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Issue No.1 2020 ISSUE NO.1 2020 “Welcome to the first issue of the Sustainable Caucasus Newsletter. Our goal in producing this bulletin is to keep Sustainable Caucasus stakeholders, partners, beneficiaries and interested third parties informed about our work and its progress. Every six months we will bring to your attention the latest news, key facts and developments of the Sustainable Caucasus programme. We hope you enjoy the newsletter and the information provided in this bulletin will be interesting and useful for you.” Nina Shatberashvili Executive Director BACKGROUND The Caucasus Network for Sustainable implementing other actions as appropriate. Development of Mountain Regions seeks to Sustainable Caucasus is the co-ordination promote sustainable mountain development unit of the Scientific Network for the by supporting regional cooperation, bringing Caucasus Mountain Region (SNC-mt). Since together key stakeholders and implementing its foundation, Sustainable Caucasus has innovative solutions on the ground. To defined the following key priorities in its work achieve its objectives, Sustainable Caucasus to enhance co-operation and partnership for looks to utilise a variety of activities targeted sustainable development of the Caucasus at sustainable development in the Caucasus region: mountain region including: capacity building, transforming and disseminating knowledge; ■ Strengthening the science-policy interface developing, analysing and monitoring relevant ■ Knowledge generation policies; supporting training and education; ■ Research for development raising awareness; enhancing stakeholder ■ Best practices and policy advocacy co-operation and experience sharing; ■ Higher education promoting and introducing best practices; and ■ Networking and membership 2 STRENGTHENING THE SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE CAUCASUS MOUNTAIN FORUM The Caucasus Mountain Forum (CMF) is one by Ankara University, was organised within of SNC-mt’s flagship initiatives. The hope of the framework of the project “Strengthening achieving sustainable mountain development the climate adaptation capacities in the South in Caucasus regions is a major motivation for Caucasus” (SCAC), funded and supported organising biannual regional forums for different by the Swiss Agency for Development and stakeholders — especially for scientists working Cooperation (SDC) and the United Nations on the Caucasus mountain region. Environment Programme (UN Environment). The Second Caucasus Mountain Forum (CMF) Together with a variety of parallel workshops was held in Ankara, Turkey on 30 October–1 and thematic sessions, the Caucasus Mountain November 2019 gathering about 200 regional Forum included three plenary thematic sessions and international participants from the on climate change, management of mountain Caucasus countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, ecosystem services and sustainable tourism. Georgia, Iran, the Russian Federation, and Turkey, as well as Austria, Estonia, Germany, The last day featured a poster session and Italy, Norway, Ukraine, Slovakia, Slovenia, awarding of the top three poster authors Switzerland, and the UK. The Forum, hosted with certificates at the closure session of the 3 Caucasus Mountain Forum. (First place: Caucasian Mountain Forum were submitted Serkan Gul, Yusuf Kumlutas, and Cetin Ilgaz, by authors to the Ankara University Journal of second place: Filippo Favilli, Isidoro de Bortoli, Environmental Sciences for publication with third place: Khatuna Gigauri. 11 already published as of December 2019. Other articles was published in June 2020 The formal approval of the Caucasus Regional after completion of the ongoing evaluation Research Agenda (C-RRA) also took place at process. the Forum. The progress and effectiveness of decisions and resolutions will be assessed in The second Caucasus Mountain Forum the aftermath of the Forum, which takes place benefited from high visibility, being cited every two years, in order to reconfirm or select in the Report of Secretary-General of UN new thematic research areas, and to decide on Sustainable Mountain Development at on updates of and/or amendments to the the Seventy-fourth session of UN General document. Around 25 papers presented in the Assembly. The CMF served as an important opportunity for scientists 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 Forum’s overall goal and long-term objective is to support regional cooperation and joint research among the Caucasus scientists and thereby promote evidence-based decision-making for sustainable development. 4 NATIONAL INITIATIVE GROUPS: GEORGIA, ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN In 2019, the first national workshops developing and planning regional dialogue and cooperation in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan took place, bringing together the scientists and practitioners working and interested in the fields of disaster risk management, climate change adaptation and overall sustainable mountain development. 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. The meeting resulted in the creation of National Initiative Groups (NIG) in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia responsible for strengthening advocacy of the science-policy interface, ensuring scientifically justified policy and decision making and C-RRA promotion. Co- chairs have been voted in each country for the next two years and will follow critical topics from the Caucasus Regional Research Agenda selected for further work: ■ Georgia – Spatial planning and regional development ■ Armenia – Socio-economic and regional development ■ Azerbaijan – Natural hazards and biodiversity. 5 KNOWLEDGE GENERATION THE CAUCASUS SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE The Caucasus Spatial Data Infrastructure geospatial data sharing platform has been set (C-SDI) platform has been developed in up using the GeoNode application. the frame of the “Supporting sustainable mountain development in the Caucasus” The Caucasus SDI platform aims at fostering (Sustainable Caucasus) project, funded better geospatial data discovery, visualization, by the Swiss National Science Foundation access and use for sustainable development and the Swiss Agency for Development and in the Caucasus region. Each participating Cooperation under the SCOPES programme, country has designated a focal point to help and coordinated by the University of Geneva. populate it with relevant geospatial data. To The GeoNode is managed by the Caucasus this end, some capacity-building material has Spatial Data Infrastructure (C-SDI) team and been developed and adapted with specific UNEP/GRID-Geneva. Caucasus examples. In order to ensure the open access to and use Maps and layers as part of the Caucasus of geospatial data for visualizing, modelling Regional Research Agenda (C-RRA) and monitoring diverse geographical, illustrations are already online at the GeoNode ecological and similar events, an open source platform. RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT THE CAUCASUS REGIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA 2020-2030 The Caucasus Regional Research Agenda current state of knowledge in core issue areas (C-RRA) development process followed to sustainable mountain development in the the example of the SNC-mt sister networks: Caucasus region, along with key challenges the Science for the Carpathians (S4C) and and opportunities and priority gaps for the International Scientific Committee on scientific research and development. Research in the Alps (ISCAR). The purpose of C-RRA elaboration was to establish a The priority research and development areas collaborative process for identifying the of the C-RRA are as follows: climate change 6 and biodiversity; forestry conservation (Academy of Science of the Republic of and development; water resources and Armenia) and prominent regional experts with management; land use and land cover backstopping from the University of Geneva change; natural hazards and risks; population and the SNC-mt Coordination Unit (secretariat) and cultural diversity; tourism and recreation; – the Sustainable Caucasus. socio-economic development and planning; and mountain cryosphere. The C-RRA document approved at the Second Caucasus Mountain Forum 2019 will help Thematic chapters were drafted by the leading scientists and other interested stakeholders to regional scientists, experts and practitioners gain insight into research needs and priorities from Ankara University, Malayer University, and undertake projects with colleagues Ilia State University, Tbilisi State University, from neighbouring countries to expand Institutes of Geography of Academies of knowledge and exchange information for the Sciences of Azerbaijan and the Russian establishment of a shared, scientifically justified Federation, Khazar University (Azerbaijan), comprehension of sustainable development GeoGraphic (Georgia), and GeoRisk perspectives in the Caucasus ecoregion. BEST PRACTICES AND POLICY ADVOCACY SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE A key challenge for Caucasus Spatial Data The Caucasus SDI development besides Infrastructure (C-SDI) development and the establishment of the Caucasus GeoNode GeoNode population is the harmonisation of included the elaboration of the data national spatial data, therefore, significant management plan, selection of harmonised efforts were put into capacity building of spatial data collection
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