Expo recognizes the Mountain Partnership15.06.2015This year’s Universal Exposition, better known as Expo, in Milan, Italy, featured a week dedicated solely to mountains on 4–11 June 2015. Mountain Week was a series of events about sustainable development, agriculture and mountain products from around the world. Expo 2015 also listed the Mountain Partnership (MP) among its best practices. At Expo 2015, the MP was recognized for its capacity building programmes and projects to promote high quality mountain products, both are examples of concrete actions implemented by the MP to promote the sustainable development of rural mountain areas. Additionally, the MP has been promoting best practices and knowledge sharing of sustainable mountain development to manage and enhance the resilience of vulnerable mountain ecosystems. The multi-stakeholder cooperation among UN agencies, governments, development banks, research institutions, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private enterprises to stimulate sustainable development is considered a best practice.
“The Mountain Partnership Secretariat facilitated the organization of Mountain Week at Expo, connecting Mountain Partnership members such as the Alpine Convention, the Carpathian Convention, the Italian Ministry of Environment and Earth Day Italia and a few others,” Romeo stated in reference to the role of the MP in Mountain Week. Expo 2015 is a world fair that provides an international studio where over 140 countries are participating by displaying innovative technology that will attempt to tackle food insecurity and provide sufficient and nutritious food for communities in need, while respecting the planet. According to Expo 2015, over 20 million visitors are expected to come to its 1.1 million square metres of exhibition area. |
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