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First National Initiative Group meeting in Armenia

Mar 2020

On February 24th, 2020 meeting on Development and Planning of Regional Dialogue and Cooperation took place in Armenia, bringing together the scientists and practitioners.

First National Initiative Group meeting in Azerbaijan

Feb 2020

On February 5th, at the Institute of Geography Academy of Science, the first meeting of the National Initiative Group of Azerbaijan (NIG Azerbaijan) on Development and Planning of Regional Dialogue and Cooperation took place, bringing together the scientists and practitioners. The Initiative Group in Azerbaijan is responsible the advocacy of the science-policy interface strengthening and the Caucasus Regional Research Agenda (C-RRA) promotion.

First National Initiative Group meeting in Georgia

Jan 2020

On December 18, the First National Meeting on Development and Planning of Regional Dialogue and Cooperation in Georgia took place, bringing together the scientists and practitioners. The meeting covered the overview of the Caucasus Regional Research Agenda (C-RRA) and the introduction of the Advocacy Roadmap, developed for strengthening the cooperation between academia and practitioners

Second Caucasus Mountain Forum

Nov 2019

On 30 October – 1 November 2019 the Second Caucasus Mountain Forum (CMF) was held in Ankara, Turkey, gathering about 200 participants from the six countries of the Caucasus Ecoregion, as well as from Austria, Estonia, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway United Kingdom, Ukraine, etc. The Second CMF was hosted by Ankara University, Department of Geography.

CEO Meeting under SCAC Project

Jun 2019

On 12-13 June 2019 the working meeting on the second Caucasus Environmental Outlook (CEO) methodology under the project “Strengthening Climate Adaptation Capacities in South Caucasus (SCAC)” was held at Sustainable Caucasus Office in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Kick-off Meeting of the SCAC Project

Mar 2019

Under the project Strengthening Climate Adaptation Capacities in the South Caucasus the kick off meeting was held on 4-5 March, 2019 at Ilia State University, which aimed at coordinating different project activities between project partners.

Implementation Phase of the Project Strengthening Climate Adaptation Capacities in South Caucasus (SCAC)

Dec 2018

On December 10 the new agreement was signed between the Sustainable Caucasus and Swiss Cooperation South Caucasus which marked the start of the implementation phase for the projectStrengthening Climate Adaptation Capacities in South Caucasus (SCAC).

Sustainable Caucasus presented at the "Caspian Ecology 2017"

Nov 2017

On November 13-16 the 8th Azerbaijani International Exhibition in the environmental field “Caspian Ecology 2017” was held in Baku Expo Centre. The event attracted 53 companies and government institutions from seven countries of the Caspian and Caucasus regions and has underlined the significance of the solution of problems of environmental culture at the present stage of development of society.

SNC-mt Planning Workshop

Nov 2017

On 6-7 November SNC-mt Planning Workshop was held under the “Sustainable Caucasus Project”.

Lessons Learned Workshop under the "Sustainable Caucasus Project"

Jun 2017

Under the SCOPES project “Supporting Sustainable Mountain Development in the Caucasus (Sustainable Caucasus)” a Lessons Learned Workshop was held on 20-21 June in Borjomi, Georgia.

Caucasus Mountain Forum 2016 - Proceedings

Apr 2017

On 28-30 November 2016, the First Caucasus Mountain Forum (CMF) was held in Tbilisi, Georgia. The CMF served as an important opportunity for scientists, governmental experts, and practitioners to meet and exchange views on opportunities and challenges, and thereby seek to enhance (sub)-regional dialogue and contribute to the better coordination of sustainable development of the Caucasus region. The abstracts of the CMF participants are published as Forum Proceedings

Development of Spatial Data Infrastructure for Caucasus

Mar 2017

In the framework of the project «Supporting Sustainable Mountain Development in the Caucasus (Sustainable Caucasus)», geospatial data has been designated as a key element to support the process towards sustainable mountain development. In order to ensure the best access to and use of geospatial data for visuali­zing, monitoring and modeling specific issues, an open source geospatial data sharing platform has been set up using the Geonode application

First Caucasus Mountain Forum

Dec 2016

On 28-30 November 2016, the First Caucasus Mountain Forum (CMF) was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, gathering over 150 participants from around the world

International Summer School "Research For Development"

Sep 2016

International Summer School "Research for Development" was held within the framework of the SCOPES program «Sustainable Mountain Development in the Caucasus (Sustainable Caucasus)» funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Regional stakeholder meeting “Towards a Strategic Agenda on Climate Change and Adaptation in the South Caucasus Mountains”

Aug 2016

On 4-5 August, 2016 Sustainable Caucasus together with UNEP and NALAG hosted the regional stakeholder meeting “Towards a Strategic Agenda of Climate Change and Adaptation in the South Caucasus Mountains”