2017

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat organized/or and participated in the following events in 2017 to promote the sustainable mountain development agenda:

Fifth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership (Rome, Italy; 11-13 December 2017)

Forum "Origin, Diversity and Territories" – designing sustainable mountain food systems (Bulle, Switzerland; 1 December 2017)

Mountains and Islands: building a coalition for vulnerable ecosystems – COP23 - Mountain Partnership members organize side event at the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (Bonn, Germany; 16 November 2017)

Implementing the 2030 Agenda & Paris Agreement in mountains: building a Framework for Action – COP23 - Mountain Partnership members organize side event at the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (Bonn, Germany; 14 November 2017)

West African Mountain Forum – mountains’ contributions to economic development and climate change adaptation (Kpalime, Togo; 5-8 October 2017)

International Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Forum – strengthening the snow leopard range countries’ ongoing efforts to protect the snow leopard (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 24-25 August 2017)

International Congress of Highlands and Mountain Ecosystems – moving towards a regional vision of the Andes mountains (Bogotá, Colombia; 12-14 July 2017)

2017 International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) – environmental and economic issues to enhance mountain sustainability (Ormea and Pieve Tesino, Italy; 5-19 July 2017)

3rd UNWTO Euro-Asian Mountain Resorts Conference – discussing the potential of mountain tourism to foster economic development (Tbilisi, Georgia; 4-7 April 2017)

iAlp: Interactive Alpine Museums – mountain museums launch digital database of their cultural assets (Turin, Italy; 23 February 2017)

MP statement at the 55th Commission for Social Development – two members deliver joint statement on behalf of the Mountain Partnership (UN Building, New York, USA; 7 February 2017)