2011

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat organized/or and participated in the following events in 2011 to promote the sustainable mountain development agenda:

Adding mountain language to Rio+20: Meetings of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat in New York (New York, USA, 16 December)

International Mountain Day celebrations (11 December)

Mountain Day 1 at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties 17 (Durban, South Africa, 4 December)

Regional Workshop on Mountains and Climate Change in Africa (Mbale, Uganda, 17-19 November)

Regional Workshop on Mountains and Climate Change in Central Asia (Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 9-11 November)

Women of the Mountains Conference (Orem, USA, 8 November)

Regional Workshop on Mountains and Climate Change in Latin America (Santiago, Chile, 26-29 October)

Highlands and drylands: mountains, a source of resilience in arid regions - side event at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of Parties 10 (Changwon, South Korea, 17 October)

On the road to Rio+20: the World Mountain Conference (Lucerne, Switzerland, 11–12 October)

IPROMO course: Natural hazards and disaster risk management in mountain areas (Ormea, Italy, 9–22 July)

International Symposium on Pastoralism in Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 13–18 June)

Mountain Countries and the Road to Rio+20 (New York, USA, 9 May)