate with the UNEP Office in Vienna, Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, which works on international mountain ecosystems. The aforementioned organizations are partners and have invested time and resources in the promotion of both networks.
The Scientific Steering Group of the Scientific Network for Caucasus Mountain Regions gathered to discuss the upcoming third Caucasus Mountain Forum. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Scientific Steering Group members from the six countries (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey) as well as by the colleagues from the GiZ Caucasus Biodiversity Program willing to cooperate under the CMF3 and Carolina Adler, the Executive Director of the Mountain Research Initiative and Co-chair of Scientific Committee of the third Caucasus Mountain Forum.
A New Partnership Initiative to Support Distance Learning Module (DLM) Implementation in Armenia
On January 21, 2021, at the office of GeoRisk Scientific Research Company was held a meeting with the participation of scientists and practitioners, particularly representatives of the Institute of Geological Sciences NAS, Armenian State Pedagogical University, and Crisis Management State Academy MES, freelance expert and country representative of the Caucasus Network for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions (Sustainable Caucasus).
The meeting aimed at the introduction and implementation of the Distance Learning Module (DLM) for DRR and Disaster Risk Mapping in Armenian Higher Education Institutions.