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Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions of Central Asia

11.10.2012

The three-day CAMP forum on sustainable mountain development in Central Asia took place on October 4-6, 2012, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Entitled ‘Sustainable Land Management –up-scaling benefits for rural communities’, the forum facilitated knowledge exchange and experience sharing among different stakeholders working at various levels, from local to national, and to the global.

Participants from Central Asia, France, Germany, England, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Russia and the Caucasus discussed an integrated approach on sustainable land management,  focusing on land reforms, improvement in decision-support tools and need in synergies for current regulatory framework on land use and management to be aligned with internationally accepted good practices.

The Forum was organized by CAMP Kuhiston, Mountain Partnership member from Tajikistan. The multi-stakeholder organizing committee for the event included the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Committee on Women and Family Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan, University of Central Asia (UCA), Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Bern / Research Center of North-South cooperation, German Agro Action, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, FAO, CARITAS, UNDP, the Mountain Partnership and Oxfam in Tajikistan.

The forum adopted recommendations for the regional governments to promote sustainable land management practices along with the reform of the sector at national levels, including the promotion of education, training, and programs to ensure equal opportunities for women, particularly in relation to access to land, credit and information.

A special session of the Mountain Partnership regional members brought togerther 20 member organizations from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Dagestan and Altai Republic, Russian Federation.  

Reporting to the regional members has been done by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat’s Central Asia hub on work for the past two year period since the hub’s establishment in 2010 and participation of the Central Asian delegation in RIO+20 conference. Ms Rosalaura Romeo, program officer from the Central Hub of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat briefed the members on latest developments on the MP strategy and governance structures

During the two-hour session, the members took the stock of existing and internally available tools and platforms for advancing the mountain agenda at the regional level, and worked on updating the needs and demands matrix set up in line with the MP directions of work.

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