NIG (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)
NIGs’ (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) goal is to promote scientifically justified policy and decision making in the fields of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Overall Sustainable Mountain Development (SMD) throughout the Caucasus with the active involvement of academic, civil and private organizations. Main activities are: Identification of priority issues including needs and challenges; Coordination and information exchange between member organizations; Advocacy to ensure science-based decision making. Moreover, Regional Initiative Group (RIG) represented by all the national NIGs, i.e. Co-chairs of NIGs, is focused on tackling the problems at the regional level.
NIG is an alliance comprised of scientific, civil and private organizations interested and working among others in the fields of Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Sustainable Mountain Development (SMD).
NIG was established in terms of the project Strengthening the Climate Adaptation Capacities in the South Caucasus (SCAC) implemented by the Caucasus Network for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions (Sustainable Caucasus). Currently, NIG unitesrepresentatives from various academic, non-governmental and/or private organizations and individual members.
NIG is responsible for advocacy of the science-policy interface strengthening and C-RRA promotion and selects by the first meeting of NIG topic for the next years’ work is the spatial planning concept sophistication and integrated balanced regional development in region. NIG elects co-chairs for the following two years in each country.
National Initiative Group of Georgia
NIG Georgia members are as follows: Ilia State University (IliaUni) and its institutes like as the Institute of Earth Science and Seismic Monitoring Center, as well as Institute of Ecology; the Tbilisi State University and its institutes like as Institute of Geography and the International School of Economics (ISET), the Department of Human Geography, the Department of Physical Geography, and others particularly; Tbilisi Technical University and its institutes like the Water Institute and the Faculty of Energy of Technical University; the Greens movement Georgia/Friends of Earth; the Caucasus Environmental NGOs Network (CENN); The Biological Farming Association ELKANA; the Energy Efficiency Centre (Covenant of Mayors Representative); the Georgian Environmental Outlook (GEO); the Mountain Development Centre, the Environment and Development- (ED), the Association Rural Development for Future Georgia (RDFG)/DRR Center; the Georgian Eco-tourism Association; the Georgian Insurance Association; GIS and RS Consulting Center; GeoGraphic; Geoland; Red Cross Georgia; ICOMOS Georgia; Fair Trees Fund; National Geographic Georgia; Georgian Heritage Crafts Association (GILDIA).
NIG Georgia actively collaborates with Armenia and Azerbaijan through the Regional Initiative Group (RIG), focusing on regional challenges and fostering sustainable development practices across the Caucasus region.
National Initiative Group of Armenia (NIG Armenia)
NIG Armenia members are as follows: Ministry of Emergency Situations; Ministry of Environment; Crisis Management State Academy of MES; Armenian State Pedagogical University; Yerevan State University; American University of Armenia; National Academy of Science Institutes like as : Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies, Institute of Geological Sciences and Institute of Botany after Takhtajyan; Georisk Scientific Research Company; Biodiversity and Landscapes Conservation NGO; Public Awareness and monitoring NGO; Khazer NGO; National Platphorm for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR); UNDP; GIZ; Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)
National Initiative Group of Azerbaijan (NIG Azerbaijan)
NIG Azerbaijan members are as follows: Institute of Geography and Institute of Catalyze of the Academy of Science of Azerbaijan Republic, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU), Khazar University, Civil Society representatives: National association of rural municipalities, Animal Protection Public Union, Regional Development Public Union, ELS MAM, Sustainable Development Public Union and Hayajan, and representatives of insurance companies: Ateshgah Insurance, Ravan Insurance. Baku Insurance, Gala Insurance, Pasha Life Insurance, Gala Life Insurance and Ata Insurance.