The organization of a Mountain Summer School is one of the main activities carried out under the project Supporting Sustainable Mountain Development in the Caucasus (Sustainable Caucasus). The project aims to support the scientific institutions that have created the SNC-mt in their efforts to contribute to the structural development and modernization of research and teaching
The Lead organizer of the Mountain Summer School is the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Science, which closely works with the other Sustainable Caucasus project partners.
In addition to its focus on case-study oriented inter- and transdisciplinary competences, the Summer School will serve to regionally network early career researchers, including through the establishment of a SNC-mt supported Summer School alumni network.